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...1980s, climate scientists in Russia and the U.S. theorized that all-out nuclear war between the superpowers would result in a "nuclear winter," as smoke from the atomic explosions blackened the sky and sent summer temperatures plummeting below freezing - killing crops and eventually starving all those who survived the initial explosions. Now that the risks of an all-out U.S.-Russian exchange have diminished, scientists are looking at the climactic effects of regional nuclear war - and the predictions are still sobering...
...first rounds of air strikes on Hamas targets, chief Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi had cautioned that it was "premature" to say whether the conflict would scuttle the trip. But church insiders now acknowledge that hopes for the planned visit are growing dimmer as the conflict deepens, with Israel's all-out air and ground assault on Gaza growing bloodier. "At the beginning, you could imagine [the war] not forcing the Pope to change his plans," says a well-placed Vatican insider who often travels to the region. "But it's clear now that everything would have to be reconsidered...
...Confronting the Danger Within Even in a dangerous neighborhood, it is possible to imagine that, secure in its military power, Israel could continue for years in a state of neither all-out war nor true peace, always willing to fight bitter but limited conflicts of the kind it did in Lebanon and Gaza. But military might would be useless against the threat that looms within its borders. Israel's population of 7.1 million is today divided into 5.4 million Jews and 1.6 million Arabs. But if you include Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank, they may already have...
...Athens, and protesters Wednesday unfurled banners over the walls of the Acropolis calling for "Resistance" across all of Europe. Black-hooded anarchists still storm banks and smash storefronts. For a couple of days, the intensity of the protests seemed to ebb but on Thursday, civil disobedience degenerated back into all-out civil disorder. With the "pop-pop" of launched tear gas canisters, Christmas shoppers and cafe customers who had finally returnd downtown were sent running for cover, while parents and grandparents yanked their kids off a winter carousel in Syntagma Square...
...past couple of years, he has played as an all-out athlete,” Bajwa said. “I think now he is playing as a player...