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...Meanwhile, the communist regime has placed a slew of nationalistic holidays around Christmas, though their timing is probably a coincidence. On December 24, many North Koreans observe the birthday of Kim Jong Suk - the deceased mother of dictator Kim Jong Il and a revolutionary hero - by making pilgrimages to her birthplace of Hoeryong, a town in the northeast. Three days later, they are given a day off work for Constitution Day. Even New Years' Day is more about revolutionary zeal than ushering in 2010, when thousands of North Koreans will walk in a yearly procession to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace...
...Holland is certainly not alone with this problem. Authorities around the world have experimented for years with measures to deal with increased congestion, including creating dedicated lanes for carpoolers, reversing the flow of traffic on roads during rush hours and varying speed limits depending on traffic and weather. Cities such as London, Rome and Stockholm have started charging drivers a daily fee to enter "congestion zones" in their centers. In the U.S., states like Oregon, California and Massachusetts have mulled levying highway taxes based on the amount of mileage people drive. But the Dutch scheme is by far the most...
...Graham, who was once such a climate change skeptic that he voted against McCain's global warming bills in 2003 and 2005, is pressing ahead and, amazingly, seems within reach of a deal. Ironically Graham credits McCain, who has since turned his back on the process, with turning him around. "Lindsey's been courageous," says Senator John Kerry, who has been working with Graham to put together legislation. In return for his support, Graham has won support for nuclear power - South Carolina has seven reactors with another four scheduled to be built - as well as clean coal and tougher language...
...average, two to three far-right-motivated violent crimes are committed in Germany each day. And there are around three to four anti-Semitic violent crimes each month," says Jörg Ziercke, president of the BKA. "There's a real danger to people's lives because far-right attacks tend to be very spontaneous, brutal and violent." Right-wing radicals have become increasingly brazen too, carrying out attacks in public places such as train stations, bus stops and outside bars and restaurants. In addition to el-Sherbini's murder, Ziercke says, there were five politically or racially motivated attempted...
...take stronger actions to prevent right-wing crimes and said courts must start handing down tougher sentences to offenders. The police chief also warned the government against scaling back funding for so-called exit programs, which are designed to help people leave extremist groups. "These people are mostly young, around 24 years old, and they come from difficult family backgrounds, have little or no qualifications and have committed far-right criminal acts," says Ziercke. While in the exit programs, he adds, they rarely commit new offenses. (Read "Much Work Ahead for German Chancellor Merkel...