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Alongside agriculture, steel is arguably the most political of industries in Europe, and it has long been one of its most regulated. Back in the 1950s, the European Union itself was founded on the basis of an official scheme to manage steel and coal output and prices, and when the...
But Russian support came at a price: At Moscow's insistence, the Security Council will not act on the Iran issue until after the next full meeting of the IAEA in March. Before then, IAEA director-general Mohamed ElBaradei will provide member states with a full report, which, barring a...
2 Slow the revolving door. Former members of Congress and their aides must wait a year after leaving their posts before lobbying former colleagues. Lawmakers want to double the waiting time to two years. Chance of passage: 90%. Less likely: extending the ban to five years. Meaningless extra: the House...
In addition, we would have a chance to stop the epidemic spread of a mutated avian-flu virus by containing it at its point of origin. A few mining towns in Colorado were able to avoid the 1918 flu by barring outsiders for a few months during the epidemic. Australia...
Today, the New Orleans rebuilding commission will release an official blueprint report recommending a strategy for the revival of the city. Appointed by Mayor C. Ray Nagin, the commission will recommend that residents be allowed to return to the city and rebuild wherever they choose, regardless of how vulnerable or...