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...Egyptian rule (1949-67), nor about the fact that, during that period, the Arab world and the international community largely ignored the plight of the residents, who have been deliberately kept in “refugee camps” for close to 60 years instead of being allowed to build new lives for themselves...

Author: By Nina Weiner | Title: Gaza's Past and Present | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...seat in the Chamber of Deputies because of proportional-voting rules. But Union-Pro leader and billionaire businessman Francisco de Narváez told the Buenos Aires daily La Nación that Kirchner "needs to step aside and let his wife be the nation's President and build some space for consensus." The President, he said, needs to read "these election results well." Other Latin Presidents should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Argentina's Midterms Mean for Latin America | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

...Korea watchers speculate that Kim Jong Il, who likely suffered a stroke last year, is maneuvering to install his son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor, and that Pyongyang's May nuclear test, recent war threats and anticipated long-range missile launch are all part of an effort to build support for the Kims, especially among the country's powerful military brass. Economic policy, Noland says, has become tied up in the succession as well. "Today inside North Korea, all officials have an incentive to demonstrate how committed they are to orthodoxy," he says. "As a consequence, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Other Crisis: An Economy in Tatters | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

...increased about 50% during the past three decades - despite conservation programs, efficiency incentives and the general rise of green. But in California and the Pacific Northwest, where state legislatures decoupled utility profits from sales volumes, electricity use has been flat. Instead of an incentive to sell more power and build more generating plants, the utilities had an incentive to help their customers save electricity and avoid the need for new generating plants. So that's what they did. Energy providers were much better than the government at influencing the behaviors of energy consumers. "That's what we need in health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Key to Fixing Health Care and Energy: Use Less | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

...shown himself to be a person in isolation - going out on dates, spending time in the community," she says. "You wouldn't expect him to isolate himself spiritually. This is a man with a faith center, we've heard him give his testimony." Her advice for how to build a life of faith within the White House? "Everybody needs to just back off and settle down. Let him choose where he's comfortable, choose where he and his family are going to be spiritually fed, and then let it be his choice." Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obamas Find a Church Home — Away from Home | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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