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...started to recognize that biking, walking and public transit are a big part of their future. It's a good sign that the pendulum is swinging back." One way states and local governments can bring that about, he adds, is by adopting so-called complete-streets policies that build new thoroughfares or revamp existing ones with more than just car usage in mind. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...praise from critics, peers and gangsters alike. With David Simon's Baltimore saga wrapped up, Williams has moved to the silver screen, where he has a part in director John Hillcoat's adaption of Cormac McCarthy's postapocalytic novel The Road, in theaters Nov. 25. Next year, he'll build on that with roles in Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest and a new HBO series helmed by Martin Scorsese. Williams talked to TIME about his early career, how he prepared to play Omar and what roles he's lobbying for next...
...There is a real potential to build a global movement around digital freedom,” said Brett Solomon, a speaker at the event who serves as a campaign director at online human rights group Avaaz.org and as executive director of the political Web site GetUp.org.au...
...Brazil's interest in the Iran nuclear standoff is not based only on Lula's desire to mediate global conflict, however; Brazil is an emerging nuclear-energy nation with two reactors in operation, a third near completion, and with plans to build between four and eight more nuclear power plants before 2030. It has also signed deals with France to build nuclear-powered submarines...
...state of Uttar Pradesh. The Babri mosque, which was built by a Mughal Emperor in 1528, is believed by many Hindus to have been built on the birthplace of the Hindu god Ram, and right-wing Hindu politicians had for years sought to exploit sectarian passions by promising to build a temple honoring Ram on the site of the mosque. On Dec. 6, 1992, amid the sounds of the ceremonial conch, a Hindu mob ravaged the mosque, reducing it to rubble. The act sparked Muslim outrage around the country, provoking several months of intercommunal rioting in which Hindus and Muslims...