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...Blair hopes. We're likely to see just how far apart we remain from global consensus at next week's G8 summit in Hokkaido. Developing nations know that climate change is their problem too, but they'll still bargain hard to ensure that rich nations bear most of the burden. The developed world is far from united - though E.U. nations have already committed to at least a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (compared to 1990 levels), the U.S. and oil-rich Canada remain reluctant to tie themselves down. (President George W. Bush recently pledged...
Pakistan is straining under the burden of hosting more refugees than any other country last year, but Guterres says the UNHCR has secured a promise from Islamabad not to force any back to Afghanistan. Of the 130,000 so-called voluntary returns so far this year, he said, 10% have been unable to get any foothold at all in Afghanistan: "Ten percent of 130,000 is a lot of people," he says. "This is not the moment to push people back...
...Australia Walks Out The Australian government withdrew troops from Iraq not because their work was done but for political reasons [June 16]. Once again, the burden falls on American soldiers. Have we forgotten how much we owe the Americans for their sacrifices in World War II? Where is the strength of character that says you stand by your friends in bad times as well as good? Eric Wilson, Clear Island Waters, Queensland...
...having brought his own faith and church and pastor into that square, he found them to be serious obstacles on the way to the nomination. Obama said he didn't go to church on Mother's Day because it would have been a circus: "I am not going to burden the church at the moment with my presence," he sighed, and when the point came that he had to resign his membership altogether, he announced that he would not be joining a new one until after November. In the meantime, his campaign continues its aggressive faith outreach, especially to young...
...avoid such a nightmare scenario, the report recommended that American nuclear assets in Europe be "consolidated," which analysts interpret as a recommendation to move the bombs to NATO bases under "U.S. wings," meaning American bases in Europe. But such a move would undermine a "burden-sharing" agreement that has been at the heart of NATO military policy since its inception...