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...flotilla of some 500 boats that had blocked the ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk since Tuesday weren't protesting the recession as such, but rather European Union fishing quotas that the fishermen claim further undermine already slumping business. Still, their move to bring trans-Channel traffic to a creep - and shut down ferry service altogether - paralleled similarly muscular action by workers across France who have taken the law into their own hands to protect their jobs. (See pictures of France on fire...
...earmark requested by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell: "...to complete a monitoring system that will collect real-time weather observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky. Apparently the Weather Channel is not sufficient...
...decision-making in Westminster - and Washington. "It would be very surprising if the decision [on Mohamed] was not taken at a high level. The question is how high," says Stafford Smith, who is also the director of the legal charity Reprieve. During a live broadcast of Britain's nightly Channel 4 News on March 26, the attorney was more explicit. "The British investigation cannot just stop at the British people because the real torturers ... were the Americans and the Pakistanis and the Moroccans," he said. (See pictures inside Guantánamo...
...Japan of the future will no doubt be grayer, but also greener if Aso gets his way. His administration plans to channel spending toward four main areas: strengthening a safety net for the unemployed (about $19 billion) and providing financing for small- and medium-sized companies (about $30 billion); improvements in health care, nursing and child care; subsidizing the development and use of solar energy and environmentally friendly technologies; and public-works projects to help regional economies. Revisions to the tax system, including tax cuts, are also included in the economic plan. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...clips were evaluated by members of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin and New York Philharmonics, among other ensembles, who selected 200 finalists. Those videos were posted on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra channel in February. YouTube users then voted for their favorites, American Idol-style - and in Idol-like droves. Since the launch of YouTube.com/Symphony in December 2008, organizers say, the site has received more than 14 million views. (Read TIME's 1974 story "Carnegie Goes Electronic...