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...that buried rubbish is a wasted resource, says the Institution of Civil Engineers, which claims the trash the U.K. throws away could provide 17% of its energy needs. But while some speculate that Britain could soon embark on an incinerator building boom, there are problems as well. Even with sophisticated and costly scrubbing technologies in place, critics say incinerator smokestacks still release too many pollutants. Moreover, because only very large operations are economical, incinerators are ever-hungry for massive amounts of waste, which can discourage recycling. The Isle of Wight impressively recycles 50% of its household waste, so the gasification...
...times, and he can't afford to forfeit that cachet. That's why he surprised his critics by respecting the will of the electorate when he lost last year's referendum. The need to maintain his democratic credentials is also the reason why, in the face of howls from civil rights groups, he did an about-face on Saturday and promised to soften a recent dictum that would have ramped up Venezuela's intelligence-gathering activities against its own citizens. Chavez acknowledged he could not "defend the indefensible," and added, "There is no dictatorship here...
...major highways from the south bisect the region, making it a favored way-station for anyone ferrying money, fighters or weapons into or out of Baghdad. Locals were often forced to join a side or suffer kidnapping, extortion or murder as the area frequently broke out into low-grade civil...
...where does that leave the two antagonists this summer? In each case, the present is about family and the near future about religious politicking. Robinson got hitched Saturday to his partner of 20 years, Mark Andrew, at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Concord, N.H. in a civil union presided over by a justice of the peace, according to the Concord Monitor. In a recent essay he says he regretted the June bride remark, noting that he should have made a more sober statement about the longing of gays and lesbians to celebrate their own "faithful, monogamous, lifelong-intentioned, holy...
...find himself in a defensive crouch. The day of the strongman has passed. For more than two decades, countries throughout the region have been undergoing transitions from authoritarian, patriarchal regimes to messy democracies that sometimes seem to be almost ungovernable. Asians are flexing their political muscles, exercising their civil rights vigorously even beyond the ballot box - and woe betide the leader who fails to deliver what he promises. Despite winning the presidencies of their respective countries by wide margins, Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and Joseph Estrada of the Philippines were tossed out of office before their terms were up when...