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...Iraq may have good reason to be less than trusting. Syria has long been a haven for refugees from around the Arab world, particularly those without clean track records. In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Syria not only allowed anti-American Baathists to organize and hold political conventions in the country, it also permitted jihadist insurgents from other countries to pass through its territory to launch attacks in Iraq. At the time, American officials compared the region where the Euphrates River crosses the Syria-Iraq border to the Ho Chi Minh Trail...
Still, the summit wasn't a total loss for greens. President Barack Obama introduced the idea of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies over time, to help improve energy efficiency and "transition to a 21st-century clean energy economy." Phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels would save money - the Environmental Law Institute estimated that the U.S. paid out $72 billion in subsidies between 2002 and 2008 - and correct a market that has been warped against low-carbon alternatives precisely at a time when nations are supposed to be cutting carbon. But again, specifics of a concrete plan were wanting in Obama...
...Barring anything unforeseen, Bing will win re-election handily. Detroiters may not love him - "So he's a big multimillionaire," says Gregory. "He's moving to our city to help clean it up. Who asked you to do that?" - but there really are no other viable alternatives. "I've been successful in two careers, financially secure," says Bing. "Trying to help turn this city around was more important than having the good life." He adds, "Folks in government and the city had this entitlement attitude that says, 'It's always been this way. It's always going to be this...
...robotic hand that could clean up messes would be a welcome roommate for any dorm-room dweller. And far from being a pipe-dream, such a hand may soon be on the market, say Harvard researchers...
...none of the roads, nary a kilometer of metro line, were built. Authorities also promised to clean up the Guanabara Bay, the fetid body of water whose smell assails visitors driving into town from the international airport. Although hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent, the stench persists and the bay remains a stinking eyesore. (See 100 Olympic athletes to watch...