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...nowhere, powerful developing nations like China seemed determined to block any progress, and the U.S. itself - which still hasn't passed a carbon cap of its own - lacked much diplomatic leverage. As late as the evening of Dec. 16 - just two days before the Copenhagen summit was due to close - "it looked as though we were headed to failure," said Todd Stern, America's top climate envoy...
...sample name offered in the e-mail was "Crimson Campus Close-up." That's all right, but here are a couple more ideas we came up with...
...entities in this country who are working very hard to defeat health reform," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told TIME on Wednesday. "The insurers and the Republican Party." At present, however, polls show that a majority of Americans oppose the current health-reform effort, which Democrats appear close to passing with the support of the drug industry and several other major segments of the medical establishment, including the hospitals association and the major lobbying organization for doctors...
...last week by raising the controversial issue of Turkey's E.U. membership bid while on a trip to Ankara. The Foreign Minister voiced support for the country's accession talks - stalled for years by opposition from Germany and France - by saying it was in Germany's interests to forge close links between Turkey and the E.U. The CSU hit back immediately by reiterating its opposition to Turkey's E.U. membership, saying it was ready to offer a "privileged partnership" to Ankara instead. In the past, Merkel has backed a privileged partnership instead of full membership for Turkey, putting a damper...
...Ayalon's theatrics struck a blow at a relationship as important to Israel as it has become fragile in recent months. Turkey, a NATO member that shares borders with such key Israeli adversaries as Syria and Iran, has long had a close relationship with the Jewish state, particularly at the level of military cooperation. Sources within Israel's Defense Ministry expressed concern that the Ayalon-Celikkol incident might imperil the visit to Turkey by Defense Minister Ehud Barak that is scheduled for Jan. 17. Barak plans to offer Turkey's military establishment an even tighter relationship with Israel. Already...