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...rating agencies are mindful of the county's proximity to Detroit to the south and Flint to the north. A downgrade could cost his constituents millions of dollars, and as the situation in Detroit deteriorates, he and his counterparts in adjacent counties will have no choice but to seek common solutions...
...Iran sanctions will be determined by the Russians and Chinese, who have not been willing to exert much pressure in the past. The President has stopped pursuing the European antimissile defense system, which should please the Russians - and he has reminded the Chinese that we face a common enemy in central Asian Islamic extremism. But that doesn't guarantee either country will be willing to get tougher on the Iranians. (See pictures of Afghanistan's Kunar province...
...Offshore wind farms are common in Europe. The town of Hull has successfully operated municipal wind turbines for several years. Cambridge and other municipalities can do so too, with careful thought and planning...
Prominent social entrepreneur and former Institute of Politics fellow Alan A. Khazei ’83 will announce his candidacy for the Senate at a rally on Boston Common tomorrow, entering a contentious race for the seat formerly held by the late Edward M. Kennedy...
...problem in getting the process moving again, of course, is that Netanyahu and Abbas don't share a common destination. The Israeli Prime Minister has surged in Israeli opinion polls by pushing back against Obama's settlement-freeze demands, and he is under no domestic pressure to make any concessions. But Abbas' domestic constituency will see the New York City meeting as yet another humiliation inflicted on him by Washington, which has had him pose for endless photographs with an array of Israeli leaders who have no intention of satisfying the basic demands of a peace agreement he could accept...