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...Thirty-five to 40 years ago there was a consensus among ‘right-thinking people’ that integration was good,” said Grant-Thomas, explaining that this certainty had given way over time to unanswered questions: “Is the integration ideal something we want, we still aspire...
...Sweden. "If we join the euro, it will move power from Sweden to Brussels," she says. "As a nurse I can't go to Brussels and ask for help. We see the world with different eyes." The euro referendum has sharply divided Sweden, a country normally renowned for its consensus approach to politics. A survey last week by opinion research firm Sifo shows 47% of voters are against the euro and 41% in favor. But the momentum appears to be behind the yes camp, which has picked up a substantial seven percentage points in the last week. The poll reveals...
...rails of Russian ships. In the Skagerrak, they were sunk inside ships that are now lying in 500 to 700 m of water." The Helsinki Commission, which works to protect the Baltic marine environment, has said the toxins should be left on the seabed. That is the general consensus. "It has been there for so long that it poses the least hazard where it is," says biologist Henning Karup of Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency. Only a few fishermen have been treated for gas-related injuries since the 1960s, and the long-term environmental impact is unclear...
...have good reason not to dwell too deeply on this upsurge in violence?not just businesspeople in the financial capital but also the national government itself, which many blame for inciting such attacks. Typically, India points a finger at Pakistan anytime terrorists strike. But in this case, a quiet consensus is building that the perpetrators were most likely homegrown. Both Indian and U.S. intelligence officers suspect that last week's blasts were the work of militant Indian Muslims angered by the government's strident Hindu nationalism?particularly by the 2002 pogrom in the western state of Gujarat in which Hindus...
...than successful. Diplomats from the U.S., North Korea, China, Russia, South Korea and Japan left the six-sided bargaining table?custom built for the talks?offering few signs of progress. There were no concessions from the principal antagonists, the U.S. and North Korea. The parties couldn't muster enough consensus to release a joint declaration of common goals. And then, on Saturday, the North declared itself uninterested in future meetings. "The talks have made us believe that we have no other choice but to strengthen our nuclear deterrent force," a foreign ministry spokesman railed to North Korea's official news...