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...Limit on children per family proposed by Rwandan legislators to curb rising poverty levels...
...market will, in theory, put a price on carbon. Over time, emissions trading may lead to an abatement in the level of greenhouse gases without large job losses or high costs to industry and consumers. As well, some experts think that with the right settings, a carbon market can curb energy demand and lead to the take-up of new energy technologies (that is, as the Task Group said, "clean coal," gas, nuclear power and renewable sources...
...politicians, who make up the largest block of the parliament and have close ties to Tehran, dismissed U.S. claims as propaganda by a Bush Administration seeking to deflect blame for the American military's failure to curb the growing violence in Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has maintained a studied silence; Ali al-Dabbagh, his official spokesman, told TIME the government has no comment on the latest accusations. But an official in the Prime Minister's office questioned the credibility of U.S. intelligence, pointing to recent reports of evidence-fudging at the Pentagon in the lead...
...beautiful game has turned even uglier. Italy's long-simmering epidemic of fan violence turned deadly last week when a 38-year-old police officer was killed by rioters outside a stadium in Sicily. Games were cancelled last weekend, and this week the government imposed new measures to curb this hooliganism all'italiana. The policies in fact are largely inspired by the relatively successful British effort to quiet unrest from the notably rowdy spectators in England's football leagues. Among the most immediate effects is that home teams must play in empty stadiums if their security apparatus is inadequate, which...
...climate change. Energy efficiency, cleaner energy sources and reduction of deforestation rates all deserve greater focus in the future, he said. Citing the numerous climate change bills already in the Senate, and recent appeals from CEOs of major corporations, such as General Electric, calling upon the U.S. to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Holdren said that the U.S. is close to “a political tipping point” regarding the issue of global warming. “We can still do something about this,” he said, “We cannot stop climate change...