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...elected to that office, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted last summer in a military coup. That makes it unlikely that any nation - except maybe the U.S. - will recognize Lobo if he wins the Nov. 29 election. But as he relaxes in his opulent house near Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa after a day of campaigning, Lobo sounds unfazed. "I practice Taekwondo for serenity," he says with his trademark Cheshire cat smile. "We have to hold this election, and the world has to recognize it, because Hondurans have to move...
Read: "Nicaragua: Where Every Day is Christmas...
...subnational leaders - including a dozen other U.S. governors and the leaders of forest-rich Brazilian states Amazonas and Mato Grosso - at a climate summit in Los Angeles, where they called upon governments to include REDD within the global framework for combating climate change. Sun of Carbon Conservation hopes one day to see "a global infrastructure of forest factories, producing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide." (See a graphic of the effects of climate change on the world...
...hole. This hole allows humans to compete for resources, to hunt wildlife, to study and advance technology and to be topmost in the ecosystem. Unfortunately, this hole also makes us demand - nonstop. If humans keep damaging the environment in attempts to fill the void without any regrets, one day we will be engulfed by it. Endangering tuna is just a tiny problem when compared to the sum of so many others. Do not regret when it is too late; each of us should try to do something for our lovely earth. Christopher Chan, Hong Kong...
...arriving. Xu Zhanrong, the dealership's deputy general manager, can barely keep the Wulings in stock. Sales of the minivans - manufactured by a joint venture between General Motors, Liuzhou Wuling Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry - are up some 40% this year, Xu says, with about 50 purchased each day. One big reason, Xu explains, is that his customers, and especially those who come in from the nearby countryside, don't worry as much about saving for their old age as they had in the past. "Now they find they have more money, to spend and enjoy life more, however they...