Word: deadlock
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...just discovered global warming. Other concerns remain more pressing, including the war in Iraq - a fact that was made apparent when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahadinejad (who skipped the climate meeting) gave his speech at Columbia University in the afternoon, drawing crowds of delegates around nearby televisions. The essential deadlock that has held up stronger international action on climate change - striking an acceptable balance of responsibilities between developed and developing countries - remains unbroken, and there was little evidence that would change before the next major U.N. climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of the year...
...claimed had refused to meet to discuss a stalemate over whether Japan would continue to refuel American military vessels participating in the U.S.-led war on terror. "Even though I had requested a party-leader talk, Ozawa rejected my overture," said Abe in his resignation speech, implying that this deadlock somehow had the power to derail a prime ministership that had weathered far worse. "Japan must continue its fight against terrorism under a new Prime Minister...
More than calendar tinkering, more than admissions reform, more than free beer or free shrinks or free As, the one change that might shake up our unhappy deadlock could be if we could all set aside three months for uselessness. Years of cubicled summers stretch out from graduation day to the day we are too dejected or decrepit to remain in them any longer; it may as well be now that we follow a whim, refuse a job, or ignore a class...
...presidency for the Maronite Christians, the Prime Minister's job for a Sunni, the speaker of parliament for a Shi'ite and generally distributes power on the basis of ethnicity and sect, was originally created to achieve stability through a careful balance of power. Instead, it has produced political deadlock and a system dominated by leaders whose domestic power is based on alliances with foreign powers...
Since taking office in mid-May, President Nicolas Sarkozy has been busy on the international stage. First, the French President gave an impressive performance during his first G8 summit; then he played a central role breaking the deadlock over how to structure the European Union. Since then, he has opened an ambitious new chapter in Franco-British cooperation alongside new Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and has announced a radical revamping of the executive structure at Airbus. He's also managed to roll out a fistful of important domestic social and economic reforms. Before he embarks on his short August vacation...