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...whole city is predicated around how you actually design in that climate environment,” said Peter Sharett, an analyst with WSP Group, an environmental consulting firm. Sharett said he and his colleagues analyzed the geographies of ancient cities to determine how best to deal with a desert climate. The city is mainly designed around a cluster of “clean-tech” businesses, which will produce and research environmentally-friendly products. Masdar will not only be a business and research hub but also an entirely self-sufficient city with vibrant residential life, parks, and nighttime entertainment...
...from a fund approved earlier this year to help the auto industry develop more fuel-efficient cars; that notion had actually been pushed by Republicans earlier in the week, but until Thursday, Democrats had contended that the money should instead come from the $700 billion financial-bailout fund. The deal would include strict limits on golden parachutes for executives and a timeline to pay back Congress. The Commerce Department would have to approve the applicants after judging them to be capable of repaying the loans. "I am encouraged that the leaders are now taking this issue on and that they...
...riveting stuff. For the second straight day, the SOFA discussion in parliament turned into a shouting match as MPs on both sides of the debate hurled insults and accusations of treachery at one another. The deal currently on the table calls for the U.S. to withdraw its troops by the end of 2011 and gives the Iraqi government a much greater say in what U.S. troops do until then. Opponents of the deal warn that the government has signed secret codicils that give the U.S. far greater leeway than advertised and may keep American troops in Iraq indefinitely. Ajil Abdel...
...SOFA, passed by Maliki's cabinet last weekend, needs to be approved by the 275-member parliament. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the country's most important Shi'ite cleric, has said any deal with the U.S. must be passed by a big majority in order to be truly legitimate in the eyes of the people. That seems unlikely. If the Sunni-Sadrist-secular alliance can break off a few MPs from Maliki's own Shi'ite-Kurdish block, they may even be able to defeat the proposition...
Maliki may have been emboldened by demonstrations in support of the agreement that have taken place in several cities. Or he may just be desperate: if he can't break the coalition opposed to the deal, the deal is effectively dead. Hoping, perhaps, to frighten his opponents into their senses, he painted a grim picture of what would happen if the SOFA weren't ratified. Iraq, he said, would have to ask the United Nations to renew the mandate that allows the U.S. military to occupy the country, and that would mean Iraq's security would remain in American hands...