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...that's not even in the same galaxy as that of his European counterparts.) Host nation Japan, the most energy-efficient big country in the world, is struggling to meet its Kyoto caps and is backing away from hard targets. Countries can't even agree on which year to employ as a baseline for emission reductions: 1990, which was used for the Kyoto Protocol, or a more recent year. No one is speaking the same language. "You have a clear split between the European and the non-European G8 nations," says Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blair Campaigns for Climate Action | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

...More importantly, the Russians believed they could attack too, particularly against a team with a one-striker system as the Dutch employ. The Russians are not plodders. It's a team of whippets: thin, very fit and athletic. Against Greece, left wing fullback Yuri Zhirkov repeatedly attacked up the flank and poured cross after cross toward the tall striker Roman Pavlyuchenko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: And Then There Were Four | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...House Judiciary Committee. McClellan served as President George W. Bush's loyal spokesman for almost three years, only to surprise Washington early this month by turning on him in his new book What Happened, a 326-page indictment of an Administration he says "chose in defining moments to employ obfuscation and secrecy rather than honesty and candor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will McClellan's Testimony Hurt Bush? | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...another point Lt. Col. Beaver - who has retired from the military and now serves the Pentagon in a civilian capacity - asks, "Does SERE employ the 'wet towel' technique [a reference to waterboarding]?" The CIA lawyer answers: "If a well-trained individual is used to perform this technique it can feel like you're drowning. The lymphatic system will react as if you're suffocating, but your body will not cease to function...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seeking Answers on Detainee Abuse | 6/17/2008 | See Source »

...candidates on issues of money in politics. Obama, for instance, does not take money from registered lobbyists, while McCain does, a fact that the Democrat argues insulates him from improper influence. This argument is complicated by the fact that Obama continues to take money from the corporate executives who employ those lobbyists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outrage Game Bites Obama | 6/11/2008 | See Source »

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