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Still, there is no reason to believe that the gun dealers who sold Virginia tech shooter Seung Hui Cho the two handguns he used in the killings were in violation of any existing law. But congressman Mike Castle (R-Del.), a moderate Republican who penned the now-lapsed Assault Weapons...
As divisive and complex as the Iraq war has been, health care reform promises to be an even bigger challenge, in part because of its vast expense, but more so because of the polarizing impact it continues to have on the country. A member of the coalition, former Republican Senate...
Recorded in Paris, Avignon, New York, Los Angeles, Reykjavik and Tel Aviv, its scattered geography was a strong influence on the album, which builds on the eclectic styles of her previous work with fuzzy guitars, trumpets, harmonicas, cellos and a few handclaps. The choirs heard on several tracks were born...
...that it could be done without bankrupting the global economy. "Measures to reduce emissions can, in the main, be achieved at starkly low costs, especially when compared with the costs of inaction," said Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), one of many prominent international environmental officials who attended the Bangkok press conference for the report's release. European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimos drilled home the message: "There is no excuse for waiting...
But at the same time, she adds, "there's no chance of getting China unless the U.S. steps up." That leaves the world, well, stuck in a Chinese fingertrap. Because developing nations have emphasized that they can't afford to jeopardize the pace of economic growth for the sake of...