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...Nobody is going to be allowed to do anything here.' WAHEED ARSHAD, Pakistani Major General, on reports that the U.S. may expand military and CIA authority to pursue Islamic militants in Pakistan...
...build hundreds of new coal power plants over the coming decades, adding vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and if that happens the fight against global warming is as good as lost. Brown argues that rapid action to improve energy efficiency, develop renewable sources of power and expand the Earth's forest cover could reduce carbon emissions enough to allow us to phase out coal power and meet that 80% target...
...unlikely amalgam of populism, conservative policies and peerless religious credentials appears to have hit a chord. In just a few weeks, he has rocketed into the lead among Republican voters in Iowa and South Carolina, two states rich with evangelical voters. As the primaries drag on, his ability to expand his support beyond Christian conservatives will depend even more heavily upon his populist pitch. The campaign remains confident of the gamble paying off. "I think what this is, is the Republican Party getting back in touch with its base," said Chip Saltsman, Huckabee's campaign manager. "If you look...
...cleared in order to make way for a sugarcane estate, if a plan by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is approved. Last year, Museveni ordered a study into the feasibility of clearing 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of the forest after a sugarcane company applied for permission to expand its farm. The study concluded that the sugarcane plan endangers rare trees and birds in the 30,000-hectare forest. At risk are 218 species of butterflies, 312 plant species and 315 bird species, including nine found nowhere else in the world...
...This past month, the program expanded to the Roland Hayes School of Music, and the group hopes to expand to more college campuses and more high schools, Aktipis said...