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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...continues to comply with the regulations that govern ash storage, and we will comply with any future regulations. We have identified the root causes of the spill and are taking action to prevent such an incident from ever happening again...

Author: By David R. Mould | Title: A Closer Look at 'King Coal' | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

With polls predicting that German parliamentary elections on Sept. 27 could propel the Free Democrats into government as a coalition partner with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, Westerwelle now looks within reach of a job at least as serious as his demeanor. Such an outcome would represent a substantial shift in German politics. Governing with the Social Democrats since 2005, Chancellor Merkel, though firmly on the center-right in most questions, has often tacked to the left to preserve her coalition. She has said that she would prefer to govern with the FDP, but that would recast the Social Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guido Westerwelle, Germany's Mittelman | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

...Diplomats and expatriates are among Sunmu's best customers, because curiously his work meets with a mixed reception from many South Koreans. Tough national security restrictions govern any display of North Korean imagery, and pictures of Kim Jong Il are no laughing matter to some gallery owners and officials, even if the satire is leaping off the canvas. Organizers removed a Sunmu painting of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il's father and the founder of North Korea, from an international festival in Pusan last year. (See pictures of Kim Jong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Star | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

...body's ability to maintain its energy balance," he explains, meaning that our body starts to use its calories differently than it normally would. That in turn could cause fluctuations in numerous hormones, including an increase in ghrelin and a decrease in leptin - the two key hormones that govern appetite and satiety. The hunger hormone ghrelin, which is produced by the stomach, sends a "feed me" message to the brain; leptin, the satiety hormone, signals the brain to stop eating. (See a special report on the science of appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Midnight Snacks: More Fattening Than You Feared? | 9/5/2009 | See Source »

...Merkel seemed to be coasting to victory in September - but now the race seems more uncertain than ever. Her CDU party lost its absolute majority in Thuringia and Saar and may lose power altogether to three-party left-leaning coalitions in those states. In Saxony, the CDU and FDP govern together and were re-elected - but for the first time in a German state parliament, a neo-Nazi party, the NPD, kept its seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Parties Gain in German State Votes | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

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