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...Hotel Rwanda” concern into highly visible action. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, spearheads an operation to gather evidence and bring a case against two of Sudan’s guiltiest high-level officials. Within Darfur, Pablo Recalde, a U.N. ground worker, sends a heavily armed convoy to bring food to another region of Darfur, its future uncertain. But no one experiences the crisis more intensely than those in Darfur. The camera highlights refugee solidarity, but the frustration and despair within the camp is equally palpable. Meetings explode into angry words and constant hardships...
Fourteen other states joined California in the lawsuit, including New Jersey and Washington, and it seems to be on solid ground. Though the White House had initially taken the position that the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide was not a pollutant and therefore not covered by the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court eviscerated that argument in a case taken against the EPA by Massachusetts back in April. That the EPA still hasn't ruled on California's waiver shows that "the administration is just trying to run out the clock on global warming," said Philip Clapp, president...
...them is to wait until more congenial leaders gain power. France's newly elected President Nicolas Sarkozy spent his summer vacation in New Hampshire and even visited the Bush family in Maine. Until such thaws come, allies at odds have to be honest--and vigilant for areas of common ground. While the U.S. and Turkey may be at loggerheads now, they should remember that doesn't have to last forever...
...game at Dartmouth. Sophomore wide receiver Stephen Liuzza, still wearing his catching gloves, comes on to take the snaps. In just three quarters, he posts 423 yards of total offense—292 through the air on 26-of-40 passing and another 131 on the ground on 29 carries...
...Hubbell isn’t worried about losing common ground with the financier friends he’s made once he graduates. “I mean, I hope not. Thing is, I feel like there are certain attitudes associated with it. Some people really are just in it solely to make a lot of money,” he says. “If you get into to it too much, it can affect you a little bit, but I hope that the friendships I have with these people wouldn’t be overshadowed...