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...alliance of outer space planets and they were on a mission: to warn us earthlings to mend our warlike ways. Klaatu wanted to convene a conference of intellectuals and statesmen and to demonstrate the superior powers of the aliens by bringing all the Earth's mechanized powers to a halt for a few minutes. If that warning didn't take, he mentioned the possibility of burning Earth "to a crisp" in order to preserve intergalactic peace...
From financial centers like London, to manufacturing hubs like Detroit, cities around the world are set for a thumping as the global economy grinds to a halt...
Smith ground staff hiring to a halt in late November, setting administrators the task of finding what "critical" positions would still be filled...
...previously announced labor strike and further protest marches are planned for Wednesday. With the Government facing a public-order problem at the same time that the economy is suffering, the Prime Minister must find a way to halt his party's freefall in polls and try to convince the Greek people that his center-right government is the only real hope for stability and security. In rhetorical terms, he might even hark back to his uncle with a new choice: "Karamanlis or chaos." Lately, though, few can see the difference...
...atmosphere, accelerating climate change. At least 20% of annual global carbon emissions come from deforestation. If we can't stop forest loss, we'll struggle to stop climate change. That fact was recognized by the British government's recent Eliasch Review on forestry, which estimated that failure to halt deforestation could increase the cost of damages caused by global warming by $1 trillion annually by 2100. "If we're going to solve climate change we need to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce deforestation," says Duncan Marsh, TNC's director of international climate policy. "We have no choice." That...