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...there may still be hope for the species. On Wednesday the Obama Administration announced that it would support a proposed ban on international trade of the Atlantic bluefin tuna at the upcoming meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar. The decision, for which conservationists had long been lobbying, could pave the way toward the most wide-ranging protections ever put in place for a major commercial marine species. "This announcement could be a real turning point in the fight to protect the tuna," says Susan Lieberman, director of international policy...
...nobody thought “Lost” was going to work, and this gave us freedom. We thought it would be 12 [episodes] and out. We said, “Let’s make the coolest 12 episodes of television that we can.” The hope was, at the very least, we would make a show that would be like a cool cult thing on DVD, like “Twin Peaks.” We decided we were going to make a show that we thought was cool. We violated elements of television, like having...
...feet. And I’m certain that the experience will be an opportunity for us to find strength we didn’t know we had." We appreciate your optimism, and we wish you luck. All the same, for our own sakes, let's hope the H-bomb regains its power by the time it's our turn to don Crimson caps and gowns...
...strongly believe that reducing extremism and truly pursuing a peaceful solution for the Middle East requires working toward full political, economic, and human rights for all Israelis and Palestinians. This will also provide hope for a constructive future to the young people in Gaza—the best remedy against extremism. It is both a stragetic interest for the long term stability and security for Israel and a moral imperative resulting from our Jewish and human values...
...fate, and he is not Barack Obama or Harry Reid or even a member of Congress. In fact, odds are you've never heard of Alan Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian. But when it comes to the complex budgetary procedure known as reconciliation, the filibuster-proof process which Democrats hope to use to make certain fixes to the Senate bill, Frumin is "the defense counsel, he's the prosecution, he's the judge, he's the jury and he's the hangman," says Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the top Republican on the Budget Committee...