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...leader whom President Barack Obama appointed special envoy to the Middle East on Jan. 22, has earned a reputation as a diplomat capable of untangling the world's knottiest disputes. Since leaving the U.S. Senate fifteen years ago, Mitchell has helped broker a peace agreement in war-torn Northern Ireland, spearheaded a Clinton Administration committee on Middle East peace and investigated steroid use in baseball. Forging a resolution to the simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be his most formidable challenge yet. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...
...feature Waltz With Bashir was the best foreign language film. (Can't explain; too complicated.) The award for best actor in a drama went to Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Kate Winslet snagged both the dramatic actress prize for Revolutionary Road and the supporting actress trophy for The Reader. Ireland's Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and England's Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) received the top prizes for acting in a comedy. And the late Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight, was declared best supporting actor, increasing his chances to become only the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar...
...says, the euro's first decade has been characterized by budget rows and debates about the European Central Bank's monetary policy, when the focus should be on correcting big macroeconomic divergences, like Spain's and Ireland's recent (and ultimately doomed) property bubbles. "The euro zone needs more ability to act in times of real crises, or to prevent them," Pisani-Ferry says. "It is a slow process." But one that has come a long way in 10 years...
This month the game is looking frenzied. On Dec. 1, Ryanair made a $1 billion takeover bid for Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus, the second such offer from Ireland's no-frills airline in as many years. The Irish carrier has rebuffed the offer, but shareholders have until Jan. 5 to decide. (See TIME's Top 10 business deals...
...1930s saw the invention of latex as well as the invention of the first female condom in the U.S., the "Gee Bee Ring." In 1965 the Supreme Court ruled that married couples had the constitutionally protected right to contraception; in 1972 that same right was extended to unmarried couples. (Ireland prohibited condom sales until 1978, and the Catholic Church still condemns them...