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...Also hailing from the Golden State Jacob K. Olupona will have a joint appointment in the Af-Am department and Harvard Divinity School...
...ports management deal with the United Arab Emirates, India represents something of a bright spot. While the Iraq War has caused notable strains between the U.S. and many of its Western allies, the two formidable countries have actually grown closer in recent years - the product of increased trade, a joint struggle against Islamic-based terrorists and a commitment to common democratic values. "The trip will underscore the very dramatic strides that have taken place in the relationship," says Robert Hathaway, an India scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington...
...commander in Iraq. "Casey is telling the ambassador, 'The Iraqis got it,'" a military source tells TIME. "I'm not sure the ambassador is listening." A spokeswoman for the ambassador says there is no serious disagreement and that Casey and Khalilzad are addressing the issues in a new Joint Working Group...
...politics clambered into a huge hole in the Finnish town of Olkiluoto to watch a laser light show as the climax of the groundbreaking for the first nuclear plant to be built in Europe in 14 years. The winner of the $3.6 billion plant contract was Areva, in a joint venture with Germany's Siemens. China currently has nine nuclear reactors in operation and says it will increase its nuclear capacity fivefold by 2020. The Chinese are expected to select a Western contractor for two new plants this year. The race is among Areva, Westinghouse and Russia's AtomStroyExport...
Areva is well placed in the U.S. too. In September it announced a joint venture with Constellation Energy, based in Baltimore, Md., to promote a new generation of nuclear plant and expects orders for four reactors once the technology is approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Even in nuclear-resistant Europe, official attitudes are shifting. Bulgaria is holding a tender for two new reactors; British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a debate about the future of nuclear power amid signs that the government may order several new plants; and in Germany and Sweden, public debates are raging about...