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...number of questions have been raised about the link between carbon dioxide and climate change, which do not appear convincing." ANDREI N. ILLARIONOV, senior Kremlin official, justifying Russia's expected decision not to ratify the Kyoto protocol to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases...
Christmas is supposed to be a happy?and wildly profitable?time, at least if you're Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo, one of the world's leading makers of video games. And during the '80s and '90s, it was a joyous holiday. For most of that time, the Kyoto-based game company could count on at least one of every two game consoles gift-wrapped under Christmas trees to have been manufactured by the firm. And each of those game boxes would generate revenue streams that trickled well into the new year, as customers became addicted to Nintendo-owned franchises...
...Give this a chance. We can predict the response of the hardliners everywhere.They are not known for compromise. The memebers of the respective govenrments may feel their authority compromised. But compromise is now what we need. A strong government can afford to support this. Daniel Kelly Kyoto, Japan...
...States - "Dirty Harry" and "Globocop" rolled into one. But who is a unilateralist now? Last week the Continent's two biggest fish demonstrated how well they, too, can play a self-centered game - and proved that power is a temptation for all nations, not just the U.S. What the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change and the International Criminal Court are to America (the U.S. says no to both), the E.U. Stability and Growth Pact is to France and Germany. The pact enjoins all 12 members of the euro bloc to maintain strict fiscal discipline. Above all, they were to keep...
...think that Britain’s getting shafted. Tony Blair has been asking us to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, but Bush doesn’t follow through,” said Rogers...