Word: leader
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...daylong summit on Sept. 22. But his speech, which contained high emotion and few concrete specifics on how much the U.S. would actually cut greenhouse-gas emissions, disappointed some. It was remarkable, after eight years of stonewalling from former President George W. Bush, to see a U.S. leader rally the rest of the world to combat global warming, but Obama kept his carbon promises vague, suggesting his limits. (Read "A Wind Shift in the Global Warming Debate...
...other option appears to be Rutgers, a visit to which will be taking place in the upcoming weeks. Though Carroll himself did not comment, Harvard has been called his leader...
...Free Democrats since 2001, when he became the youngest leader in the party's history...
...Sept. 21, en route to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, when he got the news. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, after sneaking back into his Central American country, had shown up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa seeking refuge. Lula, like every other world leader, has called for Zelaya's restoration ever since the Honduran was ousted by a military coup on June 28, so he had little choice but to let him into the embassy. But when Lula arrived in Manhattan, according to numerous sources, his irritation was plain. "He was taken by surprise...
Germany's elections on Sept. 27 had more than one victor. Sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel retained her grip on the post. But Guido Westerwelle, the head of the Free Democrats, was the real winner, becoming the first openly gay leader of a governing German party. Though Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats pulled in one-third of the vote - less than in 2005 - Westerwelle's party captured 14.6% of the ballots, a 4.7% increase that was the largest of any group. Germany will now be ruled by a coalition of the two parties. Following German tradition, Westerwelle is slated...