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Though the Game Day Challenge was not athletic, it spurred athletic spirit among some, including Robert Gogan, a leader in the project and a recycling manager for the University’s Facilities Maintenance Operations...
...brought digital activists together who didn’t know each other but who had a common interest,” he said. “The Green Movement took a hydra-like approach to this, which is brilliant—everybody was a leader...
...swing through Latin America this week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has prompted the Obama Administration and U.S. congressional leaders to signal their displeasure with the Iranian leader's regional hosts. President Obama wrote to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the eve of the visit, reiterating the U.S. position on Iran's nuclear program, and urging the Brazilian leader to back it. Washington's pique is hardly surprising, since the visit comes at a moment when the U.S. is seeking to rally an international united front to coerce Iran into limiting its nuclear ambitions...
...Lula is desperate for Brazil to take on a more prominent role in world affairs, and would like nothing more than to bask in the prestige of playing peacemaker. The Brazilian leader gave Ahmadinejad the red-carpet treatment at their meeting Monday, telling him Brazil supports Iran's nuclear program "for peaceful means." (See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI's Visit to Brazil...
...much influence Lula can have depends on how much he is willing to push the Iranian leader and how close a friendship they develop. "It all depends how much moral authority he feels he can impose on the relationship," says Ehteshami. "He will have the instinct to play it down, as it is their first meeting. And Ahmadinejad hasn't struck anybody as being someone who listens too much...