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...wrong to attribute a significant part of the increase in Amazon deforestation to biofuels, as Mr. Grunwald does. First, suggestions that Brazil is a major culprit in global warming are not supported by scientific facts or reliable statistics. Second, the growth rate of Brazilian emissions has been on the decline primarily because of decreasing rates of Amazon rain - forest deforestation, which is the main source of carbon emissions in Brazil, and increasing use of ethanol fuel. Furthermore, from 1970 to 2005 the use of ethanol in our energy mix has averted the emission of 644 million tons...
McCain's Nerve Center Rick Davis has worked on Republican presidential campaigns for almost 30 years. After running John McCain's 2000 long-shot bid, he returned as campaign manager last summer to help engineer the candidate's comeback by, among other things, making major cuts in spending. With no fancy office (or even a cubicle) at McCain's Arlington, Va., headquarters, Davis, 50, directs an operation of about 100 employees, including many twentysomething staffers brand-new to presidential politics. Here's a tour of his work space...
...expert in nuclear fission who taught at Princeton and the University of Texas and authored five books, physicist John Wheeler--who coined the term black hole--was involved in many of the major scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century. As a member of the Manhattan Project, he collaborated with Albert Einstein and others to create the atom bomb. Unlike some colleagues who agonized over the weapon's awful power, he regretted only that it hadn't been used sooner. He often recalled a letter from his brother, who was later killed in World War II, that read simply, "Hurry...
...Some of them were sympathetic with these lawbreakers, some refused to battle for political or national or sectarian or religious reasons.' MAJOR GENERAL ABDUL-KARIM KHALAF, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman, on the 1,300 Iraqi soldiers and policemen who were dismissed for either deserting or refusing to fight during last month's Shi'ite-on-Shi'ite battles in Basra...
...Hariri's 2005 assassination proved to be a major turning point in Lebanese politics, setting the stage for the current stalemate as the U.S.-backed government and the Syrian-backed opposition are unable to agree on a new President. Following the murder, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Beirut and other cities to demand the withdrawal of the Syrian troops that had been garrisoned in the country for decades, as Damascus acted as the dominant influence in Lebanese politics. Despite the withdrawal of its troops and the creation of the pro-Western government, Syria has continued...