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...carbon permits (for companies that weren't yet sufficiently energy efficient) and using that money for other green programs. But the final bill in the House gave 85% of those allowances away to industry. It also dramatically reduced the requirements Obama had originally sought for how much of the nation's electricity needed to be renewable - from 25% in 2025 to 15% by 2020, a concession to the coal industry. (Read "Will the Public Plan Make or Break Health Reform...
...about is how you're going to hold the elected officials in the state of New Jersey accountable for their actions," Kim Carnestahl, who teaches the church's continuing-education program, shouted from the balcony. "These most recent indictments make New Jersey look like the worst state in the nation." (Read "The Beautiful Side of New Jersey Corruption...
...Disagreeing with most of his nation, he supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq, augmenting the effort with 500 Danish troops. Shortly before the war began in 2003, a protester attacked him in the Danish Parliament, pouring red paint over the Prime Minister and shouting "You have blood on your hands." The troops have since returned, though Denmark still has 700 fighters under NATO command in Afghanistan...
Denmark is not exactly a global power center, but the former leader of the small, tidy nation is about to become a major player on the world's diplomatic stage. Anders Fogh Rasmussen takes over as NATO's Secretary-General on Aug. 1 after serving as Denmark's Prime Minister. The popular center-right leader takes the reins as the deteriorating war in Afghanistan poses a serious test for the 60-year-old NATO alliance, which is managing the conflict. Rasmussen, 56, spent eight years in Copenhagen's top office, most notably shepherding Denmark through the Muslim cartoon uproar...
Since France's summer vacation season kicked off in early July, the French press has repeatedly sounded the alarm over the shrinking number of topless women on the nation's beaches. As eagle-eyed reporters have made quite clear, the prevailing trend among sun-loving women these days is to use both pieces of their bikini. Le Monokini, C'est Fini! , shouted Le Parisien in its report from a Mediterranean beach. "Nude Breasts Are Less Trendy" concurred free daily Metro France. "The practice has become common, and therefore less compelling as a fashion," says sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann. "When...