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...that Somalia could ignite a wider conflagration across the Horn of Africa - sucking in Ethiopia, Eritrea and even Kenya - is real but, again, nothing like the one in Afghanistan's neighborhood. As U.S. ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger never tires of pointing out, none of Somalia's neighbors are nuclear powers. "We are a little wary of the comparisons," he says...
...package, trust in government is extremely low these days. But trust in government is not by any means a pure virtue; after all, trust in government was high in the 1950s, as some have noted, when the government told schoolchildren they would be safe in the event of a nuclear attack if they put their heads under their desks...
...Return to Nuclear Power...
President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for the construction of two nuclear reactors at a plant in Georgia. It is the first new nuclear project to be green-lighted in the U.S. since the 1980s. Once online, sometime in 2017, the reactors will generate power for 1.4 million people. While most hailed the move--the White House said the reactors will prevent the emission of 16 million tons of carbon dioxide each year--critics say safety standards for storing the plant's radioactive waste need to be improved...
...touch" and kept open the possibility that their two Prime Ministers would meet at a South Asian regional summit in Bhutan in April. The date set for the next Secretary-level talks will be an important signal. A date within the next two months - before the April 12-13 nuclear summit in Washington - would be a sign of seriousness and increasing momentum toward a settlement. (See pictures of Pakistan's class divisions and ethnic rivalries...