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...Tymoshenko has claimed that the unpopular Yushchenko is trying to push the country toward default in order to declare an emergency situation so that he can remain president. For his part, Yushchenko has accused Tymoshenko of betraying national interests and agreeing "a secret Molotov-Ribbentrop protocol" with Moscow as part of attempts to secure a $5 billion loan to cover budget shortfalls. Russia's outspoken ambassador to Ukraine, former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, caused a diplomatic uproar in February when he said they were "at each other like dogs...
...planets but no news at all if you were hunting for life. A planet with enough gravitational oomph to jiggle a star is probably a gas giant like Jupiter, orbiting so close to the fires of its sun that nothing living would have a chance. What biology needs in order to get going is a relatively small, rocky planet orbiting in what's called a star's habitable zone - a place where things get hot but not too hot, cold but not too cold. A place like Earth, in other words. In the 14 years since 51 Pegasus...
...Eggs Cooked to Order...
...island and ease payment conditions. Cuban-American Senators Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Mel Martinez of Florida oppose including the Cuba language in the bill, insisting that Havana first improve human rights - including letting Cubans travel freely, a change Cuba watchers thought Raúl would order last year but which he didn't. But the provisions reflect a movement among a growing number on Capitol Hill, most prominently Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, to acknowledge that the embargo has failed to dislodge the Castro regime and that it's time to open diplomatic channels. (See TIME articles about Fidel...
...surge to protect the entire population in the provinces affected by the Taliban insurgency. That could mean another 15,000 troops, or more, on top of the 17,000 already sent. It might even succeed; the Afghan people are terrified by the Taliban, but they do want law and order - which the corrupt Karzai government has failed to provide and Petraeus-style counterinsurgency tactics emphasize. But why expend that sort of effort on a sideshow...