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...problem is, it won't be enough. As ambitious as Obama's campaign promises were - at least compared to his predecessor's - the future state of global energy will demand government policies with a much longer reach, according to alternative-energy leaders. The International Energy Agency's (IEA) annual World Energy Outlook, released Nov. 12, projects that global energy demand will increase by 45% between 2006 and 2030 - and that $26 trillion in power-supply investments will be necessary simply to meet those needs. Barring radical changes in our energy policy - beyond what Obama has pledged - greenhouse gas emissions will...
...After the bruising it took from Gates' predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, the uniformed military also appears keen to retain the incumbent. At the highest levels, officials praise Gates' calm demeanor and interest in their opinions. "He still comes to the tank every week to hear them out," a Pentagon official says of Gates' regular meeting in the Joint Chiefs' secure conference room...
...Under your predecessor, New Zealand was widely seen as a solid global citizen with an independent foreign policy, but also perhaps as a nation content to play a very minor role in world affairs. Do you agree with that characterisation, and do you have a different vision for New Zealand's place in the world? I'm not sure I would totally agree with that. I think most New Zealanders would have seen Helen Clark's greatest strength, outside her ability to manage in our Mixed Member Proportional system, as being the role she played on the international stage...
...theater.It’s a great idea, but unfortunately it’s not a new one. Joe Mantello’s “Assassins, which appeared on Broadway four years ago,” had the same shooting gallery, and this production also copies its 2004 predecessor by merging the roles of the Balladeer—the show’s singing narrator—and Lee Harvey Oswald. Last Friday’s production may have come off without any major hitch, but there was a nagging feeling that the sparks didn?...
...fervent wish fulfilled with Barack Obama's election victory, but it could mean more than they bargained for. For all their enthusiasm over the prospect of a new tone from Washington, European governments now face the sobering realization that the new President is far better placed than his predecessor to call on Europe to put more troops in harm's way in Afghanistan. It is a call they'd rather not take, but one that some may find hard to refuse...