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...include restoring Kurdish place-names and cleaning up the jingoistic billboards that litter the southeast. What's really needed is a more democratic constitution. But the government has backtracked on that promise before, and is weakened after losing support in local elections last month. "To make this sense of progress stick, we need Kurdish identity to be constitutionally recognized," says lawyer Elci. "Otherwise it will never be secure." Pointing from the window of his cramped office to the dusty town beyond he says: "This is the farthest point from democracy in Turkey. But it will get here...
...buildings with more-efficient lights and better insulation. The payoff is that the city expects to begin saving money through reduced energy bills as early as 2015. On the streets, 15% of the city's 13,000 taxis are hybrids, with more on the way. "The city has made progress on improving what it can control," says Jonathan Rose, a New York architect and sustainable-design expert. "The place where work is really needed is greening all the other buildings in New York...
...with so little time "to change the world" - Merkel's stated ambition for the G-20 meeting - what concrete proposals are likely to be agreed? Officials confidently predict that there will be progress in reforming resources for financial institutions. In particular, they expect more than $100 billion in support for trade finance to be agreed, along with a doubling of resources for the IMF. Japan and the EU have already promised additional funds and more countries are expected to pledge additional money during the afternoon. The details on financial regulation are still being discussed but a 7-page addendum...
...delivery," declared the summit host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Speaking of the agreements reached on tighter regulation of financial markets and institutions, French President Nicolas Sarkozy bigged up his own role in agitating for the measures: "That our Anglo-Saxon friends accepted all of this represents immense progress," he said, adding that "while there were moments of tension, we never thought we'd obtain such a big deal...
...also two detailed annexes on how a tighter regulatory regime would work. But the key to success, Merkel added at her closing press conference, would be how those measures are implemented. "That's why I'm glad we've agreed to another G-20 meeting, to check our progress," she said. A date and venue for the next meeting have not yet been set. (See pictures behind the scenes with the Obamas in England...