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...power during his time in office and has said it may bring charges by the end of February. Thaksin's old Thai Rak Thai party is also being probed for possible electoral fraud in the polls last April, which were eventually nullified. Even the ex-PM's showcase project-Suvarnabhumi Airport, which opened just nine days after Thaksin fell from power-has been tainted by claims of a rush job and of corruption. Late last month, international inspectors refused to certify the airport as safe because of cracks in the taxiways. Resolving all these complex issues, the junta contends...
...performances," says McG, who directed Fox in the recent football tearjerker We Are Marshall, which is based on the real-life story of a college team killed in a plane crash in 1970. And yes, when the two first met to talk about the project, the director says, Fox cried...
...Tokyo to New York City is in aircraft that may emit more than 5,200 lbs. (about 2,400 kg) of carbon per passenger, round-trip, according to one estimate. On an individual level, you can try to make your flight carbon neutral by donating to, say, a forestry project that will soak up the greenhouse gases you have created. An increasing number of airlines and travel agents do offer such options. The London-based CarbonNeutral Company reports that requests for carbon offsetting from individual travelers have jumped over the past six months. But the still tiny number of neutralized...
...where students agree to recycle and reduce energy use—as an example of direct student participation. The report is the first of what will be annual assessments conducted by the Institute. Based in Harvard Square, the Sustainable Endowments Institute was founded in 2005 as a special project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The institute focuses specifically on universities and colleges. “Colleges for the most part have been at the forefront of environmental efforts,” Orlowski said. “Corporations have been doing a lot of good work but it?...
...were depressed as hell as we were doing this work," admits Kenneth Pollack, a co-author of the report. "It was not a fun project." Nearly all past attempts by outsiders to suppress civil wars have failed. The ones that succeeded - Bosnia, for example - required a ratio of 20 armed peacekeepers per 1,000 locals. In Iraq that would mean an international security force of about 450,000 troops, and that's excluding Kurdistan, which hopefully would remain stable...