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...high time for Hamas to return that soldier," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a media conference on Wednesday in reference to the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, which precipitated the current Israeli offensive in Gaza. "It is high time then for everybody who has any influence on Hamas to make sure that that happens, and then we can get back on track...
...Still, when Secretary Rice talks of getting "back on track" once Hamas hands over Corporal Shalit, it's difficult to know what she means. There is currently no "track" involving Hamas, and no obvious incentive for movement to respond positively to her appeal. And the gunmen of Hamas appear to be out to show that even though Israel ignores the elected government, they can force it to bargain...
...Western concern about President Hamid Karzai's government, which remains unable to assert its authority much beyond the capital city, Kabul. "In many respects, I think that this insurgency is less about insurgent strength than government weakness," says Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared in Kabul last week in a show of support for Karzai, while 10,000 coalition troops launched a fresh offensive against Taliban insurgents in the south. But few Afghans believe the threat posed by the resurgent Taliban is close to being extinguished--and some are doubtful that the NATO forces...
...much to calm the diplomatic fury set off by Pyongyang's saber rattling. Most notable, however, was what was missing from the response. After weeks of talk of harsh rhetoric and debate in the media over preemptive military strikes to knock out the test missile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday called for the issue to be discussed by the six-party forum that has since 2002 been negotiating over North Korea's nuclear program. That essentially amounts to a demand that North Korea return to the negotiating table, from which it walked away last November in a dispute...
...interesting study of two suppliers of brown rice syrup. One was a U.S. supplier; one was international. Instead of asking the question about food miles [traveled], we asked how much CO2 was being emitted by the travel. We found that having the boat come over here used less CO2 than having the truck come across the U.S. We're now conducting what we're calling an eco-assessment, looking at our entire supply chain, from the field where the ingredient is planted to our packaging...