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Ever since Silvio Berlusconi took office five years ago, the waters of Italian politics have been poisoned by attacks launched by and leveled at the controversial Prime Minister. So it's not surprising that the billionaire leader's bid for re-election against center-left rival Romano Prodi is turning toxic. Berlusconi, 69, is trailing in the polls. After a lackluster showing in the first of two televised debates, Berlusconi has sought to revive his prospects with fresh shots of venom. Last week, he stole headlines after exploding onstage at a conference of Italy's leading industrialists. The Prime Minister...
...International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the increase in greenhouse-gas emissions from 2000 to 2030 from China alone will nearly equal the increase from the entire industrialized world. India, though behind its Asian rival, could see greenhouse-gas emissions that rise 70% by 2025, according to the World Resources Institute. But the nearly double-digit growth rates that are responsible for those nightmare projections also present an environmental opportunity. "Anything you want to do about clean energy is easier to do from the outset," says David Moskowitz, an energy consultant who has advised Chinese officials. "Every time they...
...dream school” in the country. NYU topped Princeton Review’s annual “College Hopes and Worries Survey” for the third year in a row. The second place finish puts Harvard ahead of Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, and arch-rival Yale, who finished fifth. “New York is such a draw,” said Harriet Brand, director of public relations for Princeton Review, explaining NYU’s appeal. NYU’s diverse and eccentric surroundings plays a key factor in many students’ preferences, Brand surmised...
...Further fueling China's wariness and hostility are the growing ties between its longtime nemesis Japan and the U.S., particularly in light of Washington's encouragement of Tokyo to expand its military role in the region. Meanwhile, President Bush's recent move to forgive India - a traditional rival of China - its nuclear proliferation and aid its civilian nuclear energy sector may not have helped in securing Chinese support for a push against Iran...
...just one of three main ethnic groups in Nigeria. In the north live the Hausa/Fulani, who are mostly Muslim, while the Christian Igbo inhabit the southeast. Within each main ethnic group are dozens of smaller divisions. Moreover, millions of people have moved out of their ancestral homes into rival areas. Frictions between the ethnic groups have often erupted into violence - the most serious being the Biafran war from 1967 to 1970, when fighting between Igbo separatists and the rest of the country, and a resulting famine, left more than a million people dead. Ethnic violence continues today. Since Nigeria...