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...There is a glut of existing bags in the city of Boston,” said City Councilman Robert Consalvo, who filed a proposal that would curb plastic bag use in the city...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Beantown, A Ban on Bags? | 7/27/2007 | See Source »

...international alternative solution to the global warming problem by drawing on leaders and scholars from a “variety of venues” in science, academia, business, government, and non-governmental organizations, according to the plan’s co-director, Pratt Professor of Business and Government Robert N. Stavins...

Author: By Marie C. Kodama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Help Develop New Global Climate Treaty | 7/27/2007 | See Source »

Questions also remain about whether Iraqi politicians had prior knowledge of the attack. Lieut. Colonel Robert Balcavage, ground commander of U.S. forces operating in Karbala and surrounding areas, says Khareem, the governor of Karbala, knew many details very soon after the attack that night, which made Balcavage wonder if he knew of the operation beforehand. The Army investigation cites unconfirmed reports of calls from the governor's office to the outer checkpoints as the attackers were approaching, with orders to let them pass. In an interview, Khareem denied any wrongdoing. "To accuse me of involvement in this attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ambush in Karbala | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...almost 20 years. He's notorious for having sold more ideas to Hollywood, without any of them actually getting made, than almost any other living person. Now, all at once, the year of Gaiman is finally upon us. Stardust opens Aug. 10, starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. Beowulf, written by Gaiman and directed by Robert Zemeckis, is coming in November. Next year Dakota Fanning will star in Coraline, based on Gaiman's children's book. Is he about to cross over from the weird world of cult fame to the equally weird but more lucrative world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geek God | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...proximity to China's pearl farms, and the absence of import taxes. Annual trade shows now not only bring buyers from around the globe for China's freshwater jewels, but also auctions for the products of the world's largest saltwater producers, Australia's Paspaley and Tahiti's Robert Wang. Hong Kong is now the world's fourth largest exporter of fine jewelry behind Italy, the U.S. and India, totaling nearly $4 billion in 2005. "Hong Kong has made itself into the perfect compliment to China's dominance in pearl production," says Sonny Hung, spokesman for the jeweler Man Sang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Pearl City, But for How Long? | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

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