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...steal. But the immediate spark shouldn't be allowed to detract from the war's underlying cause. Says Michael Klare, director of the Peace and World Security Program at Hampshire College in Massachusetts: "In Darfur, global warming exacerbates divisions along ethnic lines and produces ethnic wars that are, at root, resource conflicts...
Extreme greens opt to get a real tree with root-ball intact, keep it alive through the stressful holiday season--then find a place to replant it. That might be easy if you have a green thumb and a backyard big enough to absorb a Douglas fir: lug the potted tree inside for the holidays, then outside once your New Year's hangover has cleared. If you keep the tree in a planter, you can reuse it every year and save...
...dilemmas for us. We came out to Congo with a certain function - to reinforce the authority of the state. But now the [U.N. Security] Council will have to reconsider this. Events of the last two months have just run over [our mission]. The Congolese army needs root and branch reform, but security-sector reform is a long-term project. So how do we deal with the situation in the meantime? Protection is our mission. But if those we are protecting are also involved, it's a very difficult situation...
...root cause of heart disease is not only lifestyle but the interaction between the toxic environment that makes positive lifestyle choices exceedingly difficult,” she said, “Until these issue are addressed, there is no magic bullet to prevent cardiovascular disease...
...Shorenstein Center and a HKS lecturer. Former U.S. Senate Staff Attorney Jack Blum—who has worked on bank and securities firm compliance, international financial crime, money laundering, and offshore tax evasion—rounded out the panel. The panel spent much of the time addressing the root causes of the economic crisis, and generally agreed that the lack of transparency in the financial markets was a top reason for the U.S. economy’s troubles. “We just gathered whatever stuff we could gather and made a sausage out of it, and we wrapped...