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...Tuesday, two of the world’s most important men—U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao—shared the spotlight at the UN Summit on Climate Change to speak about taking steps to combat climate change. The headliners of a group of over 100 leaders, both presidents spoke of the importance of the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s December meeting in Copenhagen. While the message of both men was a step in the right direction, we call on the leaders to translate promises into concrete action...
...professor out in California, wrote a book called The End of Utopia in 1999, which argues that the idea of imagining better futures has diminished, as we wallow more and more in our desperate state of societal and governmental decay. So I tried to revive the genre, so to speak...
...exiled President Manuel Zelaya got in underground on Sept. 21, popping up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa after a clandestine trek over the border. His surprise appearance, impeccably timed to create buzz at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City this week - where Zelaya was scheduled to speak - made de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti and other leaders of the June 28 military coup that ousted Zelaya look like losers in a game of whack-a-mole...
...However, Gaccio suggests French machismo may also be at work. "People always speak of [fellow former French President François] Mitterrand and Chirac as great ladies' men, and [current French President Nicolas] Sarkozy went out and married a top model, but who refers to Giscard as a seducer?" Gaccio asks. "No one - so he's decided to do so himself, with a story whose leading lady is no longer around to debunk...
...small number of other universities in the US that offer similar kinds of financial aid, so those that have financial aid for international students are a very attractive option. It allows us to be much more competitive,” Fitzsimmons said. Having travelled to China and Vietnam to speak to prospective students last fall, Fitzsimmons affirmed Harvard’s desire to bring in “students from all regions of Asia.” These recruiting trips have grown increasingly important as universities in Asia continue to draw more students from the region with scholarships and improving...