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...Your article on improved relations between North and South Korea [June 21] noted that the two countries are "still technically at war." Is TIME stuck back in the 1960s? Let's stop referring to the Korean "War" and give Koreans a break after a half-century of living under constant fear and tension. Why maintain the cold war mentality? Please let Koreans on both sides approach one another amiably as one people, for peaceful reunification through the process of mutual understanding and respect. Everyone ought to be excited about the progress that both sides have made in the past...
...years ago, the mayor of Paris bestowed an unusual gift upon residents stuck in the city during the annual grandes vacances, or summer break. An artificial beach was laid out next to the river Seine, complete with imported white sand, palm trees and sun loungers, becoming an instant hit with tourists and locals alike. The inspired notion of turning a busy strip of asphalt into a downtown beach has now found another convert?the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Located on the banks of the river Maas at Leuvehaven, Rotterdam's beach is set against a backdrop of high-rises...
Meanwhile, Obama, a Harvard Law graduate, has energized African-American voters without alienating suburban whites. "I am rooted in the African-American community, but I am not limited to it," he tells audiences. He has also stuck to his liberal positions: he is outspoken in his opposition to the war in Iraq and touts his legislation to reduce the rate of wrongful executions and crack down on racial profiling...
...turns out, much of the fun of The Preservationist lies with Noe's daughters-in-law, who furnish him with a chatty, catty shipboard peanut gallery. His eldest son Sem (usually spelled Shem) is married to unflappable, pragmatic Bera, who gets stuck with a lot of the animal-gathering chores. "The problem with people who think that God will provide," she remarks tartly, "is that they think God will provide." Cham (Ham)--the most skeptical of the sons and the most sympathetic--is paired with mysterious, icy Ilya, a refugee from a northern land who subjects Noe's religious zeal...
...Currently, more than 70% of China's electricity is derived from coal, but the nation's overburdened railways are plagued by bottlenecks, which limit the amount of coal sent to the voracious power plants. Half of the coal available from the western part of Inner Mongolia, for instance, is stuck at the source because of insufficient transportation networks. "Again, it comes down to a lack of planning on basic logistics," says Merrill Lynch's Jacobelli. "In some ways, you'd expect better from a centralized economy...