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...pattern reflected in Kyoto itself, where the number of cars increased from 1.3 million in 1990 to 2 million in 2002. The nation as a whole will need to slash emissions about 14% to achieve its targets. Which raises the obvious question: If ultra-efficient Japan can't wean itself from the carbon habit, what hope does the rest of the world have...
...Americans take down the militias. But such promises have in the past proven empty. Unlike Bush, who has finally acknowledged some mistakes in his Iraq policies, al-Maliki has never expressed any regret over his open defense of the militias. Nor has he been able to wean himself away from his political dependence on al-Sadr. As long as al-Maliki needs al-Sadr's backing to stay in office, he is unlikely to allow U.S. forces-whatever the number-to confront the Mahdi Army. And without such a confrontation, there can be no hope of ending the sectarian...
...Beijing will almost certainly stick to its long-standing policy of economic engagement with North Korea, in the hope that it can wean Kim from nukes and bring him closer to the international community. China, along with South Korea and the U.S., have been urging Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks, the multilateral forum created to negotiate an end to North Korea's nuclear program. Pyongyang's delegates walked out of the last round of talks in November, vowing not to return unless the U.S. lifts a freeze on North Korean assets at a Macau bank. That freeze...
...carbon trading that do not address the scale of the problem. As much as we would like her to, Mother Nature does not negotiate with us. There is nothing we can do about the times she chooses to cause earthquakes. But there is a lot we can do to wean humanity from fossil fuels by generating energy using other technologies. Perhaps they are expensive, but we can't wait for the costs to come down. All nations must act decisively. Peter Priyantha Dias Nugegoda, Sri Lanka There have been cycles of global warming and cooling since the world began...
...cooperation with the political parties notwithstanding, many observers here insist that the Maoists will never settle for anything less than the armed takeover of the country. For now, the country's political leaders know they cannot hope to overwhelm the Maoists by arms: rather they have to try and wean them back into the political system, by negotiating with them, and attempting to write a constitution that the Maoists can accept. "I am not vouching for the Maoists," says Arjun Narsingh K.C, a prominent member of the Nepali Congress, a major political party. "I cannot promise that they are sincere...