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Portrait of a ‘green’ coal baron

22. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Clive Thompson (The New York Times)
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, runs one of the biggest U.S. producers of carbon emissions. He is also a committed environmentalist, but now he finds himself fighting a carbon cap bill he championed.



Kristof: Strengthening extremists

21. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Kristof, Read the World

By Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times)
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008
If the U.S. and Israel had formed a Joint Commission to Support Hamas Extremists and Bolster Iranian Influence, they could hardly have done a better job



The big pander to big oil

21. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

(The New York Times)
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008
President Bush’s decision to ask Congress to end the federal ban on offshore drilling along much of America’s continental shelf is cruelly misleading.



Shadows grow across one of Africa’s bright lights

20. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Lydia Polgreen (The New York Times)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
The sense of political, social and economic malaise in Senegal, one of Africa’s most stable and admired countries, is unmistakable.



Friedman: Iraq: Facing 3 realities

20. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
What the U.S. does next in Iraq - how and why - is barely getting discussed in the presidential campaign. Americans should start talking about it.



In Burundi, it’s starting to feel like peace

18. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Jeffrey Gettleman (The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
After 15 years of off-again-on-again civil war, the last of Burundi’s rebel groups has finally come to the negotiating table



Drive-by charity feeds the hungry of Mumbai

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Anand Giridharadas (International Herald Tribune)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
It takes a city as frenetic, transactional and compassionate as Mumbai to erect hunger cafés - eateries for the malnourished.



Kristof: The weapon of rape

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
One of war’s oldest, most brutal and most effective weapons is finally drawing world attention.



Another chance on global warming

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

(The New York Times)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
The U.S. Senate can fight global warming by approving a bill to extend vital tax credits for renewable fuel sources like wind and solar power.



More than just talk

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Ban Ki Moon (International Herald Tribune)
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
The UN’s real work - preventing starvation and helping war’s victims - is often the least visible.



Friedman: Letter from Cairo

17. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times)
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008
If prices keep soaring, food and fuel could reshape politics around the developing world as much as nationalism or Communism did in their days.



Odds are against longtime Sudan peacemaker

16. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

In 2005, Roger Winter helped end a decades-long conflict, claiming more than two million lives. Now the north-south strife has flared up over oil.



Fierce purity and the fate of Myanmar

16. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

“Perfect Hostage” suffers in places from the awe that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi inspires in those who write about her…
By Seth Mydans (The New York Times)
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008



A daughter of France’s ‘lost territories’ fights for them

16. Juni 2008 | Von atsil | Kategorie: Read the World

By Steven Erlanger (The New York Times)
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008
Fadela Amara, one of the highest-ranking Muslim women in France, is responsible for bringing hope to the poor, angry suburbs that burst into flames three years ago.