Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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The E.U.'s Future: Back in the Hands of Irish Voters

By BRYAN COLL / DROGHEDA

Last year, Irish voters sent shock waves through the European Union by rejecting a critical referendum on reforming the institution. With another vote coming up, Ireland's reeling economy may be causing a change of heart

With Obama Wavering, Congress Seeks to Chart a Course on Afghanistan

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

The Senate on Tuesday is expected to debate amendments to the 2010 defense appropriations bill that are likely to include everything from timelines for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to proposals to send upwards of 40,000 more.

Is Ocean Seismic Testing Endangering the Dolphins?

By VERONICA ZARAGOVIA

Marine mammal experts say the technology used to help understand why ocean earthquakes happen is endangering some of the world's most fragile animals

At the Ayatullah's Tomb: Has the Regime Forsaken Khomeini?

By TIME STAFF

The pious continue to gather at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic even as the regime has turned against his family

Should the Home-Buyer Tax Credit Be Allowed to Expire?

By BARBARA KIVIAT

Viewpoint: the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers is set to expire soon. Many people want Congress to extend it, but there are strong reasons not to

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Swampland

By Amy Sullivan

Enough already. The Global Committee to Defend Roman Polanski is shocked and appalled by the arrest of their talented friend in Switzerland over the weekend.

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Heroes of the Environment 2009

From saving wild mountain rivers in China to measuring the Arctic's icy expanse, from protecting the lush forests of Africa to conducting a feisty online debate, our green heroes are informed by this simple notion: We can all make a difference

Quotes of the Day

"I have been trying for a year to get the NHS to admit there is a serious problem with these injections, but they are just in denial."
CHERYL CAVE,
a mother, commenting on the National Health Service's cervical cancer vaccine that hospitalized her daughter a year ago and is the same vaccine received by a school girl who died Monday in the U.K.
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Indonesia's Islamic Schools: More Female Friendly

By Carla Power / Cirebon

While domestic suicide bombers and radicals have been traced to a few notorious schools, others have been incubators for a more benign trend in the world's most populous Muslim nation: the development of feminist readings of the Quran and Islamic traditions

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