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Nepal\'s Peace Process Faltering
Nepal's Peace Process Faltering: Maoist night protest. Image by Flickr user izahorsky. Used under a creative commons license Nepal’s fragile peace process is faltering amidst increasing clashes between the Maoists…...
Development blog: Cash for poor countries, or another round of subprime lending?
Development blog: Cash for poor countries, or another round of subprime lending?: This is a joint post with Benjamin Leo. A special new lending facility was announced in July 2009 with the objective of providing up to $17 billion in new loans through...
US Will Announce Target for Cutting Carbon Emissions Before Copenhagen
US Will Announce Target for Cutting Carbon Emissions Before Copenhagen: White House hits back on climate critics That’s the banner headline at the Politico, which reports: “It would be a mistake to conclude that the international community’s fa...
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets: by Ben Fried Clarence Eckerson sends these shots of DOT street safety improvements taken on a recent ride near the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. Above is the newly traffic-cal...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Sobering Update on the Science
The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Sobering Update on the Science: by Elizabeth Kolbert On the eve of the Copenhagen conference, a group of scientists has issued an update on the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their conclusions?...
Center Study Featured in New York Times
Center Study Featured in New York Times: In The New York Times today, Natalie Angier reports on a wave of new research into the functions of oxytocin–aka “the love hormone” or “the cuddle hormone”–including the new study,…...

