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...scientists from 60 countries were working on the landmass. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had dropped by to see the melting glaciers for themselves. And singer Björk dedicated a song to Greenland (and the Faroe Islands) - "Declare Independence" - on her latest album...
...TIME in 2005. Have his fortunes changed since then? Not if you go by court decisions. Last week, a Michigan jury awarded $6.5 million to two former Detroit police officers who alleged they were retaliated against for investigating possible misconduct by Kilpatrick's bodyguards. The award is the latest blow for Kilpatrick - even as his city makes some gains...
...Michigan Sen. Carl Levin and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed certainly hope so. In this week's congressional tug-of-war over Iraq policy, their amendment to the defense spending bill - the latest version of one they've introduced four times before - has the best chance of ultimately winning the 60 votes required to give it a fuller Senate consideration. Finding 60 votes this time around is unlikely. But it is steadily gaining support...
...Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program praised Ho's latest purchase and donation: "We hope to see more people become interested in the loss of national treasures overseas, and through public means can contribute to their return home," program head Niu Xianfeng said in a written statement. The Chinese government also endorsed Ho's generosity. "We are glad to witness the homecoming of the Bronze horse head after its expatriation for nearly one and a half centuries," China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced in a written statement...
...Clearly, the U.N. process is not going to yield the results desired by the U.S. and its allies any time soon. The latest Iran-IAEA agreement has sharply diminished chances of the U.N. Security Council approving any further sanctions against Iran this fall, and the French call for unilateral European sanctions has been rebuffed by Italy (Iran's largest European trading partner) and sharply criticized by Russia. A deeper problem lies in the fact that the West sees uranium enrichment itself - to which Iran is entitled under the Non-Proliferation Treaty - as unacceptable, because it would give Iran the means...