The Unending Saga of Intelligence Reform
Foreign Affairs, by Paul R. Pillar - Two new books on intelligence reform — Tim Weiner’s Legacy of Ashes and Amy Zegart’s Spying Blind — distort the historical record. A third, by Richard Betts, rightly observes that no matter how good the spies, failures are inevitable.
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BP chief signals renewables profit drive
Times - Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, yesterday gave the market a strong signal that he wants to realise value from the company’s loss-making investments in renewables. The Alternative Energy unit, which comprises BP’s solar cell manufacturing, wind power, hydrogen and bio-mass ventures, was “worth between $5 billion and $7 billion”, Mr Hayward said. In a strong hint that the company was feeling the pressure to generate a financial return from billions of dollars of investment in renewables, he said: “We intend to grow this business predominantly for its equity value.”
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Žižek o Kosovu, Srbima i Albancima
B92 Blog by Dušan Maljković - Mada je bio izričito kritičan prema srpskom nacionalizmu devedesetih, Slavoj Žižek u poslednje vreme osuđuje nasilje nad kosovskim Srbima i zagovara kompromisno rešenje srpsko-albanskog pitanja. U intervjuu za italijanski dnevni list La Republica (prenosi nedeljnik NIN, 29. 11. 2007) tim povodom kaže: „Godinama sam zastupao albansku stranu. Ali ovo što se danas radi srpskoj manjini postaje nepodnošljivo. Postoje enklave u kojima živi najviše 15 osoba, staraca, dece… a štiti ih i po 200 vojnika KFOR-a. To je ludilo”.
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Europe’s closest friendship falls apart
Independent - To cancel one high-level Franco-German meeting is unfortunate. To cancel two in less than a week implies a bank of freezing fog is descending over the Rhine. French and German officials sought yesterday to play down the significance of the abrupt postponement – both by Paris – of two meetings between the countries’ most senior politicians. Privately, and not so privately, the talk in both capitals is of a serious rift in the single most important national partnership in Europe. Officials blame an increasingly difficult relationship between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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The campaign that changed the eating habits of a nation
Independent - Sales of factory-farmed chickens have slumped since a high-profile campaign raised awareness of the cruelty at the heart of the poultry industry and implored consumers to pay more to improve the animals’ welfare.
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Russia’s Dangerous Double Act
Spiegel - After Sunday’s elections in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin are expected to form a governing duo. But why assume that a czar duo can ensure stability? Shared leadership has never worked in Russia.
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Italiji i Sloveniji izlov uz naknadu
Jutarnji list - Iz više službenih i neslužbenih izjava dužnosnika HDZ-a, ali i istaknutih opozicionara danas se moglo zaključiti da će se rješenje višegodišnje zavrzlame oko proglašenja i primjene ZERP-a najvjerojatnije naći u daljnjoj primjeni ekološke komponente ZERP-a uz suspenziju ili značajnu modifikaciju ribolovne komponente.
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Do ambisa … pa napred
Slobodna Evropa, by Teofil Pančić - Ne znam jesmo li to zaista tražili, ali fakat je da smo to dobili: život je u Srbiji iznova nepodnošljivo zanimljiv. Toliko je zanimljiv da ne postižemo da ga pratimo, nego sopćući trčkaramo za njim.
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