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Jerusalem Poses New Crisis for Obama As Tensions Rise
Disputes between religious communities over access to holy places are a staple of life in Jerusalem's Old City, but it was more than just another sectarian turf battle that saw Israeli police on Oct. 25 enter the Muslim-controlled area on the Temple Mount to quell stone-throwing by Palestinians. Instead, the riot in the Holy City was yet another sign that, in the absence of any real peace process, the two sides may be headed for renewed confrontation.
Nations:Israel Lebanon People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Activities:Mideast Peace Source:(Time)
2009-10-28
Health Reform: Will Reid's Public-Option Gamble Pay Off?
After a weekend of intense consultations with fellow Democrats, Senate majority leader Harry Reid has decided he has the votes to get a health-reform bill with a public option to the Senate floor. "I believe we clearly will have the support of my caucus to move to this bill and start legislating," Reid declared at a news conference Monday afternoon. The real question, however, is whether he has the votes it will take to get it out of the chamber.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:Harry Reid Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain Activities:2009 US Health Reform Source:(Time)
2009-10-27
Human Evolution: Are Humans Still Evolving?
Modern Homo sapiens is still evolving. Despite the long-held view that natural selection has ceased to affect humans because almost everybody now lives long enough to have children, a new study of a contemporary Massachusetts population offers evidence of evolution still in action.
Nations:U.S. People:Usain Bolt Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(Time)
2009-10-26
Artificial Sweeteners: How Bad Are Saccharin, Aspartame?
Too much sugar will make you fat, but too much artificial sweetener will ... do what exactly? Kill you? Make you thinner? Or have absolutely no effect at all? This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban cyclamate, the first artificial sweetener prohibited in the U.S., and yet scientists still haven't reached a consensus about how safe (or harmful) artificial sweeteners may be. Shouldn't we have figured this out by now? (See the top 10 bad beverage ideas.)
Source:(Time)
2009-10-20
Secret Talks Progress on Illegal Iranian Nuclear Plant
President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday's meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium. That's because, Administration sources tell TIME, Obama personally weighed in three times during secret, multiparty negotiations with the Iranians over the last four months - in what has become not just a test of Iran's nuclear intentions but also a test of Obama's effort to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions through a combination of sanctions, threats and incentives.
Nations:Russia People:Barack Obama Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(Time)
2009-10-19
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