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Monday, December 15, 2003 |
[CNN]: Nations
in the Middle East and Asia that fiercely opposed the U.S.-led war in
Iraq have praised the capture of ousted leader Saddam Hussein, hailing
it as a potential turning point for Iraqis and the United States.
Cited in the story: Iran, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Bangladesh
,South Korea, Chin, Thailand, Indonesia, and UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan.
On the other hand:
Palestinian leaders did not celebrate
the capture of Saddam, who paid the families of Palestinian suicide
bombers $25,000 each. Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said the capture was a
matter solely for the Iraqi people.
On the streets of Gaza, many mourned
the capture and showed continuing support for the deposed
leaders. "With our blood and soul, we'll sacrifice our life for
you Saddam," one group chanted.
Sigh.
11:04:54 PM 
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[Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends]:The study showed that some of these cities grew by as much as 25 percent during these ten years.
Hmm. Not sure how to insert those cool satelllite pictures here...
9:03:00 PM
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[SolarAccess, via CleanEdge]: Just
a week after the U.S. Congress failed to gain adequate support for a
broad and contentious energy bill, the UK has passed their own
comprehensive energy legislation.
10 percent by 2010, 15 percent by 2015
Lordy, if the Brits can do it, will the Yanks take this lying down?
4:22:16 PM
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[Austin Chronicle, via CleanEdge]: In
a near-complete turnaround from its public position just a week ago,
Austin Energy has announced plans to adopt specific, highly ambitious,
and undeniably expensive goals for adding solar energy to the Austin
electric and economic mix... 15 megawatts of solar generating capacity
by 2007, escalating to 100 megawatts by 2020.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (my
old stomping grounds) proposed a municipally driven market formation
strategy for solar electricity more than 20 years ago. Kudos to Austin
for driving it foward -- and showing that energy policy no longer needs
to wait for the Feds.
Better late than never. :-)
And a good time to think about the ways that development of
distributed, renewable energy could be as transformative as the
development of distributed information & communications systems --
a la the Internet.
10:48:18 AM
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