The World

10 ESSENTIAL STORIES

By Harriet Barovick, Alexandra Silver, Frances Romero, Kayla Webley, Dan Fastenberg, Nate Rawlings and Katy Steinmetz Monday, July 19, 2010

    • 1 | London

    Panel Clears Climategate Researchers

    The latest of several inquiries into the Climategate controversy--which erupted last year after about 1,000 leaked e-mails became fodder for global-warming skeptics who saw in the messages evidence of bias and falsified data--determined that the "rigour and honesty" of scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit "are not in doubt." While the independent review found that the scientists should have been more open to outsiders and critics, it concluded that they had not manipulated data or misled the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    2 | Afghanistan

    Operations Continue Amid Change In Command

    Afghan police and NATO troops killed 64 militants and seized nearly 37,000 lb. of narcotics in a three-day raid in Helmand province. The operation concluded July 4, just as General David Petraeus officially assumed command (following the recent ouster of General Stanley McChrystal) of all NATO forces during a short ceremony in Kabul. June was the deadliest month on record for coalition forces in the Afghan war.

    3 | Ecuador

    Narcosubmarine Captured

    Ecuadorian police, acting on intelligence from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, seized a 100-ft.-long fiberglass submarine July 2 at a jungle camp near the Colombian border. The craft, capable of holding 10 tons of cocaine, can dive 65 ft. and is considered an improvement over the semisubmersibles used for drug smuggling over the past decade.

    4 | Phoenix

    Legislation Challenged

    More than two months after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial law intended to combat illegal immigration, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state, claiming that the legislation--set to take effect July 29--is unconstitutional. According to the complaint, Arizona's law is untenable because "the federal government has pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters."

    5 | Georgia

    Secretary Clinton Reassures Post-Soviet Bloc

    In a five-day trip over the July 4 holiday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to reassure Russia's neighbors that the "reset" in U.S.-Moscow relations marked by a recent meeting between Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will not force the Obama Administration to abandon the former Soviet states. The U.S. can "walk and chew gum at the same time," Clinton said during her six-hour stop in Georgia, where she met with President Mikhail Saakashvili (above).

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    CLINTON'S TOUR

    JULY 3

    Krakow, Poland

    JULY 2

    Kiev, Ukraine

    Russia

    JULY 5

    Tbilisi, Georgia

    JULY 4

    Yerevan, Armenia

    JULY 4

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    6 | India

    STANDING STILL

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