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• Remembering George H.W. Bush, a calm hand at the tiller in a turbulent time
• Readers write: Dangers of plastic pollution, possible solution in charcoal, walk through little-seen aspects of Africa, and race against time
• Global Newsstand: The unseen costs of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and more

Remembering George H.W. Bush, a calm hand at the tiller in a turbulent time Posted: 01 Dec 2018 05:37 AM PST At approximately 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Nov. 9, 1989, National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft walked into the Oval Office to tell President George H.W. Bush stunning news: The Berlin Wall was open. Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater pushed for Mr. Bush to talk to reporters, or at least issue a statement. The White House press corps was screaming for a presidential comment.

Readers write: Dangers of plastic pollution, possible solution in charcoal, walk through little-seen aspects of Africa, and race against time Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST It is always startling to read articles like the Oct. 22 Points of Progress article, "Growing activism fights plastic trash." While we know ostensibly that the plastic pollution in our oceans is a problem that needs to be addressed now, it is jarring to read statistics like "Nearly 8 million tons of plastic entered the oceans in 2010" and then to see that this number is actually expected to double by the end of the decade.

Global Newsstand: The unseen costs of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and more Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST "Another 'war' between Israel and Hamas has ended on [Nov. 13] with the declaration of yet another truce brokered by Egypt," states an editorial. "ASEAN governments should commit to a concrete plan to improve conditions for and uphold the rights of all Rohingya refugees in the region.... This means putting diplomatic pressure on Myanmar to end discrimination and human rights abuses against the Rohingya.... The mistakes of the past must not be repeated.

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