By Kevin Platt. The decision will determine the status the EU wants to grant Turkey as part of a plan to open its doors to 10 Eastern and Central European countries as well as Cyprus. By Sami Kohen. From banks in South Korea to entrepreneurial firms in Finland, women through sheer numbers are pushing aside the traditions and biases that deny them positions of power in the workplace. By James L. Tyson.
Some scientists say that global warming is the ultimate environmental problem .
The international agreement reached here yesterday to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases said to cause global warming is a meaningful first step toward averting possible environmental disaster. But even the officials who wrapped up the deal this week say that the Kyoto Protocol to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is only a beginning. By Cameron Barr and Lawrence J. Goodrich. What the Global-Warming Pact Requires Here are some of the key points of the agreement reached Thursday in Kyoto, Japan, aimed at cutting the emission of greenhouse gases worldwide. By Associated Press.