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By JUSTIN GILLIS

BERLIN — Delivering the lat-est stark news about climatechange on Sunday, a United Na-tions panel warned that govern-ments are not doing enough toavert profound risks in comingdecades. But the experts found asilver lining: Not only is therestill time to head off the worst,but the political will to do soseems to be rising around theworld.

In a report unveiled here, theIntergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change found that decadesof foot-dragging by political lead-ers had propelled humanity into acritical situation, with green-house emissions rising fasterthan ever. Though it remainstechnically possible to keep plan-etary warming to a tolerable lev-el, only an intensive push overthe next 15 years to bring thoseemissions under control canachieve the goal, the committeefound.

“We cannot afford to lose an-other decade,” said Ottmar Eden-hofer, a German economist andco-chairman of the committeethat wrote the report. “If we loseanother decade, it becomes ex-tremely costly to achieve climatestabilization.”

The good news is that ambi-tious action is becoming more af-fordable, the committee found. Itis increasingly clear that meas-ures like tougher building codesand efficiency standards for carsand trucks can save energy andreduce emissions without harm-ing people’s quality of life, thepanel found. And the costs of re-newable energy like wind and so-lar power are falling so fast thatits deployment on a large scale isbecoming practical, the report

CLIMATE EFFORTSFALLING SHORT,

U.N. PANEL SAYS

LOST TIME RAISES RISKS

But Report Sees Increase

in Nations’ Will to

Fight Warming

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By ANDREW E. KRAMER and ANDREW HIGGINS

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — TheUkrainian government on Sun-day for the first time sent its se-curity services to confront armedpro-Russian militants in thecountry’s east, defying warningsfrom Russia. Commandos en-gaged in gunfights with men whohad set up roadblocks andstormed a Ukrainian police sta-tion in Slovyansk, and at leastone officer was killed, Ukrainianofficials said.

Several officers were injured inthe operation, as were four locals,the officials said. Russian newsmedia and residents here disput-ed that account, saying theUkrainian forces had only brieflyengaged one checkpoint.

In either case, the central gov-ernment in Kiev has turned toforce to try to restore its author-ity in the east, a course of actionthat the Russian government hasrepeatedly warned against.

With tens of thousands of Rus-sian troops massed alongUkraine’s eastern border nearDonetsk, Western leaders haveworried that Moscow might useunrest in Ukraine’s mainly Rus-sian-speaking areas as a pretextfor an invasion.

Both governments intensifiedtheir statements on Sunday.Ukraine’s interim president,Oleksandr V. Turchynov, issuedanother ultimatum, saying sepa-ratists should vacate occupiedbuildings by Monday or face a“large-scale antiterrorist opera-tion” that would include theUkrainian military. And Russiaclaimed that the Ukrainian gov-ernment was cracking down atthe behest of American and Euro-pean officials.

Ukraine’s ousted president,Viktor F. Yanukovych, speakinglate Sunday in Rostov-on-Don, inRussia, echoed Moscow’scharges of American meddling.

Insisting that he remainedUkraine’s commander in chief

Ukraine ForcesStorm a Town,Defying Russia

Armed Militants Are

Confronted in East

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Lucy Baird, left, and Ali Berluti, both of Manhattan, posed after a crown-making class at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Sunday.

Say Spring!

By HELENE COOPER and THOM SHANKER

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Col. JeffLieb, the deputy commandant ofthe United States Military Acad-emy and a veteran of the war inIraq, paced before a group of ca-dets standing in formation andshouted at them about their livesafter graduation.

“I took a thousand kids to war,and I brought a thousand back,”Colonel Lieb told the eager, soon-to-be second lieutenants on a re-cent day. “Every time I deployed,I got out there and talked to mysoldiers about safety. You’re go-ing to have to do the same thing.”

Except these cadets probablywill not — or at least not anytimesoon.

For the first time in 13 years,the best and the brightest of WestPoint’s graduating class willleave this peaceful Hudson Rivercampus bound for what are likelyto be equally peaceful tours ofduty in the United States Army.

“It started to hit home lastyear, when we started consider-ing what we really wanted to do,and realized that there’s a muchmore limited opportunity to de-ploy,” said Charles Yu, who is ma-joring in American politics andChinese. Cadet Yu, who will grad-uate this spring, is going into mil-itary intelligence in South Korea,where he hopes to get experiencehelping to manage the long-run-ning conflict between North andSouth Korea. He will work atCamp Red Cloud near the demili-

tarized zone, or, as he put it, “asclose as you can get to the DMZ.”

For Cadet Yu and the rest ofthe class of about 1,100 cadets,there may be few, if any, covetedcombat patches on their uni-forms to show that they havegone to war. Many of them maynot get the opportunity to oneday recall stories of heroism inbattle, or even the ordinary dailysacrifices — bad food, loneliness,fear — that bind soldiers together

in shared combat experience. The end of the war in Iraq and

the winding down of the war inAfghanistan mean that the grad-uates of the West Point class of2014 will have a more difficulttime advancing in a military inwhich combat experience, partic-ularly since the attacks of Sept.11, 2001, has been crucial to pro-motion. They are also very likelyto find themselves in the awk-

In New Officers’ Careers, Peace Is No Dividend

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Cadets in February at the West Point military academy.

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By JASON HOROWITZ

LUDLOW, Mass. — Eric Less-er was shaking hands with dinersin a Portuguese restaurant lastweek when he spotted the ownerof Manny’s TV & Appliances.“Oh, I’ve got to get a picture,” Mr.Lesser eagerly said, draping hisarm over Manny Rovithis, whoselow-budget commercials haverun for decades in Western Mas-sachusetts. Mr. Lesser’s giddi-ness about meeting the local ce-lebrity had not faded when he satdown for lunch.

“Awesome,” he said.Although Mr. Lesser spent

much of the last six years in thecompany of President Obamaand Washington hotshots, now,as an earnest, hug-prone 29-year-old candidate for the Massachu-setts State Senate, he is far moreinterested in people like Mr.Rovithis. Which is a good thing.Mr. Lesser, a former WhiteHouse staff member, has re-turned home on the path Mr.Obama hoped to inspire many ofhis young supporters to followwhen he said, “We are the oneswe have been waiting for.”

But if Mr. Lesser, who is onleave from Harvard Law Schoolto run for office, is the face of thepromised Obama political gener-

Obama EffectInspiring FewTo Seek Office

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By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

STONEHAM, Mass. — Whentwo bombs transformed lastyear’s Boston Marathon into awar zone, the Norden family ab-sorbed a double dose of grief.J. P., 34, and his brother Paul, 32,both strapping constructionworkers in their prime who werethere to cheer on a friend, eachlost a leg in the carnage.

Since then, they have slowly,achingly, been rebuilding theirlives. After lengthy hospital staysand more than 50 surgeries be-tween them, they are walking onprosthetic legs. They talk of start-ing a roofing business together.Both have moved out of theirmother’s house in this working-class suburb just north of Bostonand are living with their girl-friends. Paul is engaged.

The Nordens do not want todwell on what happened at themarathon or be defined by it. Butthe approach of the first anniver-sary is pulling them in. The occa-sion has assumed enormoussymbolic significance as the sur-vivors and Boston itself are de-termined to show their defianceand resilience. The formal ob-servance will stretch out for al-most a week starting on April 15,the date of last year’s bombings— which killed three people,wounded at least 260 and robbed16 of various limbs — and con-tinuing through April 21, the dateof this year’s marathon.

Like many others, the Nordenshave been overwhelmed by theattention the anniversary isdrawing. Tributes, panel discus-sions, concerts, fund-raisers and

Year After Boston Marathon Bombings, Injured Brothers Endure

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Paul Norden, left, and his brother J. P. each lost a leg in the at-tack. They have had more than 50 surgeries between them.Continued on Page A14

By ALAN COWELL

PRETORIA, South Africa — Itwas a corruption trial that hadtransfixed South Africa, and theprosecutor was in no mood formercy. The defendant was thenation’s top police official, a fig-ure of such international staturethat he had once led Interpol. Butwhen he took the stand, his testi-mony — his wife, he said, had ac-cidentally shredded evidence —was rejected outright by his in-quisitor.

“You know what this means?”the prosecutor said. “That youare arrogant and that you lie.”

When the trial ended in 2010,the police commissioner, JackieSelebi, was sentenced to 15 years,and the prosecutor, Gerrie Nel,had cemented a reputation forabrasive, in-your-face cross-ex-amination that earned him a newnickname: the pit bull.

Now, Mr. Nel is focusing thesame judicial laser on Oscar Pis-torius, the double-amputeesprinter charged with the murderof Reeva Steenkamp, his girl-friend, in a trial that has riveted amuch broader audience aroundthe world.

For the prosecutor’s admirers,the trial of Mr. Selebi — a turningpoint in post-apartheid South Af-rica — held other omens.

During the investigation thatpreceded it, Mr. Nel, a prosecutorfor more than three decades and

a member of the country’s Afri-kaner minority, had been the re-gional leader of the Scorpions, anelite anti-crime unit of prosecu-tors and investigators. The groupwas embroiled in a bare-knucklespolitical duel with other policeunits backed by powerful forceswithin the leadership of the gov-erning African National Con-gress.

In January 2008, 20 of those of-ficers burst into Mr. Nel’s homeearly one morning and arrestedhim in front of his family, takinghim quickly off to prison on cor-ruption charges that were soondropped — a highly unusual epi-

Pistorius Versus the Pit Bull:

Fierce Prosecutor Shares Stage

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Gerrie Nel, the state prosecu-tor, in high court on Friday.

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With a three-under-par 69, Bubba Wat-son held on to win the Masters for a sec-ond time, preventing Jordan Spieth, 20,from becoming the tournament’s young-est champion. PAGE D1

SPORTSMONDAY D1-8

A Second Win at Augusta

Partial results from the Afghan presi-dential election have the candidates Ab-dullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani head-ing for a runoff. PAGE A4

INTERNATIONAL A4-9

Runoff Likely in AfghanistanA roster of veteran television stars likeHarry Hamlin (below left, with JohnSlattery) are remaking themselves withperiod clothing and hairstyles for recur-ring roles on “Mad Men.” PAGE C1

ARTS C1-7

Retro Reinvention for ActorsMarty Singer, one of the last workersdisplaced by the closing of J&R Musicand Computer World, said goodbye tothe company he had worked for since1977. He was hired at 19, as a securityguard, and over the decades worked hisway up to become the corporate salesmanager. The Working Life. PAGE A16

NEW YORK A16-20

An Employee’s Farewell

Mirrors on a mountaintop reflect sun-light into a Norwegian town that spendssix winter months in darkness. PAGE A6

Cheer for a Sun-Starved Town

Suicide prevention organizations arestarting to turn to a new source for helpwith counseling — people who tried totake their own lives. PAGE A11

Breaking a Silence on Suicide

A known anti-Semite was arrested afterthree people were shot dead at Jewishcenters near Kansas City. PAGE A12

Three Dead in Gun Rampage

Paul Krugman PAGE A23

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

Venture capital firms are pouring hugesums of money into Silicon Valley start-ups already flush with cash. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-6

Start-Ups’ Cup Overflows

Representative Vance McAllister ofLouisiana, who campaigns on Christianvalues, is resisting calls for his resigna-tion after a video showed him kissing afemale staff member. PAGE A10

NATIONAL A10-14

Calls for Lawmaker to Quit

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