Опубликовано admin 02.02.2008
Congress by a wide margin approved the first increase in automobile fuel economy in 32 years Tuesday, and President Bush plans to quickly sign the legislation, accepting the mandates on the auto industry.
The energy bill, boosting mileage by 40 percent to 35 miles per gallon, passed the House 314-100 and now goes to the White House, following the Senate’s approval last week. (Content Read ‘Congress OKs Auto Fuel Economy Increase’…)
Опубликовано admin 27.11.2007
It’s rush hour in Apalachicola, Fla., where the workday begins at sunrise and the only factory in town is out on the water.
Like hundreds of others in this panhandle town, John Richards earns his living scraping oysters from the bottom of the bay. Lately, it’s become a lot harder to make a decent wage.
Usually we could come out and one man catch 15 to 18 bags a day, he told CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella. (Content Read ‘Florida”s Oyster Industry Drying Up?’…)
Опубликовано admin 25.11.2007
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Опубликовано admin 23.11.2007
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Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
SINGAPORE (AP) — Crude oil prices rose to a record above $99 a barrel in Asian trading Wednesday, lifted by worries about inadequate supplies as the Northern Hemisphere enters winter and on news of refinery problems.
Analysts say the market is now looking at $100 a barrel as the next target to hit.
The declining U.S.
(Content Read ‘Oil nudges $100 a barrel’…)
Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
PATHARGHATA, Bangladesh (CNN) — International agencies are reportedly considering requests from the Bangladesh government for more aid to cope with the many thousands left homeless and hungry six days after Cyclone Sidr devastated the South Asian nation. (Content Read ‘Bangladesh appeals for more aid’…)
Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
SINGAPORE (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders on Tuesday adopted a landmark charter to integrate the region as a legal organization bound by one set of rules but failed to include a mechanism for enforcing human rights.
ASEAN leaders pose for a group photo in Singapore Tuesday.
The charter only calls for a new agency to review human rights among the members of the 40-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
(Content Read ‘ASEAN signs landmark charter’…)
Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
(CNN) — A gas pipeline fire in eastern Saudi Arabia killed 40 workers, 34 of them foreign, and injured nine others, the state oil conglomerate Saudi Aramco said Tuesday. (Content Read ‘Saudi pipeline death toll at 40′…)
Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
JERUSALEM (CNN) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, next week where they hope to jump-start the long-dormant Mideast peace process. (Content Read ‘Abbas, Olmert head for peace conference’…)
Опубликовано admin 21.11.2007
LONDON, England (AP) — Britain’s tax and customs service lost banking and personal data of 25 million people — nearly half the country’s population — when two computer disks disappeared in an internal mail service, the Treasury chief said Tuesday.
Paul Gray resigned as Revenue and Customs chairman over the error.
Paul Gray, the Revenue and Customs chairman, has resigned over the error, which happened when officials sent the disks to a government audit office.
Treasury chief Alistair Darling said the delivery was not being tracked and was missing for three weeks before any alarm was raised.
The disks contained details on 7.25 million families in Britain claiming child benefit — a tax-free monthly payment available to everyone with children.
(Content Read ‘UK loses personal data on 25 million people’…)
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