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The Center for an Urban Future has an interesting new report, "Getting in the Game", on the economic potential of the video game industry in New York City. From the press release:
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"According to Agence France-Presse, 'Local officials and engineers are planning to lift buildings under operation Rialto by up to one metre (3.3 feet) using piston-supported-poles to be placed at the bottom of each structure. This will take around a month per building if each structure is raised by eight centimetres (3.14 inches) a day.'"
full article: Pruned: Venice on Stilts
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"Last week, in the harsh desert climate of Abu Dhabi, construction started on a city that will house 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses but use extremely little energy, and what it does use will come from renewable sources. The initial building is a new research institute that the founders hope will be the seed for the equivalent of a Silicon Valley of the Middle East, only one centered not on information technology but on renewable energy."
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This month's edition of Foreign Policy magazine has an article about architecture in totalitarian countries.
It is rare for a periodical about global politics to take on the relationship between monumental architecture and mono-polar governance.
There's something archaic and even pharaohic about the inverse relationship they aptly spot between political freedom and architectural freedom.
And so they ask the question:
"Why are the world?s best architects taking their most ambitious plans to modern-day autocrats?"
Their response:
"Blank Slates"
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"Writing on Nanosolar?s blog, CEO Martin Roscheisen has unveiled the next prong in his firm?s business plan ? a focus on municipal solar power plants of 2 - 10 megawatts in size. The idea is to build 10 acre lots on the outskirts of small cities that could feed into the municipal power grid directly.
Each lot, consisting of several rows of solar panels mounted on rails above ground, could provide up to 2 megawatts, enough to serve 1,000 homes. The panels would be mounted on rails to prevent them from affecting the surrounding wildlife and vegetation."
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One of the most influential pieces of contemporary urban theory I've ever read was a short monograph by Richard Norton entitled "Feral Cities", which appeared in the Naval War College Review in 2003. Norton described feral cities thusly:
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From Technology Review today:
"The plans for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are notable for their extra security amid human-rights protests. But the 2012 London Olympics' park plans are notable in that they consider a climate-changed future, in which flooding may worsen and cities must minimize carbon emissions."
The article goes on to mention the development of a new set of LEED standards aimed at producing efficient neighborhoods, the LEED for Neighborhood Development (or LEED-ND) standard.
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Finally managed to read the oversized Paris ville invisible book by Bruno Latour and Emilie Hermant (1998). The whole thing is an amazing photographic essay on the "social" and technical aspects of the city of Paris ("social" in Latour's sense). It's a bit like Susan Star's article called The Ethnography of Infrastructure but definitely in Latour's words (and yes it's definitely french). There is also a web version, defined as "a sociological web opera".
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Washington Post reports:
A new Web-based tool developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, a Chicago-based urban development think tank, can help put facts behind those daydreams. The CNT developed a Web site, at http://htaindex.cnt.org, that takes into account household expenditures for transportation, along with home prices, to estimate whether a home is truly affordable for households with moderate incomes.
Full article - washingtonpost.com
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VentureBeat's CleanTech blog reports that the thought-dead California high speed rail network bond measure may have life left in it yet.
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Financial markets are recovering nicely from the recent turmoil and the U.S. economy should rebound later in the year, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says.
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Surprising even the most optimistic forecasters, the German economy grew 1.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, delivering its best performance in over a decade despite the global financial crisis and recessionary fears enveloping the United States.
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WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this year.
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The credit crunch is moving into a "third phase," affecting the real economy, but concerns about banks' capital and solvency have been largely resolved, a top financial watchdog official said on Thursday.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the financial markets are "considerably calmer" and that the economy should rebound by the second half of this year.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will rebound by the second half of this year. In a speech to business executives in Washington, Paulson said the drag from housing, which he characterized as still the biggest risk to the economy, will soon be lessened by nearly $100 billion in ...
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May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence in the global economy improved for the second consecutive month in May on signs the worst of the credit squeeze may be over, a survey of Bloomberg users on five continents showed.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this year.
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NEW YORK?Warren Buffett's comments on the investment outlook usually resonate, and those over the weekend were no exception: Panic in financial markets may be through, but that doesn't means it's the end of the economic and credit woes.
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WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - Among the many lessons from the credit markets crisis is the importance of substantial capital cushions for financial firms, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said today, and he told banks and investment companies to pursue new capital to help markets and the economy to revive.
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WASHINGTON?Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while sales declined in 46 states compared to a year ago, according to the latest report highlighting the depth of the nation's housing woes.
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while sales declined in 46 states compared to a year ago, according to the latest report highlighting the depth of the nation's housing woes. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that median prices for existing single-family homes dropped in 100 of 149 ...
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Median resale home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while 46 states reported declining sales, a real estate trade group reported yesterday.
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Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while sales declined in 46 states compared to a year ago, according to the latest report highlighting the depth of the nation's housing woes. The National...
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Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while sales declined in 46 states compared to a year ago, according to the latest report highlighting the depth of the nation's housing woes. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that median prices for existing single-family homes dropped in 100 of 149 metropolitan areas ...
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WASHINGTON ? Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year while sales declined in 46 states compared to a year ago, according to the latest report highlighting the depth of the nation's...
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May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae , the largest U.S. mortgage- finance provider, will stop requiring bigger down payments in regions where home prices are dropping, responding to criticism from consumer and industry groups who said the company is exacerbating the housing slump.
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May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae , the largest U.S. mortgage- finance provider, will stop requiring bigger down payments in regions where home prices are dropping, responding to criticism from consumer groups who said the company was exacerbating the housing slump.
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SYDNEY house prices have resumed their slide, making the jump in residential values last year look like a blip.Across the city 2007 was a rare spot of sunshine for property owners since the housing bubble popped about five years ago.But home prices dropped by 1.5 per cent in the first three months of this year.
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By Naveen Kapoor, Dubai, May 13 : Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that energy security and infrastructure are the main foundations on which the relations between India and UAE will forward.
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Describing Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) as a 'unique group' of fastest emerging markets, New Delhi today sought closer quadrilateral cooperation to ensure energy security and development of clean and efficient technologies.
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Over 80 per cent of the world?s primary energy supply is currently derived from fossil fuels. Concerns around energy security, climate change and rising oil prices are driving the search for cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives. However, it is only recently that technological advances and reduced production costs have meant biofuels can fulfil this need. ?The Biofuels Market ...
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THE most important agenda item for tomorrow's national energy summit will be the price of electricity.
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U.S. Representatives voted Thursday for House passage of the conference report on H.R. 2419, the Food and Energy Security Act of 2008, also known as the Farm Bill.
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India, Russia and China today kicked off a trilateral meeting here to discuss a wide range of regional and global issues including counter- terrorism, food and energy security and the rapidly unfolding economic scenario on the backdrop of US subprime crisis.
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Vinay Shukla Yekaterinburg (Russia), May 15 India, Russia and China today kicked off a trilateral meeting here to discuss a wide range of regional and global issues including counter- terrorism, food and energy security and the rapidly unfolding economic scenario on the backdrop of US subprime crisis.
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Energy officials of the European Commission, of the Council of the European Union and from EU member states are in Bucharest for three days to talk about the block?s energy security and about environmental interdependencies within the Wilton Park Conference.
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A special task force of the Council on Foreign Relations has issued a report offering an agenda for U.S. policy toward Latin America and identifyng four critical areas that should provide the basis of a new U.S. approach: poverty and inequality, public security, migration, and energy security.
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Giants in telecom and pharma, among others, are sinking big money into the promising market
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MORE than half of farmers in the West interviewed by Farming Futures say they are already affected by climate change.
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The black truffle, one of the most exclusive and expensive delicacies on the planet, is under threat from climate change.
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The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) is mobilizing local communities through the help of information and communications technology (ICT) in responding to natural disasters that could be brought about by climate change.
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WARWICK? A public forum on dealing locally with climate change will beheld from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Warwick Senior Center, behind Town Hall, 132 Kings Highway.
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MIRI: Nobody and no place are immune from the effects of global climate change, says Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam.
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Some Latin American and European Union (EU) leaders on Friday called for tackling poverty and climate change as they gathered in Lima for a summit. Peruvian President Alan Garcia, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa whose country h ...
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MANILA, Philippines - Government officials and environmentalists will take part in a summit on climate change in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental province on May 23.
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The San Diego Zoo is adapting a position on climate change.
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Climate change killed the dinosaurs. Will it kill us as well? Will we let it destroy the human race? This was the grim, depressing message that hung in the background of the Climate Change Forum hosted on Friday by the Philippine National Red Cross at the Manila Hotel.
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Climate change promises long-term changes for northern regions, including coastal erosion, thawing permafrost, retreating sea ice and more frequent forest fires. A group of Alaskans are now at working to develop ideas for ways of adapting to at least some of the effects.
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Controversial language is added to the proposal. Opponents of bioengineered food say the White House wants U.S. agribusiness to reap rewards. The Bush administration has added a controversial ingredient to the $770-million aid package it recently proposed to ease the world food crisis: language that would promote the use of genetically modified crops in food-deprived countries.
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If there is one thing the world doesn?t need right now it?s another crisis, but the food crisis is front-page news along with gasoline prices, home foreclosures and other causes of instability and widespread concern.
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TEHRAN, May 16 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the international food crisis was caused by "bullying powers" of the world, claiming they are greedy with resources.
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The world food crisis, with rising prices causing shortages, riots and hunger -- often for those already struggling to feed themselves -- has brutally exposed Senegal's Achilles' heel: it imports the majority of its needs.
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YEKATERINBURG (Russia), May 17 (Bernama) -- Refuting claims by western leaders that the current food crisis was caused by the growing consumption in India and China, BRIC Foreign Ministers Friday sought a "just" global economy keeping in view interests of all nations, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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TOKYO, May 17 (Kyodo) - U. N. food agency chief Jacques Diouf pinned hopes Friday on Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda playing a major part in solving the global food crisis, with a particular focus on Africa, at the upcoming Group of Eight summit meeting in Hokkaido.
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Japan and other Group of Eight countries should shift a greater proportion of their overseas development assistance to agriculture in order to tackle the current food crisis, the most senior United Nations? agriculture official said on Friday.
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines - An environmental group has urged the national government to emulate Davao City government"s approach in containing the food crisis through planting food crops.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the international food crisis was caused by bullying powers of the world, claiming they are greedy with resources.Ahmadinejad comments, in which he said corrupt management of the world prompted the food crisis, came while he was giving a speech in the northern Iranian province of Golestan, Fars News Agency reported.Bullying powers hoard the basic food ...
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Andrew Natsios (picture), a former director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said on Wednesday, ?North Korea?s food crisis is a form of urban famine and can trigger social unrest and lead to political explosion.?
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The Punjab government has asked the Centre to include the entire state in the NFSM-Rice to ensure better contribution to the Central Pool of food-grains on one hand and the long-term National Food Security due to improved ecological sustainability of agriculture production pattern in the state, on the other.
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Source: IRIN A crop forecast by the Zimbabwean government that this year's maize production will fall short of the national requirement by about one million metric tonnes is leading to a reassessment of the role of communal farmers in guaranteeing the country's food security.
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By Naveen Kapoor, Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 14 : The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week.
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The failure of talks to save the CanGro canning plant should be a wake-up call to the provincial government that it must do more to help save Ontario's farms or risk jeopardizing our food security, says provincial Conservative leader John Tory.
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An agricultural alliance composed of organizations in the local feed milling, poultry and swine industries is urging the government to take the necessary legislative action to help ensure national food security.
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The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week.
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On 28 April, 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General established a Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis under his chairmanship and composed of the heads of the United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes, Bretton Woods institutions and relevant parts of the UN Secretariat.
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16 May 2008 In a bid to ensure long-term food security, Saudi Arabia is looking at plans to invest in farms in Thailand, the world's largest exporter of rice.
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BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is "resting comfortably" and is undergoing tests at a Boston hospital, where he was taken after a seizure on Saturday morning, his office said in a statement.
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YANGON (Reuters) - Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, responding to Arab dismay about his praise for Israel, said on Saturday he was confident a deal on Palestinian statehood could be reached before he leaves office.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.
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WATERTOWN, South Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama said on Friday President George W. Bush's "failed policies" had strengthened U.S. enemies like Iran and Hamas.
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Authorities evacuated 3,000 people on Saturday after a train derailment released deadly chemicals in the southern Louisiana town of Lafayette.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush's war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States intends to build a big new prison at its main military base in Afghanistan, a shift from earlier aims to transfer most detainees to Afghan custody, The New York Times reported.
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Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst.
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A reported plot against the life of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed his return from Europe and South Africa where he had been in exile for a month.
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In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets.
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Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has lashed out at President George Bush for suggesting the Illinois senator would appease terrorists.
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Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world.
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Myanmar's state media say the death toll from cyclone Nargis has reached almost 78,000 and that another 56,000 people are missing.
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An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate.
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US President George Bush's request for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil has been rejected.
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The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach land.
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The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract confessions.
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The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts.
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Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's Foreign Ministry says gunmen shot and injured a Turkish police officer near the country's embassy in Baghdad. The ministry says unidentified gunmen opened fire on a gr...
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By Daniel Woolls Madrid - Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the US, Latin America and Asia, authorities sa...
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Border patrolmen on Saturday found the bodies of a woman reported missing and her ex-husband in a car outside Moshav Ben Shemen in central Israel. Details of the cause of death for the two victims hav...
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will pr...
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The new GI Bill essentially would guarantee a full scholarship at any in-state public university, along with a monthly housing stipend, for anyone who serves in the military for at least three years. ...
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Two rail cars have jumped the track and overturned in southern Louisiana, leaking hydrochloric acid and forcing police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mile of the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Re...
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BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblo...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets - the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase ne...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless coast of Somalia, the head of a seafarer's association said.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.
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In an official ceremony in Tehran this week, Mayor Mohammad Baqir Ghalibaf opened a new, sex-segregated park designed exclusively for women's leisure and sport.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production is "something but it doesn't solve our problem" of soaring gas prices.
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Senator Edward Kennedy was taken to hospital in the US today after suffering a seizure at his home, his spokeswoman said.
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Rescuers in earthquake-hit China continued to pull bodies from collapsed buildings today as a specialist British team was refused permission to join the operation.
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Angry residents in Naples have attacked firefighters trying to extinguish burning rubbish as the collection crisis worsens, authorities said today.
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Assassination threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party official said today.
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A man has been charged with attempted wounding with intent on the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe at Broadmoor hospital, police said today.
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A biochemist will spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her estranged husband by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat of acid, possibly while he was still alive.
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John McCain's presidential campaign team is asking staff to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Burma's military junta.
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Twenty-four people were injured, three of them seriously, when when a carnival ride carrying mostly children collapsed at an annual fair early today.
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President Leonel Fernandez declared victory today in the Dominican Republic's election and pledged to continue pushing forward economic projects that have helped pull the island's economy out of crisis.
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Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre today, fearful of potential flooding from a lake where water levels were reported to be rising dangerously.
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China is indeed a dragon on the uplift; any clumsiness could have devastating consequences in those regions of the world most susceptible to its influence, such as Africa.
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Since the Congo government and various armed groups in the chronically unstable North Kivu province signed a ceasefire in January, the truce has been repeatedly violated.
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New guidelines for Arab satellite channels can be understood as a call for a truce between various Arab governments: you hold your journalists back from attacking me, I'll hold mine.
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Soy oil now costs so much biodiesel products can't compete with the price of ordinary diesel fuel. Across the U.S., biofuel plants have halted production, and construction of new ones has been delayed.
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The latest deportation and the blatant indifference of the military-backed regime to the court orders against deportations has raised serious concerns about the rule of law.
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Millions of people have come to this country to work, not to break its laws. Some have come with visas, and others without them. But they are all contributors to the society they've found here.
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That consultants enrich themselves from the generosity of donor nations undermines the whole point of foreign aid. It spreads cynicism among those in the field providing aid and among donor nations.
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The picture regarding the publication of Arab literature in English is dramatically changing, as was evident at the recent three-day London Book Fair, which took place last month.
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As H.I.V. becomes an increasingly manageable chronic disease, the question becomes how to help people living with the virus enjoy a relatively healthy old age.
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A recount of 23 disputed constituencies revealed no major changes and has served to confirm the status quo that President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF has lost control of parliament.
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Julius Awafong hopes that giving larger votes to poor, working- and middle-class people through vote sizing will ease the misery they are suffering as a result of corruption.
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If you're a New Yorker with a hankering for Chinese food, I'll tell you where to find pastrami egg rolls, sushi with cream cheese, and the Korean lonely-hearts all-night noodle special.
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Haiti's geopolitical position—especially its close proximity to the United States and level of dependence on foreign aid—highlights the contradictions and flaws in the system of international aid.
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The Australian government justified its intervention, which came within months of the invasion of Iraq, by labeling the Solomon Islands a "failed state" and a potential source of terrorism.
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Every year since 2004, the United Nations has refused to issue press credentials to journalists from Taiwan, rendering them unable to cover the annual meetings of the World Health Assembly.
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Corruption is rampant in India and now, without doubt, it is a matter of concern for all of us as it puts a question mark on the very existence of a respectable life and on our national character.
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It was a wise move for the A.K.P. to put European Union integration back on the top of Turkey's agenda after the case for its closure was taken up by the Constitutional Court.
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Ahead of NATO's summit in Bucharest this week, one thing seems very clear to many in the Balkans: the United States continues to play a crucial role in the region's stability.
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For several years, it seemed as though cultural relations between Israel and Egypt were gradually being woven. But things have changed in the last few years, since the Al-Aqsa Intifada broke out.
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In the wake of last month's congressional hearings featuring Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, it seems clear that Washington has focused its attention on a new nemesis: Iran.
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An American lawyer who successfully sued Yugoslavia on behalf of Bosnia in 1993 has called on Tehran to support his bid to sue Israel for genocide against the Palestinians.
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 AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy had a seizure at his home and was hospitalized Saturday, his spokeswoman said.
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 AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblor.
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