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Obama calls for 'national mission' on clean energyWashington (AFP) June 15, 2010 US President Barack Obama issued a rallying cry Tuesday for Americans to use the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to embark on a "national mission" to develop clean energy. "The tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean energy future is now," Obama said in a primetime speech broadcast from the Oval Office. "Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash American innovation and seize control of ou ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) June 15, 2010Taiwan's main opposition on Tuesday renewed its pledge to boycott a planned trade pact with China after government officials refused to provide details of the agreement. Negotiators from Taiwan and China said they made "substantial progress" during the third round of negotiations held in Beijing Sunday for the trade pact, known as the "Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement." Governmen ... more 
Paris (UPI) Jun 14, 2010 Relations between the economic policy-makers of Europe and the United States are even worse in private than they appear to be in public, as Europe heads for massive spending cuts and austerity while the United States keeps trying to stimulate growth. Well-placed European sources say last weekend's meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers saw a strident row between U.S. Treasury Secretar ... more  
Durham NC (SPX) Jun 15, 2010Humans did not invent the wheel. Nature did. While the evolution from the Neolithic solid stone wheel with a single hole for an axle to the sleek wheels of today's racing bikes can be seen as the result of human ingenuity, it also represents how animals, including humans, have come to move more efficiently and quicker over millions of years on Earth, according to a Duke University engineer. ... more |
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US child activists launch Bhopal appealNew York (AFP) June 14, 2010 US child activists made an impassioned plea Monday for the 90-year-old former boss of Union Carbide to help victims of the deadliest ever industrial disaster in Bhopal, India. The Indian government said last week the case against the chemical group's former CEO, Warren Anderson, was still open amid outrage over the lenient sentencing of some of the culprits. Dow Chemical purchased Union Carbide in 1999, but says all liabilities related to the accident were cleared in a 470-million-dollar out-of- ... read more |
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