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Buzz builds around electric cars as Nissan plans debutTokyo (AFP) June 20, 2010 As the Gulf of Mexico disaster casts an ugly spotlight on the pitfalls of global oil dependency, Japan's auto giants are moving into high gear in a drive to mass-market electric cars. Nissan, Honda and Toyota are among car-makers now gambling that electric vehicles (EVs) with their zero tailpipe emissions will catch on and, some time in the future, start to drive traditional gas-guzzlers off the road. If their bet pays off, green car proponents say, it could ring in a revolution that changes the ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) June 19, 2010US President Barack Obama welcomed China's decision Saturday to make its yuan exchange rate more flexible, saying it would boost global economic recovery from a battering financial crisis. "China's decision to increase the flexibility of its exchange rate is a constructive step that can help safeguard the recovery and contribute to a more balanced global economy," Obama said in a statement. ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) June 19, 2010A yacht outing put embattled BP chief Tony Hayward in more hot water Saturday, unleashing fresh criticism of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and overshadowing modest progress in containing the disaster. The White House and environmental groups were quick to lash out at Hayward's latest mishap after he was sighted at the JP Morgan Asset Management Round The Island Race, which see ... more  
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said he wants any independent inspection of Uruguayan water to take into account Brazil's part in the use of the waterway. There was no immediate Brazilian reaction to Mujica's surprise precondition for the inspection, which forms part of Argentine-Uruguay agreements on ending an international dispute on an eucalyptus pulp mill operated by Uruguay and opp ... more |
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Illegal Bushmeat Trade Rife In EuropeLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2010 More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through one of Europe's busiest airports, reveals new research published in Conservation Letters. Working alongside customs officials at France's Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and The National Veterinary School and the Natural History Museum of Toulouse identified eleven bushmeat species from confiscated luggage, i ... read more |
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