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Outside View: Extend the Bush tax cut College Park, Md. (UPI) Jul 29, 2010 Washington is turning to the Bush tax cuts scheduled to lapse in January. The Bush tax cuts were a huge success and failing to extend those for all Americans - not just families earning less than $250,000 - would be a terrible mistake. Contrary to the propaganda coming out of the White House and the U.S. Treasury, George W. Bush achieved a lot of growth the first seven years of his presidency by deregulating the economy and cutting taxes. China and the banks abused the wide-open ... read more |
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Santiago, Chile (UPI) Jul 28, 2010 China is actively grooming at least three Latin American states as potential springboards for exploring and exploiting greater business and investment opportunities on the continent, new U.N. data indicated. Chinese President Hu Jintao embarked on a high-profile, bridge-building official tour in the region in April but cut it short to return home after an earthquake hit western China. H ... more  
United Nations (AFP) July 28, 2010The UN General Assembly on Wednesday recognized access to clean water and sanitation as a human right, a move hailed by water advocates as a momentous step toward a future treaty. After more than 15 years of contentious debate on the issue, 122 countries voted in favor of a compromise Bolivian resolution enshrining the right, while the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and 37 other ... more  
Panaji, India (AFP) July 28, 2010At night during the annual monsoon rains, hundreds of tropical villages in rural Goa come alive with the cacophony of croaking bullfrogs calling for mates after months in hibernation. But while lucky amphibians manage to attract a female consort, an unfortunate few fall prey to poachers who follow the distinctive mating calls to zero in on what they call "jumping chicken". Gearing up for ... more |
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Gulf beach closures up 10-fold since spill: reportWashington (AFP) July 28, 2010 Oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has forced authorities to close or post water quality warnings at one in five beaches in the 100 days since the crisis began, a report said Wednesday. Forty-nine of 253 stretches of beach in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida have had to close or post warnings for swimmers as a result of the spill, the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said. The combined number of days beaches were closed or posted water quality warnings came to nea ... read more |
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