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Alaska sues over drilling moratoriumWashington (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 The state of Alaska filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in waters off Alaska's arctic coastline. The lawsuit alleges an illegal moratorium is in effect for shallow arctic waters even though they are not subject to the Interior Department's deepwater drilling suspension imposed after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, The Hill newspaper reports. The state filing comes in the wake of a decision by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to s ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 10, 2010Japan's economy expanded more than first thought in the April-June quarter, government data showed Friday, soothing fears that a fragile recovery could grind to a halt. The data reaffirmed China's trajectory in surpassing Japan as the world's second-biggest economy amid increasing trade and diplomatic tensions between Asia's most powerful nations. Japan's gross domestic product grew by a ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2010A major US trade union on Thursday accused China of handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal subsidies in a bid to dominate the green energy sector. The United Steelworkers union petitioned the top US trade official to investigate practices it claims contravene World Trade Organization rules and cost US jobs. "Right now, China is taking every possible step - many of them i ... more 
Fairbanks AL (SPX) Sep 10, 2010A University of Alaska Fairbanks fisheries scientist has teamed up with Alaska Power and Telephone to study how a new power-generating turbine affects fish in the Yukon River. So far, the news looks good for the fish. "In the brief testing that we have been able to accomplish, we have no indication that the turbine has killed or even injured any fish," said Andrew Seitz, project leader and ... more |
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Chinese, US defense chiefs may meet this year: PentagonWashington (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 China may host US Defense Secretary Robert Gates for talks later this year after having cancelled an earlier visit over US arms sales to Taiwan, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Beijing had rebuffed the defense secretary in June, despite an expected visit, but now appears ready to issue another invitation, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference. "So if it (an invitation) is being extended again, as it appears to be, we're going to certainly look for the possibility of trying ... read more |
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