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Worth the risk? Debate on offshore drilling heats up
13.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
Environmental hazard or energy bonanza: Oil and natural gas trapped beneath the USA's ocean floor mean different things to different ...
USA
Social Life
Firebomb thrown at U.S. Consulate in Japan, no injuries
13.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
An assailant threw a homemade firebomb into the U.S. consulate compound on Okinawa, home to most of the American troops based ...
USA
Social Life
Nation's scenic parkways strained
13.07.2008 14:17
usatoday.com
Meandering through wooded hills, the George Washington Memorial Parkway offers stunning views of the Potomac River and the capital's ...
USA
Social Life
Rescued Colombia hostages head home to Florida
13.07.2008 14:17
usatoday.com
Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia gave thanks Saturday and urged people to not ...
USA
Social Life
Faulty fan caused day-care fire that killed girl
13.07.2008 14:16
usatoday.com
Police in Florida say a faulty exhaust fan caused a fire that killed a 4-year-old girl at a Tallahassee day care center.
USA
Social Life
Officials hesitate to arrest immigrants living in churches
13.07.2008 14:16
usatoday.com
Everyone knows where Flor Crisostomo lives, even the federal immigration officials who have ordered her deported to Mexico. The ...
USA
Social Life
Border fence in Texas concerns Rio Grande defenders
13.07.2008 14:16
usatoday.com
The federal government's border fence plans in South Texas have been attacked by property owners, wildlife advocates and land ...
USA
Social Life
Berlin Welcomes Obama at Historic Gate, Despite Controversy
13.07.2008 13:18
dw-world.de
Authorities in Berlin said Sunday that US presidential candidate Barack Obama is welcome to make a speech at the city's historic Brandenburg Gate despite reservations by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Germany
Social Life
Boxer Kitschko Retains World Title After Hamburg Bout
13.07.2008 11:18
dw-world.de
Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klitschko knocked out American Tony Thompson in the 11th round of a match in his adopted city of Hamburg to retain his WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles on Saturday.
Germany
Social Life
Former Polish foreign minister Geremek dies in traffic accident
13.07.2008 10:14
rian.ru
Russia
Social Life
Germany's Pfleiderer to invest $228 mln in new factory in Russia
13.07.2008 10:14
rian.ru
Pfleiderer AG, a Germany-based producer of engineered wood products, will invest 144 million euros ($227.5 million) in building a new fiberboard plant in northwestern Russia, a company source said Sunday.
Russia
Social Life
Iran discovers new oil field to hold 1 billion barrels of crude
13.07.2008 09:15
rian.ru
A new large oil deposit with estimated reserves of more than 1 billion barrels of crude has been discovered in Iran, the Iranian oil minister said on Sunday.
Russia
Social Life
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