Fuel-efficient compacts give a surge to income at Honda
Honda Motor reported sharply higher quarterly profit as a result of fuel-efficient cars like the Civic and the Fit. Honda posted net profit of
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Non-polluting coal plant takes step toward reality
Texas and Illinois will compete for the world's first near-zero-emissions coal power plant, a $1 billion project headed by the U.S. Department of Energy and a consortium of 10 energy companies from
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Senate tightens abortion restrictions
The Senate has passed legislation that would make it a federal crime to help an underage girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. The bill was approved
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EU trading of pollution credits fails on goals
When European Union officials created a market for trading pollution credits, they boasted that it was a "cost-conscious way" to save the planet from global warming. Five years later, the EU is
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UN says North Korean crop loss heavy
North Korea has suffered substantial crop losses from recent heavy rains, posing a serious threat to the already impoverished country's food supply, the UN food agency said. Recent floods in North
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Take the tobacco pledge
Two years ago, the Bush administration did something uncharacteristic: It signed a treaty. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, known informally as the tobacco
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Alzheimer's linkage to diabetes is widened
Several new studies suggest that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, adding to a store of evidence that links the disorders. The studies involve only Type 2 diabetes, the most common
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India's cotton farmers cry for state aid
India Dozens of impoverished cotton farmers, burdened with debts they cannot repay after their crops failed, have written to the president of India seeking permission to kill themselves, farmers
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Georgia warns Moscow on WTO entry
A couple of years ago two blue- ribbon commissions recommended ways to clean up America's coastal waters and restore its declining fisheries - some of which, like the codfish of New England, were in
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Atom waste: U.S. may turn to Russia
The Bush administration will open negotiations with Russia on a long-discussed civilian nuclear agreement that is to pave the way for Russia to become one of the world's largest repositories of spent