California sets pace on pollution limits
The state's political leaders have announced an agreement that imposes the most sweeping controls on carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, putting California at the forefront of a broad
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Villages outside Harbin failed to get clean water
Outskirts of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, whose municipal water supply had been shut off for four days to prevent contamination from a chemical spill that dumped a huge tide of
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Thailand faces new AIDS threat
Bangkok Opening an international AIDS conference in Bangkok last year, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand warned that "there is no time for complacency" in battling a disease that is still
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For sturgeon poachers, little to fear
These fishermen are poachers, chasing one of the world's most threatened and coveted fish, although judging by the indifferent police officers stationed not far away, even highly organized poaching
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Flu study zeroes in on healthy village
The researchers are part of a team of about 20 who have been studying 42 villages in Bali over the past three weeks, taking blood samples from 800 humans and 1,800 animals. So far, it is one of the
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China apologizes to Russia for spill
Beijing As a slick of toxic contamination flows down the Songhua River toward Russia, posing a threat to some Russian water supplies near the Chinese border, China apologized to its neighbor for the
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Energy drinks take off, but there's a downside
Energy drinks, which have become a $3 billion business since their introduction in the United States eight years ago, are expected to accelerate profit growth for the beverage industry more than any
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Strange beings
It had a head like a bullet with jaws, the body of a crocodile, and 52 serrated teeth, and it lived 135 million years ago. But perhaps the most surprising thing about this ancient crocodile - whose
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Stem cell pioneer faces battle over ethics charges
Unless there's a last-minute surprise, the sequence of events at the World Trade Organization meeting next month in Hong Kong appears easy enough to predict. First, trade ministers will say they
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Eight countries working on flood warning protocol
The big investment banking firm just announced a policy that details how its 24,000 employees - be they bankers, analysts or purchasing agents - should promote activities that protect forests and