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...that it is up to the International Maritime Organization (imo), not the Basel Convention, to decide on rules governing any ship's final voyage. Yet even the U.S., which is not a signatory to the Convention, considered four decommissioned navy vessels as waste in 2003, when they were sent - amid protest by environmental groups - for shipbreaking to a yard in northern England. Those ships are still there, awaiting British government permits for the scrapping to begin. Environmentalists believe they have found a cause they can win: using the Clemenceau as a precedent to prevent the dispatch of contaminated ships...
...although it may have missed its chief target, al-Zawahiri, whose voice was heard on an undated audiotape last Friday. Among some U.S. counterterrorism experts, there was speculation that the release of the bin Laden tape was al-Qaeda's attempt to boost the morale of its foot soldiers amid the run of bad p.r. Says an intelligence official: "The question is, Is this someone's way of changing the topic...
Missouri's new restriction concerning minors is already having an impact. Missouri has become the first state to extend its parental-notification law beyond its state line, a move aimed across the Mississippi River at the Hope Clinic, a low-slung building that sits amid a vast industrial park in Granite City, Ill. A recent morning found a security guard posted out front and a waiting room filled with anxious-looking young women, along with a few boyfriends, husbands and children. Because Illinois has no parental-notification law, Hope Clinic had been the easiest option for Missouri teens seeking...
...Labor Department expects two million new jobs this year on top of the 1.7 million created last year. Helping to fuel what could be the hottest job market so far in the 21st century: massive rebuilding on the Gulf Coast and stepped-up gas and oil exploration and drilling amid higher energy prices...
...have devoted a long time to fixing our own house, because once we fix our house, we can devote our time to advocating for students.” Glazer and Capp have collaborated since May, after former Vice President Ian W. Nichols ’06 resigned amid speculation that he was forced out. Capp, Glazer’s original running mate, replaced Nichols in a special election. Some reforms Glazer oversaw last semester included a constitutional reform package, creating a treasury board, and reorganizing the structure of the council’s three committees. In November, Glazer and Capp...