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...only holds sufficient quantities of the vaccine Tamiflu to inoculate about one percent of the population, Frist warned. “To acquire more anti-viral agent, we would need to get in line behind Britain and France and Canada and others who have tens of millions of doses on order,” he said...
...BEEN RELEASED? Over the past three years, 234 detainees have been permitted to leave Gitmo, but 67 were released on the condition that they be held by their home governments, including Pakistan, Britain, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. At least 12 of those set free are believed to have resumed terrorist activities, according to the Defense Department. The vast majority of those released were deemed to be no longer a threat or of any intelligence value. Since the U.S. started the review tribunals last fall, about 40 detainees have been or will be freed because they were found...
...party in late May on the tiny, remote Shetland island of Unst, Britain's northernmost inhabited chunk of rock, was a real gas - literally. Islanders bopped to an enthusiastic set of '50s and '60s favorites performed by the Bonxies, perhaps the only rock band powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The electricity that amplified their guitars and keyboard came from a hybrid wind-into-hydrogen system that is part of the world's first community-owned hydrogen production plant, built on this island of 700 inhabitants. "Despite all the hype around the hydrogen economy, there appeared to be very little...
...rather, it's the new version of the old world. In the early 20th century, as the age of oil dawned, the globe's imperial powers- Britain, Germany, Russia-jousted for control of newly discovered oil fields in the Caucasus, Central Asia and later the Middle East. The struggle became known as the Great Game. A century later, the game is on again as China scrambles to secure its energy future, roiling markets and even ensnaring the U.S.'s Middle Eastern policy in the process. In the past year China's energy companies have signed deals for oil reserves...
...We’ve been doing a lot of research on schools from California to Great Britain,” Corker said. “It speaks to how interested the Dean’s Office is in improving campus life...