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Nor does the Chinese government feel the need to consult its southern neighbors. Beijing has refused to join the Mekong River Commission, which was formed 12 years ago by four other riparian nations. (Burma is also not a member.) "I think China doesn't want to join the commission because...
In the early 1960s, as the first director of the biomedical-research arm of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, physicist John Gofman, who had helped develop the atom bomb, was asked to look into the health effects of ionizing radiation. His conclusion--that the risk from low levels of exposure...
But a Pakistani official told newspapers Monday that Musharraf has sent representatives to London this week to discuss a power-sharing pact with Bhutto. A decision is expected within days. Washington is encouraging such a deal in the hope that together Musharraf and Bhutto can capture Pakistan's moderate middle...
Google News indicates that there were over 9,750 online news stories concerning the toy recall while the pet food recall has generated over 77,500 news stories. In fact news websites figure heavily in our search patterns. Take the search term "pet food recall." In March of this year...
? In 1973, sensing that Californians were being ripped off by their utility companies, Sylvia Siegel, an outspoken, acerbic mother of two, taught herself the arcane details of utility law, launched a network to represent consumers before the California Public Utilities Commission and became the most visible and powerful utility...