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...Democrats insist that Mollohan's fall does not neutralize their corruption attacks against the GOP. ?That?s wishful thinking on their part,? says Brendan Daly, the spokesman for House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi. Counterattacking, Pelosi has criticized a watered-down lobbying reform bill House Republicans introduced this week that only temporarily bans private funding of House member travel and allows private interest groups to pay for meals and flights on corporate jets. She's also linking two hot-button issues to corruption: gas prices and prescription drugs. ?People know that Republicans are in charge in Washington and the culture...
...paid at foreign-owned factories would rise by 40%, a move designed to end mass strikes by garment workers in the south. The country's first oil refinery has been delayed for seven years and two foreign investors have pulled out of the $1.5 billion project because government officials insist the refinery be located not in the south, near existing ports and oil fields, but in the center of the country, in the hope of aiding that region's development...
...clients more likely to insist on a green house are people who care about nature and who want something more appealing to the eye than a tract house with a few solar panels slapped on top. That would describe the couple who commissioned Nathan Good, an architect based in Salem, Ore., to design their weekend home in Cannon Beach, a small town on that state's northern coast. The clients, who prefer not to be identified by name, have a long history as advocates for environmental awareness. After losing their weekend cabin in a fire, they began to envision...
...Western Europeans want China to support U.N.-imposed sanctions against the rogue regime until it shuts down its uranium enrichment facility and other nuclear activities. As one of the five veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, China has always opposed sanctions, but White House officials insist that Bush won?t be wasting his breath...
Frustrated by Japan's defiance of the IWC--and the nation's insistence on hunting in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary around Antarctica--Greenpeace led a campaign this year to boycott goods sold by companies with a stake in Kyodo Senpaku, including Nippon Suisan Kaisha, better known as Nissui. The $4.3 billion conglomerate owns Gorton's, one of the largest suppliers of frozen seafood in the U.S. Late last month Kyodo Senpaku abruptly announced that Nissui and four other firms that held a stake in the company would donate their shares to "public interest" corporations, including the ICR. The firms...