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...odds with a recent annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that makes clear that the company defines its mission as a global enterprise. "Internationally, as countries endeavor to expand nuclear power generation, many seek to address the clean-up associated with legacy nuclear infrastructure. With our major presence in the U.S. and Europe we are in an excellent position to benefit from that trend." The report also says EnergySolutions' "business would suffer" if applications like the one in question were not granted...
...nearly 23,000 people, with more than 40,000 missing; the United Nations estimates some 1.5 million people will be severely affected. But traveling the road to Bogalay-a delta town which lay in the cyclone's path and took its full fury-there is little sign of a major relief operation...
...street protests, announced its intention to move against a private telecommunications network that Hizballah uses to coordinate military activity against Israel. On Wednesday, the opposition co-opted a planned general strike and turned it into a show of force complete with burning tire and rubble barricades that blocked many major highways, including the airport road. Then yesterday, Hizballah leader Nasrallah called the government's telecom crackdown an act of war, accused it of doing Israel's dirty work, and said that Hizballah would fight to protect itself unless the government promised not to shut down the network. But government leaders...
...days in office are on the wane. The Bush Administration is keen both to preserve Lebanon's independence from Syria, which ended its occupation of Lebanon in 2005 under American pressure, and to push for the disarmament of Hizballah, which the U.S. regards as a terrorist organization and a major threat to Israel. "Hizballah needs to make a choice: Be a terrorist organization or be a political party, but quit trying to be both," said a White House spokesman yesterday...
...million during the upcoming planting cycle that starts this month, though it's not yet clear where that money would come from or how the financing would work. But analysts suggest that of the participating countries, Nicaragua - precisely because of its agrarian backwardness - offers the best conditions for a major boost to regional agricultural output...