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...result of the policy - which is named for the city in which the Reagan Administration first announced it at the 1984 United Nations International Conference on Population - some groups, including Planned Parenthood organizations in Romania and Colombia, altered their activities in order to qualify and continued to receive funding. But at least 16 developing nations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have been affected, with all NGOs in those countries denied U.S. funding to help provide contraceptives and other much needed services...
...Many of the tricks and stunts at the X Games are clearly dangerous, but those that don't result in injuries can make a competitor's career. Case in point: Freestyle motocross rider Travis Pastrana's mid-air double back flip in 2006, one of the X Games historical highlights. Risky? No doubt. Totally badass? You be the judge...
...fewer tax cuts than he had envisioned. Not surprisingly, Republicans in the Senate - where GOP support is more essential than in the House (where Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a much larger majority) - have expressed disappointment. "We believe that, regretfully, the stimulus package seems to be drifting off as a result of the package that we've observed that the House Democrats approved, kind of drifting in a different direction from what President Obama seems to be suggesting," Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell told reporters. (See who's who in Barack Obama's White House...
Many foreign carmakers have already found that out. Auto executives estimate the demand for lithium could exceed supply in a decade. As a result, representatives from companies like Mitsubishi and Toyota have approached the Morales government to get in on the ground floor of Bolivia's lithium development. They've been routinely turned away. "All they wanted to do was carry away the raw lithium carbonate," says Echazu, "and that's not what we're after." (See the top 10 green ideas...
...other measures the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has passed as part of its mantra of "work more to earn more." Key to that is a provision introduced in late 2007 that makes overtime more profitable to both companies and employers by waving taxes and social charges. The ironic result: bosses and workers now find they can have their 35-hour cake and eat 25% bonus time too. "Rather than increasing the set week to 37, 39, or 40 hours - and have to raise fixed salaries proportionally - it's more logical to stay at 35 hours, and go beyond...