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Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drilling
" President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit. ...
American Troops May Become Their Own Batteries
When you're in the field as part of a military unit, every ounce and pound can add up. Trudging through sand and desert, the weight will not only tire you faster, it will cause you to lose precious bodily fluids. 30lbs of Batteries - the amount the average US soldier carries... Car becomes Burden of Suburbia, Will America call Car Pooling to the Rescue?
Paul Harris in America's love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia (Observer, Guardian UK, July 6th) paints a rather bleak picture of the future of America's landscape as it is now.He reports from the Inland Empire (California) once farmland, now home to...Tax survey reveals resentful British
I find it hard to believe 56% of people in the UK did not know what income tax bracket they were in."Eight out of 10 Britons think they are paying more tax than they were five years ago, with nearly half blaming the rise on stealth taxes, a survey showed today.Around 81% of... Beijing is to impose smoking ban
With only 99 days until the Olympics, the Chinese authorities are moving to ban smoking in public buildings in Beijing starting tomorrow.The government is hoping to not only clean up the city before the Olympics, but... Sisters lose European tax battle
" Sisters lose European tax battle The Burden sisters have been fighting their case for years Two British sisters have lost their final battle to avoid paying...DoD Announces New Relocation Tool for Families
" WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 – It’s almost peak moving season again for military families, and Defense Department leaders want families to know new resources are available to help. “Plan My Move,” soft-launched in late summer, is the next generation... London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday
I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen... National Victims Week: Make Criminals Pay
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith National Victims Awareness Week underway, those advocates for Victims Rights want to ensure serious time for serious crimes complete with restitution for victims,... Most TB cases found in India
Three million people
develop tuberculosis in the Southeast Asian region every year, India
reporting 22 per cent of these, and over half a million die of the
disease, says the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report
released on Monday. The 11 countries of the region... Canadian Families taking turn for worse
Certainly a scary prospect where Families spendthrift attitudes are putting them increasingly into debt, with Government Opposition Politicians promising if they are elected will help wipe some of that Debt Slate...Conservatism, The Ideology of Freedom?
Conservatives continually trot out a never ending stream of claims to principles like freedom, democracy, loyalty, patriotism, and fairness in their anti-liberal rhetoric. When examined in even a cursory manner their... IPOD Generation Faces 49 % Taxes
A study carried out by Reform an independent, non-party think tank, suggest there is a better way to deliver the public sector.
Their vision is of a Britain with a 21st Century tax system, which introduces public... Super-rich 'should pay more tax'
"The "super-rich" should pay more tax in an effort to reduce child poverty and fight crime, says the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Brendan Barber said "loopholes" for UK citizens who spent time abroad meant tax breaks worth £4bn a year, putting a...Immigration Bill's Unnecessary Time Constraints
"Immigration Bill's Unnecessary Time Constraints by Rep. Tom Feeney (More by this author) Posted: 06/01/2007 Considering that it is the result of secret, closed door negotiations, it's not surprising that Sen. Ted Kennedy's new amnesty proposal was finished over a weekend...
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