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Traffic moves down Wiliston Road in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, March 14, 2007. A trial is scheduled to begin March 22 in Burlington, Vt., on a civil suit pitting four Vermont car dealers, two Detroit auto makers and an industry group against the state of Vermont, which plans to impose new emissions standards aimed at reducing carbon-dioxide emission Carmakers falling short on EU emissions targets: report
Turkish Press  | Traffic makes its way down the east end of Berlin's Leipzigerstrasse in April 2008. Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, according to a r... (photo: AP / Alden Pellett)
Britain's population timebomb: By 2060 there'll be just two workers for every pensioner
London Evening Standard  | Graphic evidence of the population timebomb facing us was unveiled yesterday. | By 2060 there will only be two adults of working age for every pensioner in the European Union, a report said. | At pr... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Members of Sadr's office carry a coffin during a symbolic funeral procession for Riyadh al-Nouri, brother-in-law of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Saturday, April 12, 2008. Riyadh al-Nouri, the director of al-Sadr's office in Najaf was gunned down as he drove home after attending Friday prayers in the adjacent city of Kufa, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad Canada's claim of the seasonal shipping lane remains a hotly debated subject. Fourth in a ...
Canada Dot Com Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 | At an undiscovered place in Northern Canada, just beyond mainland Nunavut and west of King William Island, the mythic roots of Canada's identity as an Arctic nati... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
A Ryanair aircraft EC queries Ryanair internet tactics
Irish Times In this section » | Thousands hit by bank card scam in GalwayDarren dazzles and fans fancy a golden haulConsidering your options outside the CAO systemParents taking on debt to fund educationStudents ... (photo: AP)
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A radar tower at Heathrow Airport U.K. regulator orders BAA to sell three British airports
Canada Dot Com | Competition Commission cites poor service; BAA calls decision "flawed" | BAA Ltd., the owner of Heathrow, may be ordered by antitrust regulators to sell two London airp... (photo: GFDL / David Monniaux)
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer addresses the media at NATO Headquarters, after attending an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. The NATO allies say they cannot have normal relations with Russia as long as Moscow has troops in Georgia. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 NATO counterparts have called on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Geor NATO: Russia not honoring cease-fire terms
CNN | BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO has accused Russia of failing to honor the full terms of the cease-fire agreement brokered by the European Union last week aimed at endi... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Centre left and right: bilateal meeting between NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and David Bakradze (Special Envoy of Georgia) Nato rebukes Russia and signals support for Georgia
The Guardian Secretary general says it cannot be 'business as usual' under current circumstances and backs membership for Georgia | Nato’s secretary general, General Jaap De Hoop Sc... (photo: NATO)
Energy drinks /aaeh European court backs ban on Red Bull over health concerns
Belfast Telegraph | Health concerns over the Red Bull energy drink were fuelled after Europe's highest court upheld a French ban on the product. | The fizzy drink has been linked to severa... (photo: GFDL / )
French Park006 1 Environment: Europe's pine may be wiped out, say experts
The Guardian | Europe's pine forests are at risk from a killer bug that has already caused ecological catastrophes in east Asia, experts believe. Tens of thousands of trees have alrea... (photo: Creative Commons / Kabir)
KLdy1 - May07 - Australian Flag - Australia. (dy1) Nation's change of heart
The Australian | ELECTED in a landslide, the new Howard government quickly set in place an administration that would define its character for over a decade. The message was direct and s... (photo: WN)
CELLPHONE - CALLING - MOBILE PHONE - wireless network Telecoms criticized in EU report
International Herald Tribune | : European mobile phone operators regularly charge users for more time than they actually use when it comes to expensive calls made away from home, regulators said Wedn... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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- European stocks close mostly higher
- Russia accused of trying to redraw Georgia's borders
- High tension as Russia talks up Cold War
- Russia sets off alarm bells
- Russia gives two fingers as it continues to stand up to the
- Sarkozy on the phone with Georgia, Russia leaders
EU-Russian Summit - press conference with, from left to right: Javier Solana, Secretary General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for CFSP, Janez Jansa, Slovenian Prime Minister and Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia
Russia sets off alarm bells
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- Italy Hits Back After English Journalist Attack
- Premier Points: Niko Kranjcar blow for Croatia
- NSG: Austria hints at softening stand
- Italy gov't to tackle Alitalia crisis
- Germany's Merkel most powerful woman again: Forbes
- Power-Lift takes on Oil & Steel for Germany
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Qatar signs railway study deal with Deutsche Bahn
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East Europe West Europe
- Are we a nation of wusses?
- Hiking the High Tatras:
- Juve are back where they belong
- Rebuilding Intramuros
- Turkey has a rough road ahea
- Merkel tops world's most powerful women
Russia and US
Russia to respond militarily to U.S. missile shield
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- Rugby: Caucaunibuca walks out on French club
- Doubts over French role in Afghanistan
- French call for help in taming British speed fiends
- President Sarkozy to raise capital gains tax to fund French
- NSG: Austria hints at softening stand
- Yachting: BMW Oracle prepare new trimaran for sea trials
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Yachting: BMW Oracle prepare new trimaran for sea trials
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- Monte Carlo ideal venue as Manchester United look to break b
- Virgin profits fly high on premium sales
- Karlsruhe pull out of hosting Republic of Ireland's Worl
- Hero's welcome for boxer Barnes
- Pollution kills hundreds of fish
- Les Miserables
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Virgin profits fly high on premium sales
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- Devising a mighty barrier
- Italy Hits Back After English Journalist Attack
- Seventy-one would-be immigrants perish off Malta
- 71 would-be immigrants perish off Malta -- survivors
- Premier Points: Niko Kranjcar blow for Croatia
- Housewife not exactly desperate after Bolton split
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Yachting: BMW Oracle prepare new trimaran for sea trials
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