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Chance of major hurricane hit in US, Caribbean high: forecastMiami (AFP) April 7, 2010 Cooling waters in the Pacific due to a weakening El Nino phenomenon and strong warming in the tropical Atlantic add up to a higher chance that a major hurricane will hit US or Caribbean coasts this year, experts forecast Wednesday. With that recipe for potential disaster, "we anticipate an above-average probability of United States and Caribbean major hurricane landfall," experts at Colorado State University warned in a report. "The predicted weakening of El Nino conditions combined with a very ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2010 Food manufacturers that fill only half of their product boxes could cut shipping costs by half if they filled their packaging, a U.S. advocacy group says. Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of The Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, says the food industry practice - called "slack fill" - is subject to federal regulations defining the difference between the ca ... more  
Lima (AFP) April 7, 2010A protest by about 7,000 independent gold prospectors who blocked Peru's main north-south highway for three days ended Wednesday after an accord with officials on creation of a commission to oversee the activity. The strike ended with an agreement on a "multisector commission" that would draft a plan for the mining which has been unregulated until now, said officials and protest leaders. ... more  
Jakarta (AFP) April 7, 2010Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would seek "protection" for certain local industries that feel threatened by a regional free trade pact with China. Yudhoyono made the comments as he headed to Vietnam for a summit of Southeast Asian leaders and ahead of a visit to Jakarta later this month by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao for talks on trade and investment. ... more |
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US court deals setback to regulators over 'net neutrality'Washington (AFP) April 6, 2010 A US appeals court dealt a major setback on Tuesday to the efforts of US goverment regulators to force Internet service providers to treat all Web traffic equally. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of broadband provider Comcast Corp. in a case seen as a test of the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enforce "net neutrality." Net neutrality is the principle that ISPs provide the same speed and level of service to all Web users, regardless ... read more |
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