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WORLD / NEWS Tue May 27, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- The French president has suggested that the EU should consider capping value added tax on fuel to help countries deal with surging oil prices. Nicolas Sarkozy warned there was no sign the oil price would dip and urged EU member states to consider his i.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 10:58am mrmdc

BBC News -- Tens of thousands of people have marched through Mexico City in a protest against the rising price of tortillas... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 23, 2007 @ 8:16pm neoform

BBC News -- A US judge has upheld a $300m fine against British Airways (BA) for price fixing after a guilty plea. The case was heard by a judge in Washington, who had to formally approve the fine which was recommended in July by the Department of Justice. BA no.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Russia's Gazprom has postponed the deadline for Belarus to pay its gas bill after a first instalment was paid. It had threatened to halve supplies to the former Soviet republic if the debt was not paid by Friday, but has now given Belarus until 10 Augu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:50am neoform

BBC News -- Toymaker Fisher Price is to recall almost one million Chinese-made toys over fears that their paint contains too much lead. An internal probe found the Chinese manufacturer had used a non-approved paint pigment, violating its safety standards, the comp.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:47am neoform

CNN -- Record-high palm-oil prices due to voracious global demand for the oil used for food and now increasingly as a biofuel have left many ordinary Indonesians without their usual culinary fare. Palm oil-derived cooking oil is a staple in the Indonesian pantry.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 11:56am neoform

ABC News -- Manvendra Singh Gohil grew up in a bubble of prestige and privilege, surrounded by hangers-on who treated him so reverentially that he was 15 years old before he crossed a street by himself. "I was born with a golden spoon," Singh Gohil, who is now 41.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 10:18am neoform

BBC News -- A shadowy group in France has issued the French government with an unusual ultimatum: raise the price of wine or blood will flow. The group's name is the Crav, which stands for nothing more threatening than the Union for Viticultural Action in the Lang.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 18, 2006 @ 1:01am neoform

Denver Post -- The contest between Vail and Aspen ski areas over which is the highest has nothing to do with mountain elevation... Read More