News - World
Monday, June 16th, 2008
BBC
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.
The four-seater, called FCX Clarity, runs on hydrogen and electricity, and emits water vapour.
Honda claims the vehicle offers three times better fuel efficiency than a traditional, petrol-powered car.
Honda plans to produce 200 of the ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
NBC News and MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after suffering a heart attack at the bureau. He was 58.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” broadcast when he collapsed. He was rushed to Sibley Memorial ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. A defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket.
Obama's victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
TIME
After one of the most negative weekends of campaigning so far this election, it's hard to know if either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will emerge from Tuesday's long-anticipated Pennsylvania primary looking much like a real winner.
The six weeks since the last Clinton/Obama one-on-one match-up have felt like an eternity ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, state television quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Tuesday.
Iran already has about 3,000 centrifuges operating in Natanz, and the new announcement is seen as a show of defiance of international demands to ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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fertilizer shortages, food costs, higher energy prices equal world crisis
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WASHINGTON – From India to Africa to North Korea to Pakistan and even in New York City, higher grain prices, fertilizer shortages and rising energy costs are combining to spell hunger for millions in what is being characterized as a ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militias in the southern oil port of Basra on Tuesday as a security plan to clamp down on violence between rival militia factions in the region began.
With tensions rising, Muqtada al-Sadr's headquarters in Najaf ordered field commanders with his Mahdi Army militia ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Barack Obama's major speech on race and politics - Video and Full Transcript
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We the people, in order to form a more perfect union
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Barack Obama will today make his strongest attempt so far to defuse the race row that has scarred the Democratic presidential race when he tackles the issue head-on with a major speech in Pennsylvania, the scene of next month's hotly contested primary.
The Obama campaign said the speech in Philadelphia will ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control.
Demonstrations in Tibet turned increasingly violent last week, and the Dalai Lama, speaking to reporters, urged his countrymen to show restraint.
He said that ...
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