Beijing to ban leaded gasoline starting July 1
Beijing will outlaw leaded fuel sales from July 1 to curb pollution from a surge in vehicles. In the first stage 299 service stations will convert to unleaded only, with a full ban on leaded gasoline for all vehicles to follow next year, as Xiang Baiqin of the Beijing Environmental Production Bureau cited vehicle exhaust as a major pollution source.
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Hong Kong
Beijing
China News Agency
Xiang Baiqin
Beijing Environmental Production Bureau
China
Modest gas price hike ahead
The Energy Department predicted modest gasoline price increases for the coming year as crude prices decline and winter was mild. Average nationwide prices for all brands were forecast at 1.31 dollars per gallon, peaking 3 to 4 cents higher in July, with regional fluctuations and unleaded regular slightly cheaper than last summer.
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Washington
Energy Department
Jay Hakes
Department
Energy Information Administration
Global hunger tops the agenda as Green Revolution wanes
A top State Department official warns nearly 1 billion people sleep hungry due to population growth and shrinking reserves. He cites rising prices driven by China’s expanded imports and urges cooperation to spark another agricultural breakthrough akin to the Green Revolution to avert worsening malnutrition.
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Washington
State Department
China
Timothy Wirth
Wirth
Asia
South Carolina House backs Confederate flag plates
The Republican led South Carolina House approved a 71 to 30 vote to issue license plates for descendants of Confederate veterans despite earlier efforts to remove the flag from the Statehouse. The measure heads to a Democrat controlled Senate where it is expected to fail.
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Columbia
D.C
Statehouse
South Carolina
House
Senate
Dan Cooper
John Scott
David Beasley
HUD blacklists 13 landlords in new housing crackdown
HUD blacklists 13 landlords in five cities after accusing them of stealing federal rent subsidies. The department says the landlords collectively pocketed 6.7 million dollars in rents that should have funded mortgage payments, part of a broader enforcement push against abuse of low income housing programs.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Andrew Cuomo
Children vaccinated in two states over tainted strawberries
In California and Georgia about 2000 youngsters received hepatitis A shots after a contaminated shipment of frozen strawberries from Mexico was used in school meals. Authorities warn other states may be affected as federal investigators trace the berries and the distributing company faces possible charges.
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Lucy Kadzhikyan
Ramona Elementary
Hollywood
California
Georgia
Mount Vernon Middle School
Michigan
Iowa
Arizona
Tennessee
Mexico
U.S
Hubbell admits lying to Clinton at Camp David meeting
Webster Hubbell says he lied to President Clinton about stealing from his former law firm in July 1994. He later pleaded guilty amid White House aides seeking him financial help and cooperation with Whitewater probes. Hubbell resigned as deputy attorney general in 1994 after billing disputes at the Little Rock firm.
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White House
Webster Hubbell
Clinton
Camp David
Hubbell
Whitewater
Little Rock
Ark
Justice Department
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mack McLarty
Erskine Bowles
Ae White House
Judge keeps McVeigh jury selection private in Denver
U S District Judge Richard Matsch rejected a bid by media groups to open jury selection in Timothy McVeigh's trial. Prospective jurors will remain shielded behind screens with in chambers discussions to decide exclusions. The process, now in its fourth day, aims to select 12 jurors and six alternates from about 350 candidates.
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Denver
Timothy McVeigh
Richard Matsch
Air Force
Oklahoma City
U.S
Matsch
Six prisoners die as van bursts into flames on highway
A van carrying six handcuffed inmates burned after a broken drive shaft pierced the fuel tank near 3-40, 45 miles west of Nashville. The driver and guard survived. prisoners were en route from Memphis to a Florida prison via Chattanooga.
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Tennessee Highway Patrol
Mike Dover
Memphis
Chattanooga
Florida
Dover
Nashville
Cannibalism suspected at ancient Southwest site in Colorado
Archaeologists excavating Cowboy Wash in the Ute Mountains report a jumble of bones tools and pottery suggesting attackers slaughtered and butchered residents around spring around 1150. The team led by Brian Billman cites evidence supporting cannibalism among the Anasazi people whose cliff dwellings draw tourists.
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Nashville, Tenn
Cowboy Wash
American Southwest
Brian Billman
Ute Mountains
Colorado
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