Japan calls US gas prices too cheap and taxes urged
Kazuo Aichi, a Japanese parliament member and former chief of Japan's environmental agency, says US gasoline is too cheap and should be taxed. He notes political risk in an election year and urges higher taxes to curb energy use. He also accuses the US of slow global environmental action and highlights a rift with other developed nations over CO2 and the greenhouse effect.
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Barry Bonds to bank big bucks in record deal
Barry Bonds signs a landmark contract, securing a record-breaking salary for a baseball star. The deal sets a new standard for earnings in the sport and cements Bonds as a marquee player in the league.
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Lucky clue 13 leads Pennellville man to 2000 prize
Stephen Newman, a 35 year old disabled mason from Pennellville Oswego County, found the Syracuse Newspapers Winterfest Medallion Friday morning under a tree stump at Beaver Lake Nature Center. He credited clue 13 with the find and called it luck.
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El Salvador Ends 12 Year Civil War With Peace
Peace takes effect in San Salvador ending a 12 year civil war that killed over 75 000 people. Capital streets are quiet at dawn as government and former rebels plan celebrations later. UN mediated cease fire signed January 16. Mexico City launches social blueprint for 52 million people. Former guerrillas to become policemen and civilian authority over army.
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New York Beer Prices Spark Antitrust Scrutiny
Consumer Affairs watchdog Mark Green urges a Justice Department anti-trust probe into Anheuser-Busch over a new distribution plan. The plan raises wholesale cases by up to a dollar while offering rebates to company approved wholesalers, potentially undercutting independent distributors in New York City. Green accuses the brewer of trying to monopolize the market and raise NYC beer costs.
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D'Amato Leads In War Chest Amid Fundraising Race
U S Senator Alfonso D Amato R NY reports more than 31 million cash on hand as of December 31 1991 while former VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro and State Attorney General Robert Abrams each raised substantial sums in the last six months of 1991 Ferraro brought in 119 million Abrams 114 million D Amato 945 thousand for July 1 to December 31 1991 according to campaign finance records 부분
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Yeltsin and Bush hold first summit at Camp David
Presidents Bush and Yeltsin meet at Camp David to discuss arms cuts and a future bilateral agenda. They stress alliance prospects and broader questions of Russian American cooperation, with emphasis on economics, trade, and politics alongside nuclear disarmament.
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Record 24.5 million get food stamps
Washington reports a record 24.5 million Americans received food stamps in November, up 400,000 from October and 327 million from a year earlier, with enrollment reaching a ninth month record. Leaders call the rise a sign of deepening economic strain on the middle class.
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