California rules push for more electric cars by 2025
Auto dealers warn higher prices and slower growth under proposed California standards to cut smog by 75 percent and slash greenhouse gases. The plan would require seven percent of 2025 new car sales to be zero emission or plug‑in hybrids, starting with 2015 models.
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Iran signals readiness to restart nuclear talks with world powers
President Ahmadinejad stated Iran is ready to revive negotiations with the United States and other P5 plus Germany, but Tehran will not surrender its uranium enrichment program. He spoke at a rally in Kerman as EU and US pressure grow over oil sanctions and central bank assets.
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Kerman
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European Union
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Turkey
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Britain
Ashton
United States
Islamic Republic
Elephants Face New Threat as Meat Trade Emerges in Thailand
Wildlife officials warn a growing market for elephant meat and organs could push wild populations toward extinction. Poachers in western Thailand reportedly slaughtered elephants for tusks and meat including sex organs, with Phuket restaurants implicated. Authorities stress illegal to poach or possess elephant parts and note ivory remains the primary motivator for killings.
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Thailand
Associated Press
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Aging inmates strain prisons and state funds
A Human Rights Watch report highlights 8 percent of U S inmates were 55 or older in 2010, up from 3 percent in 1995, rising costs and long sentences drive geriatric units and talk of medical parole. The study cites Ohio growth from 743 to 1815 prisoners over 50 and notes dementia care in facilities.
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Human Rights Watch
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U.S
Fellner
Ohio
Leonard Hudson
Right to Kill Attacking Wolves Recedes From Federal List
In Michigan and nearby states the federal protection for gray wolves ends, triggering a new clash between ranchers and hunters and raising howls to permit controlled hunts. Rancher John Koski, 67, and hunter Al Clemens push for immediate hunting rights as officials weigh safeguards for about 4 400 wolves brought back to the region. Opposition warns of a tough fight to balance livestock protection with wildlife recovery.
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John Koski
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Koski
al Clemens
Minnesota
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