Western food thrives amid Kabul chaos after war
In Kabul many foreigners flock to B's Place, a rare Western style restaurant protected by a high grenade fence as entrepreneurs cash in on demand for foreign goods. Landlords raise rents, stores stock Taco shells and Oreos, and alcohol, though illegal, circulates via expatriates and smugglers amid a tense peace economy.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
B’s Place
Matthew Woods
Woods
Wazir Akbar Khan
Golden Lotus
Flower Street
Paul Stromberg
U.N. Refugee Agency
Northern Alliance
Spain boosts cleanup as Prestige spill cleanup expands
Storms eased along Spain s northwest coast enabling ships to vacuum oil from the tanker Prestige spill. The French vessel Ailette has removed over 90 000 gallons since Sunday with 1 470 tons of oil waste collected from 141 beaches. Four more anti pollution ships from Belgium Britain Germany and the Netherlands will join the effort.
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Madrid
Spain
Prestige
Ailette
A Coruna
Belgium
Britain
Germany
Netherlands
State budgets hit worst since WWII, tax hikes rise
The National Governors Association reported 23 of 49 states raised taxes, led by 2.9 billion in tobacco taxes and 1.4 billion in sales taxes. Medicaid spending surged 13.2 percent as health care costs outpaced revenue, with 40 billion budget shortfalls expected.
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Washington
National Governors Association
Association
Florida
Raymond C. Scheppach
Governors’ Group
Senate
House
Scheppach
National Conference of State Legislatures
Endeavour docks at space station with new crew and girder
Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station delivering a three man crew and a $390 million girder. Astronaut Kenneth Bowersox will command the station until March as Donald Pettit joins Whitson and the cosmonauts.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Endeavour
International Space Station
Space Station
Whitson
South Pacific
Korzun
Donald Pettit
Nikolai Budarin
Mis
Sion Control
Pettit
NASA
Donald Thomas
Thomas
Bowersox
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Supreme Food Service
Peter Esser
Atlantic
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Crisis Committee
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Muxia
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Elyria
Value City Furniture
46S & Hess Pharmacy “Way Communications
Jamie's
Ohio
Don Thomas
Harbor Bay
Golf Dome
Huron
Fifth Third Bank
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