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U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Karen Harbert today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $314,000 to New Mexico to help improve energy efficiency throughout the state.
12:24 Jun 2, 2006 PST
EPA announced a final rule, established under the Clean Water Act, which will provide increased protection to fish, shellfish and other aquatic life. This action sets standards for cooling water intake structures at new oil and gas extraction facili
12:24 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Senior officials of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) have expressed disappointment at the Security Council's recent decision to cut the forces at their disposal to monitor the ceasefire along the disputed border over which
12:17 Jun 2, 2006 PST
'We are seeing increasing numbers of impoverished people whose means of survival are being pushed to the limit. Many families are being forced to reduce their number of meals to just one a day,' WFP Country Director Arnold Vercken warned, noting t
12:16 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Further flights are planned, probably using Darwin in Australia as a staging point, to bring in more tents and plastic sheeting as well as blankets, mosquito nets and kitchen sets. An emergency team is deploying to Dili, the capital, over the weeken
12:11 Jun 2, 2006 PST
While conducting multiple assaults along Southern Lake Thar Thar, Coalition Forces captured 10 suspected terrorists and destroyed two vehicles and one tent that was used as a terrorist safe house.
09:39 Jun 2, 2006 PST
An improvised explosive device killed an Iraqi woman and wounded two Iraqi men as well as two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team June 1.
08:51 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, addressing national leaders at a special United Nations meeting to assess progress since 2001 on turning back HIV/AIDS, today called on all heads of State and government to take personal responsibility for stopping the
08:49 Jun 2, 2006 PST
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner today announced that DOE will award a total of $642,000 to Maryland to improve energy efficiency throughout the state. This funding, from DO
08:41 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award a total of $34.6 million to states, five territories and the District of Columbia to improve energy efficiency throughout the nation. The fundi
08:21 Jun 2, 2006 PST
As the death toll continues to rise in the Indonesian island city of Yogyakarta and its surrounding areas in the aftermath of a devastative earthquake, United Nations agencies continue to help Government's efforts to provide humanitarian assistance
07:05 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Women who have had Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are significantly more likely to experience difficulties during childbirth and their babies are more likely to die as a result of the traditional yet gruesome practice, according to a new United Nat
07:05 Jun 2, 2006 PST
As participants at a major United Nations conference in New York today reviewed the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in women compared to men, the head of the UN Population Fund
06:53 Jun 2, 2006 PST
Follow-Up to yesterday's story 'Marines provide medical assistance to Iraqi mayor's daughter'
06:53 Jun 2, 2006 PST
The Environmental Protection Agency's mid-Atlantic region issued an Administrative Order by Consent today to Mirant Potomac River LLC (Mirant) regarding air quality issues at its Potomac River Generating Station in Alexandria, Va.
06:46 Jun 2, 2006 PST
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