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Renee Switzer January 17, 2007 Electricity crews have repaired damage to a major transmission line that caused massive power failures yesterday, but Victorians are urged to conserve power today amid high temperatures and the continuing fire threat. And, as the heatwave continues, Premier Steve Bracks said the possibility of mandatory power restrictions would remain as Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Tinkler January 14, 2007 12:00am THE Bracks Government is outraged at a leaked federal proposal to tax rainwater collected from roofs. The idea was revealed in a leaked email seen by the Sunday Herald Sun. Acting Premier John Thwaites yesterday warned that if water was privatised — as proposed by some federal Liberals Continue Reading →
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK MAZZETTI Published: January 14, 2007 WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering. Continue Reading →
By LARRY ROHTER Published: January 14, 2007 REALIDADE, Brazil — A Brazilian government plan set to go into effect this year will bring large-scale logging deep into the heart of the Amazon rain forest for the first time, in a calculated gamble that new monitoring efforts can offset any danger of increased devastation. Full story: Continue Reading →
By SIMON ROMERO Published: January 14, 2007 CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 13 — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrived here on Saturday for talks with President Hugo Chávez, on the first leg of a Latin American visit to enhance Tehran’s stature with governments where distrust of the Bush administration already runs deep. It is Mr. Ahmadinejad’s Continue Reading →
Source: Information Clearing House 01/14/07 Al Jazeera — — The presidents of Iran and Venezuela have agreed to spend billions of dollars to help other countries free themselves from what they describe as US domination. Hugo Chavez announced the plan in a speech on Saturday with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two also called for Opec to Continue Reading →