Haiti halts gasoline subsidy; prices soar WtopBy JONATHAN M. KATZ Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Cuts in Haitian gasoline subsidies pushed the price of fuel to $6.14 a gallon on Thursday, further burdening an impoverished people as the government redirected money to other programs. The 80-cents-per-gallon increase was felt... (photo: WN)
France to build second new-generation nuclear reactor The StateLE CREUSOT, France -- France will build a second new-generation nuclear reactor, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday, pledging a "new industrial revolution" in an era in which fossil fuels have grown too expensive. France - the country most reliant on nuclear power - has been constructing its... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer? Scientific AmericanEditor's Note: This story will be published in the next issue of Scientific American Mind. The deadliest and most common type of brain cancer has a strange bedfellow: cytomegalovirus, a kind of herpes present in about 80 percent of the U.S. population. Now scientists are exploiting this coincidence... (photo: publicdomain)
Gov't moves to arrest peso fall The Philippine StarWith the peso continuing its decline against the dollar and inflation seen to hit double-digit levels, the government has given its assurance that actions would be taken to protect all sectors from the adverse impact of these key economic measures. Executive Secretary Eduardo... (photo: WN)
