|
|
OLYMPIA – Four Olympia City Council candidates who opposed the council’s decision to rezone the downtown isthmus to allow taller buildings were leading in the early returns Tuesday, and two of the three incumbents were in trouble. [read full story]
The United States has the best health care in the world — but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health care bill (as with its 2,014-page House...
Apparently, former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons believes that the people of Connecticut firmly support the war on terror — just as long as that war is fought far away from here in somebody else's backyard and doesn't disturb our...
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 27 (IPS) - Mauritania formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2001, but in the eight years since, it has had limited effect on the status of women.
A year ago, the Raja Musa forest reserve near Batang Berjuntai was in a deplorable state with hardly any of the original species of trees seen at the peat swamp. Pockets of the forest reserve were planted with cash crops like...
