Bush will flesh out an agreement to boost ethanol production, aiming to reduce reliance on oil and curb the growing clout of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez. Under Chavez, Venezuela has used its oil revenue to eclipse Brazil and Argentina as the de facto leader of South America, winning membership to the Mercosur trade group, promoting a regional development bank, and pushing a failed attempt to win a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council. Brazil, with an economy five...

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's mutual fund assets have more than doubled in the past four years, making it the world's fourth-largest market, ahead of Germany and Japan. Fifteen years after the start of a mandatory retirement savings program, Australians are the world's biggest fund investors, holding an average of A$48,178 ($38,802) each, according to Australian Finance Group. Voluntary contributions to retirement plans may increase this year because the government plans to scrap a...

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Any rise in destructiveness of coastal storms is very likely to bring "dramatic increases" in losses from severe weather and storm surges. But by the second half of the century, the dominant impacts will be disruptions from pests and fires. climate report due to be released in Brussels on April 6. In turn, that could threaten many species. The draft, to be discussed by scientists and government experts in the U. LATIN AMERICA -- Glaciers in the tropical Andes are very likely to disappear...

Carol Johnson Tucson If Dick Cheney cared so much about our troops, then why did he lie to put them in harm's way in Iraq? Cheney is a coward, a suit and never served in the military, so what makes him an expert? He has been wrong on everything from WMDs to being received as liberators. Carol Johnson Tucson If Dick Cheney cared so much about our troops, then why did he lie to put them in harm's way in Iraq? Cheney is a coward, a suit and never served in the military, so what makes him an...

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