A number of disgruntled consumers have taken their complaints directly to their leaders, telling President Chen Shui-bian that they can barely make ends meet. Inflation, fanned by soaring prices for fuel and other commodities, has become a hot political issue in Taiwan, as the island moves toward legislative elections in January 2008 and a presidential poll two months later. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The stout man in a blue apron handed out discounted fried dough stuffed with minced green...

Some NRCES members were sent to the San Francisco Bay area earlier this month, to assist with cleanup efforts after a ship spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel into the bay. Environmental disasters like these are seemingly inevitable in industrial communities like Long Beach, Wilmington and San Pedro, but it's the job of cleanup specialists like NRC Environmental Services to ensure the spill does as little ecological damage as possible. Environmental disasters like these are seemingly inevitable...

Dr Sarah Cant, policy manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This report highlights what we've known for some time - that maintaining a healthy weight, taking regular exercise, breastfeeding for at least 12 months in total and limiting your alcohol intake can decrease your risk of developing breast cancer. Dr Sarah Cant, policy manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This report highlights what we've known for some time - that maintaining a healthy weight, taking regular...

With the agitation in Singur in nearby Hooghly district against the Tata car plant project simmering for a while matters coming to a boil when an anti-land acquisition activist was murdered in December 2006 the Trinamool-backed anti-industrialisation brigade were ready to take on the anti-people administration in Nandigram. A terrain where murder and rape have taken place at the behest of the state government not to mention a ground made fertile by Trinamool-sponsored grandstanding it...

Contessa's Green Cuisine meals are delicious, easy-to-prepare, restaurant-quality meals that are cooked in a skillet and ready to eat in eight to 12 minutes. Starting in November, Green Cuisine meal packages will feature the now-familiar skull-and-crossbones title treatment from the film, along with instructions on how to win the grand prize and other "Pirates" merchandise. The additional data allows those following specific diet programs, like Weight Watchers, to easily determine how the...

Florida Reconsiders Water Deal with Georgia TALLAHASSEE, Florida, November 12, 2007 (ENS) - Florida is cooling off on a water sharing agreement Governor Charlie Crist made earlier this month that would allow Georgia to retain millions of gallons of water to ease a potential drinking water shortage in the upstream state. Florida Reconsiders Water Deal with Georgia TALLAHASSEE, Florida, November 12, 2007 (ENS) - Florida is cooling off on a water sharing agreement Governor Charlie Crist made...