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Pollution costs Lebanon $500 mln a year

AFP - 34 minutes ago

Pollution and climate change cost Lebanon more than half a million dollars (330 million euros) a year, the environment minister said on Friday ahead of the UN climate talks.

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Napolitano, Mayorkas Lead Naturalization Ceremony
Department of Homeland Security - 18 minutes ago
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Mayorkas led a naturalization ceremony for more than 100 citizenship candidates from more than 40 countries at Ellis Island on December 4, 2009.
Sarah Palin's fans push for 2012 presidential run
San Francisco Chronicle - 25 minutes ago
Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she'd work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012. "I'd do anything, go anywhere," said Giese,...
Torture-slaying trial, Day 4: Judge denies mistrial after agent comment
Knoxville News Sentinel - 27 minutes ago
KNOXVILLE - A federal agent prompted a defense call for a mistrial today in the case of torture-slaying suspect George Thomas.U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Agent Bernard Waggoner told jurors this morning that police in Lebanon , Ky., where Thomas was arrested, already were familiar with Thomas.Judge Richard Baumgartner immediately sent the jury out of the courtroom as attorney ...
Palin's fans push for 2012 presidential run
The Champaign News-Gazette - 28 minutes ago
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she'd work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012. "I'd do anything, go anywhere," said Giese, of Bokoshe, Okla., while waiting in line at a Sam's Club in Fayetteville where Palin signed copies of "Going ...
'Nutcracker' gets a new addition
Daily Record - 48 minutes ago
The New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet (NJCYB) will present 'The Nutcracker,' Tchaikovsky's classic Christmas ballet, this weekend at Mount Olive Middle School for the 10th year.
Nittany Lions Await Bowl Selection; Bowl Specials To Air Sunday Night on Fox and Big Ten Network
GoPSUsports.com - 50 minutes ago
All of the 2009-10 bowl match-ups will be announced on Sunday night, starting with the five Bowl Championship Series games. The five BCS contests will be announced at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox.
Palin Backers Call for 2012 White House Bid
KFWB News 980 Los Angeles - 57 minutes ago
The surging support of Sarah Palin has many Republicans nervous, worrying her conservative voters aren't enough to fuel a victory over President Barack Obama.
CO detector credited for saving Maine family
Boston Globe - 59 minutes ago
Fire officials say a carbon monoxide detector saved a family in the southern Maine community of North Lebanon.
Lawmakers to Clinton: Urge Hezbollah disarmament
JTA - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (JTA) –Thirty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday calling on the Obama administration to work toward disarming Hezbollah and clearing southern Lebanon of Iranian-sent weapons.
Obama Pleases the Neocons
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - 1 hour 26 minutes ago
President Barack Obama’s escalation of the Afghan War has upset many rank-and-file Democrats who had hoped for a more peaceful strategy, but Obama’s order to dispatch 30,000 more U.S. troops is being welcomed by neoconservatives, a group that has long favored U.S. military interventions in Muslim lands.
Iran feared to be building arms arsenal – report
WashingtonTV - 1 hour 27 minutes ago
Washington, 4 December (WashingtonTV)—A surge in arms smuggling cases has raised fears that Iran is stepping up efforts to arm itself and militant groups in the region, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Pollution costs Lebanon $500 mln a year
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 28 minutes ago
Pollution and climate change cost Lebanon more than half a million dollars (330 million euros) a year, the environment minister said on Friday ahead of the UN climate talks.
Palestinians Threaten to Pull Dead Sea from Contest
Baltimore Jewish Times - 1 hour 38 minutes ago
Palestinian officials have threatened to withdraw from a competition to name the Dead Sea a world natural wonder. The Dead Sea cannot be entered into the New Seven Wonders of Nature competition unless Israel, the Palestinians and Jordan all agree to take part.
ATF agent: Thomas only arrested when officers went in after him
WATE 6 Knoxville - 1 hour 59 minutes ago
An ATF agent told the jury Friday that George Thomas, the third defendant being tried in the Christian-Newsom murders, was only arrested when agents went in after him.
Winter high school sports have arrived
The Hamburg Area Item - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
The winter sports season begins in earnest this week around the region and throughout the PIAA.