Teachers, students evaluate nearly 100 reclaimed areas

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Randi Phelps, left, a 16-year-old Butte High School student, works with Willow Creek math teacher John Reagan to evaluate groundcover recently at the Rialto mine dump in Butte.

S Korean central bank reaffirms policy focus on inflation

Monday, July 14th, 2008

South Korea's central bank reemphasized Monday that fighting for inflation will continue to be its main concern in the second-half of this year to put out fueling speculation of a rate increase soon. "Of slow growth, rising consumer ...

Brazilian industry revises down growth forecast for 2008

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Brazil's national federation of industry has lowered its forecast for the country's economic growth this year from 5.0 percent to 4.7 percent, local media reported Sunday. Due to surging food prices around the world, Brazil's inflat ...

S Korea makes foreign banks overseas borrowing easier

Monday, July 14th, 2008

South Korea plans to ease rules on borrowing by local branches of foreign banks from their oversea parent companies from this year to attract more foreign currency and boost the won, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Monday. ...

New Zealand airports on alert after girl’s abduction

Monday, July 14th, 2008

New Zealand airports were all on alert after a five-year-old girl was abducted from an Auckland street on Monday. Police said they have contacted airport authorities in case someone tried to leave the country with the girl named Cin ...

BP: UAE’s oil production to last 92 years at current level

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

The latest estimates of the global energy firm BP showed oil production of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will last 92 years at current production levels, local newspaper Gulf News reported Saturday. According to the 2008 BP Statist ...

Australian PM promises help for struggling farmers

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised further assistance to help the struggling drought-affected farmers following a heartfelt plea from Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan. Rudd said on Saturday everything Kernaghan had to ...

Official: China provides free contraception services for 120 mln rural women every year

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

One of China's senior family planning officials hailed the continued success over the past seven years of the government's free contraception services, which now help 120 million rural women every year reduce the risks associated with pregn ...