Saturday, May 02, 2009

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16 militants, 2 Pakistani soldiers die in clash

Sat, 02 May 2009 13:54:33 -0700
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani forces repelled a mass assault on their outpost near the Afghan border Saturday in a battle that left 18 dead and shook claims by Pakistan's army to have regained control of a critical region. A separate clash in the nearby Swat Valley piled pressure on a disputed peace deal there, while a Taliban commander suspected in attacks on trucks carrying supplies to NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan surrendered to authorities, officials said. Under the peace deal, th

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China has 'canceled US credit card': lawmaker

Sat, 02 May 2009 13:48:00 -0700
AFP China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already "canceled America's credit card" by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday. China has the world's largest foreign reserves, believed to be mostly in dollars, along with around 800 billion dollars in US Treasury bonds, more than any other country. But Treasury Department data shows that investors in China have sharply curtailed their purchases of bonds in January and February. Represe

Study Released On Food Company Use Of BPA

Sat, 02 May 2009 15:02:38 -0700
Green Century Capital Management and As You Sow have released a report, (pdf) " Seeking Safer Packaging ", looking at how 20 major publicly-traded food companies are seeking to address public health concerns regarding the dangerous industrial chemical bisphenol A in their food packaging. Of the 20 companies they sought out, 14 responded to their survey. The study sought to determine whether the companies currently used BPA in their products, if they were currently studying alternatives