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  • July 2008

    • Pelosi: 'I Am Not Giving the Gavel Away to Anyone'

      Politico  |  Jul 29, 08 12:18 PM CDT

      Pelosi: 'I Am Not Giving the Gavel Away to Anyone'

      (Newser) - Newly minted author Nancy Pelosi launched her book tour this week, and one of the first stops is a sit-down with Politico. Of her hard-nosed blockade of GOP attempts to authorize offshore drilling, she says, “I’m trying to save the planet. I will not have this debate trivialized by their excuse for their failed policy.” More »

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      George W. Bush  • GOP  • Nancy Pelosi  • mortgage  • offshore oil  • power  • children's health care

    • China Is an Unlikely Superpower

      Washington Post  |  Jul 27, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      China Is an Unlikely Superpower

      (Newser) - American pundits are constantly claiming that China will soon overtake the US as the world’s dominant power—but if you look at the facts, that’s just not true, writes John Pomfret in the Washington Post . “Dire demographics, an overrated economy, an environment under siege, and an ideology that doesn't travel well” mean the country will remain “the muscle-bound adolescent of the international system.” More »

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      China  • population  • Chinese economy  • power  • growth  • Kung Fu Panda

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • China Snow Crisis Turns Deadly

      Reuters  |  Jan 29, 08 7:46 AM CST

      China Snow Crisis Turns Deadly

      (Newser) - China’s record snowstorm has killed at least 25 people when the bus they were riding in careened off a slick mountain road in the southwestern province of Guizhou, reports Reuters. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today visited hordes of stranded train passengers in Hunan province, and the government urged migrant workers not to travel to next week’s Lunar New Year until the worst snowstorm in 50 years abates. More »

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      China  • weather  • power  • snowstorm

    • Snowstorm Disrupts Chinese Travel, Power

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 28, 08 7:14 AM CST

      Snowstorm Disrupts Chinese Travel, Power

      (Newser) - The biggest snowstorm in 50 years is wreaking havoc with China’s transportation and power-supply infrastructure and triggering widespread shortages the week before the Lunar New Year. Over a foot of snow fell in Nanjing, reports Bloomberg. "We face a very severe situation in ensuring supplies of coal, electricity, oil and transportation,'' said a government spokesman. More »

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      China  • power  • snowstorm  • transport

  • December 2007

    • Midwest Million Left in Icy Dark

      Associated Press  |  Dec 12, 07 7:41 AM CST

      Midwest Million Left in Icy Dark

      (Newser) - Nearly 1 million people are without power in the aftermath of a nightmarish ice storm that wreaked havoc with roads, homes and airports through a Midwestern swath of the nation. The storm has claimed 24 lives so far, most on ice-slicked roadways. Forecasters predicted a new storm building in the southern Plains today that will deliver more sleet and freezing rain to Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas. More »

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      Chicago  • storm  • Missouri  • Midwest  • Oklahoma  • power  • ice storm

  • September 2007

    • US Should Talk to al-Qaeda, Analysts Say

      Reuters  |  Sep 13, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      US Should Talk to al-Qaeda, Analysts Say

      (Newser) - Eschewing war as the only means of neutralizing militant groups, some analysts have suggested the US consider negotiating with al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. "No insurgency or terrorism has been defeated by warfare or violence," one negotiator said. Proponents see treating al-Qaeda as a legitimate power, not a loose network of militants, as necessary in destabilizing the group. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • War on Terror  • war  • diplomacy  • power

  • August 2007

    • Ex-PM Puts Power-Sharing Deal At Risk

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 29, 07 12:25 PM CDT

      Ex-PM Puts Power-Sharing Deal At Risk

      (Newser) - As Benazir Bhutto prepares to return to Pakistan in a possible power-sharing arrangement with Pervez Musharraf, a second former PM is also heading back to the country to unseat the general. In an interview with the Financial Times , Nawaz Sharif says that he will mount a campaign in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan to wrest back power. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Nawaz Sharif  • power  • coup

    • Musharraf to Share Power

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 29, 07 5:15 AM CDT

      Musharraf to Share Power

      (Newser) - Pakistan President General Musharraf,  a key ally of the US in the war on terror, will quit the army ahead of elections next year in a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The deal, brokered by the US and Britain, is aimed at solving a deepening political crisis in Pakistan, reports London's Daily Telegraph. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • Nawaz Sharif  • power

    • Iran is Ready to Fill Power Vacuum in Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Aug 28, 07 2:12 PM CDT

      Iran is Ready to Fill Power Vacuum in Iraq

      (Newser) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech today that Iran is ready to fill a coming power vacuum in Iraq. "The political power of the occupiers is collapsing rapidly," said the leader, who earlier this month assured Nouri al-Maliki that Iran would be happy to help stabilize Iraq after a US pullout. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • power

    • Scientists Roll Out Paper Batteries

      Scientific American  |  Aug 14, 07 5:50 PM CDT

      Scientists Roll Out Paper Batteries

      (Newser) - Scientists have come up with a paper-like substance that can act as a power source, Scientific American reports. The thin, flexible substance—composed of cellulose, carbon nanotubes, and liquid salts—can be used as both a battery and a supercapacitor, which can deliver quick bursts of high power. What's more, it can be cut, rolled up, or bent just like paper. More »

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      battery  • power  • carbon nanotubes

    • Iraq's Power Grid Is Near Collapse

      Associated Press  |  Aug 4, 07 7:01 PM CDT

      Iraq's Power Grid Is Near Collapse

      (Newser) - Iraq’s power grid is teetering on the edge of collapse as insurgents destroy almost any attempt to restore power and the country’s fractured government is stalled, the AP reports. With enough power for only half of demand, there have been four nationwide blackouts in the last two days. Gasoline prices have also spiked to nearly $5 a gallon, making it affordable only to the wealthy. More »

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      Iraq  • gas prices  • insurgents  • energy  • power  • power grid

  • May 2007

    • Booming India Is Starved for Power

      New York Times  |  May 21, 07 8:35 AM CDT

      Booming India Is Starved for Power

      (Newser) - India's economy is growing so fast it has outstripped its electrical capacity, leaving burgeoning businesses, industries and homes to generate their own power with soot-belching diesel-powered generators for hours every day. Half of India's populace has no connection to the grid at all, and new construction often goes up without any plan for supplying electricity. More »

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      US economy  • India  • energy  • electricity  • alternative energy  • nuclear power  • power  • coal  • power grid

  • April 2007

    • The Rich Get Dumber

      New York Times  |  Apr 4, 07 12:24 PM CDT

      The Rich Get Dumber

      (Newser) - The more powerful you become, the more oblivious you get, Richard Conniff argues in today's Times , as he takes a gander at explaining a recent spate of high-profile celebrity mishaps ($1.5 million totalled Ferrari, anyone?). Connif points to research at Berkeley that suggests power brings "disinhibition"—more attention to your own rewards, and less on what's going on around you. More »

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      celebrity  • money  • research  • wealth  • intelligence  • power

  • March 2007

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