| Sun, 1 Aug 2010 UN chief hails treaty banning cluster bombs
| The swift entry into force of a new international convention banning cluster bombs today highlights "the world's collective revulsion at these abhorrent weapons," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. | Having the treaty become international law just over t... | Innocents caught up in climate-change jam
| N | ot many in this country would have heard of the Nenets who inhabit the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic Circle between the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob. I too hadn’t until I came across a feature on them in Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical So... | Stillaguamish Tribe launches canoe that connects its members to their heritage
| LOCAL NEWS — ARLINGTON -- The guest of honor was the first chinook salmon of the season, but the focus of the day was the launch of the Stillaguamish Tribe's first shovel-nose dugout river canoe in a century. | Continuing on its path to cultural restoration, the... | Pending report on DROP will put Nutter in a pinch
It may pit him against Council, unions - or voters. | By Jeff Shields | Inquirer Staff Writer The release this week of a study of the city's DROP program will force Mayor Nutter to balance the competing interests of the city's pension problems and the public demand for ... | HELP program now needs help
It is running out of cash to allow low rates for energy-efficient home repairs. | By Diane Mastrull | Inquirer Staff Writer This is a story about a business whose aggressive growth can, in large part, be explained by a simple truism: | When the sickening discovery is ma... | Inside the Phillies: Economics getting tougher for Phillies
| During the off-season, when Ruben Amaro Jr. locked up three players - Shane Victorino, Joe Blanton, and Carlos Ruiz - who still had arbitration years remaining, the buzz phrase was "cost certainty." By doing this, Amaro said, the Phillies could have a better... | Art: Surgery on 'Gross Clinic' restored its historical place
| By Edward Sozanski | Contributing Art Critic | French philosopher Simone Weil observed that "the past, once destroyed, never returns. Its destruction is perhaps the greatest of all crimes." | That snippet of insight might apply to moving the Barnes Foundatio... | Sportage takes a step up
| By Al Haas | For The Inquirer Kia is on a roll. It has enjoyed its best first half ever this year, according to Tom Loveless, vice president for sales, and its increasing U.S. market share is now tracking at 3 percent for 2010. | A principal reason for all that fiscal... | Web Wealth:
| By Reid Kanaley | Inquirer Columnist Being energy-efficient is good for so many reasons, not the least of which the potential savings to your budget. These sites provide guidance on positive changes you can make around the house. | Energy-cost calculator. Want to know... | |
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