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By KEN THOMAS and PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writers Ken Thomas And Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writers 2009-05-18 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to propose the first-ever national emission limits for cars and trucks as well as average mileage requirements of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 — all costing consumers an extra $1,300 per vehicle. Obama's plan couples for the first time pollution reduction from vehicle tailpipes with increased efficiency on the road. It would save 1.8 billion barrels of oil through 2016 and would be the environmental equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road, senior administration officials said Monday night.
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By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer Karin Laub, Associated Press Writer Mon May 18, 12:54 pm ET GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Leaders of Hamas have begun reaching out to the West with conciliatory words, saying the Islamic militant group wants to be part of a Mideast solution and raising the possibility they would someday accept a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
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By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press Writer 2009-05-18 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday opened his deepest foray into the Middle East quagmire, telling Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu he must stop Jewish settlements and should grasp a "historic opportunity" to make peace with the Palestinians.
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With the rapid growth of Muslim populations in Europe, Muslim demographics represents a topic that is on everyone's mind. From the rising radicalism of UK Muslims to the car burnings that shook Paris to the riots in Brussels and the growing acceptance that some form of Sharia law will be integrated into the legal systems of individual European nations-- not just the size, but the projected size of Muslim populations is behind attitudes toward Muslims.
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By MARCO SIBAJA
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:31 PM CORIMATA DA CIMA, Brazil -- The dirt road that runs in front of her
house is a river. Her fields of rice and manioc lie ruined underwater.
And with water seeping into her mud-brick, thatched-roof home, Maria do
Remedio Santos knows it's time to join her neighbors.
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