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Tension between allies complicates awarding of aid
The Boston Globe; 1/3/2010; 1133 words; ...institutions trying to secure a piece of it.The...Globe - calls for $1.5 billion for health...suggests as much as $1 billion in future...just its military in a time of war. "It...solve the large-scale challenges of the...they have delivered services," Jones said. Ac

Livestock lead to better health in developing nations, rising consumption poses challenge.
NewsRx Health & Science; 1/3/2010; 1557 words; ...s lead author and a senior scientist at...worth at least US$1.4 trillion. Livestock production employs 1.3 billion people...deforestation driven by large-scale cattle farming, are...Herrero. "We need a thorough consideration...exchange for environmental service payments. There are...

Channeling `Gatsby,' word by word, hour by hour
The Boston Globe; 1/3/2010; 1749 words; ...Elevator Repair Service staged an audacious...Great Gatsby." Not a word of the original...ran an epic 6 1/2 hours.In the show, a man in a dreary...to stage a full-scale production, the...when it begins a month- long run...performances will run 7 1/ 2 hours, ...

A hard downshift in Detroit; In a struggle that resonates across the land, Motor City's residents feel beaten up by a fight to find work and save their homes. Even so, many are optimistic about the decade ahead.
The Washington Post; 1/3/2010; 2330 words; ...also undercutting medical services in Pittsburgh." Detroit...respondent who works for a company that sells electrical...nearly three dozen homes. "A lot of them worked for...for all metro areas with a million or more people...conducted in November among 1,211 residents of Macomb...

Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home
AP Online; 1/2/2010; 1602 words; ...quot;It's actually a good project. It...Biological Diversity, a Tucson, Ariz.-based...applications for large-scale solar projects on 1.8 million acres of...foot metal towers, a natural gas pipeline...Fish and Wildlife Service report that found the...