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• Spread of nuclear capability feared
At least half a dozen countries have also said in the past four years that they are specifically planning to conduct enrichment or reprocessing of nuclear fuel, a prospect that could dramatically expand the global supply of plutonium and enriched ...
• Deadly earthquake hits central China
The joint UN-European Commission's Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, or GDAC, said the quake struck in a sparsely populated area, 53 miles from Chengdu.
• U.S. farmers profit little from high rice prices
The greater demand and new foreign customers driving the global price hike have been a boon to American farmers, who are welcoming the reprieve after years of shouldering high fuel and fertilizer costs and weak prices for their grain.
• Building a Kitt car
Phil Gott, director of automotive consulting at the industry analysis firm Global Insight, points out that to be ready for launch in just six model years, the technology has to be working on test vehicles today.
• Executive survey first prediction of let-up in still-soaring oil ...
More than half of oil and gas executives polled in a recent survey think oil prices will drop below $100 a barrel by the end of the year. KPMG LLP's Global Energy Institute's annual survey, which was released May 9, shows that some 55 percent of the ...

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