Govt Defends Remarks by Former EPA Chief
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER  NEW YORK - The former Environmental Protection Agency chief should not be blamed for telling residents near the World Trade Center site that the area was safe after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the government told an appeals court Thursday.
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The head of the Church of England answers critics of a speech in which he said  it might be applicable in certain areas.
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WASHINGTON -- A Food and Drug Administration official is defending the agency&#39;s action with regards to Vioxx. The drug was taken off the market Sept.
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The Bush administration's top environmental regulator faced off Thursday against Democratic senators who took turns denouncing him for blocking tailpipe emission cuts in California and more than a dozen other states.
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TONY JONES: A second public servant involved in handling information about the children overboard affair almost three years ago has spoken out in support of former Reith adviser Mike Scrafton.
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Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman was bombarded by boos and a host of accusations Monday at a hearing into her assurances that it had been safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center.
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Botswana&#39;s government came to the defence Friday of the makers of &quot;Top Gear&quot; after the BBC motoring show was accused by environmentalists of damaging the famed Makgadikgadi salt pans during filming.
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Responding to criticism of Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen&#39;s ( é³åå±± ) blunt assessments of Singapore during his meeting with pro-independence activists on Monday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Michel Lu ( åæ¶é¾ ) yesterday
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OTTAWA (CP) - A former federal bureaucrat says he did what he was told on sponsorship projects because he feared the consequences of challenging Chuck Guite, the man who ran the program.
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Prime minister defends government's preparations.
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The world&#39;s chief climate scientist disputed yesterday the US government&#39;s contention that cutbacks in carbon-dioxide emissions are not warranted to slow global warming.
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Claims the government caused the collapse of a major green energy scheme in Peterhead are denied.
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Former Defence Department bureaucrat Jenny McKenry has come forward to back the claims of a former ministerial adviser in the children overboard affair.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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Former U.S. EPA chief Christie Whitman said Monday the agency did its best to warn workers about environmental hazards after the World Trade Center attack.  Whitman told a congressional committee she did not remember any EPA scientists advising her after the Sept.
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Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman denounced as "downright falsehoods" the criticism of her assurances that it was safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center.
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THE Prince of Wales has defended his &quot;old-fashioned views&quot; after Education Secretary Charles Clarke angrily accused the heir to the throne of being out of touch.