F.I.F.A. Backs Down From La Paz Altitude Ban
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Bolivian President Evo Morales led a campaign to overturn a ban announced in May on international soccer matches at altitudes of over 8,200 feet.
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FIFA approved a ban on international matches staged at stadiums over 2,750 meters above sea level without acclimatization during an executive committee meeting on Saturday.
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By Rene Villegas LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Anti-government protests inBolivia on Tuesday paralyzed two cities and pushed authoritiesto meet a key demand -- the cancellation of a water concessionrun by a foreign company.
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VAL D'ISERE, France  - A women's World Cup  downhill race scheduled for Saturday in Val d'Isere was called  off because of gale force winds at the top of the  Oreiller-Killy piste, organizers said.
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By Joe Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 8--RICHFIELD -- Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. pulled back the state's  roadless forest petition last month following a federal court decision that  has thrown the Bush administration's whole petition process into question.
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NAIROBI, 1 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - An American NGO that campaigns against landmines said on Tuesday that Washington&#39;s refusal to join the international treaty banning the use of the mines had set a bad example to other countries that have not stopped using the
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FIFA has banned international games from being played at high altitudes. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the decision to ban games more than 8,200 feet above sea level was made Sunday after a review by the medical team for world soccer's governing body.
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U.N. Secretary-General Flunks First Test Ban Ki-moon passed a crucial test in Paris last month, a French-only lunch with President Jacques Chirac.Comment
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Servers seized by the FBI from the Indymedia alternative media network have been returned.
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A spokesman said part of Los Angeles International Airport was shut down amid security concerns. Airport officials said terminals 6, 7 and 8 were closed following an incident when a person went up the exit
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More than a month after liquids and gels were banned on airplanes, the Homeland Security department is making a partial change to the regulations
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An amendment to set a timetable for US troop withdrawal was defeated Wednesday.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran has backed down on its demand to exempt some equipment from a freeze on its uranium-equipment program, diplomats reportedly said Sunday.
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The U.S. government put the brakes on  energy development in a scenic area of northwest Montana that  is rich in wildlife, responding to hunting, environmental and  ranching interests that opposed development, an official said  on Tuesday.
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By TERENCE CHEA  SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Wednesday reinstated a Clinton administration ban on the building of roads in untouched sections of national forests.  U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Laporte sided with states and environmentalists who sued to protect forest land.
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The FA would back moves to bring in goal-line technology after a Spurs goal is wrongly ruled out at Old Trafford.
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By Tom Kenworthy  A federal judge in California on Wednesday struck down Bush administration rules for development on nearly all 58.5million acres of "roadless" National Forest land and reinstated a Clinton-era ban on road-building, logging, drilling and other activities.