UPI NewsTrack articles from August 2006

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New genus of extinct arthropod discovered.
August 1, 2006... GRINNELL, Iowa, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a new genus of an extinct branch of the Collembola, a group of small arthropods. The genus, located in amber discovered in Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a relative of the more...

UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday, Aug. 1.
August 1, 2006... (All Times Eastern) Baseball American League Cleveland at Boston, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City,...

Israel launches air strikes, despite pause.
August 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, July 31 (UPI) -- The Israeli military pushed on with its offensive under the blue skies of Lebanon Monday, and launched a number of air strikes, The New York Times said. The air strikes came despite an Israeli promise to observe...

MLB: Arizona 15, Chicago Cubs 4.
August 1, 2006... CHICAGO, July 31 (UPI) -- Orlando Hudson hit a grand slam and a two-run homer Monday to power the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 15-4 beating of the Chicago Cubs. Eric Byrnes was 3-for-6 with a solo home run and three RBI and Shawn Green added...

MLB: Colorado 4, Milwaukee 2.
August 1, 2006... DENVER, July 31 (UPI) -- Aaron Cook won for the first time in a month and Matt Holliday hit his 20th home run of the season Monday to lead Colorado to a 4-2 win over Milwaukee. Cook (7-9) allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts...

U.S. may still use British airports.
August 1, 2006... EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 31 (UPI) -- British officials say cargo flights from the United States carrying weapons to Israel can still use Scotland's Prestwick and other airports. Last week, the government announced that two deliveries of...

8 shot and wounded in Pittsburgh club.
August 1, 2006... PITTSBURGH, July 31 (UPI) -- Eight people were shot and wounded early Monday in a Pittsburgh nightclub. One of the victims at the Touch nightclub was struck eight times, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. More than 400 people were...

Client upset about sentence attacks lawyer.
August 1, 2006... GLASGOW, Scotland, July 31 (UPI) -- One of Scotland's leading criminal lawyers got a broken nose when a client allegedly punched him during a consultation just before the man's sentencing. David Callaghan allegedly attacked Paul McBride...

MLB: Oakland 3, LA Angels 1.
August 1, 2006... ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Dan Haren pitched his second complete game of the season and Jay Payton hit the tie-breaking two-run homer to lift Oakland to a 3-1 win over the Angels Monday. Also for the Athletics, Milton Bradley homered...

Death row inmate gets heart surgery.
August 1, 2006... COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 31 (UPI) -- A native of Scotland now on death row in Ohio had heart surgery after suffering his third heart attack. Amnesty International told The Scotsman that Kenny Richey's health problems may be related to the legal...

Woman dies after alleged home liposuction.
August 1, 2006... FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 31 (UPI) -- A Brazilian man was charged with practicing medicine without a license after a woman died during liposuction performed in a private home in Massachusetts. Luis Carlos Ribeiro and his wife also face drug...

New chief named for Aussie Reserve Bank.
August 1, 2006... SYDNEY, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello Tuesday announced the appointment of Glenn Stevens as the new governor of the Reserve Bank. Stevens, 48, has been deputy governor since 2001 after joining the Reserve Bank of...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
August 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International Chorizo joins Brewers 'Sausage Race' MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A 9-foot-tall chorizo has joined the hot dog, Polish sausage, bratwurst and Italian sausage in the "Sausage Race" at Milwaukee's Miller...

Watercooler Stories.
August 1, 2006... Byline: United Press International U.S. Marines in Iraq carry culture cards BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- When it comes to etiquette, the U.S. Marine Corps has its own answer to Emily Post for members stationed in Iraq. Called a...

U.S., France divided on Middle East plan.
August 1, 2006... TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- France and the United States are at odds over a U.N. Security Council resolution to call for a cease-fire to end three weeks of war in the Middle East. U.N. sources told the Israeli daily Ha'aretz that...

Iraq violence kills at least 44.
August 1, 2006... BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Bombings and firefights killed at least 44 people in Iraq Tuesday, and left as many injured in attacks that targeted Iraqi soldiers. A bus carrying Iraqi soldiers traveling between Tikrit and Baiji struck a...

Announced U.S. job-layoffs fall.
August 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Planned job-cut announcements plummeted in July to a 6-year low, with U.S. employers announcing 37,178 job cuts. That's down 50 percent from 67,176 in June, said Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., a Chicago...

MLB: Washington 10, San Francisco 7.
August 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Alfonso Soriano and Austin Kearns keyed big Washington rallies in pacing the Nationals to a 10-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Soriano had a two-run double in the Nationals' five-run fourth inning...

Kaiser in further expansion of U.S. plant.
August 1, 2006... TRENTWOOD, Wash., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Kaiser Aluminum Corp. is expanding its Trentwood, Wash., rolling mill to meeting growing demand for heat treat plate. The decision to increase capacity with a $30 million investment comes after KAC...

Furious battles reported in Lebanon.
August 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Heavy exchanges of machine gun and rocket fire were reported Tuesday between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Israeli Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky said a...

Northwest Airlines braces for strikes.
August 1, 2006... EAGAN, Minn., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Flight attendants of Northwest Airlines plan strikes against the bankrupt airline, which is based in Minnesota. The decision to launch a series of unannounced so-called mini-strikes, intentional delays and...

Tropical Storm Chris forms in Caribbean.
August 1, 2006... MIAMI, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Two systems merged to form Tropical Storm Chris over the northeastern Caribbean Sea early Tuesday, prompting tropical storm warnings for various islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 5 a.m.,...

U.S. weekly chain store sales rise.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Weekly U.S. chain store sales continued to recover as sales posted a healthy 0.9-percent increase in the seven days ending Saturday. The International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS Securities LLC said...

California boy survives beach burial.
August 1, 2006... RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old California boy was recovering Tuesday from being buried alive when a 4-foot hole he dug at a Balboa Peninsula beach collapsed on top of him. Dylan Scott owes his life to his mother, who told...

Islamic law becomes official in province.
August 1, 2006... JAKARTA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Aceh has become the first of Indonesia's 33 provinces to officially place Islam's Shariah laws on its books. The province, which was devastated by tsunami in December 2004, has always been staunchly Islamic...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
August 1, 2006... Castro has surgery, delegates power HAVANA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro is transferring power to his brother Raul while he undergoes an operation, an announcement on state television said. The Miami Herald said the...

Safrina, Kirilenko upset in San Diego.
August 1, 2006... SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Seeded players Dinara Safina and Maria Kirilenko were upset in the first round of the $1.34 million Acura Classic women's tennis tournament in San Diego. Safina was defeated by Paola Suarez 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and...

University defends 9/11 skeptic prof.
August 1, 2006... MADISON, Wis., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is defending a lecturer's private views he expressed on a radio show that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks were a sham. Kevin Barrett, 47, made the allegations on a...

U.S. personal income, spending up in June.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Personal income in the United States rose last month $66.5 billion, or 0.6 percent, much as economists had expected. The Labor Department also said Tuesday that personal spending increased $35.4 billion, or 0.4...

Hagel breaks ranks with Bush on cease-fire.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush's approach to a cease-fire in the Middle East has been condemned by fellow Republican, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. In a Senate floor speech, the second-term senator said Bush should...

Teledyne buying control of Ocean Design.
August 1, 2006... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Teledyne Technologies Inc. will pay $30 million for control of Ocean Design Inc., a Florida maker of subsea electrical and fiber-optic interconnect systems. Such systems are used in offshore oil and gas...

Young Innovations buying Microbrush.
August 1, 2006... ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Young Innovations Inc., a St. Louis company, said Tuesday it will pay $32 million to buy Microbrush Inc. and Microbrush International Ltd. Microbrush designs, develops, manufactures and markets dental...

Chicago seniors in black-out heat crisis.
August 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The heat wave gripping the central and eastern United States led to the evacuation Tuesday of hundreds of Chicago seniors from blacked-out buildings. With temperatures in the city forecast to be in the high 90s,...

Castro hands over Cuba's reins to brother.
August 1, 2006... HAVANA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro has handed over power to his younger brother Raul while he undergoes surgery for internal bleeding. During a televised statement Sunday read by Castro's personal secretary, the leader...

Russia limiting foreign energy investments.
August 1, 2006... MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The Kremlin says it will restrict foreign investment in Russia's oil and natural gas sectors, Novosti reported Tuesday. Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref said, however, that the restrictions...

Lebanon minister to sue Israel.
August 1, 2006... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Lebanon has refused to participate in cease-fire negotiations with Israel as the country's minister of Justice said he intends to sue Israel in The Hague. Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said in a letter...

Energy prices on Nymex in broad advance.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The price of high-quality crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose Tuesday by 32 cents to $74.72 per barrel. Natural gas was also up, gaining 27 cents to $8.48 per million Btu, and heating oil increased...

Kerry outlines his U.S. healthcare plan.
August 1, 2006... BOSTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., outlined his 4-point proposal for U.S. healthcare policy in Boston Tuesday, saying every citizen must be covered by 2012. Kerry, who lost in his challenge to President George Bush in...

U.S. stocks fall but dollar strengthens.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, but the dollar rose against two key rivals, the Japanese yen and the euro. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 43.78 or 0.39 percent to 11,141.90 in mid-morning trading. The Nasdaq...

Israeli prisoner may be given to Egypt.
August 1, 2006... GAZA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Hamas could hand abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit over to Egypt or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas until the group's demands are met, an official said. The Palestinian official said "we are looking into the...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
August 1, 2006... U.S. stocks fall but dollar strengthens NEW YORK, N.Y., United Arab Emirates, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, but the dollar rose against two key rivals, the Japanese yen and the euro. The Dow Jones industrial average fell...

Survey: Most happy with Medicare drug plan.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Most U.S. senior citizens are satisfied with their Medicare prescription drug plan, but many also want it simplified, two independent surveys showed. A survey of 1,585 seniors taken in June by the Kaiser...

U.S. construction spending up 0.3 percent.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. construction spending last month rose 0.3 percent to an annual rate of $1.217 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The department also said June's figure is 2.4 percent over the year earlier...

Landis awaits second doping results.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis is keeping a low profile this week as he awaits second results on urine testing that could strip him of his Tour de France title. Last week, the French national anti-doping laboratory in...

U.S. pending home sales up in June.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Pending U.S. home sales have increased the last two months, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. The group's latest Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in June, increased 0.4...

U.S. manufacturing continues to grow.
August 1, 2006... TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. factory activity increased in July, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday. The ISM index rose to 54.7 percent in July from 53.8 percent in June. "Manufacturing growth accelerated in...

Serbia offers third mobile phone license.
August 1, 2006... BELGRADE, Serbia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A government minister says Serbia is offering a third mobile phone license to a strategic partner, having sold its second license to Norway's Telenor. Serbian Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic on Tuesday...

Parents of Seattle suspect express shock.
August 1, 2006... SEATTLE, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The parents of the man suspected of killing a woman at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's office have said they were shocked by the attack. "We could not have imagined for a moment that our son would do...

Tiffany's opening 52nd Japanese store.
August 1, 2006... TOKYO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Tiffany & Co. said Tuesday it was opening a jewelry store in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills, bringing the number of its Japanese sites to 52. The new, two-level store, which covers about 1,700 square feet, will open in...

Titan Tire buys Ohio tire factory.
August 1, 2006... BRYAN, Ohio, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Titan Tire Corp. will pay about $53 million to buy the off-the-road tire facility of Continental Tire North America Inc. in Bryan, Ohio. The facility has a workforce of about 325 employees and posted sales of...

Chicago's mayor hires a lawyer.
August 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has hired a former Illinois attorney general to represent him in the ongoing civil case involving political hiring at City Hall. Tyrone Fahner will take over the case from the city's...

Pentagon drops scandal-tainted contract.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Pentagon is not renewing a contract with a Virginia intelligence company with links to a bribery and campaign finance scandal. In a statement, the Pentagon said it would no longer be working with the...

MASN wins support from FCC.
August 1, 2006... WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network can pick a judge or an arbitrator to settle a dispute with Comcast Corp. over the airing of some U.S. baseball games. That is the unanimous decision of the Federal Communications...

Seattle shooting suspect 'a hothead'.
August 1, 2006... SEATTLE, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A man accused of an attack on the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's office "had a real chip on his shoulder," his former boss has said. Thomas de Winter, owner of telemarketing firm Seattle Specialties, said...

Israel calls civilians to warn of bombings.
August 1, 2006... JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The Israeli military's new practice of telephoning and warning Palestinian civilians in areas targeted for bombing is being called psychological warfare. The first known case of a pre-strike warning call came on...

CDC outlines bird flu pandemic likelihood.
August 1, 2006... ATLANTA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has decided the likelihood of an avian-flu virus pandemic is less than previously thought. CDC scientists reached the conclusion after conducting a...

Russia's Gazprom invests $1B in Serbia.
August 1, 2006... BELGRADE, Serbia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said Tuesday Russia's major Gazprom gas company will invest nearly $1 billion in Serbia's pipelines. Energy Minister Radomir Naumov said capacity will be 20...

Scientists' view of oceans might be wrong.
August 1, 2006... WOODS HOLE, Mass., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a report about the different kinds of bacteria in the ocean raises questions about microbial life and evolution in the deep seas. "These observations blow away all previous estimates...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
August 1, 2006... Lebanon minister to sue Israel BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Lebanon has refused to participate in cease-fire negotiations with Israel as the country's minister of Justice said he intends to sue Israel in The Hague. Minister of...

Sports pub 'red-cards' rowdy drinkers.
August 1, 2006... HAWKS BAY, New Zealand, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- No matter how rowdy revelers at a New Zealand sports pub might become, they all understand being given a red card by the bartender means "game over." Darryl Fale, a former professional rugby player...

Parents create 'disconnected' generation.
August 1, 2006... SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- California psychologist Madeline Levine has said parents who pressure their children have created an "extremely unhappy, disconnected and passive" generation. Levine, a mother of three who has worked as...

University of Chicago wins Argonne pact.
August 1, 2006... CHICAGO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The University of Chicago has been awarded a five-year extension of its contract to operate the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Had it not won the extension from the U.S. Department of Energy, the...

Yiddish scholar Eli Katz passes away.
August 1, 2006... BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Noted Yiddish scholar Eli Katz, who lost his university job for not answering questions about his political beliefs, has died in Berkeley, Calif., at age 77. Professor Katz, who was dismissed from the...

Kate Moss No.1 best dressed female.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Vanity Fair magazine in New York has named Kate Moss the Best Dressed female celebrity on their 67th annual International best dressed list. Moss graces the current cover of the magazine in a white fur hat, long...

Ground Zero workers' lungs aged 12 years.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Toxic dust and fumes around New York's collapsed World Trade Center in 2001 have aged the lungs of rescue workers by 12 years, researchers said Tuesday. Gisela Banauch, an author of the study published in the...

U.N. to probe 2 Koreas' DMZ gunfire.
August 1, 2006... SEOUL, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The U.N. Military Armistice Commission was investigating an exchange of gunfire between North and South Korean soldiers at the countries' border. The gunfire began Monday night when at least two shots were fired at...

ABC cancels Gibson miniseries.
August 1, 2006... MALIBU, Calif., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- ABC has canceled its miniseries about the Holocaust amid the anti-Semitic scandal surrounding the series' production partner, Mel Gibson. A Los Angeles County Sheriff's report about Gibson's drunken driving...

Liz Hurley reveals baby plans.
August 1, 2006... LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- British model Liz Hurley announced in London she and her long-term boyfriend Arun Nayar are getting married and that they are thinking about having children. The Daily Mirror initially revealed two weeks ago that...

J.K. Rowling Q&A in New York.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The author of the "Harry Potter" series, J.K. Rowling, is headed for New York for the first of two question-and-answer sessions with fans. The event, which is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday nights, will be...

Study: Attitude affects antidepressants.
August 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A University of California, Los Angeles, study has suggested that hope about future treatment could help patients respond to antidepressant medication. The UCLA Laboratory of Brain, Behavior and Pharmacology...

Diana's ex-lover wrecks Harry's fun.
August 1, 2006... WINDSOR, England, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Running into his late mother's ex-lover at a swank polo party took all the fun out of the event for Britain's Prince Harry, The Mirror reported Tuesday. Harry was on the winning team at the Cartier...

Blair sides with Schwarzenegger, not Bush.
August 1, 2006... LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has sided with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, not U.S. President George W. Bush, about stem-cell research. Blair and Schwarzenegger announced agreements Monday to promote...

Audit says Los Alamos Lab broke rules.
August 1, 2006... LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Energy auditors say the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico violated administrative procedures involving data protection. The department's Office of Inspector General conducted...

Call made to oversee U.K. intelligence.
August 1, 2006... LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A British parliamentary committee on human rights called Tuesday for independent monitoring of the country's security services. While the report sympathized in part with the MI5 domestic and MI6 foreign agencies in...

Ex-survivor Richard Hatch swaps prisons.
August 1, 2006... MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Former "Survivor" contestant Richard Hatch, who was convicted of income tax evasion, has been moved to a minimum-security prison in West Virginia. He has been moved to West Virginia's Federal Correctional...

Breastfed babies have best survival rates.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A study, released in New York by the U.N. Children's Fund, indicates breastfeeding protects infants from diseases. The U.N. agency said a breastfed child in a developing nation is nearly three times more likely...

Poland wants migrant workers back home.
August 1, 2006... WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- With nearly 1 million Poles working in Britain in search of better pay, Poland's authorities say the country is short of highly skilled labor. Local authorities in the southwestern town of Wroclaw plan to...

Gasoline supplies down, crude steady.
August 1, 2006... NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Gasoline inventories in the United States dropped by 3.2 million barrels last week and are near the middle of the average range for this time of year. The Energy Department also said Tuesday that a large increase...

Girls sue Kentucky school after bullying.
August 1, 2006... LIBERTY, Ky., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Five girls have filed suit against a Liberty, Ky., high school, alleging the school's administrators failed to prevent and effectively react to bullying. The girls claim in their lawsuit that the...

Warner announces 'Dark Knight' plans.
August 1, 2006... LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. in Los Angeles has announced that it will start production early next year on the sixth Batman film, "The Dark Knight." Christian Bale is back as the caped crusader in the next installment of the...

U.N. joins effort to clean up Lebanon oil.
August 1, 2006... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations has joined an effort to clean up a 50-mile oil slick caused by Israel's bombing of the Jiyyeh power station in Lebanon. The U.N. Environment Program has teamed with other international...

Lebanon drops from Asian Cup.
August 1, 2006... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Lebanon's national soccer team has quit the qualifying rounds of the 2007 Asian Cup because of the ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah conflict raging in the country. Rahif Alameh, head of the Lebanon Football...

Stolen ID comes full circle to waitress.
August 1, 2006... WESTLAKE, Ohio, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A Cleveland-area waitress saved police time when a customer tried using her stolen driver's license as ID when ordering drinks at a bar. On July 9, 22-year-old Kathryn Mooney's license and credit card were...

Serbia to build power-producing windmills.
August 1, 2006... BELGRADE, Serbia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Serbian and Austrian firms agreed Tuesday to build Serbia's first windmill to produce electric power for 1,600 households. The windmill, worth $1.9 million, will produce 1 megawatt of electric power and...