Day October 25, 2005

Mexico: Demands surfacing for water

Environmental issues scarcely make the top of the news unless a disaster occurs, such as Hurricane Stan, or unless a homicide claims an activist, such as Parota Dam opponent Tomás Cruz Zamora. So it is not surprising that the Mexican…

Lower gas prices not here to stay

"We will be searching for a bottom in gas prices in the next few weeks and based on where we have been, that bottom will look pretty good," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for the Oil Price Information Service,…

US death toll in Iraq hits 2,000

For the first time, a majority of Americans believe the Iraq war was the "wrong thing to do", according to a poll published in The Wall Street Journal. 2,000 US dead, and tens of thousands of Iraqis, mostly non-combatants, dead…