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Will U.S. Supreme Court EPA Ruling Rein In Federal Regulators?

Steam rises from the coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a 6-3 ruling that some legal experts said would more broadly curb the federal government's regulatory power.
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Weekly cabinet meeting at the Israeli Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem

Israel's Lapid: From Heart-throb To The Hot Seat

As a TV star and newspaper columnist, Yair Lapid titled his weekly commentary "Being Israeli" - a rhapsody about the politically centrist middle-class that he saw holding together a fractious country, with him as its tribune.
Employees examine avocados at the Kakuzi pack house in Makuyu

Africa's Dream Of Feeding China Hits Hard Reality

Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels in the thought some might soon go to the crown jewel of emerging consumer markets: China.