The higher mileage and emissions standards set by the Obama administration on Tuesday, which begin to take effect in 2012 and are to be achieved by 2016, will transform the famously oversized American car and truck fleet. Some drivers will have to give up hulking Sport Utility Vehicles. Carpenters will still haul materials around in [...]
Iran launched a missile with a range of close to 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) on Wednesday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic state could send any attacker “to hell”, official media reported. The stated range of the surface-to-surface Sejil 2 missile would be almost as far as another Iranian missile, Shahab 3, and analysts [...]
The new BMW Z4: Introduction Munich — BMW has a long and illustrious history of building two seat sports cars. From the very first 3/15 PA Wartburg Roadster in 1930, BMW has produced highly distinctive roadsters. With their long bonnet, setback glasshouse, front engine rear-wheel-drive configuration and with the two seats positioned close to the [...]
A U.S. soldier fired on his fellow troops at a counseling center at a base outside Baghdad on Monday, U.S. officials said, killing five people in the worst such attack of the six-year war. The shooting occurred at 2 p.m. at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad’s international airport, two senior defense officials [...]
Turkey’s growing involvement in peace efforts in its region is in line with what the European Union aspires to achieve and is likely to improve the EU candidate’s image with the European public, but Ankara should keep in mind that strides in the foreign policy are no substitute for reforms. Photo: According to Pierini, although [...]
