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Curses, Fideled Again
U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out |
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09 May 2006 |
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| Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out The U.S. has a years-old ban against offshore drilling in the Florida Straits, but it looks like the area might get drilled anyway -- by Cuba. The island country has rights to resources in half of the straits under a 1977 agreement, which President Bush renewed for two years in December. Inste ... |
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| Topics: China, Cuba, Florida, India, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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