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SACRAMENTO — Even during this deep recession, California's air-quality regulators are on an accelerated schedule to adopt a series of global warming initiatives considered unmatched worldwide. Their aggressive push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming will eventually touch everyday life in both small and significant ways. Just Thursday, the state Air Resources Board moved to regulate fluorinated gases commonly used by the Silicon Valley-centered semiconductor industry to make chips used in cell phones and computers. A few weeks earlier, do-it-yourself mechanics were the target. Regulators adopted tighter rules on small cans of refrigerants that recharge vehicle air...

No let-up in attacks on militants, says Sharon By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem and Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 16/06/2003) Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, vowed yesterday to continue strikes against Palestinian terrorist leaders, even as President George W Bush's envoy began a mission to halt the violence. Mr Sharon told his cabinet that he would not be deterred by criticism of "targeted killing" from the White House and was boosted by tough words from Mr Bush about the need to deal with the Islamic extremists of Hamas. Ariel Sharon: 'Israel will act'"The free world and those who love...