WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about his plan to raise royalty rates for oil development on public land from 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent. The senator’s questions came during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Interior Subcommittee.
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The United Nations human rights chief said today that she is “appalled†at the recent escalation of violence in Syria and called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to end the fighting and assist civilians.
Escalating violence involving drug trafficking organizations in Central America has reached “alarming and unprecedented levels,†making it one of the most violent areas in the world, the United Nations anti-narcotics panel stressed in its annual report which was launched today.