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Rescuers looks at the smoke tunnel as they get ready to move ...

(AP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:47:43 GMT

(AP) - Rescuers looks at the smoke tunnel as they get ready to move into the site of a gas explosion at the Xinxing mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday after a huge gas explosion in the northern Chinese mine, the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Rescuers stands at the smoke tunnel which lead into the site ...

(AP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:52 GMT

(AP) - Rescuers stands at the smoke tunnel which lead into the site of a gas explosion at the Xinxing mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday after a huge gas explosion in the northern Chinese mine, the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows an abandoned glass factory in ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:47 GMT

(AP) - This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows an abandoned glass factory in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a mountain of chemical ash in ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:11 GMT

(AP) - This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a mountain of chemical ash in Gorlovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows water pouring from rusted cooling ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:53:38 GMT

(AP) - This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows water pouring from rusted cooling pipes in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows Zina Bakhareva, left, picking ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:53:16 GMT

(AP) - This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows Zina Bakhareva, left, picking fresh dill on her plot of land in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

This Oct. 15, 2009 photo shows residents waiting for infrequent ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:40 GMT

(AP) - This Oct. 15, 2009 photo shows residents waiting for infrequent trains in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

This photo shows Criss Cross pipe tobacco, photographed at the ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:28 GMT

(AP) - This photo shows Criss Cross pipe tobacco, photographed at the Associated Press in Washington Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. After the Obama administration placed a 2,000 percent tax increase on tobacco this April, roll-your-own tobacco brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves almost overnight, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

This photo shows three different types of tobacco, from left, ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:10 GMT

(AP) - This photo shows three different types of tobacco, from left, cigarette tobacco, Criss Cross pipe tabacco, and loose pipe tobacco from the Georgetown Tobacco shop in Washington, photographed side by side at the Associated Press in Washington Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. After the Obama administration placed a 2,000 percent tax increase on cigarette tobacco this April, roll-your-own tobacco brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves almost overnight, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Scott Bendett poses at his Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:15:46 GMT

(AP) - Scott Bendett poses at his Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, N.Y., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, with packages of pipe tobacco. After the Obama administration levied a a 2,000 percent tax increase on tobacco this April, roll-your-own tobacco brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves almost overnight, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names, seen above. 'They tried to make a product within the elements of the law that they could, in fact, market as pipe tobacco,' said Bendett. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Scott Bendett poses at his Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, ...

(AP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:15:26 GMT

A worker arranges dried fish heads at a smoked fish processing ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:51:27 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker arranges dried fish heads at a smoked fish processing compound in Semarang, Central Java province November 15, 2009. Around 50 smoked fish processing houses produce six tons of the traditional delicacy a day. The industry consists primarily of a female workforce, who earn about $2.50 for their daily labour. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA FOOD EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A worker walks past colleagues drying fish at a smoked fish ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:50:20 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker walks past colleagues drying fish at a smoked fish processing compound in Semarang, Central Java province November 15, 2009. Around 50 smoked fish processing houses produce six tons of the traditional delicacy a day. The industry consists primarily of a female workforce, who earn about $2.50 for their daily labour. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA FOOD EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A woman handles chunks of fish at smoked fish processing compound ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:50:19 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman handles chunks of fish at smoked fish processing compound in Semarang, Central Java province November 15, 2009. Around 50 smoked fish processing houses produce six tons of the traditional delicacy a day. The industry consists primarily of a female workforce, who earn about $2.50 for their daily labour. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA FOOD EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A worker drags a cart at smoked fish processing compound in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:50:16 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker drags a cart at smoked fish processing compound in Semarang, Central Java province November 15, 2009. Around 50 smoked fish processing houses produce six tons of the traditional delicacy a day. The industry consists primarily of a female workforce, who earn about $2.50 for their daily labour. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA FOOD EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A worker holds a fish at a smoked fish processing compound in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:49:11 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker holds a fish at a smoked fish processing compound in Semarang, Central Java province November 15, 2009. Around 50 smoked fish processing houses produce six tons of the traditional delicacy a day. The industry consists primarily of a female workforce, who earn about $2.50 for their daily labour. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA FOOD EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A potato seller smokes outside his shop at a vegetable wholesale ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:20:19 GMT

(Reuters) - A potato seller smokes outside his shop at a vegetable wholesale market in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata November 13, 2009. India's farm sector has changed remarkably little since the advent of the Green Revolution, while other industries have been transformed over the past two decades. As a result, agriculture's share of the Indian economy shrank to 17.5 percent last year, from nearly 30 percent in the early 1990s. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA AGRICULTURE BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Allen Frazier wraps a smoked fish in Naubinway, Michigan October ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:42:51 GMT

(Reuters) - Allen Frazier wraps a smoked fish in Naubinway, Michigan October 15, 2009. Frazier earns $400 weekly doing seasonal fish cleaning in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, while his wife works in the Lower Peninsula because there is no work for her locally. What's going on in Baraga and the rest of the Upper Peninsula, or UP, mirrors the slow burn that the recession has made through hundreds of small rural U.S. towns. For such communities, the loss of a large local employer casts a long shadow. Tax revenue falls, hitting local services from schools and healthcare to police forces and firefighters. To match feature USA-JOBLESS/RURAL REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

Members of an anti-smoking group prepare to demonstrate against ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:57:20 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of an anti-smoking group prepare to demonstrate against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Members of an anti-smoking group demonstrate against TABINFO ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:56:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of an anti-smoking group demonstrate against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Members of an anti-smoking group demonstrates against TABINFO ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:46:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of an anti-smoking group demonstrates against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Protestors of an anti-smoking group shout slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protestors of an anti-smoking group shout slogans while holding placards during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:47 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Policemen stand guard as a protestor of an anti-smoking group ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Policemen stand guard as a protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Policemen stand guard as a protestor of an anti-smoking group ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:37:19 GMT

Protestors of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:35:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Protestors of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding placards during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event ) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:31:58 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group holds a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event ) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans in front ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:50 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans in front of a banner during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Tobacco producer meeting) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 of anti-smoking protestors protest against tobacco meeting in Bangkok as the tobacco manufacturers from across the world gather to discuss their way out from being squeezed by smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:26:33 GMT

(Reuters) - A protestor of an anti-smoking group shouts slogans while holding a placard during a demonstration against TABINFO ASIA 2009 (Asia Pacific tobacco event ) in Bangkok November 11, 2009. Over 500 anti-smoking protestors demonstrated against the tobacco meetings in Bangkok as manufacturers of tobacco gathered to discuss smoking regulations. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A person smokes a cigarette in Warsaw, Poland in 2003. The days ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - A person smokes a cigarette in Warsaw, Poland in 2003. The days of taxed-to-the-hilt smokers bulk-buying cigarettes in cheap eastern European countries could be numbered following an agreement between European Union finance ministers on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Katarina Stoltz)

A patient consultant, left, describes specific marijuana smoking ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:13:48 GMT

(AP) - A patient consultant, left, describes specific marijuana smoking characteristics to a patient at the Peace in Medicine dispensary in Sebastopol, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. The lone medical marijuana dispensary in this Northern California wine country enclave has become such a pot destination that it has more patients on its rolls than the town has people. But local officials view the business as a welcome addition to the community and a strong source of tax revenue during the recession. The Peace in Medicine marijuana dispensary is a clean, modern operation occupying a recently closed Ford dealership near downtown and could easily be mistaken for a doctor's office, if not for the three security guards and overwhelming skunky smell of pot.(AP Photo / Russel A. Daniels)

Sean Fitzgerald, top, a patient consultant, describes specific ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:11 GMT

(AP) - Sean Fitzgerald, top, a patient consultant, describes specific hashish smoking characteristics to a patient at the Peace in Medicine dispensary in Sebastopol, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. The lone medical marijuana dispensary in this Northern California wine country enclave has become such a pot destination that it has more patients on its rolls than the town has people. But local officials view the business as a welcome addition to the community and a strong source of tax revenue during the recession. The Peace in Medicine marijuana dispensary is a clean, modern operation occupying a recently closed Ford dealership near downtown and could easily be mistaken for a doctor's office, if not for the three security guards and overwhelming skunky smell of pot. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)

Smoke billows from a chimney of an industrial plant in Mumbai ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Smoke billows from a chimney of an industrial plant in Mumbai in this September 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Files

Smoke going out from a reprocessing factory in Paris. The European ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Smoke going out from a reprocessing factory in Paris. The European Parliament's environment committee on Wednesday approved a list of 164 industrial sectors that will win free carbon emissions permits for the next five years if no global deal on climate change is negotiated next month.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corp's fuel depot ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:24:27 GMT

(Reuters) - Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corp's fuel depot as a body of a victim lies in Sitapura industrial area in the outskirts of Jaipur October 30, 2009. State-run refiner and oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said on Friday there would be no major impact on operations after a fire broke out on Thursday. IOC said while the loss due to the fire is yet to be determined, the petroleum stocks were insured. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY ENERGY BUSINESS)

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:28:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot in Sitapura industrial area, on the outskirts of Jaipur October 30, 2009. A huge fire broke out at an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) fuel depot on Thursday, killing five and injuring 150 people, the Press Trust of India reported. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA ENERGY BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:27:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot in Sitapura industrial area on the outskirts of Jaipur October 30, 2009. State-run refiner and oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corp said on Friday there would be no major impact on operations after a fire broke out on Thursday. IOC said while the loss due to the fire is yet to be determined, the petroleum stocks were insured. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA ENERGY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:25:26 GMT

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:57:02 GMT

Smoke and flames billow from Indian Oil Corporation's fuel ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:53:48 GMT

A fisherman smokes at the end of his shift at the Aberdeen fish ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:45:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - A fisherman smokes at the end of his shift at the Aberdeen fish market in Hong Kong in September 2009. The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)

An edition of the Senate's gazette is seen at a desk as ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:34:35 GMT

(Reuters) - An edition of the Senate's gazette is seen at a desk as senators from Mexico's main opposition party debate a proposal to raise consumption taxes as a way to lower Mexico's dependence on waning oil output in Mexico City October 27, 2009. President Felipe Calderon asked Congress in September to raise taxes and needs the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to pass legislation as his conservative party lacks a majority. Senate committees began approving less controversial parts of the tax package, including a hike on tax rates for beer, tobacco and gaming, which were approved in the lower house last week. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO POLITICS BUSINESS)

Senators from Mexico's main opposition party debate a proposal ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:33:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Senators from Mexico's main opposition party debate a proposal to raise consumption taxes, as a way to lower Mexico's dependence on waning oil output, in Mexico City October 27, 2009. President Felipe Calderon asked Congress in September to raise taxes and needs the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to pass legislation as his conservative party lacks a majority. Senate committees began approving less controversial parts of the tax package, including a hike on tax rates for beer, tobacco and gaming, which were approved in the lower house last week. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Chandler Cooper, right, a member of the Onondaga Nation, chants ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:17:31 GMT

(AP) - Chandler Cooper, right, a member of the Onondaga Nation, chants a traditional song on the campus of Manhattan Community College outside a hearing in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 as a New York State Senate committee on investigations and government operations and witnesses discussed issues surrounding the enforcement of a law taxing cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Wearing traditional headdress, Travis John, a member of the ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:11:58 GMT

(AP) - Wearing traditional headdress, Travis John, a member of the Cattaraugus Seneca Nation of Indians, listens during a hearing in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 as a New York State Senate committee on investigations and government operations and witnesses discussed issues surrounding the enforcement of a law taxing cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Chandler Cooper, right, a member of the Onondaga Nation, chants ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:07:59 GMT

Susanne Sanford, right, and her daughter Megan Fritz, center, ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:06:42 GMT

(AP) - Susanne Sanford, right, and her daughter Megan Fritz, center, both with the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation listen during a hearing in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 as a New York State Senate committee on investigations and government operations and witnesses discussed issues surrounding the enforcement of a law taxing cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)