Reuters - Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski announced on Friday the creation of a new state agency to oversee oil and gas infrastructure as a response to the widespread pipeline corrosion that partially shut the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in August.

AP - Major pro-whaling nation Japan on Wednesday welcomed Iceland's decision to resume commercial whaling, saying Iceland's catch won't "endanger the whale population."

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