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The Cayenne gets bigger but loses weight, and also gains a hybrid option. BY JENS MEINERS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY PATRICK M. HOEY, JUERGEN ZOELLTER, CHARLIE MAGEE, AND THE MANUFACTURER February 2010 Pages: 1 Porsche's Cayenne has been a great success for the sports-car maker, but the company, as you know, also has received a lot of flak for building the ...

Porsche's new Cayenne range for 2011, which will include a hybrid model for the first time, will debut at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show and will be on sale in the U.S. beginning in July, with the hybrid and base models waiting for an autumn on-sale date.

Gold mining company Iamgold Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter loss narrowed as higher gold prices lifted revenue 27 percent.

The girl was 10 years old, and she was curious. "Hey dad, why does this jar of red pepper say 'cayenne'?" The Vegan father was doing his best to raise his daughter, and had taught her about healthy foods from the very start.

The first launch of a Russian space rocket from a site outside Moscow's control has been delayed while engineers test a service tower, Interfax news agency reported on Friday.

A Miami-based disco music station can now be heard across Europe and North America via digital shortwave.

Robert M. Persaud, minister of agriculture for the South American country of Guyana, will speak on a new approach to rainforest conservation at the next Town & Gown Cultural Series event.

The European rocket launch site in French Guiana may have become the world's most important commercial satellite spaceport, but Sue Nelson finds that its boom is alienating the locals.

The Alamogordo Pan American Round Table celebrated two birthdays Tuesday the 45th anniversary of the founding of the local organization, and the birthday of its director, Charlene Garing.

European defense authorities have successfully launched a next-generation military observation satellite as part of the five country Helios 2 program.

Ontario's Electricity Coalition slammed a $7 billion-dollar government venture to build wind and solar farms across Ontario, saying the deal with South Korea's Samsung will lead to higher rates.

Relatives yesterday identified the bloodied body that was found on the Kingston seashore behind the Guyana Forestry Commission a day earlier as Llewelyn Fitzgerald Campbell called Elton of Lamaha Street, Kitty.

Both Boz and Mr. Trend point to failed plebiscites over the weekend in the French Overseas Departments of French Guiana and give two reasons for their failure: The significant subsidies given by the French government to these colonies overseas departments.

Outremer Telecom, which provides telecoms services in the French overseas territories, has announced the commercial launch of its 3G networks in Guadeloupe and French Guiana.

One year after massive strikes and unrest in the Carribean countries of French Guyana and Martinique, and despite new protests on Jan.

Ideas , Breaking News , Diaspora , Economics , Elections , Governance , Law , Protest , Politics Languages: English Full Category List Excerpt The referendum which took place on Sunday, January 10th 2010, in the French Overseas Regions of Martinique and French Guiana to vote for either more autonomy from France or to keep the same status, was along ...

In the coming days the two countries hope to sign a 400,000 euro financial aid agreement approved in 2008 by the French government to boost up the police and justice cooperation in Suriname.

Residents of two of Francea TMs overseas territories have voted against greater autonomy from Paris.