* Bush offers peace treaty for disarmament* US pushes for world trade deal* Typhoon pounds Tokyo* Twist in search for Madeleine* Modena prepares for Pavarotti funeral* Pope arrives in AustriaDarcy Lambton reports.
The typhoon prompted flood warnings and left thousands of commuters stranded.
Whale meat in some Japanese school lunches is found to be toxic. Tests on meat from the pilot whale, popular in Japan, have shown high levels of mercury. The meat has been used in school lunches in the town of Taiji, west of Tokyo, but there are plans to
Oil
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Synthetic motor oil
For the fossil fuel, see Petroleum. For other uses, see Oil (disambiguation).
An oil is a substance that is in a viscous liquid state ("oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally "fat loving"). This general definition includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated chemical structures, properties, and uses, including vegetable oils, petrochemical oils, and volatile essential oils. Oil is a nonpolar substance.
