ENERGY-DAILY.Com brings you daily news on energy technology - it's manufacture, it's distribution and it's application 08-FEB-10 en-us Tokyo (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 - Embraced by Hollywood celebrities and beloved by environmentalists, the Prius has long been the envy of Toyota's rivals, but now its safety woes risk putting the brakes on the success of hybrid cars.]]> Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 4, 2009 - A 10-week-old leadership crisis that has paralyzed government lies behind a threat by southern rebels to not only resume their war against Africa's largest oil industry but expand it with an "all-out onslaught" in which "nothing will be spared."]]> Iqaluit, Canada (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - Iqaluit residents beamed with pride Friday, eager to showcase Canada's far north to the world when G7 finance minister's meet here this weekend.]]> Buenos Aires (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 - Argentina has warned oil companies operating in the Falklands Islands they will face legal action unless they stop prospecting in sovereign Argentine territory.]]> Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 - Brazil looks set to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France after its maker, Dassault, moved to skim $2 billion off the price.]]> San Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - The US Department of Justice slammed a legal deal that would let Google scan and sell millions of books online, saying it raises anti-trust and copyright concerns.]]> Brasilia (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Brazil has not discussed enriching uranium for Iran under an international deal, its foreign ministry said Thursday, contradicting an Iranian official's reported comments that the South American nation might take on that role.]]> Brussels (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Online fraudsters have carried out a "widepread" cyber attack on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the EU commission said Thursday, promising a security review.]]> Brussels (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - The European Commission on Thursday defended its penalty taxes on Chinese shoe imports as "the right thing to do" after Beijing launched a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO).]]> Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - French energy groups Areva and EDF have reached an agreement on the treatment of nuclear waste following weeks of tensions, the companies announced Friday.]]> Sydney (AFP) Feb 6, 2010 - Australian miner Resourcehouse said Saturday it had signed a 60-billion-US-dollar coal deal with energy-hungry China, calling it the country's "biggest-ever export contract".]]> London (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Britain and India have agreed the text of a deal on civil nuclear cooperation, ministers from both countries announced after talks in London on Thursday.]]> Iqaluit, Canada (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - Finance ministers and central bankers from leading industrial nations Saturday held a second day of talks in northern Canada as fresh market turmoil cast doubt on a fragile global economic recovery.]]>