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Auto show highlights new models and ways to cut consumption Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 9, 2007 
The world's auto industry that meets this week at the International Motor Show (IAA) is counting on innovation and new models to stand out amidst fierce competition and pressure to preserve the environment. Major carmakers are battling weaker sales in western Europe and to a lesser extent the United States, and are hobbled by high costs for raw materials, high petrol prices, and price wars ... read more
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Pacific power companies band together to cut fuel costs
Majuro (AFP) Sept 9, 2007Cash-strapped electricity companies in the Pacific islands plan to join forces to cut the high fuel costs which are making it difficult for them to stay afloat, officials said. The Fiji-based Pacific Power Association is tackling the problem through a plan for joint fuel-buying to lower costs and by reducing electrical distribution losses which cost power companies huge amounts of money. ... more UN atomic agency to meet with ElBaradei urging patience 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 9, 2007The UN atomic agency meets on Iran this week with its chief Mohamed ElBaradei calling for worried nations to give him a few months to see if new inspections shed light on whether Tehran seeks the bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency will be hearing an ElBaradei report backing a timetable agreed last month for Iran to answer outstanding questions over its nuclear programme. ... more Bulgarian nuclear power plant running after repairs 
Sofia (AFP) Sept 9, 2007A 1,000-megawatt reactor at a Bulgarian nuclear power plant was Sunday reconnected to the national electricity grid after a short circuit put it out of action for a week. "Energy bloc No. 5 of NPP Kozloduy was switched back on to the country's electric energy grid at 02:04 am (2304 GMT) Sunday after repair," the plant's management said in a statement. A short circuit in the reactor's ... more Chinese power chief gets life for graft 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2007The former chief of a Chinese state power company has been sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes valued at nearly 10 million yuan (1.3 million dollars), state press reported Sunday. Zhang Shaocang, a Communist Party official and general manager of Anhui Province Energy Group based in eastern China, was convicted of accepting seven million yuan from a local company in 1992, Xinhua ... more Nigeria restructuring oil works 
Miami (UPI) Sep 6, 2007 Nigeria has decided to break down its state-run oil company into five different entities in an effort to become more efficient and profitable, while curtailing corruption. The new entity comprising five divisions will replace the Nigerian National Petroleum Co. and replace it with the Nigerian Petroleum Co., or NPC, which according to analysts will function more like a state-owned oil ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent legislation to parliament on the suspension of a key European arms control treaty, officials said Thursday. Russia said on July 14 it would stop complying with the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which limits the deployment of conventional arms in Europe. The legislation is to be examined by parliament in October, a statement on ... more China leads charge against Australian climate pact 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Australia's plans for a strong statement by Asia Pacific leaders on climate change fell into disarray Thursday as emerging nations led by China insisted the United Nations must retain the upper hand. Prime Minister John Howard had put climate change at the top of the agenda for a weekend summit of Pacific Rim leaders here as a way to shape the debate on how to tackle global warming. ... more Pig Study Sheds New Light On The Colonisation Of Europe By Early Farmers 
Durham NY (SPX) Sep 07, 2007The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research suggests. The research by an international team led by archaeologists at Durham University, which is published today in the academic journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences USA ... more China, Japan agree to talks on disputed gas field 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Japan and China on Thursday agreed to hold further talks on proposed joint exploration of a disputed natural gas field in the East China Sea, a Japanese official said. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi agreed that senior officials should discuss the proposal in Beijing on September 21, foreign ministry spokesman Mitsuo Sakaba told ... more |
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Milan, Italy (SPX) Sep 06, 2007At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition this week, SunPower Corp., a US-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, is launching a range of solar products and systems for the Italian residential, commercial and solar power plant markets. For homeowners, SunPower is introducing a 220-watt, all-black ... more Start of ALOS Kyoto And Carbon Initiative By The ALOS Daichi 
Tokyo, Japan (JAXA) Sep 07, 2007The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been working on the establishment of the "ALOS Kyoto and Carbon Initiative"*1 since 2003. The Initiative is being carried out as cooperative research with 20 international research institutions including the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB,) USA. On August 23, 2007, we finalized the conclusion of the agreements with all 20 ... more Indian parliament stalls over US nuke deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2007India's opposition stalled parliament on Thursday over a controversial nuclear accord with the United States as it demanded a joint parliamentary probe into the deal. The pact, concluded in August, seeks to bring New Delhi into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of more than three decades. But it has been rejected by the Congress-led government's communist allies and the ... more French companies keen to build Lithuanian nuclear plant: minister 
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 6, 2007French companies want to take part in the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, France's European affairs minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet said Thursday in Vilnius. "We have huge experience in this area and are ready to cooperate with Lithuanian institutions in this area," Jouyet said at a briefing after a two-day visit to the Lithuanian capital. "Our companies will work ... more
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