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Analysis: Fuel curbs China combat ability Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 
By calculating the amount of fuel oil required by the Chinese navy and air force in a large-scale attack across the Taiwan Strait under high-tech conditions, it becomes apparent that such an assault could not be sustained for an extended period.
For an attack on Taiwan, China would likely mobilize 10 fighter divisions of the PLA air force. In fact, only one to two regiments under each d ... read more
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Analysis: Iraq oil up end-'07, sketchy '08
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 Iraq's oil sector ends 2007 on a relatively upbeat note, with production at levels not seen since before the war. But the year had more downs than ups, and sustaining success through next year is far from guaranteed. Iraq averaged production of 2.4 million barrels per day in November, according to the global energy information firm Platts. That's nearly a half million more than the post ... more Analysis: Eye on Uzbek energy 
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 Since the 1991 collapse of Soviet communism, the 15 newly independent republics have been scrambling both to assert their newfound independence and assert their place in the post-communist world. Yet legacies remain. The Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin has consistently attempted to reassert Moscow's control over the post-Soviet sphere in countries of the former Soviet ... more Outside View: Nabucco cut by Caspian line 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 The last few months of 2007 were good for Russia, which has been fighting this year to affirm its leadership in the hydrocarbons market. And it may have spelled the end for the Nabucco pipeline, which Europe has wanted as a way to bypass reliance on Moscow. On Dec. 20 Russia agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build the Caspian gas pipeline across Russia. The agreement was signed ... more China says wants quick fix to East China Sea dispute with Japan 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2007China said Thursday it wanted a quick end to a territorial dispute with Japan over lucrative gas fields, but stopped short of saying a deal would emerge during Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's visit. "We are devoted to the proper settlement of the East China Sea issue," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said hours before Fukuda's arrival in Beijing. "We hope that Japan can meet w ... more Russia delivers more nuclear fuel to Iran: official 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Russia has delivered a second consignment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr power plant, the official news agency IRNA quoted the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation as saying on Friday. "The second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear plant arrived in Iran on Friday," Ahmad Fayazbaksh said, adding that the delivery was the same amount supplied in the first consignme ... more |
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Cairo (AFP) Dec 28, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is willing to help Egypt develop nuclear energy for peaceful use, the official MENA news agency reported Friday, quoting an interview with an Egyptian daily. Sarkozy said Paris could "collaborate with Egypt in nuclear energy for civilian use if Egypt wishes," MENA said, quoting excerpts of an interview to be published Saturday in the pro-government Al ... more Japan, China pledge warmer ties, but no deal on gas fields 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2007China and Japan pledged on Friday to build on their rapidly warming ties, as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met the Chinese leadership, but a dispute over maritime gas fields remained unresolved. Fukuda, on his first visit to China since taking office in September, held talks with President Hu Jintao to lay the groundwork for closer cooperation between the Asian powers in trade, climat ... more Dawn Of The Ion Age 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 25, 2007Dawn is climbing away from the Sun on a blue-green pillar of xenon ions as it begins a new chapter in its mission. After the remarkably successful initial checkout phase, the project is now in the interplanetary cruise phase. When last we visited Dawn, it had superbly demonstrated that it was ready to fly the way it will for most of the mission. Although there will be many special activities du ... more Japan's Fukuda seeks to keep reconciling with China
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2007Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda heads Thursday to China on a mission to further ease strains in relations between the Asian powers which hit rock bottom just a few years ago. Fukuda, a political veteran paying his first visit to Beijing since taking over in September, is hoping to show his skills as a diplomat after a sharp slide in his approval ratings at home. The Japanese leader ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 25, 2007Debt-laden Agricultural Bank of China is ready for its long awaited restructuring, the nation's chief central banker said Tuesday, a bailout expected to cost the Chinese tax payer 40 billion dollars. People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan made the remarks at a financial forum in the Chinese capital, saying reform of the weakest of the nation's big four state commercial lenders would ... more Sunk swampland recovering post-Katrina 
New Orleans (UPI) Dec 24, 2007 Many of the hundreds of acres of swampland destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will take decades to recover, and some may never be the same. In the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area south of U.S. 90, the hurricane passed through swampland, destroying vegetation and carving out a 200-acre depression that now, filled with water, has unofficially been dubbed Lake Katrina, the New Orleans Tim ... more Graft, fighting hinders Sri Lanka's tsunami recovery 
Galle, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 25, 2007Graft and renewed fighting has blocked relief to Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors with less than a fifth of money pledged properly accounted for three years later, according to watchdogs. Sri Lanka's government claims success in rebuilding homes destroyed by the disaster, but international agencies say big problems remain. Huge amounts of foreign cash that poured in did not reach its intended d ... more SmartGrow uses hair to grow food 
Florida City, Fla. (UPI) Dec 23, 2007 A new product marketed as SmartGrow uses human hair imported from China and India to help in people with their horticultural efforts. Tropical Research and Education Center researchers at the University of Florida said the new horticultural product has been proven to be a useful alternative to herbicides, but still surprises most people who learn about it, The Miami Herald reported Sund ... more
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