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Analysis: One strategy for Iraq oil, power Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2008 
There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget.
It's a U.S. creation for sure, spearheaded by Iraq-based units in the Defense and Sta ... read more
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Iowa State Researcher Studies How Enzymes Break Down Cellulose
Ames IO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office. Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful illustrations are the work of his lab. And they're part of Reilly's work to understand how the structure of an enzyme influences its mechanism and its activity. In other words, he's trying to figure out "how is ... more Areva says it is ready to build 12 reactors in South Africa 
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said on Thursday it was ready to build up to 12 next-generation power plants in South Africa, where massive electricity shortages shut down the key mining industry this month. Areva said that in addition to an earlier plan to build two nuclear power plants in South Africa, announced earlier this month, it would now offer 10 more of its third generation systems thro ... more WTO will help Ukraine against Russia: president 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Ukraine's expected membership of the WTO will give the country leverage in trade disputes with neighbouring Russia, President Viktor Yushchenko told AFP in an interview on Thursday. The pro-Western leader said that membership of the World Trade Organisation would allow Ukraine to negotiate with Russia over "restrictions" imposed on Ukrainian exports worth up to three billion dollars (two bil ... more Analysis: IPI faces dangers, hurdles 
Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2008India's decision to proceed with talks with Pakistan on transit fees for the $7.4 billion, 1,700-mile natural gas pipeline from Iran is fraught with strategic and diplomatic implications. Talks have been deadlocked for months on two issues: the cost of Iranian gas and how much India will pay Pakistan in transit fees. The pipeline would supply both countries with gas: India with 90 milli ... more French Niger Uranium Mines Under Direct Threat From Tuareg Nomads 
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Areva, the world's largest nuclear power company, said Thursday it was "nobody's enemy" in Niger following Tuareg rebel threats to attack uranium mines in a battle against the industry. Areva said it "valued the stability of the country (and) ... was vigilant, bearing in mind that we have some one thousand workers. "We are working with the authorities to ensure their safety," a spokesman ... more |
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Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008Nigeria's oil production -- already well below capacity due to ongoing violence -- is set to take another hit totaling 225,000 barrels per day, according to a leading producer in the West African country. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. announced earlier this week that it would shut down production at the Bonga offshore oil field in March for routine maintenance. Wh ... more French PM to visit Japan for nuclear talks: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008French Prime Minister Francois Fillon will visit Japan in April for talks on issues including civilian nuclear cooperation, a French embassy spokesman said Thursday. During the visit, Fillon will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visit the northern town of Rokkasho, hub of the country's nuclear industry, the spokesman said. It would be the first visit by a French leader to Ja ... more Microbes As Climate Engineers 
Edinburgh, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2008We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to an article in the February 2008 issue of Microbiology Today. Humans are continually altering the atmosphere. "Arrogant organisms that we are, it is easy to view this as something entirely novel in Earth's history," says Dr Da ... more New Threat To Lake Victoria 
Arusha, Tanzania (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Two hydroelectricity dams appear to be threatening the health of Lake Victoria - and of the people living along its shores who depend on the lake for food. A new study suggests that the dams' systematic overuse of water has decreased the lake level by at least two meters between 2000 and 2006 - and that this drop was not influenced by weather. The study by Yustina Kiwango of Tanzania Natio ... more |
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New Haven CT (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Midwestern farming has introduced the equivalent of five Connecticut Rivers into the Mississippi River over the past 50 years and is adding more carbon dioxide annually into its waters, according to a study published in Nature by researchers at Yale and Louisiana State universities. "It's like the discovery of a new large river being piped out of the corn belt," said Pete Raymond, lead aut ... more Scientists Hunt For The Roots Of The Modern Potato Using DNA 
Madison WI (SPX) Jan 31, 2008More than 99 percent of all modern potato varieties planted today are the direct descendents of varieties that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile. How Chilean germplasm came to dominate the modern potato-which spread worldwide from Europe-has been the subject of a long, contentious debate among scientists. While some plant scientists have maintained that Chilean potatoes were ... more Global automakers output hit by China snow storms 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Fierce, driving snow storms in China disrupted global automakers' production at their joint venture factories owing to a lack of workers, parts and energy, the companies said Wednesday. Ford Motor shut its Ford and Mazda assembly, engine and research plants in Nanjing from Monday as the eastern city was forced to close icy roads and bridges after being pounded by the worst snow storm in five ... more Japan's ruling coalition backs down on fuel tax -- for now 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Japan's ruling coalition, on the verge of another showdown with the opposition in a divided parliament, Wednesday called at least a momentary truce to plans to ram through a controversial fuel tax. The current parliament session was set to be a duel between Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who wants to maintain a tax at the pump, and the opposition, which has vowed to scuttle his agenda until he ... more
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