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 Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 
France has for decades been fiercely proud of its world-beating nuclear industry but is now having to import electricity from its neighbours and could face blackouts this winter. News of the imports prompted the environmental group Greenpeace to say Wednesday that this was further proof that France's policy of producing three quarters of its electricity from nuclear power was a big mistake. ... read more
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Smoke rose Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak. The smoke was caused by friction from the brake of a crane in a reactor's turbine room, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said in a statement. "We reported immediately to the fire ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Emerging market economies China and India are poised to accelerate due to strong stimulus measures while Japan's recession has "bottomed out" and its economy will pick up, the OECD projected Thursday. The forecasts come as many developed nations, which are only slowly emerging from recession, are looking to China and India to act as engines of global growth. South Korea, meanwhile, is ... more  
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 20, 2009New MIT research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced by everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, and turn it into usable electricity. More than half of the energy consumed worldwide is wasted, most of it in the form of excess heat. This new technology would allow conversion of waste ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global warming. "The climate framework is the top long term issue," World Energy Council (WEC) Secretary General Christoph Frei told a UN conference on energy security. "It's the most important driver for change," Frei added. ... more |
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London (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 British defense giant BAE Systems on Wednesday submitted a last-minute bid in the race for a $1.7 billion contract to modernize Britain's fleet of infantry tanks. BAE Systems has designed a new infantry fighting vehicle for Britain's armed forces. The British Ministry of Defense wants to upgrade 449 of its 786 Warrior IFHs.The BAE Systems design features "a new turret and ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009After a recent upgrade, NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The announcement was made at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC09) in Portland, Ore. The Pleiades supercomputer is an SGI Altix ICE ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2009US President Barack Obama made few breakthroughs but left Beijing on Wednesday hoping he had nurtured a bond with China vital to tackling the gravest global threats. Any aspirations of a complementary compact with the Chinese people though were muffled by state censorship, on a trip which failed to move Beijing on several key issues such as the value of the yuan, trade imbalances or Iran. ... more |
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