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EU hands major cash to 43 energy projectsBrussels (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 The European Commission has decided to fund 43 energy projects across Europe - mainly natural gas pipelines and power grids - with more than $3 billion. The commission Thursday cleared $3.12 billion from the European Union's $5.5 energy stimulus package to help finance 43 pipeline and power transmission projects. Around $2 billion was already allocated for offshore wind power and clean coal projects late last year. The new Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger called the funding a "mi ... read more |
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Baku (AFP) March 3, 2010An Azerbaijani Su-25 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in the west of the ex-Soviet republic on Wednesday, killing its pilot, the defence ministry said. The accident occurred at about 5:00 pm local time (1300 GMT) during a training flight over the Shamkir region near Azerbaijan's border with Georgia, the ministry said in a statement. Azerbaijan's Dollyar military airbase is ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 2, 2010The US Air Force announced Tuesday a two-year delay in the production of its new F-35 stealth fighter, touted as the future of the American air fleet. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, the civilian head of the department, told reporters that the Joint Strike Fighter, scheduled for use by 2013, would now not be ready until the end of 2015. "I do think we're going to have a slip" ... more  
Jakarta (AFP) March 2, 2010Indonesia and Australia announced on Tuesday a multi-million dollar initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership worth 30 million Australian dollars (27 million dollars) will address immediate threats to forest on mineral soils in Jambi province. The announcement in a sta ... more |
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Clashing with Japan, US seeks to protect tunaWashington (AFP) March 3, 2010 The United States has set the stage for a showdown with Japan by calling for a ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, hoping to save the species prized for sushi. The United States said Wednesday it would ask a March 13-25 meeting in Qatar to declare the commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna a threat to the species' survival, an issue that has split the European Union. "The United States continues to have serious concerns about the long-term viability" of eastern Atlantic a ... read more |
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