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World's first taxis with easily swapped batteries hit TokyoTokyo (AFP) April 26, 2010 The world's first taxis with easily replaceable batteries hit the streets of the Japanese capital Monday in a government-funded experiment. The purpose-built cars that can run on easily swapped batteries - rather than wait to be recharged or switch to other fuels - were launched in Tokyo by Japan's energy agency. Three cars based on the Nissan Dualis will operate as normal taxis on the city's streets during the 90-day experiment, a joint project with Better Place, a US firm specialising in pro ... read more |
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Kiev (AFP) April 26, 2010President Viktor Yanukovych Monday warned that Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant remains an urgent threat due to lagging safety measures, on the 24th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. The plant's fourth nuclear reactor still presents an active danger after work to replace an ageing sarcophagus around the facility was delayed due to a shortage of funds last year, Yanukovych s ... more 
Lesmo, Italy (AFP) April 26, 2010Italian energy giant Enel and its Russian partner Inter Rao Ues reached a preliminary accord Monday to study the feasibility of building a nuclear reactor in Kaliningrad. Enel boss Fulvio Conti and Inter Rao Ues's acting chairman Boris Kovalchuk signed a memorandum of understanding as Italian and Russian prime ministers Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin met at Villa Gernetto in the town o ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2010Two top US officials will travel to Beijing next month, the Treasury Department said Monday, amid a still-rumbling row over the strength of the China's currency. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to China for a "strategic and economic dialogue" on May 24-25, officials said. It will be Geithner's second trip to China in as many month ... more |
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Africa should harness Chinese oil-interest: analystCape Town (AFP) March 16, 2010 African states should harness Chinese interest as Beijing's demand for commodities drives growth on the continent and fuels capital investments, an energy conference heard on Tuesday. China's investment model in Africa, characterised by long-term capital concessional financing, was a developmental "no-brainer," Martyn Davies, head of the Frontier Advisory firm, told the Oil and Gas Africa expo. "It's very strategic and it's very long-term. The model works provided the extraction continues to tak ... read more |
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