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'Stop-start' system coming to U.S. carsDetroit (UPI) Sep 18, 2010 A relatively simple and inexpensive fuel-saving technology from Europe will soon be introduced on vehicles in North America, engineers say. So-called start-stop systems that turn off a car when it is idling and reignite the engine when the driver releases the brake will be coming to the United States and Canada in the next five years, The Detroit News reported. The technology is widespread in Europe and will be embraced in North America as a tool to meet increasingly stringent fuel-econo ... read more |
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Buenos Aires (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 Argentina is moving forward with a long-term strategy to expand its nuclear program that includes the building of a new plant and refurbishment of existing heavy-water reactors. Argentina and South Korea this week signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Korean expertise being deployed in both new and existing nuclear power installations to bolster the national grid. Wi ... more  
Athens, Greece (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 After long and acrimonious talks, Greece has clinched a deal to transfer Germany's ThyssenKrupp's control of Hellenic Shipyards to Abu Dhabi's MAR group. "A new page opens for the Greek navy, Skaramanga Shipyards and the entire Greek shipbuilding and ship repair sector," a statement by the Greek Defense Ministry said. Under the agreement the German group will transfer its stake o ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Sep 16, 2010 The amount of toxic coal ash dumped from China's coal-fired power plants is so massive it could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 2 1/2 minutes, says a Greenpeace report. The world's largest coal user, China relies on coal for about 70 percent of its energy supply. That dependence means China produces at least 375 million tons of coal ash annually, which is more than 2.5 ... more |
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U.S., China to resume military talksBeijing (UPI) Sep 16, 2010 After months of strained relations, U.S. Defense Department officials say they have received encouraging signs in Chinese designs to renew military-to-military relations with the United States ahead of talks between the two countries' presidents early next year. The changing course of relations was revealed after talks between Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, and U.S. deputy national security adviser Thomas E. Donilon. At the end of a three-day visit to Be ... read more |
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