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Hostage crisis: French nuclear boss heads to AfricaParis (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 The chairwoman of French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to visit the firm's operation in Niger, the company said Monday, after Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped several of her employees there. "Anne Lauvergeon plans to visit Niger soon," a spokesman said, declining to confirm a report that she would travel on Thursday. The purpose of her visit is to visit Areva employees in the region, the spokesman said. Areva has been criticised for failing to heed warnings of a kidnap threat that an armed grou ... read more |
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Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 28, 2010A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices - "artificial leaves" - can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings prove the concept for making solar cells that more closely mimic nature. They also have the potential to be less expensive and more environmentally friendly than the current standard-bearer: silicon-based sol ... more 
Hagerstown MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2010Staples and SunEdisonhave unveiled a 1.5 megawatt (MW) solar power installation at the Staples distribution center in Hagerstown, Md. Combined with the recent solar installation at the Staples fulfillment center in Hanover, Md., Staples is now hosting more than 2.5MW of solar capacity in the state of Maryland alone. The 1.5 MW ground installation in Hagerstown consists of more than 11,000 ... more  
London (AFP) Sept 27, 2010Greenpeace blocked an oil drilling ship in the North Sea with swimmers and speedboats a day after a court ordered protesters to unchain themselves from the vessel, the group said Monday. Activists for the environmental group had boarded the Stena Carron ship operated by Chevron and anchored off the Shetland Isles last week, but the oil giant won a legal ruling ordering them to leave on Satur ... more |
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One millionth ship crosses Panama CanalPanama City (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 A Chinese freighter has become the millionth vessel to cross the Panama Canal three years ahead of the waterway's 100th anniversary, the canal authority said Monday. "The ship 'Fortune Plum,' whose name foreshadowed its good luck, became the one millionth vessel to cross the inter-oceanic canal since it was opened," the Panama Canal Authority said in a statement. The vessel actually crossed the canal September 4 with a load of steel products from the Pacific to the Atlantic but the authority ann ... read more |
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