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Iraq cabinet approves draft oil lawBaghdad (AFP) Aug 28, 2011 Iraq's cabinet approved a draft oil and gas law on Sunday in a bid to finally pass rules regulating the country's most lucrative sector after years of political deadlock. The law would govern the sector and divide responsibility between Baghdad and Iraq's provinces but despite the lack of such guidelines, foreign investors have still poured in, signing 11 contracts to potentially boost the country's oil output five-fold. The cabinet "approved the draft oil and gas law and transferred it to parli ... read more |
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  China's SAIC Motor first-half net profit up 46% China's largest auto maker SAIC Motor said Monday that first half net profit jumped 46 percent but warned of future "uncertainties" in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
  Kyoto team suspends Romania from carbon market The Kyoto Protocol committee has blocked Romania from selling carbon credits over concerns about irregularities in the country's carbon emissions data, Romania's environment ministry said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, China talk trade despite tensions Philippine President Benigno Aquino travels to China this week on a mission to secure billions of dollars in trade deals, with both sides looking to rebuild goodwill amid a bruising territorial row. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Greece plans major solar power exports to Germany: report Wracked by debt but blessed with abundant sunshine, Greece plans to develop some 20,000 hectares of solar power parks in a bid to export renewable energy to Germany, a report said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  3 rescued in China mine, 23 still trapped Three miners trapped for more than four days in a flooded mine shaft in northeast China were rescued Saturday as authorities battled to reach another 23 workers still underground, state media said. ... more | .. |
Emerging powers press rich world on CO2 cuts Brazil, South Africa, India and China called Friday on industrialized nations to step up their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a key UN climate summit later this year. ... more | .. |
 Ban Ki-Moon urges green energy investment U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "clean energy revolution," saying that now is the time to invest in universal energy access, energy efficiency and renewable energy. ... more |
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 Cyprus, Israel move closer on East Med gas The governments of Cyprus and Israel, which both have seemingly intractable problems with Turkey, are moving closer together over the increasingly thorny issue of vast natural gas fields under the eastern Mediterranean. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices flat ahead of US hurricane Oil prices rose slightly Friday on little industry news and a noncommittal speech on the US economic outlook from central bank chief Ben Bernanke, as a huge hurricane barreled toward the US east coast. ... more | .. |
  Bank of America nearing sale of CCB stake: reports Troubled US financial giant Bank of America is close to selling at least half of its 10 percent stake in China Construction Bank, The New York Times and CNBC television reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Swiss 'cleantech' industry debated Switzerland's status as "cleantech" industry leader is coming under the microscope as the country prepares to host a major forum on Europe's green energy future. ... more |
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 Can electric cars win over the mass market? It's not every day that a US governor accepts an invitation to the launch of a Japanese-built car, but Nissan's all-electric Leaf offers environmental credentials that top any nationalistic concerns. ... more | .. |
  Making Tomorrow's Bioenergy Yeasts Strong Cornstalks, wheat straw, and other rough, fibrous, harvest-time leftovers may soon be less expensive to convert into cellulosic ethanol, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists' s ... more | .. |
 Facebook shutting down online Deals program Facebook is ending a Deals program launched in April which offered online bargains like Groupon, LivingSocial and other companies. ... more | .. |
  Sporian Developing Sensors for Generation IV Nuclear Systems Sporian Microsystems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate advanced materials, sensor designs and packaging for use in Generation IV nuclear reactors. Gen ... more |
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China Focus: Chinese scientist details first planned Mars sample-return mission Tianwen 3
NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforce
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  Wind Power Now Less Expensive Than Natural Gas In Brazil The President and CEO of Brazil's Energy Research Company (EPE), Mauricio Tolmasquim, has announced that for the first time ever in Brazil, wind power prices are less expensive than natural gas pric ... more | .. |
 New probe to uncover mechanisms key to fusion reactor walls A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton University to learn precisely what happens when extremely hot plasmas to ... more | .. |
 A math-based model for deep-water oil drilling The main challenge presented in many of these models is the precise prediction of the pressure profile in addition to liquid/gas volumes and flow rates at various points along the oil well. "T ... more | .. |
 Cars could run on recycled newspaper, Tulane scientists say Here's one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed "TU-103," that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofu ... more |
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 Arctic shipping routes open Satellite measurements show we are heading for another year of below-average ice cover in the Arctic. As sea ice melts during the summer months, two major shipping routes have opened in the Arctic O ... more | .. |
  New nanoscale parameter by Aalto University resolves dilemmas on silicon property The new discovery by Aalto University can have major impact on future nanoscale device design, such as ultraviolet photo detectors and drug delivery. In bulk size, many materials like silicon ... more | .. |
 Berkeley Lab scientists unveil an X-ray technique called HARPES The expression "beauty's only skin-deep" has often been applied to the chemistry of materials because so much action takes place at the surface. However, for many of the materials in today's high te ... more | .. |
 China's BYD to raise up to $939 mn in bond sale Chinese car maker BYD, which is backed by US investment titan Warren Buffett, said Friday it plans to sell up to six billion yuan ($938.8 million) in bonds to repay loans and boost its coffers. ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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 Quake-prone Japan looks at geothermal energy The forces that make Japan one of the world's most quake-prone and volcanic countries, and sparked a nuclear disaster, could become part of its long-term energy solution, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Japan enacts key bills, clears way for Kan to go Japan's parliament enacted two key bills on Friday, clearing the way for the promised departure of embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan. ... more | .. |
  China's Hu 'confident' in the euro: Sarkozy China's president has expressed confidence in the euro, visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday, as concerns intensify over the future of the 17-nation eurozone. ... more | .. |
 Japan protests again over Chinese boats Japan on Thursday protested to Beijing a second time over the entry of two Chinese fishery patrol boats into waters near disputed Japanese-administered islands, the foreign ministry said. ... more |
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 Argentina keen for more nuclear power Argentina is keen to increase its capacity for nuclear power production, a major part of the national electricity grid, and has signed deals with Canadian supplier Candu Energy Inc. to help reach that target. ... more | .. |
 Oil companies scramble for Libya's riches U.S., European and Asian companies are scrambling to get back into Libya to grab a slice of its oil wealth, even though Moammar Gadhafi's diehard loyalists refuse to submit to seemingly triumphant rebel forces. ... more | .. |
 GM, LG partner on electric vehicles General Motors and LG Group will jointly design and engineer electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Philippine Airlines lays off ground staff Loss making national carrier Philippine Airlines said Thursday it had sent termination notices to about 2,600 ground crew as part of its long-term survival plan. ... more |
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