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 November 09, 2009 |
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SHAKE AND BLOW + Floods, mudslides kill 91 in El Salvador as Hurricane Ida rages on 
San Salvador (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 -
A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 91 in El Salvador and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua. Hurricane Ida, which grew to a category two storm Sunday, was moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico but local officials said it had caused no casualties or damage to infrastructure in the popular tourist resort city of Can ... moreAFRICA NEWS + China to give Africa 10 billion dollars in loans: Wen 
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 -
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday. "We will help Africa build up its financing capabilities... we will provide 10 billion US dollars for Africa in concessional loans," Wen told the forum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. His pledge wa ... moreWATER WORLD + Fighting the 'water war' 
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 -
U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said the Middle East is "in a challenging situation" and would need stability to achieve development, emphasizing the need to fight climate change to help avoid the next major conflict in the embattled region: "Water War."
"Instability does affect (development). This is clear: Where you have instability, you cannot make development. But whe ... moreWATER WORLD + Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 -
The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit Saturday at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told a press conference the Mekong region was a "priority area" for Japan's official development assistance (ODA) as it seeks to boost development in the resource-rich are ... moreSHAKE AND BLOW + Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 -
Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast Saturday as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people. Torrential rain soaked the Coffs Harbour region north of Sydney overnight, swamping the arterial Pacific Highway with flash floodwaters that isolated almost 5,000 people, emergency officials said. ... more |
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AFRICA NEWS + Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation 
Lokoja, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 -
After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River. Plans are to deepen the river channel and stabilise its banks along a stretch of 572 kilometers (376 miles) as to allow passage of large vessels and open up inland ports. "The goal is to activate the nav ... moreABOUT US + Stasi prison terror still haunts victims 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 -
When the Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989, Mario Roellig sat in his West Berlin apartment and was sobbing in despair. More than a year earlier the West German government bought Roellig out of an East German prison where he had been detained for trying to flee the communist state. The former political prisoner was since living a relatively happy live in the West. Roellig felt tha ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + Clinton to visit storm-hit Philippines 
Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 -
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to "show solidarity" with the storm-battered nation, just after her visits to Singapore and Berlin. Clinton also announced she will join President Barack Obama during his visit to China from November 15-18, her second trip as chief diplomat to the country the Obama administration recognizes as a ke ... morePILLAGING PIRATES + China hosts meeting on Somalia piracy 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 -
China on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the defence ministry said. The meeting would be attended by representatives from "Russia, Japan, India, the European Union, and other countries' marine forces, including NATO," it said in a fax to AFP. "The main topic of discussion will be the implementation ... moreWOOD PILE + Senegalese NGO plants 34 million mangroves to offset carbon emissions 
Dakar (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 -
A Senegalese environmental NGO announced Friday that it had planted 34 million mangrove trees in three months in a project largely financed by French dairy giant Danone to offset its carbon footprint. According to the environmental organisation Oceanium some 34 million mangrove seedlings were planted between August and November, 27 million in Senegal's southern Casamance region and 7 million ... more |
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WATER WORLD + Salmon-hungry sea lions haunt dam 
Portland, Ore. (UPI) Nov 7, 2009 -
Federally protected Steller sea lions ate more salmon on average than in years past at Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River, biologists in Oregon say. The salmon consumption likely would have been much higher, however, if 26 California sea lions had not been killed or relocated from the dam during the last two years, biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say. The two ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + France to help build Polish nuclear plants 
Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 -
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed Thursday to work together on a 20-year programme to develop Poland's nuclear industry. France will train Polish engineers and joint research will be carried out on equipping Poland with nuclear plants by 2030, the leaders said in a joint declaration following talks in Paris. Tusk said Poland hoped to put a fi ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Kenya plans nuclear plant in next five years: PM 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 -
Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday. "We want to establish a nuclear plant. We want to start with a plant of the average of between 1,000 and 2,000 Megawatts (output) and we are looking at five years from now," Odinga said in an interview with AFP. Odinga said nuclear power was one ... moreENERGY TECH + OPEC fears Copenhagen tax on oil and gas: report 
Algiers (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 -
Top oil-producing countries fear that the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen next month could levy new taxes on the oil and gas industries, Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil was quoted as saying on Sunday. Khelil told the Algerian APS news agency that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), a 13-member cartel of oil-rich nations, are worried any new taxes agree ... moreENERGY TECH + China's growing thirst for African oil 
Lagos (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 -
China has dangled a near open cheque book to Africa's major oil producers in a bid to guarantee supplies for decades to come. It has offered 30 billion dollars to Nigeria and is negotiating for stakes in oil fields in Ghana and Angola and companies that exploit the fields throughout Africa. China's thirst for oil is expected to be a major topic at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ... more |
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ENERGY TECH + Brazil subsalt oil receives Chinese funds 
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Nov 6, 2009 -
Brazil's gigantic subsalt oil exploration and development project has received a $10 billion cash boost from China at the same time as the Chinese state oil company has bought its first oil asset in the United States. In the clearest indication yet that China is intent upon building up its energy portfolio in the Americas, Petrobras and Norway's Statoil have welcomed Chinese partnership ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Japan nuke plant starts using controversial MOX fuel 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 -
A Japanese nuclear power plant on Thursday started using recycled mixed-oxide or MOX fuel from a controversial shipment from France that arrived in the country amid protests in May. A reactor at the Genkai nuclear plant in western Saga prefecture was activated after being loaded with MOX, a blend of plutonium and reprocessed uranium, said a spokesman of the plant's operator. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + France says Areva, EPR nuclear reactor are sound 
Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 -
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon insisted on Thursday that French nuclear group Areva and its new-generation EPR reactor are sound, responding to safety concerns in remarks to the Le Monde newspaper. Fillon said in the interview that that there were "no problems with Areva" and that its top managers had "the confidence of the state." French nuclear technology, and domestic nuclear ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + German giants to build U.K. reactors 
Duesseldorf, Germany (UPI) Nov 5, 2009 -
German energy giants Eon and RWE have decided to team up to build nuclear power plants in Britain, promising to invest around $25 billion in the endeavor. The new company Horizon Nuclear Power headquartered near Gloucester will start operations on Nov. 16, the companies said in a joint statement. The joint venture is held to 50 percent by Eon UK, with RWE npower owning the other half. ... moreENERGY TECH + Nord Stream unleashes criticism in Sweden, Finland 
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 -
Decisions by Sweden and Finland to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through their waters unleashed strong reactions in both countries Friday, with political parties and media contending that Russian pressure overpowered environmental concerns. "The pipeline is not in Sweden's interests, especially considering the project's far-reaching consequences on the environment," Soci ... more |
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