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Taiwan, wary of China, to hike military spending
Taipei (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Taiwan's cabinet agreed Wednesday to hike military spending by nearly 15 percent in next year's budget in an apparent signal of its resolve against rival China. Under a draft budget, which has to be confirmed by parliament, the defence ministry is setting aside 345.9 billion Taiwan dollars (10.5 billion US), up 44.6 billion Taiwan dollars, the cabinet said in a statement. ... more Outrage as China says mine tragedies a 'natural disaster' 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2007China said Wednesday that floods at two coal mines which have left 181 workers feared dead were a "natural disaster", sparking outrage from victims' relatives who blamed bad management. Last week's flooding at the two mines in eastern China after a nearby river burst its banks was a natural phenomenon, rather than a result of lax safety standards, Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju told a press conference ... more Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone? 
Paris (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Sightings by marine scientists of dolphins in the north Atlantic's Bay of Biscay have dropped off by 80 percent compared to the same period in 2006, a wildlife conservation group said Wednesday. The alarming drop in numbers of the Bay's three most common species of dolphin -- the striped, bottlenose and common -- can be attributed to one or both of two causes, Clive Martin, senior wildlife ... more Five killed in Ethiopian volcanic eruption 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 22, 2007A volcanic eruption in northeastern Ethiopia killed five people and displaced more than 2,000 others, state media reported Wednesday. The volcano in the Afar region started spewing lava on August 12 and the eruption lasted for three days. Although the activity has since subsided, locals are still advised to leave the area. "The volcano has dried and polluted local rivers that has displac ... more UK Satellite Mission To Improve Accuracy Of Climate-Change Measurements Gains Global Support 
London, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2007TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies) is a proposed satellite mission, led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to improve tenfold the accuracy of earth observation satellites used to deliver climate change data. TRUTHS will launch a calibration laboratory into space to help settle international debates around climate change and provide a robust statist ... more |
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New York (AFP) Aug 22, 2007World oil prices were mixed Wednesday as traders weighed a shock increase in crude reserves in the United States, the world's biggest energy consumer. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, slipped 31 cents to close at 69.26 dollars per barrel. The price had earlier fallen as low as 68.63 dollars, the lowest level since June 28. ... more Japan takes emergency step to meet power demand 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Japan's largest power company on Wednesday took rare emergency measures to address an imminent power shortage due to record heat and the suspension of an earthquake-hit nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the world's biggest private power company, implemented the emergency guidelines for the first time in 17 years, TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Yamato said. ... more New Catalysts May Create More, Cheaper Hydrogen 
Argonne IL (SPX) Aug 22, 2007A new class of catalysts created at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory may help scientists and engineers overcome some of the hurdles that have inhibited the production of hydrogen for use in fuel cells. Argonne chemist Michael Krumpelt and his colleagues in Argonne's Chemical Engineering Division used "single-site" catalysts based on ceria or lanthanum chromite ... more Analysis: Chavez heads to Namibia 
Miami (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Namibia next month, possibly hoping to secure a deal that would give his country's state-run energy company a leg up on other nations seeking untapped oil potential in Africa. Though Chavez spokesmen would not officially comment on the agenda of the Namibia visit in September, Energy Ministry officials have expressed an interest in a joint ... more Analysis: SCO energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 For the past several days, Western analysts have been fixated on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's massive Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist drill. The exercise, held Aug. 8-17, was the SCO's largest joint exercise in its six-year history, with armed forces from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan totaling 6,500 troops, and 80 aircraft taking part. ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Japan's largest power company said Tuesday it is preparing to take emergency measures to address an imminent power shortage due to the suspension of a giant nuclear plant following an earthquake. Temperatures last week hit a record high in Japan. Demand is soaring this week as factories and offices resume operation following summer holidays, adding to the burden caused by air conditioning. ... more Japan eyes chopsticks for biofuel 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Japan will try to turn the millions of wooden chopsticks that go discarded each year into biofuel to ease the country's energy shortage, officials said Wednesday. Biofuels are seen as an alternative clean energy resource that can reduce dependence on Middle East oil and lessen the impact of global warming. Japan has virtually no natural energy resources of its own. ... more Pellets Of Power Designed To Deliver Hydrogen To Future Cars 
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Hydrogen may prove to be the fuel of the future in powering the effi cient, eco-friendly fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow. Developing a method to safely store, dispense and easily "refuel" the vehicle's storage material with hydrogen has baffl ed researchers for years. However, a new and attractive storage medium being developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists may provide the " ... more Outrage in China over coal mine tragedy 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Bosses at a Chinese coal mine where 172 workers are feared dead following a flash flood ignored warning signals, and the tragedy could have been avoided, China's official media said Tuesday. As rescue efforts continued following Friday's flooding with few hopes of finding anyone alive, outrage was building over what appeared to be the latest example of abysmal work safety practices in China' ... more Exploitation in Chinese factories blamed for unsafe toys 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Exploitation of workers in Chinese factories is one of the key reasons why unsafe toys are being exported around the world, a US-based labour rights group said Tuesday. Following an eight-month investigation into eight Chinese factories that supply major international toy companies, China Labour Watch said workers were regularly exploited and often had to work long hours in unsafe conditions ... more
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