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World condemns China as Olympic doubts grow
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2008Taiwan led sweeping condemnation Saturday of China's brutal crackdown on protestors in Tibet and accused Beijing of trying to gloss over its rights record with Olympic sheen. About 30 people have been killed during unrest in Lhasa, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, although China's state-run Xinhua news agency earlier put the figure at 10, citing government officials. ... more Tibet, a tourist mecca, closed to foreigners: tour operators 
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2008Tibet shut the door to foreign tourists Saturday following China's deadly crackdown on protesters opposed to Beijing's half-century rule of the mountainous region, a booming tourism mecca last year. Tour and hotel operators in China contacted by AFP said foreign visitors have left Tibet or have been barred from entering, while Chinese tanks and soldiers patrol the capital Lhasa after quashing ... more UN warns climate change melting glaciers at alarming rate 
Zurich (AFP) March 16, 2008The world's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, the UN said Sunday, calling for immediate action to prevent further constraints on water resources for large populations. "Millions if not billions of people depend directly or indirectly on these natural water storage facilities for drinking water, agriculture, industry and power generation during key parts of the year," said Achim Stein ... more After catastrophic blasts, smoke covers Albanian village in rubbles 
Gerdec, Albania (AFP) March 16, 2008A pall of thick black smoke hung over the village of Gerdec on Sunday, reduced to rubble by deadly explosions at a nearby military depot, killing seven people and leaving more than 240 injured. Although the booming of blasts from the depot could still be heard, several villagers braved the dangers to return to home only to find their houses razed to the ground and fire still smouldering in ... more Svalbard, where man and polar bears share the art of living 
Longyearbyen, Norway (AFP) March 16, 2008The road sign depicts a white polar bear against a black background, a vivid reminder of the danger the animals present in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where bears outnumber people and encounters sometimes prove fatal. Just 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the North Pole, this remote part of Norway also known as Spitzberg is home to 3,000 polar bears and 2,300 people, who live together ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2008China's parliament on Saturday almost unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to serve as president for five more years, according to a ballot made public. Hu received the support of 99.7 percent of the 2,965 votes cast by delegates to China's parliament. He was also re-elected head of the China's Central Military Commission with the same level of support. ... more Dalai Lama condemns 'rule of terror' in Tibet as protests spread 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008The Dalai Lama condemned a "rule of terror" in his native Tibet on Sunday as Chinese forces blanketed the region's capital in security and pro-independence protests spread elsewhere in China. A fresh protest in southwest China's Sichuan province reportedly left at least seven people dead in a dangerous escalation of the uprising by Tibetans against China's rule of the vast Himalayan region. ... more Chinese Govt Declares Peoples War On Tibet As YouTube Access Cutoff To China 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008Tibet's government has declared a "people's war" to erase support for the Dalai Lama and end any independence aspirations of the people there, Chinese state media said Sunday. The blitz will involve both security and propaganda campaigns to counter the message of the exiled Buddhist spiritual leader, the Tibetan Daily reported. The call was made during an emergency meeting of Tibetan ... more China's Tibet crackdown highlights US rights policy flaws 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008China's crackdown on Tibetan protests has dealt a major embarassment to US President George W. Bush's administration, which removed the Asian giant from a human rights blacklist just three days before the bloody repression, experts say. Rights groups and some lawmakers were dismayed by the State Department's decision last Tuesday to drop China from its list of the world's worst human rights ... more Deadly tornado blasts Atlanta, leaving two dead 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008The governor of the US state of Georgia declared a state of emergency Saturday after a violent tornado blasting winds up to 130 miles per hour tore through downtown Atlanta, killing two people. The storm on Friday night ripped roofs off downtown apartment buildings, blew windows out of high-rises and sent people fleeing from their seats in the middle of a university basketball tournament as ... more |
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Newark NJ (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Public Service Electric and Gas has announced that it will play a leading role in the research and development of "green circuits," an initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency in the electric distribution system. New Jersey's largest utility has informed the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) that it will support its Green Circuit Initiative, an 18-month research and development ... more Analysis: Central Asia and Gazprom 
Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2008Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have long chafed under Gazprom's pricing arrangements for their natural gas exports, as the energy giant has long adhered to the policy of buy cheap, sell dear. In a development fraught with ominous implications for Gazprom's Central European consumers, the leaders of the three nations recently indulged in some tough negotiations with Gazprom ... more Analysis: Nazi mines stop Egypt's oil flow 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 14, 2008The legacy of Egypt's World War II invasion by Germany hampers the country's access to potentially vast energy resources. From 1940 to 1943, soldiers led by Nazi Germany's Gen. Erwin Rommel, also dubbed the "Desert Fox," battled Allied troops all over North Africa. While Rommel's Africa Corps was eventually driven out of the continent, in Egypt, the dangerous leftovers of World War II ... more Panda Energy To Build 500 MW Power Plant In Texas 
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Panda Energy announced that it intends to build, own and operate a 500-megawatt combined-cycle power plant in an industrial-zoned area of the city of Sherman, Texas. The highly efficient natural gas-fueled generating station will be able to supply the power needs of approximately 400,000 homes in North Texas and is expected to bring more than $248,000,000 into the area's economy over the next 10 ... more Distributed Energy Systems Expands Customer Base In Alaska 
Barre VT (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Distributed Energy Systems has announced that it received an order for one Northwind 100 turbine from a new Alaskan customer, Alaska Environmental Power. The Northwind 100 turbine will be delivered to a proposed 320 acre wind farm located in Delta Junction, at the end of the Alaska Highway. The turbine installation -- projected for this summer -- follows a "proof of concept" effort that ... more
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