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France to fill gaps in EU force in Chad, CAR
Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2008France announced Thursday it would plug gaps in a European peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic, with the deployment delayed by equipment shortages now possible for next month. The force was to be sent in November, early in the dry season when a rise in fighting was expected, to protect hundreds of thousands of refugees from strife-torn Darfur, but was delayed by a fu ... more China open to cooperation with EU on Africa: official 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2008China said Thursday that it was prepared to step up cooperation with the European Union on development in Africa, but warned that African opinions should be fully respected in the process. "We are willing to discuss with the EU enhancing cooperation and exchanges on the African issue," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told journalists. "We also believe that the international communi ... more PM pledges one billion dollars for struggling mining, forestry towns 
Ottawa (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Wednesday the creation of a one-billion-dollar fund to help Canada's struggling rural mining and forestry towns. The new Community Development Trust is designed to help vulnerable communities and workers suffering economic hardships caused by the current volatility in global financial and commodities markets, Harper said in a statement. "The progra ... more A Warming Climate Can Support Glacial Ice 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2008New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events. The study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego provides strong evidence that a glacial ice cap, about half the size of the modern day glacial ice sheet, existed 91 million years ago during a period of intense glo ... more Australian gov't aims to ditch plastic bags by year end 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Australia's government said Thursday it hoped to phase out the use of plastic bags from the nation's shopping centres by the end of the year. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said billions of bags were being thrown away every year, causing pollution and harming native wildlife. "There are some four billion of these plastic bags floating around the place, getting into landfill, ending u ... more |
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Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 11, 2008Throughout the tropics, ants and Acacia trees live together in intricate interdependent relationships that have long fascinated scientists. Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this plant-insect teamwork depends on the very antagonist it is intended to ward off: Africa's big browsing mammals. In a paper set to appear this week on the cover of the journal Science, the researchers r ... more China's richest love swimming, BMWs and France tours: survey 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Swimming, driving BMW cars and holidaying in France are among the preferred lifestyle choices for China's wealthiest people, according to an annual survey released on Thursday. Swimming edged out travelling as the favourite form of recreation for the 660 Chinese US dollar millionaires interviewed, said the fourth report of the Preferred Lifestyle and Brands of China's Richest. Golfing ra ... more Ireland to ban low-efficiency light bulbs 
Dublin (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Ireland is to ban the sale of traditional light bulbs from next year and promote the use of low-energy CFL bulbs, environment minister John Gormley said Thursday. He said the switch will see Ireland lead the way in Europe -- just as it taken the lead with its ban on smoking in public places and its levy on plastic shopping bags. "The ultimate aim of this measure is to increase energy eff ... more Fast cargo rail link planned from Beijing to Hamburg: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2008China and five other countries have agreed to collaborate on a train service between Asia and Europe that is expected to transport cargo twice as quickly as by sea, Chinese state media said Thursday. Under an agreement signed on Wednesday by China, Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany, the nations will simplify customs and border checks amid a range of ways to minimise the time for ... more Nuclear power gains steam in energy race 
Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2008Nuclear power, despite controversy over safety, pollution and cost factors, is rapidly gathering steam in a race to guarantee energy as emerging economies compete for fuel and particularly oil. A decision by Britain on Thursday to build new nuclear power generation plants is the latest example of this trend for countries to renew or to begin building nuclear capacity. Today there are 442 ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 10, 2008Russia's state-owned Gazprom is moving to gain access to Nigeria's gas reserves, considered Africa's largest. According to Nigerian officials, Gazprom has already approached energy officials in Abuja about investing in Nigeria's infrastructure in return for development rights in the country. "What Gazprom is proposing is mind-boggling," a Nigerian official told The Financial Time ... more Japanese satellite flops at map-making: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 9, 2008An advanced Japanese surveying satellite launched two years ago is proving to be a disappointment, producing images too blurry for map-makers, officials said Wednesday. The 457.8-million-dollar "Daichi" satellite was sent into space to create detailed maps of remote parts of Japan, but the images have not been of sufficient quality, the government's Geographical Survey Institute said. "F ... more Pakistan hits out at UN nuclear chief 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 9, 2008Pakistan rejected the UN nuclear chief's criticism of its atomic weapons safety Wednesday, saying its arsenal would not fall into the hands of extremists and chastising his "irresponsible" remarks. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a weekly press briefing that Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), should "be careful about his statements and ough ... more Commentary: Bipartisan manifesto 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2008The bipartisan conclave in Oklahoma this week was designed as a bridge between moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats who seek to use "smart power" to build a new world order. Smart power is the skillful conjugation of soft (diplomacy) and hard (military intervention) power, which kept the world at peace for half of the 20th century. (Wars in Korea and Vietnam were bumps in the road.) ... more Walker's World: A Union of the West 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2008Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur this week proposed in a long essay "a true union of the West" between Europe and North America, which received a warm response from France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy. His call reflects what has become the conventional wisdom, to interpret the widespread predictions of future economic growth in China and India as meaning that Asia will b ... more
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