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Jul 12, 2011 at 20:35 | Charles Kennedy

In a show of bravado to Western countries imposing sanctions, Iran has announced that it is ready to export jet fuel to neighboring countries. National Iranian Oil Refining and…

Jul 12, 2011 at 20:13 | Joao Peixe

China’s economic power is growing throughout the world far beyond its traditional spheres of influence, even penetrating the Balkans. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told…

Jul 12, 2011 at 18:30 | Charles Kennedy

Romanian Senate Speaker Mircea Geoana has characterized recent statements by President Traian Basescu on World War II as "a diplomatic blunder" with negative repercussions on the relations between Romania and…

Jul 12, 2011 at 18:14 | Joao Peixe

In 2010 Taiwan’s annual production of solar cells grew by 118 percent, reaching a capacity of 27.2 gigawatts, while combined solar cell shipments by China and Taiwan accounted for 62.2…

Jul 11, 2011 at 21:37 | Joao Peixe

According to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Tel Aviv will shortly seek a UN opinion on its Mediterranean maritime borders with Lebanon. The Israeli’s governmental request would be an extraordinary…

Jul 11, 2011 at 21:35 | Charles Kennedy

A projected major Iranian-Omani project has the potential to change the political dynamic of the Persian Gulf. While since 1979 the Arab states on the western side of the Persian…

Jul 11, 2011 at 20:36 | Charles Kennedy

Germany’s foreign policy is now focusing on two bilateral issues of profound interest to both sides. Energy for Germany, food for Africa. For the second time since taking office in…

Jul 11, 2011 at 20:10 | Joao Peixe

Twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, former Soviet-dominated states are forging bilateral energy relations. Poland and Lithuania are jointly constructing a new natural gas connection pipeline and a…

Jul 11, 2011 at 19:24 | Charles Kennedy

In a bid to further break out from its international isolation, Iran is holding its third international exhibition on energy saving and urban electronic management in Tehran from 14 -…

Jul 10, 2011 at 15:31 | Charles Kennedy

Jordan’s growing economy has been hobbled by the fact that it currently imports 95 percent of its energy needs. During the "Energy Security in the Middle East and the Gulf…

Jul 10, 2011 at 11:25 | Joao Peixe

Building on a meeting last month in Moscow between Gazprom President Alekhsei Miller and North Korean Ambassador to Russia Kim Yong Jeh, a Gazprom delegation has flown to Pyongyang for…

Jul 10, 2011 at 11:23 | Charles Kennedy

The Falkland Islands are a windswept archipelago in the southern Atlantic, about 250 nautical miles (290 mi; 460 km) from the coast of mainland South America, claimed by both Britain…

Jul 08, 2011 at 19:44 | Joao Peixe

Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been stressful ever since the latter’s 1979 revolution. The tension extends into the pair’s working relationship within the Organization…

Jul 08, 2011 at 19:40 | Charles Kennedy

In a move that could expand India’s civilian nuclear power sector by opening up access to foreign suppliers, India’s government has put the finishing touches on its long-awaited legislation for…

Jul 07, 2011 at 20:42 | Joao Peixe

Despite territorial disputes with China over sovereignty in the South China Sea, Vietnam is pressing forward to develop offshore areas  it claims lie completely within is 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone…

Jul 07, 2011 at 20:29 | Charles Kennedy

A top Russian government official is visiting Zimbabwe, the first high profile visit in nearly a decade. Mikhail Margelov, Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev’s special envoy, met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe…

Jul 07, 2011 at 19:13 | Charles Kennedy

The race to develop commercially viable biofuels for the aviation industry has been everything from algae to coconut oil proposed as potential feedstocks. Now Virgin Australia, proudly flying the nationalist…

Jul 07, 2011 at 19:03 | Joao Peixe

France has provided Ethiopia with a $101.5 million grant to build a power transmission line to Kenya. The grant is part of a $488.7 million loans and grants package that…

Jul 07, 2011 at 18:48 | Charles Kennedy

In the wake of the 11 March Fukushima Dai-Ichi tragedy, Japan has had to make some major changes to its power distribution grid and supplies, as the stricken reactor complex…

Jul 06, 2011 at 20:40 | Charles Kennedy

Pakistan’s chronic energy shortages have combined with widespread perceptions that Washington is more interested in pursuing its anti-terror agenda than assisting the country financially, causing many leading figures to question…