Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels started in Ethiopia on Monday, as key power China added its weight to efforts to end weeks of fighting in the world's youngest nation.
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Sudan and South Sudan agreed Monday during a visit to Juba by President Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields, his foreign minister said.
College Park MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - The 18th century writer Adam Smith provided a workable metaphor for the way society utilizes resources. In his book The Wealth of Nations, he argued that even as individuals strive, through person
Rabat (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - A Moroccan tanker carrying 5,000 tonnes of fuel that ran aground during a storm last month will have been pumped dry by Monday without any lasting environmental damage, the environment minister said.
Sanaa (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - Clashes Friday between Yemeni soldiers who confronted armed tribesmen blocking access to a damaged oil pipeline killed four people in the central province of Maarib, sources said.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - Researchers from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to
New York NY (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68th Session during its 71st Plenary Meeting proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). In proclaiming
La Paz, Bolivia (AFP) Jan 02, 2014 - Bolivia on Thursday opened its first wind power facility, constructed by Chinese firm HydroChina at a cost of $7.6 million.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Jan 02, 2014 - Militants bombed a major oil pipeline in northern Iraq on Thursday, causing a fire and forcing pumping to be suspended, an official from the North Oil Company said.
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Richland WA (SPX) Dec 28, 2013 - Researchers have developed a way to microscopically view battery electrodes while they are bathed in wet electrolytes, mimicking realistic conditions inside actual batteries. While life sciences res
Benghazi, Libya (AFP) Dec 27, 2013 - Two Libyan army officers have been killed in the past 48 hours in the eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 revolt against Moamer Kadhafi, officials and medics said.
Juba (AFP) Dec 26, 2013 - Heavy fighting raged in South Sudan's oil-producing north Thursday, officials said, although neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia claimed good progress in efforts to broker an end to the civil war there.
Riyadh (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - The six energy-rich Arab monarchies of the Gulf are seeking to strengthen ties with China, Gulf Cooperation Council chief Abdullatif al-Zayani said Wednesday after talks with the Chinese foreign minister.
Athens (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - Greece's government Wednesday ruled out reducing a tax on heating oil despite a sharp increase in smog resulting from extensive wood-burning.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - Russia on Wednesday dropped all but one of the cases against 30 crew members of a Greenpeace protest ship following a Kremlin-backed amnesty.
