Agok, South Sudan (AFP) April 11, 2012 - Staring into the distance of South Sudan's volatile and sun-blasted borderlands with foe Sudan, Nyrop Nyol recounts the day soldiers came to her home and took her son away at gunpoint.
Tokyo (AFP) April 11, 2012 - Japanese high-tech firm Hitachi Wednesday unveiled an electric motor that does not use rare earths, aiming to cut costs and reduce dependence on imports of the scarce minerals from China.
Baku, Azerbaijan (UPI) Apr 11, 2012 - Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company said this week work on the proposed Trans-Anatolian Pipeline across Turkey will begin this year.
Augustin, Germany (SPX) Apr 11, 2012 - By the year 2020, thousands of kilometers of new grids will be operating in Germany to permit even more extensive use of power from renewable sources. However, these new smart grids also come with
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Apr 11, 2012 - The oil conflict between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan is flaring dangerously after the infant state accused the Khartoum regime of building an illegal pipeline into its oilfield and the north declared a general mobilization.
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 11, 2012 - From smartphones to e-bikes, the number of mobile electronic devices is steadily growing around the world. As a result, there is an increased need for batteries that are small and light, yet powerfu
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2012 - The United States has regained the lead in the clean energy race, investing $48 billion last year to surpass China, which held the world's top spending spot since 2009, said a study Wednesday.
Tashwin, South Sudan (AFP) April 10, 2012 - Sudan on Tuesday carried out new airstrikes inside South Sudan, as rival armies exchanged artillery fire in the latest round of fierce fighting in contested border regions.
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP) April 10, 2012 - The upcoming Rio conference on sustainable development must yield a commitment to manage the world economy in a way that respects the environment and fights poverty, a Brazilian official says.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 10, 2012 - Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has reported drops of oil on the ocean floor near a Chevron-operated field that leaked some 2,400 barrels in November, sparking a major legal battle.
Tehran (AFP) April 10, 2012 - Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Tuesday that his country was no longer supplying any oil to Greece, which is observing an EU embargo on Iranian oil to be fully implemented in July.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 10, 2012 - Israel is considering basing the David's Sling counter-missile system on offshore gas installations amid concerns they could be attacked with anti-ship missiles or boats packed with explosives.
New York (AFP) April 10, 2012 - Oil prices sank Tuesday, mirroring global equity markets, as traders fretted over weak economic data in China and the United States, and amid resurgent concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.
Manila (AFP) April 10, 2012 - Philippine and Vietnamese troops plan to hold joint fun games in the Spratlys to calm tensions over the disputed island chain in the South China Sea, the Philippine navy chief said Tuesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2012 - The cost barrier standing in the path of economical and scalable biofuels and chemicals production can be broken, Proterro CEO Kef Kasdin said here at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2012 - The first real-world, head-to-head comparison of improved cookstoves (ICs) and traditional mud stoves has found that some ICs may at times emit more of the worrisome black carbon, or soot, parti
