Khartoum (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago have been freed and flown to Kenya, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Al-Nashwa, Iraq (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - Commercial traffic has resumed on the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway after a three-decade break with the official opening of a port for oil giant Shell, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.
Al-Nashwa, Iraq (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - Commercial traffic has resumed on the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway after 31 years, with the official opening of a port for oil giant Shell, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 - Despite massive gains in global access to electricity over the last two decades, governments and development organizations must continue to invest in electrification to achieve critical health, envi
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - Huge numbers of Iranian pilgrims visit Shiite holy places in Iraq each year but businesses have grown wary of transactions in the Islamic republic's rial as it declines in value under sanctions.
Rome (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - Italy was set to hold emergency talks on Tuesday aimed at maximising gas supplies to vulnerable households as the cold snap tightened its grip on the country and the death toll rose to 26.
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 - Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based
Khartoum (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - A group of 29 Chinese workers taken by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago has been freed in good health and flown to Kenya, officials said on Tuesday, after Beijing protested their capture.
London, UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 - The US Bakken shale is attracting attention from oil bosses due to likelihood of it becoming one of the most lucrative oil and gas producing shales in the world, a new study by business intelligence
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Feb 6, 2012 - Iraq has resumed oil exports via an undamaged pipeline to Turkey after they were cut by an explosion in the country's northern neighbour, officials said on Monday.
Rome (AFP) Feb 6, 2012 - Shortfalls in gas imports from Russia could force Italian energy giant ENI to start cutting off supplies to corporate customers from Thursday, ENI said, as a minister described the situation as critical.
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 - World fuel consumption is shifting more and more to diesel at the expense of gasoline. A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic
Moscow (UPI) Feb 6, 2012 - Gazprom should do all it can to meet the natural gas demands of its European customers during a bitter cold wave, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says.
Khartoum (AFP) Feb 6, 2012 - The 29 Chinese workers captured by rebels more than a week ago in southern Sudan should be released soon, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Monday.
Brussels (AFP) Feb 6, 2012 - Chemicals giant Solvay hailed Monday the successful entry into service in Flanders of what it said was the largest fuel cell of its type in the world.
Taipei (AFP) Feb 6, 2012 - Taiwan's defence ministry said Monday it is preparing to set up an air navigation system on the disputed Spratly islands, in a move that could spark fresh tensions in the South China Sea.
