Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2010 - A row between Japan and China blew up because the year-old centre left government in Tokyo unwittingly failed to keep a secret pact with China over disputed islands, Japanese media said Monday.
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2010 - Beijing expressed deep concern Saturday at anti-China protests by Japanese nationalists at its embassy in Tokyo over a diplomatic spat centred on a group of disputed islands.
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 16, 2010 - Several Kazakh companies, some of them already quoted on the London stock exchange, are to list in Hong Kong, the country's prime minister said, according to a report Saturday.
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 15, 2010 - The NASA engineer responsible for the batteries needed for spacewalks now is working at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to help design safer lithium-ion battery packs for sky walkers and automobile drivers alike.
Moscow (AFP) Oct 15, 2010 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clinched a host of deals Friday to boost a burgeoning relationship with Russia, including an accord to build the first nuclear power plant in his country.
London (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 - The color of a wind turbine affects how many insects it attracts, revealing why birds and bats are sometimes killed by the turbines, a British study says.
Brussels (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 - The European Commission is pushing for stricter bloc-wide safety rules for offshore oil exploration, just as the United States lifted a moratorium on deep-water drilling.
Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 - Google has agreed to invest, along with other partners, in a massive offshore wind power project along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 - The future of Sudan, Africa's largest country and one widely expected to split in two in a planned national referendum in January, lies in the oil-rich region of Abyei that straddles the ill-defined border between north and south.
Lima (UPI) Oct 15, 2010 - Peru is spending $32 million on stabilizing gas supplies as part of an attempt to boost industrial diversification and exports and push forward poverty reduction programs.
Juba, Sudan (AFP) Oct 15, 2010 - South Sudan vowed on Friday that China's huge investments in its oil sector would remain safe, whatever the outcome of the region's January 9 independence referendum.
Durham, England (UPI) Oct 14, 2010 - Britain could reap a $240 billion North Sea oil bonanza using carbon dioxide to extract oil, but only if the current infrastructure is enhanced, a study says.
Baghdad (UPI) Oct 14, 2010 - The Iraqi Oil Ministry says it's near to finalizing a $12 billion natural gas contract with Royal Dutch Shell as Baghdad prepares to auction three major gas fields in its accelerating drive to become one of the world's top energy producers.
Geneva (AFP) Oct 14, 2010 - A senior World Trade Organisation official said Thursday that hard thought must be given to WTO-enforced restrictions on multibillion dollar subsidies for polluting fuels such as oil and coal.
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 13, 2010 - Despite billions of dollars in financing, countless government incentives, and a graveyard of failed start-ups, global biofuel capacity represents only 3% of petroleum fuels, while bio-based materials have only captured 1% of the market from plastics. The future for bio-based alternatives is not all bleak, however.
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 13, 2010 - As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, biodiesel represents a significant energy resource and could someday supply 3 percent to 5 percent of the distillate fuel market.
