Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 15, 2006 - With five hybrid solar lighting systems already in place and another 20 scheduled to be installed in the next couple of months, the forecast is looking sunny for a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 15, 2006 - In a little lab on the campus of Montana State University, John Mandell, Dan Samborsky, and scores of students, have been breaking things to advance the field of wind energy.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2006 - The southern boomtown of Shenzhen has set an example for power-hungry Chinese cities in energy saving by mandating the use of solar power in new housing construction, state media reported Friday.
Kabul, Aug 10, 2006 - Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate accidents in Afghanistan Wednesday while another was seriously wounded in a clash with insurgents, officials said.
London, Aug 9, 2006 - A British cross-party parliamentary committee will accuse the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of failing to provide soldiers with adequate protection and plan properly for post-invasion conflict in Afghanistan, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
Manila, Aug 9, 2006 - A moderate quake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Tokyo, Aug 9, 2006 - The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Wednesday mourned the 61st anniversary of the world's second and last nuclear attack, with its mayor voicing anger that non-proliferation efforts were collapsing.
Tokyo, Aug 9, 2006 - Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday it has upgraded Japanese Internet firm Softbank, saying its major purchase of Vodafone's Japanese unit should buoy its competitiveness.
Jakarta, Aug 9, 2006 - Indonesia denied Wednesday that forest fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were responsible for causing a haze which has smothered areas in nearby Malaysia this week.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - More than 200 policemen are searching a forest in China for a man who allegedly killed 10 people in a Taoist temple, local media said Wednesday.
Taipei, Aug 9, 2006 - AU Optronics Corp expects its shipments of thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels and sales to register a large increase in 2006, company president H.B. Chen said.
Jenin, West Bank, Aug 9, 2006 - Two Palestinians were killed Wednesday when an Israeli helicopter fired a missile on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security sources said.
Tokyo, Aug 9, 2006 - Japan on Thursday narrowly escaped a powerful typhoon which shifted course near Tokyo, but another storm was forecast to pass near the southern island chain of Okinawa, meteorologists said.
Jenin, West Bank, Aug 9, 2006 - An Israeli helicopter killed two Palestinian militants on Wednesday in a missile strike on the northern West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, Palestinian security sources said.
Hong Kong, Aug 9, 2006 - China Construction Bank (CCB), the country's third largest commercial bank, is interested in buying Bank of America (Asia), after failing to buy out Asia Commercial Bank in February, a report said Wednesday.
Seoul, Aug 9, 2006 - North Korea has for the first time appealed to South Korean groups for help in recovering from devastating floods despite chills in relations caused by its missile tests last month, aid officials said.
