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Fuel-efficient autos drive sales higherWashington (AFP) April 3, 2012 US auto sales revved up in March amid an improving economy and as high gasoline prices boosted buying of fuel-efficient vehicles, US and foreign automakers said Tuesday. General Motors Company, the world's biggest automaker by sales, reported March sales of 231,052 vehicles in the United States, up 12 percent from a year ago. Solid gains were echoed at Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai and Volkswagen. "March overall vehicle sales were a bit lighter than expected but in view of the rece ... read more |
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  Latin American oil draws new investors New oil discoveries and prospects for further exploration are drawing investors to Latin America despite heightened tensions triggered by Argentina disputing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and its energy-rich deep water. ... more | .. |
  Algae biofuels: the wave of the future Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species ... more | .. |
 Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife? Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Outside View: $8 a gallon gas! Campaigning for office, U.S. President Barack Obama promised to do something about high gasoline prices but now he is denying he can do much about what Americans pay to drive. He is too modest! ... more | .. |
 Airstrike hits Sudan's Darfur: AU-UN An airstrike took place near a populated area of Sudan's North Darfur state, without causing casualties, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission UAMID said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 BMW, Guggenheim salvage Berlin 'lab' after threats German automaker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum said Tuesday they have found a new site in Berlin for an urban design "laboratory" after irate residents of a trendy district forced them out. ... more | .. |
 Philippines urges united ASEAN stand on South China Sea ASEAN should forge a common position on a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea before talking with China, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday. ... more |
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No peace: Trump's smoldering Nobel obsession
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
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 Total to airlift team to stricken North Sea rig this week Energy giant Total said it will send a team of experts by helicopter to a stricken North Sea gas platform on Wednesday or Thursday to assess how to stop a potentially explosive gas leak. ... more | .. |
 New material cuts energy costs of separating gas for plastics and fuels A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money - and lower their environmental impacts - by eliminatin ... more | .. |
 Uruguay mulls offering Iran rice for oil Uruguay is considering offering Iran rice shipments in return for oil in apparent disregard of U.S.-led sanctions regarding Iran's disputed nuclear program. ... more | .. |
 Novel filter material could cut natural gas refining costs Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly created material has the ability to separate closely related components of n ... more |
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 Total losing $2.5 mln a day from North Sea gas leak rig French energy giant Total said Monday a gas leak in the North Sea platform is costing it $2.5 million (1.87 million euros) a day, as Greenpeace said the rig was surrounded by an oily sheen. ... more | .. |
 Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him. ... more | .. |
ASEAN struggles with South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers wrangled Monday over a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing dangerous maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
Kurds halt oil exports in payment row Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds. ... more |
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Space Force awards launch missions to SpaceX, ULA
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Total awaits regulator's advice on stricken North Sea rig French energy giant Total was awaiting advice from British regulators on Sunday on whether it was safe to approach a North Sea platform leaking flammable gas for a week. ... more | .. |
 2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up ... more | .. |
 Oil higher in Asia on Chinese demand hopes Oil prices were higher in Asia on Monday as dealers were boosted by figures showing a rise in manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Japan auto sales soar by record 78.2% in March Japanese automobile sales saw their biggest-ever monthly surge in March, data showed Monday, a year after domestic demand plummeted in the wake of the country's quake-tsunami disaster. ... more |
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  Engine failure forces Cathay jet to turn back A Cathay Pacific jumbo jet bound for Paris was forced to return to Hong Kong early Monday following an engine failure shortly after take off, a spokesman for the Hong Kong flag carrier said. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN buoyed by Myanmar but worried by sea disputes The aftermath of landmark by-elections in former pariah state Myanmar is set to dominate this week's summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia - unless a regional maritime row steals the show. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday. ... more |
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 China Southern committed to Airbus orders: report China Southern Airlines said Friday it has no plans to cancel or delay its Airbus orders, Dow Jones Newswires reported, despite Chinese opposition to the European Union airlines carbon emissions fee. ... more | .. |
 Philippines to build pier in disputed Spratlys The Philippines will "exercise territorial sovereignty" and build a pier in the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Russia's Gazprom cuts gas prices to Bulgaria: minister Russia's gas giant Gazprom has agreed to cut natural gas prices to Bulgaria by just over 11 percent, Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said after talks in Moscow on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq working on Strait of Hormuz tension: deputy PM Iraq is "working very hard" with Washington and Tehran to reduce tensions over Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil chokepoint, Baghdad's top energy official said on Sunday. ... more |
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 Ecuador's Supreme Court to hear Chevron's appeal Ecuador's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal by US oil giant Chevron to overturn its 2011 judgment and record fine for environmental damage. ... more | .. |
 NRG Energy to Build Unprecedented Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Infrastructure The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG have entered into an agreement where NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California, investing approximately $ ... more | .. |
 France willing to tap strategic oil stocks France is willing to release oil from its strategic reserves to help tamp down the soaring world price of crude oil, Energy Minister Eric Besson says. ... more | .. |
 Falklands looks to future amid hopes for oil revenue As the Falkland Islands prepares to mark Monday's 30th anniversary of a bitter war, its residents are instead looking to the future amid hopes of an oil boom. ... more |
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