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Philippines says China boosts presence in shoalManila (AFP) April 14, 2012 The Philippines alleged Saturday that China had again increased its presence around a disputed shoal and had harassed a Filipino civilian vessel, after the week-old standoff appeared to have eased. Hours after reporting that all but one Chinese vessel had left the waters off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea by Friday, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said one of the larger vessels later returned. This boosted the Chinese presence to two vessels, while a Chinese aircraft al ... read more |
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 Gulf Coast residents say BP Oil Spill changed their environmental views University of New Hampshire researchers have found that residents of Louisiana and Florida most acutely and directly affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster - the largest marine oil spill in U ... more | .. |
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 US, Philippines hold war games amid China tensions Thousands of US soldiers will begin nearly two weeks of war games in the Philippines on Monday as the two nations look to strengthen their military alliance amid concerns over China's rising power. ... 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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 Hawaii plans biorefinery A biorefinery is planned for Hawaii to help wean the state off imported fuel. ... more | .. |
  Renault set to build cars in China with Dongfeng: source French automaker Renault has signed a preliminary agreement to produce cars in China with domestic partner Dongfeng, a source close to the matter told AFP on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, China make progress in standoff The Philippines said Friday it had made progress in efforts to end a tense standoff with China in the South China Sea, but each side was still refusing to remove its ships from the disputed area. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices drop on slower Chinese growth Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged down by prospects of weaker crude demand from China as data showed the country's economy grew at the slowest rate for nearly three years, analysts said. ... more |
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 US gets respite from high fuel prices Rising fuel costs have darkened the outlook for the US recovery and subsumed the White House race like an oil slick would a fledgling, yet despite the gloom, prices may have already peaked. ... more | .. |
  Australia's Qantas makes first commercial biofuel flight Australia's Qantas Friday launched the nation's first commercial flight using a mixture of refined cooking oil, saying it would not survive if it relied solely on traditional jet fuel. ... more | .. |
 Search is on for source of US Gulf of Mexico oil sheen The US Coast Guard and oil company experts on Thursday used aircraft and undersea probes to monitor and search for the source of a 10-mile long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico. ... more | .. |
 East Africa is world's new energy frontier Not long ago the ramshackle former Portuguese colony of Mozambique on the east coast of Africa was written off as a basket case. ... more |
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 Philippines pulls warship from China standoff The Philippines pulled its biggest warship away from a standoff with Chinese vessels Thursday, but said the dispute was far from over with both nations deploying more non-military boats to the area. ... more | .. |
 Quake impact on Japan oil demand less than expected: IEA The Fukushima disaster which closed down Japan's nuclear power system and knocked the economy off track did not increase its demand for oil so much as expected, the IEA said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Skoda Auto posts record sales with boost from China, India Skoda Auto, a Czech brand German auto giant Volkswagen, said on Thursday that first-quarter sales rose by 11.8 percent from the level at the same time last year to a record of 242,700 cars, with a boost from China and India. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan's Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected calls Thursday to pull out from contested border regions, but said he did not want war with Khartoum, whose warplanes bombed a Southern town for the first time. ... more |
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Philippines deploys second ship in China standoff The Philippines deployed a second vessel to tiny islands in the South China Sea on Thursday in a bid to assert its sovereignty in a territorial standoff with China. ... more | .. |
 Solazyme and Bunge Form Joint Venture for Commercial-Scale Renewable Oil Production Facility in Brazil Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovation have announced that they and other Bunge subsidiaries have signed definitive agreements forming a Joint Venture ("JV") to build, own and operate a commercial-sca ... more | .. |
 Mascoma and Lallemand Ethanol Technology Announce Commercial Agreement with Pacific Ethanol Mascoma and Lallemand Ethanol Technology has announced that they have entered into a commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol Columbia, LLC, the owner of the ethanol production facility located in ... more | .. |
 AFPM Says EPA Action on E15 Irresponsible American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it has approved the first applications fo ... more |
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Airstrikes, artillery shelling on Sudan-S.Sudan border 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. ... more | .. |
 Brazil's Petrobras reports small oil leak 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. ... more |
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 Israel mulls missile defense for gas rigs 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. ... more | .. |
Forced recruitment on South Sudan's border with rival Sudan 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. ... more | .. |
Australia posed to be LNG leader Australia could surpass Qatar as the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas by the end of the decade, experts say. ... more | .. |
Sudan oil war heats up, north mobilizes 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. ... more |
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Eyeing nuclear talks, Iran plays hard ball over oil Just days before crucial talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme, Iran was presenting a defiant face on Wednesday, announcing the halt of oil exports to EU nations and warning the West to drop its "language of force." ... more | .. |
SOCAR: Turkey pipeline under way in fall Azerbaijan's state-owned oil and gas company said this week work on the proposed Trans-Anatolian Pipeline across Turkey will begin this year. ... more | .. |
 China's auto sales fall 3.4% in first quarter Vehicle sales in China fell 3.4 percent year on year in the first three months of 2012, an industry group said Wednesday, as the world's largest auto market slows. ... more | .. |
 Oil dives on weak China, US data 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. ... more |
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