Stop the War Talk Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Mayflower Hotel after his arrival in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010....
Saudi Aramco extends closing date for bids to build Wasit gas plant | Khobar : State oil giant Saudi Aramco has extended the closing date for bids to build the kingdom's largest gas plant, industry sources said yesterday. | The due date to submit bids for the onshore packages has been pushed to October 24 from a September dea...
Saudi Arabia set to raise October crude prices | Singapore : Saudi Arabia is expected to raise prices of all its crudes heading to Asia for October as demand recovers from recent weakness and refining margins improve, after prices fell to 20-month lows, traders said on Wednesday. | A poll of five refiners...
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for t...
Iraqis uneasy over what happens next | Sep 3, 2010 Iraqis uneasy over what happens next | By Heather Maher and Charles Recknagel | United States President Barack Obama has kept his promise to draw down the number of US troops in Iraq to fewer than 50,000 by September 1. But uncerta...
Nissan Motor, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sign MOU to promote EVs The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Nissan Motor have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote zero-emission mobility in the Kingdom by paving the way for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) in the region. | The MOU will require Jordan and Nissan to p...
Kazakhstan and UAE to cooperate in nuclear energy | Abu Dhabi: Kazakhstan and the UAE have started cooperation in nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Askar Mussinov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan said at a media briefing on Tuesday evening. | The UAE has also fully backed Kazakhstan's efforts in international arena for a ...
Stop the War Talk | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgent talk is of war, thanks to Jeffrey Goldberg’s much-discussed Atlantic Monthly cover article, ...
'I'd back an attack on Iran': Blair insists nuclear plans of rogue state must be stopped | Tony Blair tonight called for military action against Iran to prevent the country developing nuclear weapons. | In his most hawkish statement on the Islamic state, he made it clear that he would back a bombing campaign - despite his experiences over Iraq. | In his int...
Israel poised to attack Iran's nuclear plants: sooner than later? | Recently, the U.S. agreed to supply Israel with large quantities of fuel—the types used for aircraft and other military equipment. | Is an Israeli attack on Iran imminent? | With all the saber rattling by Iran, the U.S. pullout of Iraq and despite Tehran’s illusiv...
Iraq suffers hot summer amid power problems | BAGHDAD — There's a running joke in Baghdad this summer — whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator. | Despite nearly two years of relative calm in Iraq, a combination of factors ...
Kuwaiti politician seeks details on Iran's assurances about nuclear reactor Gulf News| Manama: A Kuwaiti politician has requested the country's foreign minister to explain details of the assurances Kuwait has received from Iran and Russia about the high level technology used in Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor. | "You have issued ...
Are Sanctions Convincing Iran To Rethink Its Nuclear Program? National Public Radio| Steve Inskeep talks to Bob Einhorn, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, about the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran. Einhorn serves as coordinator for the implementation of sanctions related to Iran and North Korea. ...
Tony Blair: West should use force if Iran 'continues to develop nuclear weapons' The Guardian| Former prime minister says it is wholly unacceptable for Tehran to seek nuclear weapons capability A 2007 satellite image of Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Photograph: GeoEye/AP | The west should use force against Iran if it "continues ...
‘Flawed liability law threatens Indo-US civil nuclear deal’ ZeenewsWashington: Suggesting that the Indian Parliament had passed a flawed civil nuclear liability law, a US South Asia expert has warned that it could cast a pall over the historic Indo-US civil nuclear deal. | An internationally compliant civil nuclear ...
Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools The New York Times| KABUL, Afghanistan — Blood tests have confirmed that a mysterious series of cases of mass sickness at girls’ schools across the country over the last two years were caused by a powerful poison gas, an Afghan official said Tuesday. | Not...
Iran needs two weeks to fully load fuel in nuclear plant ZeenewsTehran: Iran will need two more weeks to complete the process of loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said. | The process of loading 163 fuel rods, also supplied by Russia, into the nuclear powe...
Sri Lanka, UAE firm to sign gas deal Gulf News| Dubai: Sri Lanka's Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) is expected to sign a deal to import 720,000 tonnes of gas oil for a year from a UAE-based firm, industry sources said on Monday. | The UAE's Al Ain International Petroleum Derivatives Trader...
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Pall to supply gas purification technologies for Habshan 5 plant in UAE Energy Business ReviewPall Corporation has been contracted to supply critical enabling technologies for the Habshan 5 natural gas treatment plant being constructed by Abu Dhabi Gas Industries in the UAE. | A joint venture of Tecnimont, an Italian engineering contractor, a...
Associated gas gathering project in Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone HeavyOilinfoAugust 31, 2010 KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti and Saudi state-owned energy companies are planning to launch gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) gathering and distribution facilities through their joint venture (JV) al-Khafji Joint Operations Company (KJO), in...
Roundup: Oil sensitive Gulf Arab exchanges buck energy price slump Insurance Newsnet| DUBAI, Aug 31, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Despite oil prices declining by 2.3 percent Tuesday to around 73 U.S. dollars per barrel, stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar advanced slightly, while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahra...
Halliburton to provide multiple energy services to Eni in Iraq Energy Business ReviewHalliburton, a provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Eni to provide integrated energy services toward the redevelopment of the Zubair field in southern Iraq. | The company will perform services such ...
Fidel Castro recovered, working to stop Iran-Israel nuclear war The Christian Science MonitorHAVANA | Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro told an interviewer there were times during his long illness when he was at death's door but now he is mostly recovered and trying to avert a nuclear war between Iran and Israel. | Castro, 84, told Mexico's L...
Kuwait prepares for possible nuclear accidents Gulf News| Manama: Kuwait's health ministry has developed a plan to deal the outcome of an accident resulting from radioactive pollution. | The announcement comes days after Iran launched the Bushehr nuclear reactor, located across the Arabian Gulf and very n...
Iran ready to cooperate with US in nuclear field, atomic chief says m&c| Tehran - Iran would be ready to engage in nuclear cooperation with its archfoe, the United States, Iran's atomic chief said Tuesday. | 'If the Americans were ready to cooperate with Iran in establishing joint firms for building nuclear power plants...