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- Sahara solar project a job boom for Germany: study
BERLIN, GERMANY A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study has found. The report by Germany's
- Nigeria, Algeria, Niger Sign Accord on Gas Pipeline
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria, Algeria and Niger signed an agreement on a proposed Trans-Saharan pipeline that will ship natural gas from Nigeria to Europe. The accord was signed by Nigerian Petroleum Minister Rilwanu Lukman, Niger?s Energy Minister
- Chinese car firm BAIC tries to muscle in on Vauxhall rescue
BAIC has made an 11th-hour indicative offer for a controlling stake in the ailing European carmaker and hopes to make a binding offer later this month. The move puts further pressure on Magna, the Russian-backed Canadian auto supplier still said to be in
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- Federer seeks 15th Slam vs. Roddick at Wimbledon
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 AP - Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash.
- Sahara solar project a job boom for Germany: study
BERLIN, GERMANY A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study has found. The report by Germany's
- German-made axle broke in Italy disaster, magazine says
Munich - The axle of a railway tanker car which broke and set off a lethal fireball this week in an Italian coastal town was German-made, a news magazine said Friday in Munich. Focus quoted Alberto Chiovelli, head of Italy's railway safety authority
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- Brazil claims jet 'in Senegal's control'
Add to del.icio.usAdd to Digg Add to Furl Add to Yahoo! MyWeb Add to Facebook Increase fontsizeDecrease fontsize A recording between Brazilian and Senegalese air traffic controllers relating to the crashed Air France plane has been released. The Airbus
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- Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome
Rome’s archaeological authority has reallocated money so that it can provide staffs for five monuments in the ancient heart of the city that are usually closed.
- NCO Awarded Silver Star for Courage
o VICENZA, Italy - Rows of Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment stood at attention as the U.S. Army recognized Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye for bravery under fire in Afghanistan. During a June 30 ceremony at Caserma Ederle's Hoekstra Field,
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- Developing relations with China is Hungary's priority: FM
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Developing relations with China is a priority for Hungary, the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs said here on Friday. The bilateral relations between Hungary and China are good, long-standing, and at a high level, Balazs
- Hungarian multi-manager emerges as market leader
Quantis Investment Management Zrt has become the largest multimanager in eastern Europe after boosting its assets to more than HUF 40 billion (?147 million). ?It gives us great pleasure that, in less than six months after the launch of Quantis' fund
- No pre-election spending spree for Hungary, says premier
Budapest - Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Friday promised Hungary would maintain strict fiscal discipline right up to the next general election in 2010. 'I can assure you there will not be an election budget,' Bajnai told local and foreign business
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- Rare Peek at Riches of Past in Rome
Rome’s archaeological authority has reallocated money so that it can provide staffs for five monuments in the ancient heart of the city that are usually closed.
- NCO Awarded Silver Star for Courage
o VICENZA, Italy - Rows of Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment stood at attention as the U.S. Army recognized Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye for bravery under fire in Afghanistan. During a June 30 ceremony at Caserma Ederle's Hoekstra Field,
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- Poland: export of frozen strawberries
According to the Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in the period between January and April 2009 Poland exported 32 thousand t of frozen strawberries i.e. by 35 % more than in the same period 2008. However the value of export was
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- 10. Rusnano Pushes for U.S. Tax Breaks
By Nadia Popova / Rusnano, the state nanotechnology giant, hopes to press President Barack Obama for tax breaks for Russian technology as it wraps up plans to create a $1 billion venture fund with U.S. companies to invest in Russia. Rusnano chief Anatoly
- Chinese car firm BAIC tries to muscle in on Vauxhall rescue
BAIC has made an 11th-hour indicative offer for a controlling stake in the ailing European carmaker and hopes to make a binding offer later this month. The move puts further pressure on Magna, the Russian-backed Canadian auto supplier still said to be in
- No Russia-US arms deal yet
OSCOW: US and Russian negotiators have still not reached agreement on cutting stocks of their deadliest nuclear weapons ahead of President Barack Obama?s first visit to Moscow on Monday, sources close to the talks said. Obama and his Russian counterpart
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