Azerbaijan is main importer of Kazakh grain
Azerbaijan and Russia will become the main importers of Kazakh grain, said chief of commercial department of Kazakhstan's Food Corporation Kazbek Omarov.
India adopts Bill to allow foreign firms to construct nuclear reactors
India’s parliament has adopted a controversial Bill that will open up the country’s $150 billion atomic energy market to overseas suppliers.
Pakistan wants to get Turkmen gas through IP pipeline
Pakistan has proposed to Turkmenistan to supply gas via Iran by using the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline, instead of laying a pipeline through the war-torn Afghanistan, under swap arrangement, Business Recorder has learnt. Experts of the two countries will review the proposal in the 11th Steering Committee meeting on TAPI gas pipeline project scheduled for September 15-20 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Sevak Sarukhanyan: Armenia has no alternative to development of nuclear energy
Armenia is going to construct a new unit of the NPP with 1000MW capacity with participation of Russia, which will supply equipment for the nuclear island making 20% of the project entire cost. The new unit’s construction is planned to be launched in 2012 and completed in five years.
Private military firms likely to stay in Iraq, Afghanistan despite criticism
President Hamid Karzai says he wants them out of Afghanistan, while US President Barack Obama is planning to use them in Iraq to supplant withdrawn US combat troops. So how open to abuse are private military companies?
Nabucco Plans Georgian, Iraqi Gas Feeder Pipelines; Avoids Iran
Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH plans to supply the natural-gas transmission route to Europe with links to Turkey’s borders with Georgia and Iraq and has decided against a link to the country’s border with Iran.
China to Invest Billions in Electric and Hybrid Cars
The Chinese government, determined to become a world leader in green technology, says it plans to invest billions of dollars over the next few years to develop electric and hybrid vehicles.
Split views about Iran’s nuclear reactor
Iran has crossed a new nuclear threshold, but it’s one the Obama administration isn’t worried about.
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