China must step in and control sociopathic neighbour North Korea
Driving through Kerry a few summers ago, I decided to drive the back road from Tralee to Listowel to take in a little-known piece of Irish history.
Turkmen gas project starts second phase
State-owned Turkmengas has begun the $3.4 million second phase of its South Yoloten project, according to international oil and gas service company Petrofac, London. Petrofac will perform the engineering, procurement, and commissioning on the project. The work follows successful completion of the first phase.
China's gold moves in Australia
As Pure Speculation has remarked previously, the global grab of commodities now being orchestrated from Beijing did not, until recently, include one commodity close to our heart.
Turkey, Iran and a nuclear OPEC
Turkey’s facilitator role in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West (specifically the P5+1) has resumed with some change in form. After much noise and clatter after Turkey voted “no” to the United Nations Security Council’s resolution on a number of sanctions against Iran, the parties chose İstanbul as the venue for their meeting slated for late January 2011, which confirms Turkey’s objective and neutral role and position in these talks.
Korea, Japan, Russia to Make Joint Bid for Mongolian Coal Mine
Firms from Korea, Japan and Russia will make a joint bid in January for the rights to develop a large coal mine in Mongolia.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister sets off for Russia with a working trip
Kyrgyz Prime Minister set off on a working trip to Russia. It is a first foreign trip of Almazbek Atambayev in the status of the head of the Kyrgyz Government
Turkmenistan: Turning the Tables on Russia
In public appearances, Turkmenistan's leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov tends to maintain a stern visage, a look befitting a man who heads one of the most repressive states on earth.
Military strength eludes China, which looks overseas for arms
The Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise Salyut on the east side of town has put up a massive Soviet-style poster advertising its need for skilled workers. The New Year's party at the Chernyshev plant in a northwest suburb featured ballet dancers twirling on the stage of its Soviet-era Palace of Culture.
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