Japan's textual demands vex civilian nuclear deal with India
When Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada was in Delhi a few days back for the fourth round of strategic dialogue between Japan and India, he made it clear that negotiations on a civilian nuclear cooperation pact are going to be rather difficult.
Putin opens Russian side of oil pipeline to China
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday opened the Russian section of a long-awaited oil pipeline that will carry Russian crude to China in a bid to diversify its oil exports away from Europe.
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.
China silent on North Korea's Kim visit
China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong-il, that analysts say appears intended to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans.
First Russian gas tanker forges Arctic passage to China
A Russian gas tanker is this month making a historic voyage across the famed Northeast passage as receding ice opens up an elusive trade route from Asia to the West sought for centuries by explorers.
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.
A rebirth of nuclear power? The numbers suggest otherwise
Indeed, of the more than 200 countries in the world, only 30 use nuclear power. In July 2010, a total of 439 nuclear power plants with a net installed capacity of 373.038 GW(e) were connected to various national electricity grids, about 1.2 GW(e) more than at the beginning of 2006.
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.
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