Zardari in China to push for nuclear deal
A round-up of the issue of the week as reported in the media. Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari, boxed in at home, decided it was time to go visitng his dear friends in China once more this past week.
Azerbaijan can bring share of hydropower industry to 30% of energy balance without construction of new hydroelectric power stations
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan has no need of building of new hydroelectric power stations (HPS) to increase of share of hydropower industry in power balance of the country 4-fold that became phenomenal progress in development of use of alternative and renewable energy sources.
Medvedev arrives in Crimea for informal CIS summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Saturday in the Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea for informal Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit,
Pakistan’s energy plea to China ignores nuclear controversy
President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday sought out China’s business leaders for help in developing his country’s ailing energy sector, pointing to nuclear power as a strong area of growth but making no public mention of a deal with China that has alarmed the US and others.
Iraq: Good-Bye and Good Luck
As the United States is expected to have removed all combat troops by the end of August speculation about the political and economic stability of a future Iraq begins in earnest
Court annuls key Turkish reforms
Turkey's Constitutional Court annuls key parts of government-backed constitutional reforms.
Prime Minister Putin promised development of a oil center project in Chechnya
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled ambitious development goals for the volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, promising 400,000 new jobs, an oil center in Chechnya and ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas
Turkey's president looks beyond European myopia
Peering out of his aircraft window at the energy-rich lands of Central Asia 35,000 feet (10,000 metres) below, President Abdullah Gul wondered how opponents of Turkey's bid for EU membership could fail to see the big picture.
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