Pakistan's energy sector tops USAID projects list
The USAID Pakistan Mission Director Dr. Andrew B. Sisson has said that despite financial constraints and tension is Pak-US relations the USAID has been providing financial assistance for various sectors including energy, education, health and rural development programmes.
NATO After Libya: A Threat to European Stability
More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, NATO is an obsolete and harmful anachronism. It has morphed into a vehicle for the attainment of misguided American strategic objectives on a global scale.
Kazakhstan Not to Ban Russian Rocket Launches From Baikonur
Kazakhstan has no plans to ban launches of Russian rockets from its space centre in Baikonur after an accident with Progress M-12M space freighter, the head of the Kazakh space agency has said.
Ukraine Seeks Azeri Gas to Cut Russian Imports
Ukraine is seeking to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan and boost its own output to cut Russian fuel imports in five years, Kommersant-Ukraine reported, citing an unidentified official from the Energy and Coal Ministry.
Iceland is an example for Lithuania how to implement ambitious energy projects
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigursdottir. They discussed possibilities for strengthening bilateral cooperation, NATO issues of concern, Iceland's eurointegration process. Much focus in the meeting was on alternative energy.
RBI to dip into dollar reserves for India energy assets buy - sources
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to earmark some dollar funds from foreign exchange reserves, reversing its earlier stance, to partly fund the government's strategic wealth fund that will buy energy assets overseas, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Nuclear power key topic in close Japan leader race
A former top diplomat vying to become the next prime minister proposed Saturday that Japan stop building new nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster and phase out atomic energy over 40 years.
Ukraine to Halve Russian Gas Purchases
The country is planning to expand its gas production at the Black Sea shelf as well as to develop shale gas production with the help of foreign partners.
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