Tony Blair memoir reveals support for George W. Bush and Guantanamo Bay Former British prime minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy for the so-called Quartet peacemakers, speaks at a meeting of the French ruling conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement party (UMP), Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Paris. Blair was invited on Saturday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to deliver a speech before some 2,000 party members... IraqPhotosTony BlairWarWikipedia: A Journey
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas reach for a lasting peace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during remarks on the Middle East peace negotiations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010....
Iran: 2020 Target For Nuclear Fusion Reactor The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010....
Iraqis uneasy over what happens next | Sep 3, 2010 Iraqis uneasy over what happens next | By Heather Maher and Charles Recknagel | United States President Barack Obama has kept his promise to draw down the number of US troops in Iraq to fewer than 50,000 by September 1. But uncerta...
Nissan Motor, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sign MOU to promote EVs The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Nissan Motor have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote zero-emission mobility in the Kingdom by paving the way for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) in the region. | The MOU will require Jordan and Nissan to p...
Kazakhstan and UAE to cooperate in nuclear energy | Abu Dhabi: Kazakhstan and the UAE have started cooperation in nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Askar Mussinov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan said at a media briefing on Tuesday evening. | The UAE has also fully backed Kazakhstan's efforts in international arena for a ...
Stop the War Talk | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgent talk is of war, thanks to Jeffrey Goldberg’s much-discussed Atlantic Monthly cover article, ...
'I'd back an attack on Iran': Blair insists nuclear plans of rogue state must be stopped | Tony Blair tonight called for military action against Iran to prevent the country developing nuclear weapons. | In his most hawkish statement on the Islamic state, he made it clear that he would back a bombing campaign - despite his experiences over Iraq. | In his int...
Israel poised to attack Iran's nuclear plants: sooner than later? | Recently, the U.S. agreed to supply Israel with large quantities of fuel—the types used for aircraft and other military equipment. | Is an Israeli attack on Iran imminent? | With all the saber rattling by Iran, the U.S. pullout of Iraq and despite Tehran’s illusiv...
Iraq suffers hot summer amid power problems | BAGHDAD — There's a running joke in Baghdad this summer — whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator. | Despite nearly two years of relative calm in Iraq, a combination of factors ...
Kuwaiti politician seeks details on Iran's assurances about nuclear reactor | Manama: A Kuwaiti politician has requested the country's foreign minister to explain details of the assurances Kuwait has received from Iran and Russia about the high level technology used in Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor. | "You have issued a statement last wee...
Are Sanctions Convincing Iran To Rethink Its Nuclear Program? | Steve Inskeep talks to Bob Einhorn, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, about the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran. Einhorn serves as coordinator for the implementation of sanctions related to Iran and North Korea. | ...
Tony Blair: West should use force if Iran 'continues to develop nuclear weapons' | Former prime minister says it is wholly unacceptable for Tehran to seek nuclear weapons capability A 2007 satellite image of Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Photograph: GeoEye/AP | The west should use force against Iran if it "continues to develop nuclear w...
‘Flawed liability law threatens Indo-US civil nuclear deal’ ZeenewsWashington: Suggesting that the Indian Parliament had passed a flawed civil nuclear liability law, a US South Asia expert has warned that it could cast a pall over the historic Indo-US civil nuclear deal. | An internationally compliant civil nuclear ...
Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools The New York Times| KABUL, Afghanistan — Blood tests have confirmed that a mysterious series of cases of mass sickness at girls’ schools across the country over the last two years were caused by a powerful poison gas, an Afghan official said Tuesday. | Not...
Iran needs two weeks to fully load fuel in nuclear plant ZeenewsTehran: Iran will need two more weeks to complete the process of loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said. | The process of loading 163 fuel rods, also supplied by Russia, into the nuclear powe...
Sri Lanka, UAE firm to sign gas deal Gulf News| Dubai: Sri Lanka's Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) is expected to sign a deal to import 720,000 tonnes of gas oil for a year from a UAE-based firm, industry sources said on Monday. | The UAE's Al Ain International Petroleum Derivatives Trader...
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Pall to supply gas purification technologies for Habshan 5 plant in UAE Energy Business ReviewPall Corporation has been contracted to supply critical enabling technologies for the Habshan 5 natural gas treatment plant being constructed by Abu Dhabi Gas Industries in the UAE. | A joint venture of Tecnimont, an Italian engineering contractor, a...
Associated gas gathering project in Saudi-Kuwait Neutral Zone HeavyOilinfoAugust 31, 2010 KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti and Saudi state-owned energy companies are planning to launch gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) gathering and distribution facilities through their joint venture (JV) al-Khafji Joint Operations Company (KJO), in...
Roundup: Oil sensitive Gulf Arab exchanges buck energy price slump Insurance Newsnet| DUBAI, Aug 31, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Despite oil prices declining by 2.3 percent Tuesday to around 73 U.S. dollars per barrel, stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar advanced slightly, while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahra...
Halliburton to provide multiple energy services to Eni in Iraq Energy Business ReviewHalliburton, a provider of products and services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Eni to provide integrated energy services toward the redevelopment of the Zubair field in southern Iraq. | The company will perform services such ...
Fidel Castro recovered, working to stop Iran-Israel nuclear war The Christian Science MonitorHAVANA | Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro told an interviewer there were times during his long illness when he was at death's door but now he is mostly recovered and trying to avert a nuclear war between Iran and Israel. | Castro, 84, told Mexico's L...
Kuwait prepares for possible nuclear accidents Gulf News| Manama: Kuwait's health ministry has developed a plan to deal the outcome of an accident resulting from radioactive pollution. | The announcement comes days after Iran launched the Bushehr nuclear reactor, located across the Arabian Gulf and very n...
Iran ready to cooperate with US in nuclear field, atomic chief says m&c| Tehran - Iran would be ready to engage in nuclear cooperation with its archfoe, the United States, Iran's atomic chief said Tuesday. | 'If the Americans were ready to cooperate with Iran in establishing joint firms for building nuclear power plants...
Iran: 2020 Target For Nuclear Fusion Reactor WPXITEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it has set a 2020 target date to build its first experimental nuclear fusion reactor, a feat that has yet to be achieved by any nation. | Iran said in July that its nuclear agency began research on the experimental reactor. ...
NTPC offers 49% stake to Qatar Petroleum The Hindu| Sujay Mehdudia | Bid to secure fuel supply for Kayamkulam power plant | NEW DELHI: State-run NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) disclosed on Monday that it had offered up to 49 per cent stake to Qatar Petroleum in the Kayamk...
