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Activists from Greenpeace stage a protest on the anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal

Bhopal's long fight for justice Fri 3 Jul 2009
Page 1 of 3 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 By Billy Briggs Sanjay Sharma with his nephew, Anshul. Photo / David Graham Twenty five years ago, Sathyu Sarangi's life changed... (photo: AP / John McConnico) NZ Herald
Bhopal Health Human Rights Justice Photos

Repsol-YPF's engineers work in Campo Rio Grande gas plant in Rio Grande, 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. Campo de Rio Grande is the country's largest producer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It also produces gasoline and dry gas to send to Brazil. Bolivia's President Evo Morales ordered soldiers on May 1 to occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields Monday and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they give Bolivia control over the entire chain of production. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)hg3

Repsol receives offers for YPF, Chinese bids seen Thu 2 Jul 2009
* Repsol has several offers, none firm, for YPF unit * CNPC, CNOOC mulling bids for stakes - report * Repsol shares up 2.0 percent (Adds analysts' comments, background)... (photo: AP Photo / Victor R. Caivano) The Guardian
China Madrid Offshore Photos Repsol

Russia's Sudzha gas pumping station seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Teams of EU monitors deployed Sunday at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine's vast pipeline network, but Russia appeared in no rush to restart sending gas to a freezing Europ

Nigeria, Algeria agree to build Sahara gas link Fri 3 Jul 2009
(Adds background) By Randy Fabi ABUJA, July 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger on Friday signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline across the... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov) The Guardian
Gas Nigeria Photos Pipeline Sahara

This undated photo released by BHP Billiton LTD, shows an aerial view of the Olympic Dam uranium mine, located 560 km (348 miles) north of Adelaide, near the opal mining center of Andamooka. The Australian Cabinet has agreed to sell uranium to India on the condition that inspectors are allowed to ensure the nuclear fuel is used only for peaceful power generation, a newspaper reported Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007

BHP Billiton adds hands-on mining executive to board Thu 18 Jun 2009
BHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian mining group, has appointed Wayne Murdy, the former chairman and chief executive of Newmont Mining, the world's largest goldminer, to... (photo: AP Photo / BHP Billiton LTD) The Times
Billiton Corporation Mining Oil Photos

A voter's hand is seen in backlight as he casts his ballot for the European Parliament elections in Sarran, southwestern France, Sunday, June 13, 2004.

Neighbor's Shadow Still Large in Slovakia Fri 3 Jul 2009
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - When the Czech Republic unveiled an avowedly satirical artwork to mark the beginning of its European Union presidency last January, neighboring... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The New York Times
Czech Republic EU Photos Politics Slovakia

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Knox gas prices down, oil slips Fri 3 Jul 2009
Knoxville area gasoline prices dropped for the second straight day on Friday, while oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel in light holiday trading a day after grim... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Knox News
Gallon Holiday Oil Photos Prices

Jeff Crawford, of Jeff's Roustabouts, drives past a wind mill while delivering a tank to a drilling site near Gorham, Kan., Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Kansas drilling rigs that once could not punch holes fast enough when oil prices hit record highs less than a year ago are now sitting idle, their crews laid off. Tax revenues in oil-rich counties are plummeting. Marginal wells are shutting down. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data Fri 3 Jul 2009
PABLO GORONDI The Associated Press Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe... (photo: AP / Orlin Wagner) Philadelphia Daily News
Crude Jobs Oil Photos Price

Repsol motor oil products, Wed, May. 06. 2009

China's CNPC, CNOOC square off for Repsol's YPF - sources Fri 3 Jul 2009
HONG KONG, July 3 (Reuters) - China National Offshore Oil Corp Ltd (CNOOC) and state-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) are battling for approval to bid for the... (photo: WN / james) The Guardian
Business China Energy Industry Photos

Solar 'moonshot' Fri 3 Jul 2009
Plan will help harvest sun's energy Tribune EditorialUpdated: 07/02/2009 06:47:32 PM MDT Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's "moonshot" is all about the sun. Instead of... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy) The Salt Lake Tribune
Development Energy Photos Project Solar

A Belarus worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, some 130 km (81 miles) southwest of the capital Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Dec. 29, 2006. Russia´s natural gas monopoly Gazprom has warned Belarus not to s

Nigaz name sparks racism debate Thu 2 Jul 2009
A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia was named Nigaz. Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's... (photo: AP Photo/Sergei Grits) BBC News
Gazprom Nigaz Nigeria Photos Venture

Indonesia Minister of energy and miniral resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, talks to reporters at the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb 22, 2006. Production at the world's largest gold and copper mine was suspended Wednesday after illegal miners blocked the road leading to the site in Indonesia's remote Papua province, a company spokesman said.

Indonesia's first Tangguh LNG sent to South Korea Fri 3 Jul 2009
(Adds quote, details, background) JAKARTA, July 3 (Reuters) - The first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the BP-led Tangguh project in Indonesia's Papua has... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim) The Guardian
Business Energy Indonesia Industry Photos

Rito Anaya, who works at a landscaping business, pumps gas into gas tanks at Gas Depot gas station in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The average U.S. retail gasoline price was $3.799 a gallon on Tuesday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. That is down a penny from Monday, and down 31.5 cents from the July 17 all-time h

Oil Settles Below $67 on US Economic Weakness Fri 3 Jul 2009
Swelling gasoline stockpiles and a far bigger than expected rise in U.S. unemployment drove oil markets down more than more than 3 percent to settle below $67 a barrel... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) CNBC
Economy Energy Markets Oil Photos

The dead branches of a tree on Sinhgad fort near Pune, Maharashtra, India. April 4, 2009

Climate change costs India over 2.6% of GDP: Survey Thu 2 Jul 2009
Text: NEW DELHI: India is now spending over 2.6 percent of its gross domestic product to adapt to climate change,... (photo: WN / Sanyogita Jogdeo) The Times of India
Climate Change Environment India Nature Photos

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'Free fuel price, cap subsidy on cooking gas' Fri 3 Jul 2009
3 Jul 2009, 0330 hrs IST, TNN Text: A day after the Centre exerted its control to jack up motor fuel prices as... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Times of India
Cooking Prices Gas Photos Oil

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I Took over a Failed State, Says Yuguda Tue 30 Jun 2009
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state who formally decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last Saturday, took some time off to speak to some journalists about his... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) This Day
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Decontrol petrol, diesel prices: Economic Survey Thu 2 Jul 2009
2 Jul 2009, 1257 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: It is high time that petrol and diesel prices were decontrolled... (photo: WN / deniseyong) The Times of India
Economy Market Money News Photos

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the first session of the Progressive Governance Leaders Summit in Vina del Mar, Chile, Saturday, March 28, 2009.

Biden in swing through Western Pa. Thu 2 Jul 2009
Vice President Joe Biden defended the record and ambitious agenda of the Obama administration last night at a Pittsburgh fundraiser that capped a daylong visit to Western... (photo: AP / Roberto Candia) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Sinopec beats Korea National Oil to secure Addax Thu 25 Jun 2009
CHINA'S rush to secure Middle Eastern and African energy supplies intensified as Sinopec, its state-controlled oil refiner, sealed a takeover of the British-listed Addax... (photo: AP Photo/Kin Cheung, FILE) The Australian
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BP-led group wins right to produce Iraqi oil Thu 2 Jul 2009
BAGHDAD — Iraq's government on Wednesday approved a BP-led consortium's offer to develop a giant oil field in the south, moving forward with the only deal struck... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Tulsa World
Auction Baghdad Government Iraq Photos

Hitachi, Ltd. (日立製作所), in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi to supply lithium-ion batteries to GM Thu 2 Jul 2009
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp. in 2010 and sharply... (photo: Public Domain / Lombroso) Wtop
Electronics Hitachi Hybrid Photos Tokyo

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