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A gas pipeline worker, checks equipment at the gas pumping station at Pisarevka, Russia, seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.
Czech Republic   Energy   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: RussiaUkraine gas disputes  
 Wall Street Journal 
Czechs Weighs Alternatives to Russian Energy
By SEAN CARNEY And GORDON FAIRCLOUGH | PRAGUE—The Czech Republic's top diplomat Friday cautioned against Prague becoming too reliant on any single nation for its energy needs, as the country con... (photo: AP / Svetlana Kozlenko)
A Myanmar farmer ploughs rice paddy in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Monday, July 5, 2010.
Agriculture   Elections   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma  
 Wall Street Journal 
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
By A WSJ Staff Reporter | YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of an election this year have ra... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
President Barack Obama waves to employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. )  Wall Street Journal 
Obama Says Auto Bailout Is Success
By SHARON TERLEP | DETROIT—President Barack Obama on Friday declared the controversial bailout of the U.S. auto industry a success in visits to Detroit auto plants that came weeks before General... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)
Automaker   Obama   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Troubled Asset Relief Program  
A camp is seen on an island near cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010.  The Guardian 
BP oil spill: A Louisiana tragedy
| For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse… 'The spill is slathering four ... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky)
Disaster   Louisiana   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Louisiana  
British Airways planes sit on the tarmac at Heathrow terminal 5 in London, Thursday, May 20, 2010.  The Independent 
BA takes £250m hit from ash and strikes
| Despite improving performance, British Airways was dragged down to a £164m pre-tax loss in the first quarter by the £250m cost of cabin crew strikes and the volcanic ash cloud, the carrier said yest... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen)
Airline   Business   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: British Airways  
Top Stories
President Barack Obama addresses employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. The New York Times
Dogged by a Slowdown, Obama Touts Car Revival
| DETROIT — President Obama came here on Friday to tout an economic success story, but instead got a lesson in how hard it is going to be to turn around the percept... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)
Automaker   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Troubled Asset Relief Program  
Oil booms lie alongside Bayou La Loutre in Hopedale, La., at a BP Lpc oil boom deployment location Monday, May 17, 2010. The Times Of India
BP to set aside $100 million for unemployed rig workers
HOUSTON: BP Plc said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico who are unemployed as a result of the company's oi... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Industry   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Dubai Marina at Night Khaleej Times
UAE among top 20 medical tourism destinations
DUBAI - The UAE is among the world's top 20 destinations for medical tourism, according to a health tourism survey that has also revealed that the industry has yet to rea... (photo: Creative Commons / LoverOfDubai)
Dubai   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Tourism in Dubai  
The Development Driller III oil drilling is seen as it is used to drill a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Wednesday, May 12, 2010. The Star
BP to try well kill Tuesday, Congress debates reforms
| BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel)
Disaster   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Work crews lay oil retention booms in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Saturday, May 1, 2010. Environmentalists are concerned about the impact of the oil slick when it makes landfall. China Daily
BP to try "static kill" on Gulf well Tuesday
| BILOXI, Miss. - BP Plc will attempt on Tuesday a planned "static kill" operation to seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and hopes to have a relief well finished ... (photo: AP / Dave Martin)
Disaster   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Pakistani rescue workers take a break as they search for evidence and victims at the site of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times
Search Resumes After Pakistan Plane Crash
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the first time since Wednesday’s airplane crash that killed 152 people, rescue workers continued the search for body parts and the... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Aviation   Disaster   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Airblue Flight 202  
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, speaks during the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose statue is seen in the background, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Gulf News
India's communists should think again
| One interpretation of the Cultural Revolution in China, some four decades ago, is that Mao Zedong wanted party members and bureaucrats to experience life in the village... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
Communist   India   Photos   Policy   Wikipedia: Communist Party of India  
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. The New York Times
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
| NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly,... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa   Corruption   Photos   Politics   Resources  
Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Asia Times
Gaming gamble for Google
|      Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digi... (photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
Google   Industry   Internet   Photos   Wikipedia: Online game  
Agriculture Construction
- Bridgeport Company Recalls Alfalfa Sprouts
- A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
- Poultry farmers cry out
- Chilly becomes money machine for Parsa farmers
A Myanmar farmer ploughs rice paddy in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Monday, July 5, 2010.
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
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- Is the Tea Party a media construct to encourage extremism, j
- Cabinet approves funds for emergency road construction
- Arts-related construction spending soars in North Texas
- Hind Construction declares bonus
Sunflower fields of Phatthana Nikhom
Hearings set for Monday on Sunflower power plant permit
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Energy Technology
- Saving Wildlife From A Midwestern Oil Spill
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
- AP EXCLUSIVE: On tour of oil production rigs, Salazar says d
- Oil spilled in Michigan river is contained, company says
A gas pipeline worker, checks equipment at the gas pumping station at Pisarevka, Russia, seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.
Czechs Weighs Alternatives to Russian Energy
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- Gaming gamble for Google
- Google's free 411 service puts phone book at your finger
- Expo packed with endangered species for sale highlights Indo
- WikiLeaks: Source of Leaked Data Is Unknown
Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Gaming gamble for Google
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Telecommunications Trade
- BP fishermen victims Lured to occupied land
- UN Support to Field Operations
- Over 6000 grave errors in national cemetery botch-up
- Ready Wireless, LLC Announces Product Launch in More Than 90
Google
Google's free 411 service puts phone book at your fingertips
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- July best month in year for Wall Street investors
- With Recovery Slowing, the Jobs Outlook Dims
- US growth slows fueling recovery fears
- GDP shows economy losing steam, raising new job worries
Specialist Patrick Murphy, left, directs trading in Citibank at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday afternoon Sept. 29, 2008.
Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth
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Engineering Transportation
- Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well
- Is 'social engineering' better than software skills
- Firefighter Altice takes final ride on fire engine No. 1
- OU engineering students get early start with problem solving
Children from a nearby daycare are escorted in Marcus Garvey Park across the street from the new Fifth Ave. condo in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007
City council sees bugs in daycare approval process
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- Indefinite transport strike cripples Mechi
- Tollway oases up for bid again
-  Three killed, 60 injured in train, bus crash
- Transport downs Druk Athletic
Water logged due to heavy rains - India- Monsoon
Showers lead to water stagnation
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