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Ampal gets stake in Colombia ethanol plantBogota, Colombia (UPI) Jan 4, 2009 Ampal-American Israel Corp. has signed an agreement making way for the company to acquire a 25-percent stake in an ethanol project in Colombia. Once completed it will be the largest Israeli energy project undertaken in Latin America, company officials said. The company said the deal, signed on Dec. 31, 2009, was an option exercise agreement with Merhav MNF Ltd., pursuant to which ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2010State-owned Agricultural Bank of China plans to raise up to 150 billion yuan (22 billion dollars) through initial public offerings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, state media reported Tuesday. The bank -- the only one of China's so-called "big four" lenders yet to list -- aims to issue 50 billion shares as early as April, the English-language China Daily said, quoting unnamed sources. AFP cal ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jan 4, 2009 A diesel spill from a ruptured pipeline operated by state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. has seriously contaminated two Yellow River tributaries. Contamination to the Yellow River remained under control and its water quality was still within the state standard, officials said at a news conference Monday, state-owned Xinhua news agency reports. Yet there were other news reports Mon ... more  
Chennai, India (IANS) Jan 04, 2010The Indian and French space agencies have sought research proposals on data to be generated from a payload on a satellite to be launched next year. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency have called for research proposals on the data to be generated from AltiKA, a payload in Satellite with ARgos and AltiKa (SARAL). ... more |
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Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 3, 2010Rescuers on Sunday searched for more bodies from an avalanche of mud and rock that buried a luxury Brazilian hotel filled with New Year's revelers, as the death toll from heavy rains in the south of the country stood at 63. Twenty-eight people were killed in the tragedy at the hotel on Ilha Grande -- a resort island southwest of Rio de Janeiro -- and another six people injured. State off ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2010An oil spill from a ruptured pipeline in northern China has reached the Yellow River, in the latest environmental accident to threaten the nation's drinking water, state media said Monday. Water quality monitors at the Sanmenxia reservoir on the Yellow River began detecting traces of diesel on Sunday, four days after the pipeline burst, the China News Service said. The accident occurred ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2009The average annual income of Chinese farmers hit a record 5,000 yuan (732 dollars) this year as increased demand for migrant workers saw more money sent back to rural areas, state media reported Monday. The per capita net income of farmers rose more than six percent in 2009 from a year ago, Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement issued by the central government's annual conference on rural policies. The increase was partly driven by a recovery in demand for migrant workers, the report said, as factories and construction companies started hiring again in response to improved economic conditions. ... more |
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