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A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
Biofuels   EU   Environment   Law   Photos		  Daily Star Lebanon 
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by Pete Harrison Reuters BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens to Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, right, looks on during a military parade in Tehran in Sept. 2007. Jafari, on Friday Nov. 23, 2007, warned that if the nation's enemies continued plotting against it, they would launch what he called "a tidal wave of resistance"
Defence   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US		  Khaleej Times 
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister
Tue 9 Mar 2010
DOHA - Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has 'great means of deterrence' to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme. 'We are highly confident... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian, FILE)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009.  China Daily  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key reason why Beijing opposes tougher... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Beijing   Diplomacy   Mideast   Photos   Tehran
A part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field during the official opening by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, unseen, in Assalouyeh, southwestern Iran in the Persian gulf, Saturday April 16, 2005. South Pars gas field is planned to be developed in around 30 phases over at least 25 yea  Asia Times  Mon 8 Mar 2010
China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline
By Stephen Blank For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its territory to the region. Yet... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Gas   Iran   Pakistan   Photos   World
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the chancellery in Berlin, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The leaders of Germany and France are pushing for the Group of 20 summit in September to agree on action to control bankers' bonuses. Wtop Mon 8 Mar 2010
Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy
By GREG KELLER and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press Writers PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy... (photo: AP / Maya Hiti)
Energy   Nuclear   Paris   Photos   Sarkozy
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the National People's Congress, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Daily Star Lebanon Sun 7 Mar 2010
China says Iran sanctions offer no cure
‘We don’t think diplomatic efforts have been exhausted’ – foreign minister By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian)
China   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Sanctions
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi addresses the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. Headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007.(ss2) DNA India Sun 7 Mar 2010
China wants more diplomacy before Iran sanctions
Beijing: Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday strongly signalled his country's reluctance to back sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, but did not... (photo: (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak))
Beijing   China   Iran   Photos   UN
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia waves before making the opening remarks of the World Conference on Dialogue as Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, looks on at the Pardo Palace in Madrid, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The Guardian Sun 7 Mar 2010
Saudi Arabia to promote private sector-Saudi king
RIYADH, March 7 (Reuters) - Top OPEC exporter Saudi Arabia has been largely unaffected by a global financial crisis and will continue to encourage private sector growth... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano)
Arabia   Opec   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks to the media during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, after their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Business Report Sun 7 Mar 2010
China defends growing links with Africa
China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa on Sunday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructure... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta)
Africa   China   Energy   Investment   Photos
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi looks on during his talks with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at Rome's Chigi palace, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 DNA India Sun 7 Mar 2010
China says Iran sanctions no cure
Beijing: China's foreign minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear programme, while chiding the United States after... (photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca)
Beijing   China   Iran   Photos   US


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