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| January 08, 2014 |
 Canada PM predicts Keystone pipeline 'will proceed' Ottawa (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper predicted Monday that the United States will approve construction of the last leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. "I am confident that in due course - I can't put a timeline on that - that the project will one way or another proceed," Harper told a gathering of the Vancouver Board of Trade. US President Barack Obama is expec ... more |  |
China weighs in as S.Sudan peace talks open Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels started in Ethiopia on Monday, as key power China added its weight to efforts to end weeks of fighting in the world's youngest nation. Sudan meanwhile said that it and South Sudan had agreed during a visit to Juba by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields. Ethiopian governme ... more |  |
Sudan, South mull joint oil protection force: minister Khartoum (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Sudan and South Sudan agreed Monday during a visit to Juba by President Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields, his foreign minister said. "Sudan and South Sudan are in consultations about the deployment of a mixed force to protect the oilfields in the South," Ali Ahmed Karti said, adding that Juba had come up with the idea. The proposed deployment ... more |  |
India urges Asian unity for fair LNG pricing New Delhi (UPI) Jan 6, 2013 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Asian buyers of imported liquefied natural gas to unite to demand fair pricing. LNG prices in Asia are higher than those in Europe and North America because the cost in Asia is linked to crude oil prices under long-term contracts. Speaking at the dedication of Petronet's Kochi LNG terminal in Kerala Saturday, Singh said Asia "has been th ... more |  |
Abe to offer help in Africa tour as Ethiopia hopes for trade Tokyo (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer humanitarian aid to Africa when he visits this week, the government said Wednesday, as his Ethiopian opposite number expressed a wish for more trade with Tokyo. Japan's top government spokesman said Abe wanted to be able to give the kind of assistance that will help develop the countries of the huge continent. "With their robust economic grow ... more |  |
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Shell New Zealand to drill in Great South Basin Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - Shell New Zealand says it will drill an exploration well in the Great South Basin. OMV New Zealand Ltd and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Limited are Shell's joint-venture partners in the 13,514-square mile PEP 50119 block off the coast of New Zealand's South Island. Shell became the operator for the permit in April 2012. Shell said Tuesday the timetable for drilling would be determi ... more |  |
Beached Morocco oil tanker to be 'unloaded by Monday' Rabat (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - A Moroccan tanker carrying 5,000 tonnes of fuel that ran aground during a storm last month will have been pumped dry by Monday without any lasting environmental damage, the environment minister said. The Moroccan-flagged "Silver" hit rocks near the Atlantic port of Tan Tan during a storm on December 23, and there were fears of an ecological disaster. After several unsuccessful attempts t ... more |  |
4 dead as Yemen army confronts tribe over hit pipeline Sanaa (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - Clashes Friday between Yemeni soldiers who confronted armed tribesmen blocking access to a damaged oil pipeline killed four people in the central province of Maarib, sources said. The army attacked the tribesmen, who were preventing repair workers from reaching the pipeline blown up two weeks ago in the area of Wadi Abaydah, said the local and tribal sources. In the ensuing fighting, the ... more |  |
Iraq oil pipeline bombed, pumping halted Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Jan 02, 2014 - Militants bombed a major oil pipeline in northern Iraq on Thursday, causing a fire and forcing pumping to be suspended, an official from the North Oil Company said. Blasts hit the pipeline, which runs to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, in Salaheddin province to the north of Baghdad, the official said, adding that the fire was extinguished and repairs had begun. Militants frequently attack th ... more |  |
Russia drops cases against Greenpeace activists Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - Russia on Wednesday dropped all but one of the cases against 30 crew members of a Greenpeace protest ship following a Kremlin-backed amnesty. The move marks the end of a three-month criminal probe against the 26 foreign and four Russian activists and comes less than two months before Moscow hosts the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. In what was widely seen as another in a series of attempt ... more |  |
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Army commander in South Sudan oil-state 'joins rebels': army spokesman Juba (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - A top South Sudan army commander based in the key oil-producing Unity state appears to have defected to rebel forces, the country's army spokesman said Friday. "We have lost contact with the commander... and there are reports he has joined the forces of Riek Machar," army spokesman Philip Aguer told AFP, but he added that government forces were still in control of the area. Fighting brok ... more |  |
Fighting rages in S.Sudan oil regions, 'progress' for peace mission Juba (AFP) Dec 26, 2013 - Heavy fighting raged in South Sudan's oil-producing north Thursday, officials said, although neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia claimed "good progress" in efforts to broker an end to the civil war there. Army spokesman Philip Aguer said troops loyal to President Salva Kiir were battling forces allied to former vice president Riek Machar inside the town of Malakal, capital of Upper Nile state. ... more | |
Two Libya army officers killed in Benghazi Benghazi, Libya (AFP) Dec 27, 2013 - Two Libyan army officers have been killed in the past 48 hours in the eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 revolt against Moamer Kadhafi, officials and medics said. The restive east has seen frequent attacks on security forces as the weak government in Tripoli has struggled to exert control over former rebels who have refused to disarm or join the security forces. A security sour ... more |  |
Arab monarchies eye stronger ties with China Riyadh (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - The six energy-rich Arab monarchies of the Gulf are seeking to strengthen ties with China, Gulf Cooperation Council chief Abdullatif al-Zayani said Wednesday after talks with the Chinese foreign minister. Zayani held talks in Saudi Arabia with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and expressed "GCC interest in bolstering friendship and cooperation ties with China," a GCC statement said. Wang ... more |  |
'Thousands' killed as South Sudan slides toward civil war Juba (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in more than a week of violence, with reports of bodies piled in mass graves, the UN said as it moved to nearly double its peacekeepers there. Large areas of South Sudan remain out of the government's control amid fears the young nation was sliding toward civil war, though Juba said its forces had recaptured the strategically important town of Bor ... more |  |
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Greece won't cut heating oil tax despite smog: minister Athens (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - Greece's government Wednesday ruled out reducing a tax on heating oil despite a sharp increase in smog resulting from extensive wood-burning. "Reducing the price is not the solution (to the smog problem)," Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told a joint Christmas Day press conference with Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Environment Minister Yiannis Maniatis. Crisis-hit Greeks are i ... more |  |
Correa slams report on CIA role in Ecuador strike Quito (AFP) Dec 24, 2013 - Ecuador President Rafael Correa warned Monday that reports US intelligence played a role in a 2008 Colombian attack on FARC rebels in his country could threaten regional peace efforts. Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that a secret Central Intelligence Agency program had helped Colombia kill at least two dozen leftist guerrilla leaders. And, according to the report, it was ... more |  |
US judge rejects BP bid for extra proof in oil spill claims New York (AFP) Dec 25, 2013 - A US federal judge has rejected a bid from BP to require companies prove their losses are directly linked to the 2010 massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill before getting a payout. The British energy giant last year reached a $7.8 billion settlement with thousands of people and businesses hit by the worst environmental disaster in US history. But it has been challenging the way Patrick Juneau ... more |  |
US forces ready for possible new S.Sudan evacuations Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - The US military on Monday deployed a special Marine Corps unit and aircraft to the Horn of Africa to prepare for possible further evacuations of Americans from South Sudan, officials said. "The secretary of defense has been following this situation very closely," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told reporters. "We are repositioning our forces in the area of concern," Warren sai ... more | |
Lifeline oil fields under rebel threat in South Sudan Juba (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Rebel forces in South Sudan threaten the crucial oil fields key to the economy, experts warn, risking possible military intervention by old enemies Sudan should production not be protected. On Saturday, a key army commander in control of Unity state - one of the most important petroleum regions - defected to join the rebel forces of Riek Machar, the fugitive former vice president. Army ... more |  |
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