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Eni strengthens links with EgyptFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:44AMSAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy -- Eni has signed a strategic framework agreement with Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum. The accord covers development of joint initiatives in exploration, production, and transportation of hydrocarbons.

Seeking a solution to Cabotage Policy rowFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:38AMFor years, shippers in Sabah and Sarawak and local shipowners have been at odds with each other over a 29-year-old national policy that allows only Malaysian flagships to carry cargo between domestic ports.

No combat shoes for COBRA battalionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:31AMAlthough Union home minister P Chidambram announced on Friday to wipe out Maoists in three years, the officers and jawans of the COBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) battalion of the CRPF, specially raised to tackle Maoists, are seething with anger over the casual manner in which they are being handled by the ministry and the IPS lobby.

Ramp remain closed at CasablancaFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:07AMBoth Casablanca Boulevard ramps to the QEW Toronto-bound lanes are still closed due to a tractor trailer rollover earlier this morning. Police initially estimated the ramps would be open by 11 a.m., but as of 11:45 a.m. they remained closed.

Russia to use space tech to develop energy sectorFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:27AMMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will employ technologies, initially meant for outer space research programs, to develop its vast energy sector, Energy Ministry said on Tuesday in yet another sign of the Kremlin's modernization drive.

Council votes to lose parking, not expropriateFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:28AMSechelt council has endorsed a Ministry of Transportation and Infra-structure (MOTI) plan to widen Highway 101 on the oceanside of the southeast end of Davis Bay, eliminating 15 to 20 parking stalls and some landscape and seating.

Pine beetle to cost 11,250 jobsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:57AMThe mountain pine beetle epidemic will have cost British Columbia 11,250 direct jobs by the time it runs its course, according to a new study by credit union economists.

Centre's transport sops for paramilitary troopers, soldiersFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:32AMAgartala, July 30 : The union home ministry has launched a free aircraft service to ferry the central paramilitary troopers and soldiers to Kolkata from different northeastern states, a senior official said here Friday.

Unsustainability in Today's Sustainable DevelopmentThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:01PMThe axiom "give a man a fish, feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime" is widely accepted among the international development community, and for good reason. But taken on its own, this axiom leaves out very important principles.