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Jul 04, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- MOSCOW -- Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, approved on Friday a Russia-China intergovernmental agreement on oil cooperation, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. The agreement, which envisions long-term Russian oil supplies to China, was signed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan in April. (Russia-China-Oil) - - - - LAGOS -- Nigeria on Friday in Abuja signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement with Algeria and Niger Republic to promote the Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline project, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The agreement was signed by Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources, Rilwan Lukman, Algerian Minister of Mines and Energy, Chakib... [read full story]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, gestures as he poses for the media along with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, before a meeting in New Delhi,...
Counter: China's export volume of seamless steel pipes has been mainly determined by the international market, with the prices at least 20 percent higher than the domestic level, having no concern with dumping or export...
Human Rights Watch said the 27-year-old activist was first arrested on July 26 and held for a week. The group said officers believed to be from Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard military force seized him for a second time on...
"If you look at the deployment of US forces in Afghanistan, as against other NATO country forces in Afghanistan, you'll see that undoubtedly the US forces are positioned to guard the pipeline route. It's what it's about. It's...
