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Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team won the 15km Stage 1 time trial of the 2009 Tour de France through the streets of Monaco Saturday, becoming the race's first leader and wearer of the coveted yellow jersey with a time of 19:32. Astana's Alberto Contador finished second in 19:50, while American Lance Armstrong, making his Tour de France re-debut for the second time since 1999, finished in 10th place,... [read full story]
The nations of the European Union, which Poland joined in 2004, committed last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. by Staff Writers Warsaw (AFP) Nov 21, 2009 Poland is to...
Ashgabat (AFP) Nov 22, 2009 - Turkmenistan has become the latest target of China's hunger for energy, spelling danger for Europe's hopes of making the reclusive gas-rich Central Asian state a major source of its energy supplies.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 20, 2009 - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Albanian counterpart Bamir Topi exchanged congratulatory messages on Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his...
