Tokyo - Group of Eight leaders were expected to agree to expand the use of civil nuclear power to fight climate change at the upcoming Toyako summit July 7-9, according to Japanese media Monday.
High subsidies and wages are paralyzing to the state run companies day by day. The ever increasing international prices of crude oil have worsened the scenario.
Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose above the 130 dollar mark again on Thursday, an OPEC statement said Friday.
Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reiterated his opposition to nuclear power after luminaries from within his own Labor Party described it as an essential bridge to a non-carbon fu