Amsterdam - Taxes on diesel and petrol went up on Tuesday in the Netherlands despite months of protest by the Dutch umbrella organization for bus and truck drivers, BOVAG.
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.
Thailand's Saha Group - the coun
