Dusseldorf - One of the main business backers of the Nord Stream gas pipeline to be built under the Baltic Sea, the giant German chemicals company BASF, affirmed the plan Thursday after seeming doubts in Russia.
"My most recent talks with Alexei Miller, the chief of Gazprom, confirmed that all the parties are working with firm resolve ... to create the Nord Stream pipeline in the time frame," BASF chief executive Juergen Hambrecht said.
His response was released by the German business daily Handelsblatt a day in advance of publication.
Los Angeles - Over 5 million Californians ducked for cover and held Thursday as they took part in what was billed as the largest public emergency drill in US history.
Some 5,000 first responders and emergency managers were also involved in The Great ShakeOut drill, which was designed to simulate the effects of a 7.8 magnitude quake on the San Andreas Fault across the densely populated area of Southern California.
Washington - Scientists have taken the first-ever images of a multi-planet solar system orbiting a distant star.
The findings, published online Tursday by the journal Science Express, show three planets orbiting a star called HR8799, about 130 light years from Earth and 1.5 times the size of the Sun.
Though scientists have found about 200 such distant planets in the last decade, all have been detected through indirect techniques, such as measuring gravitational influence on the star being orbited.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the G20 summit in Washington to demonstrate its resolve to find solutions to the deepening financial crisis affecting countries around the world.
The summit on Saturday was called by the White House at the urging of European leaders to work out solutions to the current financial crisis.
Abu Dhabi - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appointed on Thursday a female Muslim marriage registrar, the first in the Gulf and second in the Arab world.
Fatma Saeed Obaid al-Awani, 33, will perform her job during office hours in court in the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, officials said.
Fatima obtained a law degree from the college of Sharia and Law at UAE University in 2000. She has two children.
Last March, the UAE appointed Kholoud al-Daheri as its first female judge.
New York - US President George W Bush urged governments at the United Nations on Thursday to include religion in their work and help spread democracy around the world.
In his final days as the top but not the most admired US leader, Bush remains true to his belief to bring democracy to other countries, including using military force to invade Iraq in March, 2003, to make that country a democracy.
Dusseldorf - One of the main business backers of the Nord Stream gas pipeline to be built under the Baltic Sea, the giant German chemicals company BASF, affirmed the plan Thursday after seeming doubts in Russia.
Los Angeles - Over 5 million Californians ducked for cover and held Thursday as they took part in what was billed as the largest public emergency drill in US history.
Washington - Scientists have taken the first-ever images of a multi-planet solar system orbiting a distant star.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the G20 summit in Washington to demonstrate its resolve to find solutions to the deepening financial crisis affecting countries around the world.
Abu Dhabi - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appointed on Thursday a female Muslim marriage registrar, the first in the Gulf and second in the Arab world.
New York - US President George W Bush urged governments at the United Nations on Thursday to include religion in their work and help spread democracy around the world.
