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Pakistan's foreign minister, on a visit to India, has urged India to move ahead with a gas pipeline project that will carry gas from Iran to India via Pakistan. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the visit comes as both countries try to give
By Bill Gasperini Sakhalin, Russia 20 October 2006 A giant energy project on Russia's remote Sakhalin Island has recently come under scrutiny because of environmental concerns. A foreign run consortium has long been building parallel gas and oil pip
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 29 January 2006 Georgian man wheels in a barrow of free firewood distributed by the authorities in Tbilisi, 29 January 2006 Russian natural gas has begun to flow through the m
By Jim Malone Washington 26 April 2006 The rising cost of gasoline in the United States is the latest in a series of political problems facing President Bush and Republicans in Congress as they look a
By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 22 April 2006 Nepalese protesters throng a street as smoke billows from a roadblock made of burning tires, set up by protesters in defiance of a curfew called by the govern
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warns that the era of cheap natural gas is ending because of multi-billion dollar investments needed to develop the industry. Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of a dozen leading natural gas exporters who conve
Madagascar's transitional authority has given a cool response to a call by Southern African leaders to speed up negotiations aimed at ending its three month-old political crisis. Political stalemate Madagascar's political stalemate appeared no close
Ukraine and Russia are expressing concern about their image as reliable gas suppliers amid growing gas shortages in Europe, for which Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other. European officials warn of a crisis across region as a dispute between Russ
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved a halt to all deliveries of Russian natural gas to Ukraine. Earlier, Ukraine shut all four of its pipelines that ship the fuel to Europe. Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Putin's go-ahead to stop gas shipments
The European Uninion efforts to resolve a bitter gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine foundered on Thursday when Russia reportedly refused to agree to a EU proposal to send independent monitors to check Russia's gas flow through Ukraine. Moscow's
The delivery of Russian natural gas is expected to resume Tuesday morning after Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a protocol allowing observers to monitor pipelines that transport the fuel across Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv came to an agree
Russia and Ukraine have resumed the flow of natural gas to Europe, ending a mid-winter standoff that left millions of consumers on the continent without heat or power during 13 days of bitter cold. An official at a metering station owned by Russia's
Madagascar's newly installed President Andry Rajoelina held his first cabinet meeting and met with the diplomatic corps. It was all part of an attempt to ease the worries of a general population that is traumatized by months of civil unrest. Newly-i
The African Union Peace and Security Council, or PSC, has appealed for calm in Madagascar following President Marc Ravalomanana's resignation, and warned opposition forces not to seize power. The Council made clear that any extraconstitutional takeo
Gas,OilExplorationComplicatesTurkey,CyprusTalks Cyprus appears to be headed for a showdown with Turkey over Nicosia's oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. The drilling may harm the ongoing reunification talks. Relations between Turke
Gas Shortages Highlight Pakistan's Energy Crisis At Islamabad gas stations, this is what it looks like on Wednesdays. People are stocking up, because on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, stations close and there is no gas. In recent years, when gasoline
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Think about some of the things that spew nasty contaminants into the air - automobiles, power plants. How about leaf blowers? Those annoyingly loud, gas-powered, backpack-like machines are about to pass cars as the worst air poll
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A new study published in the journal Science finds methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations are 60 percent higher than previous estimates from the federal government. Now, this comes at a time when we're getting more and
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 November 2007 Nigeria plans to reform its gas sector by introducing new pricing rules and providing infrastructure to improve supplies to the domestic market. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that another key co
U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants Trying To Cross Mexico Border RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In the early hours of the new year, American Border Patrol agents fired tear gas into Mexico. They say they were aiming at about 150 people who were trying to br