• Army contractors halted operations at the Newport Chemical Depot, in western Indiana, as nearly 500 gallons of caustic wastewater containing hydrolysate, leaked into a sealed area at the facility. This plant is used for destroying Cold War era chemical weapon VX.

The Russia-Turkmenistan row over natural gas price has been resolved. For over three months, Turkmenistan negotiated for a nearly 30 per cent hike in the price of the gas sold to Russia, which

Hundreds of forest fires in the dry jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia's Sumatra island and Singapore have put a thick blanket of smoke over many Southeast Asian cities. Although a little less in

Eu members recently agreed over eu fisheries commissioner Joe Borg's proposal to send fishing boats to tsunami-affected Asian countries. But experts warn that instead of having a positive effect,

Close on the heels of the eu issuing fishing quotas (see Down To Earth,

Neighbourly help: India is assisting Bhutan in 11 new projects under a US

Turkmenistan is trying to cash in on Russia's and Ukraine's need for its gas during the severe winter. It has stopped gas supplies to the two countries, saying it wants to negotiate a new price. "The

China recently lost a crucial energy battle to Japan. The Russian government announced the construction of a "system of pipelines' from its Siberian oilfields to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan.

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