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August 7, 2010 9:04 AM

Chavez clears air on Colombian Prez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said his foreign minister would attend the inauguration of new Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The apparent easing of relations came two weeks after President Chavez broke off relations with Colombia. The row erupted after Bogota accused Mr Chavez of harb...

August 7, 2010 9:04 AM

Chavez clears air on Colombian Prez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said his foreign minister would attend the inauguration of new Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The apparent easing of relations came two weeks after President Chavez broke off relations with Colombia. The row erupted after Bogota accused Mr Chavez of harb...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

At Bonn, climate talks backsliding

Delegates at the close of a week-long session in Bonn say, UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding. According to US negotiator Jonathan Pershing, record global temperatures, forest fires in Russia, lethal floods in Pakistan "are all consistent with the kind ...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

At Bonn, climate talks backsliding

Delegates at the close of a week-long session in Bonn say, UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding. According to US negotiator Jonathan Pershing, record global temperatures, forest fires in Russia, lethal floods in Pakistan "are all consistent with the kind ...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

US sees better employment rate in July

President Barack Obama says the US unemployment report for July shows some encouraging signs, even though the jobless rate remained at 9.5 per cent. But the President admits more improvement is needed. The Labor Department says the US economy made progress in some areas last month, but not in others...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

US sees better employment rate in July

President Barack Obama says the US unemployment report for July shows some encouraging signs, even though the jobless rate remained at 9.5 per cent. But the President admits more improvement is needed. The Labor Department says the US economy made progress in some areas last month, but not in others...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

Glacier brakes off in Greenland

A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 square kilometre has broken off a glacier in Greenland. According to researchers at a US university, the block of ice separated from the Petermann Glacier, on the north-west coast of Greenland. It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

Glacier brakes off in Greenland

A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 square kilometre has broken off a glacier in Greenland. According to researchers at a US university, the block of ice separated from the Petermann Glacier, on the north-west coast of Greenland. It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

BP set to drill final stretch

British Petroleum is preparing to drill the final stretch of its relief well after its successful 'static kill' procedure. A ranging run - a test to help the relief well intersect with the damaged well - will be done. From today, drilling will be done in 30 feet segments, with more ranging runs in b...

August 7, 2010 9:03 AM

BP set to drill final stretch

British Petroleum is preparing to drill the final stretch of its relief well after its successful 'static kill' procedure. A ranging run - a test to help the relief well intersect with the damaged well - will be done. From today, drilling will be done in 30 feet segments, with more ranging runs in b...

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