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July 3rd, 2008

Southeast Asia: Alternative sources of energy

Mong Palatino · 04:58

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Due to skyrocketing oil prices, many Southeast Asian countries are intensifying efforts to tap alternative sources of energy. Lifestyles are changing since people are now more aware about the oil price crisis. 4 comments · »»

June 14th, 2008

Malaysia: Escalating fuel protests

Mong Palatino · 07:41

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Fuel protests are escalating in Malaysia today. A few days ago, the opposition managed to gather thousands of people in the streets as protest to the Malaysian government's move to reduce fuel subsidies and raise fuel prices. 3 comments · »»

June 11th, 2008

Morocco: Resisting Daylight Savings

Jillian York · 14:08

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The modern concept of Daylight Savings Time was conceived by William Willett in 1905 and was first initiated by Germany in 1916. Most of the world does not participate in Daylight Savings Time, and until recently, Morocco was no exception. This year, however, the Moroccan government decided to re-introduce DST. 10 comments · »»

June 6th, 2008

Egypt: Doctors shoot video of hospital blackout emergency

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:03

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With more frequency now, hospitals are being managed as big businesses with clients instead of health facilities with patients. Doctors who wish to honor their Hippocratic Oath have to hope that their hospital management has the same ideal of keeping the good of the patient as the highest priority. This was the case last week in the Al Matrya teaching hospital in Egypt, where 4 babies and 2 adults on life support lost their lives due to a 2 hour blackout in the early morning hours and generators failed to kick in once again. 6 comments · »»

June 4th, 2008

Ecuador: The Amazon Tribes Vs. Big Oil

Juliana Rincón Parra · 04:04

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A rekindled interest in the richness of the Amazon is one of the results of recently distributed photograph showing members of an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon shooting arrows at the photographer's airplane which surfaced on the Internet on May 23rd. However, to some organizations, the Amazon has never been far from their minds, and today we´ll see some videos brought by Amazon Watch, some which were showcased on Witness' The Hub editorial section. 2 comments · »»

May 25th, 2008

Israel: Going Green with Gore

Maya Norton · 02:28

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Former Vice President Al Gore added his name to the list of political luminaries visiting Israel in recent months. Gore joined the Board of Governors celebrations at Tel Aviv University this week to accept the $1 million Dan David Prize for environmental activism. 8 comments · »»

May 14th, 2008

Tajikistan: Poor country's most expensive trial

Vadim Sadonshoev · 12:25

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The poorest country in Central Asia, Tajikistan initiated the most expensive trial in the history of British legal proceedings. Tajikistan will pay 120 million USD for the legal fees which represents 5,2 percent of the country’s entire GDP. A bone of contention is the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco), fully owned ... 1 comment · »»

May 3rd, 2008

Tajikistan: Electricity in Exchange of Salaries

Vadim Sadonshoev · 04:51

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The mayor of Dushanbe and Chairman of the Tajik Parliament's Upper Chamber Mamadsaid Ubaidulloev proposed a strange way to raise funds for construction of Rogun hydropower station - one of the biggest energy projects in Tajikistan. He calculated all salaries of the Dushanbe residents and drew a conclusion that if ... 3 comments · »»

Links about Energy

July 6th, 2008

Author Tom de Waal guest-blogs about changing Russian-Azeri relations at The Oil and the Glory as Russian President Medvedev heads for Baku.

July 3rd, 2008

Nivell’s blog believes Indonesia's resignation from OPEC is a blessing in disguise.

ZJ mentions the impact of rising oil and gas prices in Cambodia

CHUP! on the rising prices of fuel in Pakistan and the government's plan to phase out subsidies.

June 30th, 2008

Whatever Matters on the increase in the price of electricity in Bhutan.

June 27th, 2008

Kremlin.Inc posts his presentation on Ukraine's energy policy; Robert Amsterdam writes on Gazprom and Anatoly Chubais.

June 24th, 2008

The Cuban Triangle is puzzled by a Florida Congressional delegation's idea that Cuba should be blocked from drilling for oil in its own Gulf waters. He says comments by Senator Mel Martinez, reported in El Nuevo Herald, must sound to Cuban readers, “as if he thinks he is in charge of their country.”

Jordanian ASKAdenia [Ar] is back home for a visit and notes several changes in his country. Among them is the skyrocket prices of fuel and other commodities, as well as the presence of large numbers of Iraqis.