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A Norway-based solar energy developer is urging the Philippines to make installation targets for renewable energy (RE) projects under the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme readily available on an annual basis to attract more investors in the field.

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China and 20 other Asian nations signed on Friday to a new Beijing-backed international bank for Asia that Washington opposes as an unnecessary rival to established institutions such as the World Bank.

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The first half of the Doha climate talks ended Saturday without achieving any major progress on the future of the Kyoto Protocol, which is the world's only legally binding climate treaty.

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A new round of UN climate change conference slated for Nov. 26-Dec. 7 will be held in Doha, Qatar where negotiators are expected to push ahead what was achieved in Durban last year and work out the details of the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol.

 

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Export earnings from abaca fiber and manufactures fell 17.3 percent in the first seven months of the year because of lower demand in the US and Europe coupled with lower export volume and lower buying prices, according to the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA).

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South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the US to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil.

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Since ancient times humans have extracted materials from the Earth to fashion into everyday needs: shelter, cooking utensils, hunting gear, weapons of war, primitive agricultural tools.

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China’s trade suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 crisis — a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy.

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Eclipsed by the stories on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s efforts to leave the country, the tragedy that struck the family of former Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr., and the frenzy over the latest Manny Pacquiao fight was a conference on the mining industry.

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Syria's president held talks with neighboring Turkey's foreign minister Tuesday as the regime faced a chorus of global reproach, with envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa also heading to Damascus to press for an end to the violent crackdown on a five-month-old uprising.

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China and 20 other Asian nations signed on Friday to a new Beijing-backed international bank for Asia that Washington opposes as an unnecessary rival to established institutions such as the World Bank.

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The first half of the Doha climate talks ended Saturday without achieving any major progress on the future of the Kyoto Protocol, which is the world's only legally binding climate treaty.

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A new round of UN climate change conference slated for Nov. 26-Dec. 7 will be held in Doha, Qatar where negotiators are expected to push ahead what was achieved in Durban last year and work out the details of the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol.

 

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Export earnings from abaca fiber and manufactures fell 17.3 percent in the first seven months of the year because of lower demand in the US and Europe coupled with lower export volume and lower buying prices, according to the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA).

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South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the US to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential sanctions against countries that continue to buy Iranian oil.

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Since ancient times humans have extracted materials from the Earth to fashion into everyday needs: shelter, cooking utensils, hunting gear, weapons of war, primitive agricultural tools.

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China’s trade suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 crisis — a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy.

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Eclipsed by the stories on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s efforts to leave the country, the tragedy that struck the family of former Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr., and the frenzy over the latest Manny Pacquiao fight was a conference on the mining industry.

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Syria's president held talks with neighboring Turkey's foreign minister Tuesday as the regime faced a chorus of global reproach, with envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa also heading to Damascus to press for an end to the violent crackdown on a five-month-old uprising.

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