Singapore Keppel in JV for new Azerbaijan shipyard - Reuters
SINGAPORE, March 19 (Reuters) - Singapore's Keppel Corp ( KPLM.SI ), the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs, will jointly build and operate a shipbuilding and repair yard in Azerbaijan, the firm said on Friday. Keppel will develop the ...
Azerbaijan: Pumping oil and gas - The Independent
Achill wind blows in from the Caspian Sea, bringing with it a faint but distinctive stench of oil. At the front of the brutalist Dom Soviet building, where once a statue of Lenin stood, the Azerbaijan flag ripples in time with each passing gust. Baku ...
RWE: A non-state player in the Caspian region, if it ... - Turkish Weekly
The German companies did not participate in consortiums, which were created in early 90-ies in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to develop the hydrocarbon fields. It can be related to the fact that, historically, the German companies have not been very ...
AZERBAIJAN: OUTRAGE AT US DRUG REPORT BUILDS ON ... - EurasiaNet
Azerbaijani government outrage over a US global narcotics report appears to be rooted in a translation error. Nevertheless, Baku’s strong reaction appears to be indicative of broader irritation with Washington, as well as sensitivity about ...
Azerbaijan's Unsinkable General - Radio Free Europe
Colonel General Safar Abiyev is the longest serving defense minister in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and one of the longest serving in the world. Now just 60, he has headed the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry since February 1995. Over ...
George Yeo on official visit to Azerbaijan from March ... - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Azerbaijan on Friday reaffirmed their friendly relations and discussed ways to enhance their bilateral relationship. The two countries agreed on ways to strengthen the political dialogue on issues of mutual concern and ...
Keppel in joint venture to build, operate new shipyard ... - Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Conglomerate Keppel Corp has formed a joint venture to build and operate a new shipyard in Azerbaijan. It partners are State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC). The partners will develop and ...
RA MFA: Azerbaijan, signing truce with NKR, actually ... - PanARMENIAN Network
"Azerbaijan continues to inflate a bubble of illusions, sitting on the oil needle, this is a "bubble" of continuous distortion of the essence of the conflict, its causes and the negotiation process. The flow of militaristic rhetoric has not been ...
Azerbaijan: Reflections on Novruz - Elites TV
This year, for example, a number of Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the largest of the South Caucasus countries celebrated the event with Lost in Azerbaijan providing a thorough introduction to the holiday . Today marks every Azerbaijani’s ...
AZERBAIJAN: BAKU SAYS KARABAKH STATUS REFERENDUM MUST ... - EurasiaNet
Baku would accept a proposal to define the status of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave through a referendum, but only if the poll is held on the entire territory of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov announced on March 18 ...
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U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Explosives found aboard India plane
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Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S. efforts to get indirect peace talks under way.
With cheap food imports, Haiti can’t feed itself
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Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
 Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency says.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
China state media accuses Google of political agenda
China's state media on Sunday accused Google Inc of pushing a political agenda by "groundlessly accusing the Chinese government" of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
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