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Polish energy advisor: keep using coal for energy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - An advisor to the Polish government says the country should keep using its coal for decades to come, despite a European Union policy of replacing the polluting fossil fuel with cleaner sources. Krzysztof Zmijewski, an expert on carbon gas emissions, said Wednesday that as

OPEC keeps output target on hold amid weak economy

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By By GEORGE JAHNAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) - OPEC ministers agreed to keep their daily crude production target unchanged at a meeting Wednesday. But in a sign of internal rivalries, they failed to reach consensus on a new secretary general, a post sought by Saudi Arabia, Iran and resurgent

New UN, international efforts to engage Iran

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By By GEORGE JAHNAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) - International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N. team seeking access to a site linked to such suspected activity and European Union negotiators

US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch

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By By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much

US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

Iran says it can make copy of captured CIA drone

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By By ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran is now capable of manufacturing its own copies of an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday. Avaz Heidarpour, a member of the parliament's national security committee, said experts

Japan election puts spotlight on reviving economy

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By By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - It's the $6 trillion question: how to jolt Japan out of its 20-year economic slump. The dozen or so parties vying in a Dec. 16 parliamentary election all agree the world's third-largest economy needs a jump-start, now that it has

US: NKorea missile launch is 'provocative act'

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By By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday condemned North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket, calling it a "highly provocative act" that threatens regional security. Tuesday's launch, which caught the world by surprise,

NKorea still years away from credible missiles

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By By FOSTER KLUG and MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of

NKorea springs surprise with rocket launch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket caught the world by surprise after the secretive regime in Pyongyang claimed technical issues had caused a delay. It drew immediate condemnation from the U.S. North Korea