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Israel resumes fuel supplies to Gaza (Lead)

November 11th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Tel Aviv/Gaza, Nov 11 (RIA Novosti) Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip Tuesday, a defence ministry spokesman said. Israel closed Nov 5 all crossings into Gaza as border violence ...

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Israel to resume limited fuel supplies to Gaza Strip

November 11th, 2008 - 8:45 am ICT by IANS -
Gaza City, Nov 11 (DPA) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak late Monday ordered resumed shipments of "limited" amounts of industrial diesel fuel into the Gaza Strip, after six days in which the ...

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Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse today

Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse today

October 22nd, 2008 - 8:29 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.22 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will meet with representatives of state-run oil companies and private airlines here today in a bid to resolve their dispute ...

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Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse

Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse

October 21st, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.21 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will meet with representatives of state-run oil companies and private airlines on Wednesday in a bid to resolve their dispute ...

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Indias concerns on nuclear deal have been met: Ronen Sen

October 9th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): India has said that its concerns on certain provisions of the bill have been met with President George W Bushs assurance on fuel supplies and advanced consent ...

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Secret BBC script from 1970s for nuclear apocalypse announcement released

October 3rd, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 3 (ANI): A top secret BBC script for an announcement to be broadcast if the UK came under nuclear attack in the early 1970s has been released from files ...

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Iran could reconsider uranium enrichment with fuel guarantees

October 3rd, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, Oct.3 (ANI): A leading Iranian nuclear envoy has suggested that his country could reconsider its uranium enrichment program if it gets cast-iron guarantees of regular international fuel supplies for ...

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India, France finalise civil nuclear cooperation pact

India, France finalise civil nuclear cooperation pact

September 30th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI -
Paris, Sept.30 (ANI): Ending 34 years of nuclear trade isolation, India and France today finalized a landmark agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, covering the supply of reactors and atomic fuel. The agreement ...

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IUML concerned over nuclear fuel supplies issue (Lead)

September 13th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Kozhikode, Sep 13 (IANS) The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Saturday expressed concern over President George Bush's controversial assertion that US assurances to India about reliable supply of nuclear fuel were ...

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India to be guided only by 123 agreement on Nuke deal

September 13th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 13 (ANI): India made it clear that the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States would be carried out according to the respective rights and obligations ...

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Govt asserts 123 agreement will be legal document once operational

Govt asserts 123 agreement will be legal document once operational

September 13th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 13 (ANI): The 123 agreement, when operational, will be a "legal document" in accordance with "well-recognised principles" of international law and the Law of Treaties, the External Affairs ...

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CPI-M rakes up fuel supplies issue, attacks n-deal

CPI-M rakes up fuel supplies issue, attacks n-deal

September 12th, 2008 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Charging the government with "consistently misleading the people", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday said that US President George Bush's informing the US Congress that there ...

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Political pact, not legalities, will ensure fuel supplies: France (With France offers India ‘first generation’ EPR n-reactor)

Political pact, not legalities, will ensure fuel supplies: France (With France offers India ‘first generation’ EPR n-reactor)

September 12th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IANS) France, a key player in the field of civilian nuclear energy, has made it clear that while fuel supply guarantees were part of its proposed agreement with ...

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India gets IAEA pass for global nuclear trade

India gets IAEA pass for global nuclear trade

August 1st, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Vienna, Aug 1 (IANS) The India-US civil nuclear deal Friday cleared its first global test as the 35-member board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unanimously approved the India-specific safeguards agreement, ...

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Diesel exports to NATO forces in Afghanistan costing Pak exchequer millions of rupees

July 29th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , July 29 (ANI): If sources in the Pakistan Petroleum Ministry are to be believed, the export of subsidised diesel for the consumption of NATO forces in Afghanistan and the ...

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Nuclear Power Corp to improve plant load factor

July 23rd, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Kalpakkam, July 23 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is confident of improving its plant load factor (PLF) soon, said a top official. Interacting with reporters here on the ...

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With vote won, India and US fast-track n-deal diplomacy (Roundup)

With vote won, India and US fast-track n-deal diplomacy (Roundup)

July 23rd, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Washington, July 23 (IANS) A day after the government won the trust vote, India and the US Wednesday fast-tracked the nuclear deal, with New Delhi sending emissaries to key NSG countries ...

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Government defends IAEA pact, says fuel supply assured (Lead)

Government defends IAEA pact, says fuel supply assured (Lead)

July 12th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The government Saturday defended the proposed India-specific safeguards agreement with the IAEA, saying it assured permanent fuel supplies for its nuclear reactors and stressed that it did ...

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India’s strategic programme insulated from safeguards pact: Atomic energy chief

July 12th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Under attack from critics of the nuclear deal, the government Saturday defended India's proposed safeguards pact with the IAEA, saying it will assure permanent fuel supplies for ...

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Left picks holes in IAEA pact

July 11th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Left parties Friday came out with a pointed critique of the IAEA safeguards agreement, saying it was "harmful" to India's interests and questioned government claims of ...

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US critics ask world leaders to block n-deal

July 11th, 2008 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, July 11 (IANS) Saying that the Indian nuclear deal is a "non-proliferation disaster", two critics of the India-US civil nuclear deal want "world leaders serious about ending the arms ...

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IAEA assures India uninterrupted fuel supplies (Lead)

IAEA assures India uninterrupted fuel supplies (Lead)

July 10th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The government Thursday unveiled the draft of the India-specific safeguards agreement that meets three of New Delhi's key concerns: uninterrupted fuel supply for its reactors, strategic fuel ...

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Why keep the IAEA secret, Left asks

Why keep the IAEA secret, Left asks

July 8th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Left parties Tuesday sought a discussion "with full transparency" on the IAEA safeguards agreement and asked: "Why is the Manmohan Singh government keeping the draft of ...

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Fuel price hike in India to hit Nepal hard

June 4th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS -
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, June 4 (IANS) India's decision Wednesday to hike fuel prices will hit its northern neighbour hard, causing Nepal's state-run sole oil importing agency a loss of billions of ...

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‘US nuclear fuel-supply assurances political not legal’

May 26th, 2008 - 10:44 am ICT by admin -
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 26 (IANS) A US Congressional report has added a new twist to the stalled India-US civil nuclear deal by suggesting that Washington's nuclear fuel-supply assurances to India are ...

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Israel to resume fuel supplies into Gaza

May 19th, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Gaza, May 19 (Xinhua) Israel pledged to resume reduced fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip Monday, director of the Palestinian Petroleum Agency Mujahed Salama said. Gaza's reduced weekly supply of gasoline will ...

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UPA-Left committee to discuss Indo-US civil nuclear deal today

UPA-Left committee to discuss Indo-US civil nuclear deal today

May 6th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Left Parties will meet today to discuss the Congress-led Government's negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) pertaining ...

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US points to India, China for oil price hike too

May 6th, 2008 - 10:48 am ICT by admin -
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 6 (IANS) White House has pointed a finger at India and China for the spike in oil prices even as it sought to clarify President George Bush's remark ...

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UPA-Left committee to discuss Indo-US civil nuclear deal on Tuesday

May 4th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Left Parties would meet on May 6 to discuss the governments negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...

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Fuel crisis obliges Gazans to invent alternatives

April 26th, 2008 - 8:58 am ICT by admin -
Xinhua Gaza, April 26 (Xinhua) Hisham Rezeq, a 32-year-old businessman in Gaza, bought a brand new car eight months ago, but he has to ride a bicycle to go to his workplace after ...

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