French Finance Minister to seek International Monetary Fund, India's support for the highest position

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde on Tuesday to start her trip to India to meet the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other senior officials to the courts of New Delhi, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the support of the highest office in the local daily newspaper electronic version of Times of India reported Tuesday.

Fall vacant after the former IMF chief Domique StraussKahn alleged sexual assault charges, a hotel maid in New York, resigned.

Earlier, India had over after criticizing the wealthy countries of import and export operation, said they did not "want to give up power easily."

"Who the exercise of power Do not want to give up power. For a better, balanced and more equitable world order, the struggle, including a global institution such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, the (UN) Security Council will be a long term management Look, I'm afraid, "Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said a week ago the media.

Although the French finance minister announced that she told the International Monetary Fund's managing director post bids, Indian Prime Minister hoped that consensus will appear in the International Monetary Fund, which is generally accepted the top job. He said, "India's ties with the world."

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White House chief economic adviser to resign

 Austan Goolsbee, the White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman, he will leave the government, returned to the University of Chicago to teach this summer, the White House announced Monday.

Goolsby, a longtime adviser, President Obama, took over as Chairman of the Council last September, succeeding Christina Romer, who left to return to teach at the University of California, Berkeley.

Before that, he in the Obama administration time in fourteen years Goolsbee University of Chicago professor.

In a statement released Monday, Obama called him "America's greatest economic thinkers."

"In the past few years, he helped avoid the worst since the Great Depression of the economic crisis, our country, though there is much work to do, his insight and counsel to help leaders of our economic growth and create millions of jobs "Obama said.

In addition to being served as Chairman of the Committee of Economic Advisers, the president Goolsbee economic recovery for the Advisory Committee, where he helped guide the Government's response to the economic crisis, staff economists. He also served as senior advisor to the President's Committee on employment and competitiveness, the business community as an important bridge.

Goolsbee has been the face of economic news the White House, is a general explanation of each Friday, the Administration's latest unemployment figures a month.

According to the latest data released last Friday, U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 9.1 percent in May, and non-farm job creation was much less than the previous month.

Republicans criticized Obama's economic policies have failed the country.

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South Korea voices support for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's re-election

Welcome to South Korea Tuesday for a second five-year, as the United Nations, former Foreign Minister of the major long-term bid.

"The Government welcomes and supports the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's re-election," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The government spoke highly of the Secretary-General's peace and prosperity of the world's great contribution, because he took office in 2007."

The 66-year-old diplomat, who is South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2006, January 2007 succeeded in five-year term, and this is the end of this year, the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. He announced Monday that he as a candidate.

For a successful re-election, Ban Ki-moon needs, and so on, all five permanent members of the support of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

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Indian Prime Minister defended actions, forcibly remove the capital of yoga master

 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended the government's actions to force delete the yoga master, who staged a hunger strike from the anti-corruption capital of the country, saying this is the only way to deal with the situation, according to local media reports Tuesday.

Singh on Monday told the media that the incident was "unfortunate", but inevitable, reported the Press Trust of India.

On this issue his first comment, Singh said: "Unfortunately, the need for surgery, but frankly, there is no other choice."

He claimed that his government was serious concern and the anti-corruption, but insisted that "there is no magic wand."

Yoga guru Ramdev was ejected from Saturday night in New Delhi, he gathered a huge rally to protest the Ramlila Maidan in the capital to protest corruption in place.

He was airlifted to the Uttarakhand police and entered a period of capital once again banned.

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India approved the largest defense deal with U.S.

India has approved its biggest defense deal with the United States for 10 Boeing C-17 strategic heavy-lift planes for 4.1 billion U.S. dollars, reported local media Tuesday

Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, the nod to the deal with the Indian Air Force aircraft and equipment (IAF) Indo-Asian News Service reported.

The clearance came six months after U.S. President Barack Obama visited India and two months after Boeing and Lockheed Martin were knocked out in bidding for a 10.4 billion U.S. dollar deal for 126 combat jets for the IAF.

The U.S. Congress had approved the sale of the fully loaded aircraft for 5.8 billion U.S. dollars under the Foreign Military Sales government-to-government route last June.

However, the key to India yet to ink an agreement with the U.S. military, the aircraft may be without some key communications equipment.

India has not signed the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMoA), followed by high-tech military equipment to friendly countries, the United States an agreement by law.

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Sony claims that the other hacker attacks

 A hacker group claimed they had become Sony's computer system again broken, and the results published on the Internet.

The group known as the Lulz security, post seem to be from Sony BMG in New York City office network maps, and they say that Sony has developed the 54 megabytes of source code. The document is available for download on Tuesday proposed.

"We will not comment on the issue, said," Sony Music spokeswoman Liz Young.

The release of these documents marks the one for the Japanese electronics giant, which has become a target for hackers because of its prosecution released a program that allows users to change their PlayStation 3 video game console software, the latest embarrassment to Washington with George Hotz.

Last week, the group said it has become Sony's computer network and more than 100 million users to access information, to show the company's vulnerabilities to break.

LulzSec has claimed responsibility for attacks on public broadcasting and public broadcasting branch of the FBI.

Sony has also been subjected to other hackers. In April, the company's video game network denial of service attacks fascinated loose group of Internet vigilantes orchestrated known as "Anonymous" protest action against Hotz.

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Swedish think tank, made little progress on nuclear disarmament warned Swedish think tank, made little progress on nuclear disarmament warned

Little progress made towards global nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons, despite the shrinking number of well-known Swedish Association said on Tuesday.

More than 5,000 pieces of nuclear weapons are deployed and ready for use, including nearly 2,000 that are kept in a state of high operational alert, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its 2011 yearbook.

In all, there are more than 20,500 pieces of nuclear arms in the world, a drop of more than 2,000 since 2009, according to it.

The two major nuclear powers, Russia and the United States, possess 11,000 and 8,500 nuclear warheads respectively in 2011, including 2,427 and 2,150 deployed, the yearbook said.

In the U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces of the moderate reduction in April 2010 was adopted, according to a new START treaty, but not currently deployed two new nuclear weapons delivery systems or have announced plans to do so, and appears determined to retain their nuclear arsenals uncertain future, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.

"This is an extension to the said the new cuts by the United States and Russia agreed to cut is a real step towards nuclear disarmament, nuclear power when their plan is a time scale, it contains a few decades, when the modernization of nuclear weapons is their the main priority to do the defense policy, "the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Senior Fellow Shannon Kyle said in a statement.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that it is an independent international body dedicated to conflict, arms, arms control and disarmament.

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New Zealand steps up government borrowing, denied lying about digital

The New Zealand government is borrowing up to 5 billion NZ dollars (4.07 billion U.S. dollars),Finance Minister Bill English said Tuesday.

English was speaking to Radio New Zealand after the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) accused the government of issuing misleading figures in last month's Budget, which said borrowing was at 380 million NZ dollars a week to cover tax credits and entitlements for the KiwiSaver and Working for Families schemes.

This figure distorts the situation of the borrower, Confederation of Trade Unions economist Bill Rosenberg told New Zealand radio.

"This is to frighten people, I think, when the borrowing requirements increased, but almost not so much. "

Rosenberg said the government claimed it needed to borrow 274 million NZ dollars a week over the next for years, but the CTU estimated it needed about 174 million NZ dollars to cover new borrowing.

English admitted the government was borrowing about 4 billion to 5 billion NZ dollars this financial year -- or 100 million NZ dollars a week -- more than it needed, but denied using misleading figures.

He said that taking the additional decline in lending rates, which has less than 6 percentage points from fall to just over 5 percent advantage.

"We have been very concerned that we have been borrowing more than we need, especially in the last three or four years old when the conditions have been a good few months, open. "

Government borrowing will be significantly reduced from next month. "This decline in new loan terms, down to about 100 million New Zealand dollars of dollars in revenue in the next three years. Average "

Britain says the deficit was 16.7 billion New Zealand, the New Zealand government has faced the greatest.

"The rapid growth of government debt situation, it's a measure we have taken to help us to achieve a slight reduction of debt. "

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Montenegro police arrest "Pink Panther" jewel gang's main members

Montenegrin police Monday arrested the notorious 'Pink Panther' jewel gang, which is suspected of stealing from around the world about 250 million euros, an important member of the value of valuable items, news reports, the Serbian agency Beta.

 

Igor Jocic from Belgrade, Serbia, was arrested crossing the border into Montenegro in Dobrakovo. Jocic being held in a way to make the Montenegrin authorities and the International Criminal Police Organization is awaiting extradition to face charges of Switzerland, which claims that it is the 'Pink Panther gang may be a settlement of several million euros of net theft of watches and jewelry series responsible for value.

 

According to the International Criminal Police Organization, hundreds of former Yugoslavs, primarily Serbs and Montenegrins, who alleged in a large jewelry stores, jewelers and looted stores around the world to attend.

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Confucius Institute Nizhny Novgorod Russia

Confucius Institute was formally established on Monday in Russia Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University, the Confucius Institute in Russia's total to 18.

 

The Institute was established by the Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University and the China Sichuan International Studies University (Shanghai International Studies University).

 

Address at the opening ceremony of the event, Li Hui, China's ambassador to Russia said that 18 Confucius Institutes in Russia as Russian economic and cultural exchanges, the new platform, especially Russia in the promotion of Chinese learning.

 

He also hoped that this will help further strengthen the friendly relations and education, deepen the cooperation between the two countries.

 

Dmitry Svatkovsky, deputy governor of Nizhny Novgorod, said the Confucius Institute here will help the country more closely with China relations.

 

He believes that the Institute will be the local people learning Chinese language and culture research center.

 

About 500 people, including school principals Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University, Boris Zhgalev, in Li Jianping, vice president of Shanghai International Studies University, and teachers, and students from the University, attended the inauguration ceremony.

 

Russia and China in 2009 and 2010 at the bottom of Languages. So far, there are 18 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classroom of four parts in Russia received more than 24,700 Russian students.

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For reasons not clear, the face of HIV and AIDS do not usually high rate of AIDS-related cancer, a new study suggests.

For reasons not clear, the face of HIV and AIDS do not usually high rate of AIDS-related cancer, a new study suggests.

The growth rate of "non-AIDS cancer", including lung cancer, head and neck, liver, kidney, anal cancer, and so, according to research the status of the American Scientific Association (AAAS) appear on the site Monday.

Alarming cancer rates in the rising prominence, the urgent need to understand how to treat AIDS patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the tumor, researchers said.

To explore new therapeutic cocktail therapy and potential drug interactions of cancer, malignancy, AIDS Society (AMC), and by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support clinical trials group, founded in 1995 to support AIDS-related Innovative cancer tests, conducted the first series of research projects.

John Deeken, MD, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown President and research physician in medical research, presented during the poster session of the findings in the ongoing American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011 (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, United States, according to the U.S. Science Association.

Deeken said, these early results have been possible to change the treatment of cancer patients infected with the HIV virus.

"So far, oncologists have not taken a cocktail of cancer on many people's information, said:" Deeken. "We are basically a square, because people with HIV are usually not included in cancer clinical trials. They are excluded, because the doctor about the AIDS patients in the immune suppression caused further worry because the drug cocktail that led to notorious drug interactions impeccable serious side effects. "

The first is the study of drug sunitinib, which may stop blood flow by blocking tumor cell growth and blocking the enzyme required for the growth of some cancer cells. However, in the HAART cocktail of drugs is considered to affect the metabolism of sunitinib-related enzymes, according to the report.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday from his sick leave, introduced the company's new cloud services icloud a breakthrough.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday from his sick leave, introduced the company's new cloud services icloud a breakthrough.

Steve Jobs, got in his trademark black turtleneck and jeans, the Moscone Center in San Francisco standing ovation when he appeared on the stage. Someone shouted "I love you," Jobs said, "It always helps and I appreciate it."

"Icloud content stored in the cloud and wireless pushed to all devices," Jobs said, saying this is Apple's "next big insight."

According to Apple, icloud backup will automatically backup the user's icloud the iOS devices through Wi - Fi daily charge, their iPhone, ipad company or iPod touch. Including the purchase of the music back up, applications, camera roll, equipment settings and application data. It also automatically upload files from iWork to push the clouds to the user, all related equipment.

Currently, the service will be free to replace the previous one of Apple's MobileMe to receive $ 99 per year.

Users will not be buying the memory of these five applications, music or books gigabytes. A test version is available on Monday, the final version will be shipping with the IOS 5 stores this fall with more pay, when the announced plans.

Pay $ 24.99 for the iTunes music program naming contest, a user's iTunes library to be scanned, they will be able to quickly get these tracks on a compatible device, rather than uploading them albums. Song files, including the conversion from the CD will also be uploaded to the icloud, and if they do not match the iTunes store, but by the record company approval.

Jobs pointed out, iTunes event pay plan is better than Amazon's products more expensive, Google has not announced prices, however, said: "This is an industry-leading efforts."

Apple CEO finally showed the company's new large-scale data centers in North Carolina apple pictures is to emphasize the service icloud ready.

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12 states allow illegal immigrants who receive tuition

California and 11 other countries were allowed to continue to give state college tuition to high school graduates who are under a new Supreme Court ruled illegal immigrants.

 

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington rejected a conservative group, called the fee an illegal subsidy "preferential treatment" of illegal immigrants and federal appeals of immigration law violations, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday.

 

The group pointed to a little-known 1986 law, from a "certificate of any interest" to a country's "illegal aliens who currently reside in the United States on a national basis."

 

Court action is not a formal ruling, but it leaves in the formulation of laws in the other 11 states allow illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition, including Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York , Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

 

According to a 2001 law, the tuition of qualified students in California who participated in the three years of high school and graduated from California.

 

Last year, in its first ruling, the California Supreme Court said that the state's policy, not with federal law, because the tuition fees for the benefit of the students turned high school, not the conflict he or she lived.

 

Overall, the state said that about 41,000 students participated in last year's tuition fees for this particular rule of advantages, but most of those in the community college students.

 

10-campus University of California (UC) payment system that in 2009, according to national legal provisions, in-state tuition 2,019 students. About 600 people considered to be illegal immigrants.

 

Another 12 countries have explicitly refused to give in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. For its part, the federal government - through the Clinton, Bush and the administration - has not taken any steps to implement the federal requirements, the report said.

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Bordeaux, France, the new coach pick Gillot

Bordeaux, France Francis Gillot name of the club to manage the team two seasons, replacing caretaker coach Eric Bedouet, chairman of the club said on Monday.

 

"We selected the quality of his coach, his talent he (Gilloty), and his sense of humanity. The man has great warmth and calm," Jean-Louis Triaud speech, said the club website.

 

Eric Bedouet charge noted Bordeaux, Jean Tigana resigned last month.

 

The 51-year-old managed three Gillot club Sochaux. His new mission is to improve the Bordeaux team, won the 2009, the country's top tournament.

 

No details of the value of the agreement.

 

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Sannino promoted to head coach of the name of Siena

  Appointed to the newly-promoted Serie A club Siena on Monday a new deal with Juventus replaced with new coach Giuseppe Sannino Antonio Conte.

 

, 54, received a warm welcome to the club main Ximaximo Mezzaroma Although no coaching experience in Serie A too.

 

"We have open arms and welcomed with great enthusiasm Zhu Sannino said: "Mezzaroma.

 

"A person who is tenacious, courageous, eager to win. "

 

Sannino Varese guide to fourth in the second division this past season and lost to Padua in the promotion play off.

 

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France, Marseille coach Didier Deschamps with the contract extension to 2014

Marseille, France, French football club, with coach Didier Deschamps on Monday to extend until the 2014 contract.

 

"I decided to continue with the exploration of Marseille, the club extended my contract for two years registration period," Deschamps said, quoted by the radio station RTL.

 

"Now I have been pressing its financial road map, I can prepare competitive team today, most likely in a specific budget," he added without elaborating.

 

The 42-year-old former French national team captain, the French team came to Marseille in 2009, replacing Belgium Eric Geret.

 

In the DS, Marseille, France in 2010, won the championship and European Cup, in addition to two League Cup in 2010 and 2011 for two consecutive years.

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European Union envoy in Bosnia, the opening of judicial dialogue

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele open to review on Monday in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) the purpose of judicial bodies of dialogue, news reports, the Serbian news agency Tanjug.

 

In Banja Luka, the Bosnian Serb-controlled entity of the capital of the dialogue, just a few weeks, after the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik agreed to withdraw the work and in a justice on the legitimacy of the European Union contributed dialogue in favor of the referendum.

 

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Ashton provided during the visit to the May 13 compromise solution Banja Luka. The proposed referendum result was a harsh response from the international community.

 

At that time, Dodik said that Asthon pledged by Fuele led "a comprehensive overview of the entire criminal justice." Dodik challenge to prosecutor's office on the legality of the Bosnian Serb hegemony and war crimes, in particular, the impartiality of the judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Cyprus supports Serbia's bid to join the EU

Cyprus on Monday said it would strongly support Serbia for membership in the European Union (EU).

 

"I want to arrest Ratko Mladic, there will be no more excuses to postpone the beginning of Serbia and the EU negotiations between the decision and said:" Cyprus President Demetris Christofias in Nicosia after talks with visiting Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic.

 

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, indicted war crimes tribunal in The Hague, more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica massacre accused the town during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.

 

Serbian Prime Minister said that Belgrade is pinned on Cyprus in its efforts to join the European Union, in particular, bear in Cyprus in July 2012 six-month rotating presidency of the European Union with the help of hope.

 

Asked about the arrest of Mladic, Cvetkovic said his country has the responsibility to do what it has done and hope this will help it move in Europe drive forward.

 

"We have prepared a dynamic action plan, we will continue," he said. "We will do everything possible to achieve our goals."

 

Traditional Cyprus and Serbia share a common position on international issues.

 

Cyprus is the only one not to recognize Kosovo, but also against the separatist territory of Serbia, a move Metochia some European countries.

 

Provides strong support for Serbia in the efforts of the reunification of Cyprus, divided since 1974.

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Ashton: to promote closer Asia-Europe Meeting Asia-Europe cooperation

Ashton, the European Union (EU) foreign policy chief said on Monday the foreign ministers of Europe and Asia dialogue "between the EU and Asia reflects the solid contact."

 

Ashton said that the Tenth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign ministers in Budapest near Godollo, the Hungarian capital. "Asia and Europe face many common security challenges and share many interests," Ashton said first end of the day, requiring 15 years of ASEM framework "key."

 

For the first Asia-Europe Summit has features such as climate change, food and energy security, and the fight against piracy to combat so-called "non-traditional" security challenges.

 

"These issues alone can not solve it," Ashton said. "Only by working together, we can represent the people accepted to work together to prepare for disaster crisis management and, unfortunately, can happen importance. The more we can collaborate to carry out such problems, in crisis and disaster management, the more we can early response to the needs of our people. "

 

Matsumuto Takeaki, Japan's foreign minister said the dialogue also includes counter-terrorism, disaster management, nuclear safety and nuclear security and nuclear non-proliferation. Takeaki said he also briefed the guests on the situation, the DPRK meeting. "There are some issues seems to be the impact in limited areas, but also in Europe and Asia to connect, so very useful framework for cooperation," Wu Zhao said.

 

Ashton said that the EU is using its political pressure to support people in North Africa and the Middle East towards the democratic regime in mobile life. "My reaction to the EU, and how we put together a common pattern to solve the needs of the people around us proud of the way," Ashton said. On Yemen, Ashton said: "President Ali Abdullah Saleh knows what he needs for his people. He should make a decision, in the best interests of his people and continue to move forward."

 

Hungarian Foreign Minister Tonya Norther Marr said the opening of Asia is not only Hungary and the EU's foreign policy component. "If you like the recent trade and China, Japan, Korea and other countries and most Asian countries, the investment perspective, the crisis has increased the number of the most difficult years after the remarkable, even," Marr said Tony.

 

Hungary is the EU's rotating presidency of the current holders.

 

Forty-six countries in total are represented in Godollo including 27 EU countries, 19 Asian countries as well as two organizations -- the EU and the ASEAN secretariat. The meeting participants represent more than 4 billion people as well as 60 percent of its gross domestic product and more than 60 percent of international commerce.

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Natural gas to play a greater role in the global energy mix: IEA

Natural gas in the global energy mix will play a greater role, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report Monday.

 

The new report, entitled "is entering a golden age of gas?" Inspection of the main factors that could cause gas in a more prominent role in the global energy mix, and other fuels, energy security and climate change.

 

The 128-page report presents a scenario in which global use of gas rises by more than 50 percent from 2010 levels and accounts for more than a quarter of global energy demand by 2035. However, the report also strikes a cautious note on the climate benefits of such an expansion, noting that an increased share of gas in the global energy mix is far from enough on its own to put the world on a carbon emissions path consistent with a global temperature rise of no more than 2 degrees Celsius.

 

International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said: "We have seen in the natural gas market in recent months significant progress. Has a strong potential to assume a greater role in natural gas and natural gas markets become more global diversification to improve energy security. "

 

"The natural gas is a 'clean' fossil fuels, it is still a fossil fuel use can increase the muscle low-carbon fuels, such as renewable energy and nuclear energy, -. Particularly after the incident, in Fukushima and a possible reduced role in some nuclear countries. Only use gas expansion is no panacea for climate change, "he added.

 

IEA is an autonomous organization, works to ensure that its 28 member countries and beyond, reliable, affordable and clean energy.

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