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Energy Watch: Australia Inciting Global Destruction With Proposed Uranium Mine Project

By Esther Tanquintic-Misa 03:13 PM ET

Protesters against the proposed construction of the uranium mine project in Wiluna town in the northern Goldfields raised Australia is inciting global destruction should it continue to push with the project.

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Japan Imports of LNG in April Up 14.9%, Oil 12.9%

With no more nuclear reactors to help augment its energy requirements, Japan's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as crude oil have soared by as much as 14.9 per cent and 12.

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Philippine Government Could Earn $13 B from Xstrata's Copper, Gold Mine – Report

The government of the Philippines stands to gain as much as $13 billion from the proposed copper-and-gold mine project to be constructed by Xstrata-owned Sagittarius Mines Inc.

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Japan’s Trade Deficit Rises In April Amid Increasing Oil And Gas Imports

Japan reported Wednesday a rise in trade deficit in April compared to a year earlier as the nuclear energy crisis has resulted in the increase of oil and gas imports.

MPs Won’t Debate Yet on Censure Motion for Craig Thomson

The Liberals withdrew on Wednesday a motion to suspend embattled crossbencher MP Craig Thomson from the Australian Parliament.

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Libya ends public showing of Gaddafi's body

10:03 AM ET

Libya's interim rulers ended the public display of the bodies of Muammar Gaddafi, his son and army chief on Monday after four days in which thousands of Libyans came to see for themselves that the dictator was really dead.

Nigeria

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Nigeria arrests 46 oil thieves, seizes ship

10:14 AM ET

Nigeria's military said on Monday they had detained a small oil tanker and arrested 46 people trying to ship illegally refined oil products, pursuing a fight against an underground industry worth hundred of millions of dollars a year.

Burundi

Burundi police kill four gunmen in clash

10:15 AM ET

Burundi police killed four gunmen after a heavy exchange of fire, a police officer said on Monday, the latest in a series of violent incidents that raise concerns about a new insurgency in the coffee-producing nation.

EU

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EU Referendum: Half the Country Would Want Out of Europe

09:32 AM ET

If the UK had an “in-out” referendum tomorrow on membership within the EU half the country would vote “out”, a majority that would comfortably pass the motion.

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