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Nigerian rebels threaten new gas pipeline project (AFP)

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Militants with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) brandish their weapons as they sail through the Niger Delta in 2008. MEND has threatened to thwart a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigeria's best known rebel group on Saturday threatened to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe, but the army vowed to protect the project.


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Bugs: The Forgotten Victims of Climate Change (LiveScience.com)

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LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. If it were up to Jessica Hellmann, insects such as butterflies and beetles would wield just as much conservation clout as traditional conservation icons, such as polar bears, tigers and dolphins.

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Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge (AFP)

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AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.


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Key Nabucco gas pipeline deal to be signed July 13 (AFP)

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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, seen here on June 2009, delivers a speech at the 20th Crans Montana Forum in Brussels. Erdogan will host the signing ceremony for the intergovernmental deal on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project in Ankara on July 13.(AFP/file/Dominique Faget)AFP - EU nations and Turkey said Friday they will sign a key intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13 on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, but key issues still need to be resolved.


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Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal: Turkey (AFP)

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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, seen here on June 2009, delivers a speech at the 20th Crans Montana Forum in Brussels. Erdogan will host the signing ceremony for the intergovernmental deal on Europe's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project in Ankara on July 13.(AFP/file/Dominique Faget)AFP - Russian Gazprom's recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe's flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.


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Oil falls below $66 after bleak U.S. jobs data (Reuters)

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Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at an oil refinery in Melbourne June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Oil dropped a dollar to below $66 a barrel on Friday after unemployment data hardened views economic weakness would sap energy demand and that last month's rally was overdone.


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Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal $10 bln gas pipeline deal (AFP)

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A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire near Warri, 2007. Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)AFP - Three African countries on Friday signed an accord to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.


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Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs (Reuters)

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A handout image released by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History shows 'Banjo' Australovenator wintonensis. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/Travis Tischler)Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.


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$10B deal would ship gas from Africa to Europe (AP)

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AP - Nigeria's state oil company says that Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline to ship gas to Europe.

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Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data (AP)

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An oil platform in the North Sea. Oil prices sank under 67 dollars a barrel Thursday after weak jobs data quashed hopes of a speedy economic recovery in the United States, which is the world's top energy consumer.(AFP/SCANPIX/File)AP - Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling.


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