The following are comments by European Union leaders at a two-day summit starting on Thursday in Brussels.
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The Dalai Lama on Friday made light of sharp criticism against the Dutch prime minister for declining to meet him during a three-day visit to the Netherlands, telling politicians it was of no concern to him.
Top executives from utilities, electric car, solar and wind power companies demanded on Tuesday that governments turn away from fossil fuels when they sign a new climate pact, expected in December.
Industry should play its part in the fight against climate change by persuading governments to aid carbon cuts rather than lobbying against them, the U.N. Secretary-General told a business conference on Sunday.
Industry should play its part in the fight against climate change by persuading governments to boost carbon cuts rather than lobbying against them, the U.N. Secretary-General told a business conference.
The volume of retail trade in March of the European Union’s 27 nation bloc (EU27) fell by 0.3% and the euro area (EA16) down by 0.6%. In February of this year, retail trade fell by 0.8% and 0.3% respectively, according to the European statistics.
The World Health Organization reported on Monday that 985 cases of influenza A (H1N1) have been reported across twenty countries.
Mexican officials voiced hope on Friday they were getting a handle on an outbreak of a new flu strain as doctors sought to understand how dangerous it is, how far it might spread and where it came from.
General Electric unit GE Wind, a maker of wind turbines, expects to return to double-digit growth rates in 2010, after being flat in 2009, the head of GE Wind's German business said on Tuesday.
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp, its top supplier, discounted a Wall Street Journal report that cyber spies had stolen secrets of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft being built for the United States and nearly a dozen allies.
Vestas (VWS.CO: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's biggest wind power equipment producer, plans to produce 800 of its new V60-850 kilowatt units per year at its new factory in Inner Mongolia once it goes into full operation in a year's time, Lars Andersen, the company's China president, said on Tuesday.
Industrial enzyme maker Novozymes A/S, which has teamed up with China's COFCO and Sinopec for a biofuel project, will jointly invest up to 90 billion yuan ($13.17 billion) with the two companies in the deal, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.
The captain of a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean is being held hostage on the ship's lifeboat, a crew member on the vessel told CNN on Wednesday.
Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American sailors on board, but a Pentagon official said the crew appeared to have retaken control of the vessel.
NATO named Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its next leader on Saturday, averting a damaging split with Turkey at a summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the military alliance.
Denmark boasts the world's most networked economy, putting it and its Nordic neighbors in a good position to rebound from the current global downturn, the World Economic Forum said on Thursday.
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The United States has told NATO allies it will back Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the next head of the alliance, NATO diplomats and a U.S. source said on Saturday.
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server market.
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for at least $6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster their computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co.
On March 10, the total number of U.S. soldier deaths stood at 4,256 who died since the Iraq war began the same month six years ago according to an Associated Press count.
