France's Areva wins $5 billion nuke deal
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French state-run company Areva  has unexpectedly agreed a $5 billion deal to build two nuclear power plants in China weeks after a U.S. rival appeared to have won a competition that dragged on for more than two years.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 17 (IPS) - The European Commission (EC) has given a positive  opinion on construction of a nuclear plant at Belene by Russian  Atomstroiexport, controlled by Gazprom.
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U.S. nuclear power reactors will be  able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for  fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on  Friday.
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Summary - (Dec 20, 2004) An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the European Space Agency&#39;s launch centre in French Guiana on Saturday, carrying a French military surveillance satellite and 6 additional microsatellites.
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Nestle SA completed its $2.5 billion takeover of Novartis Medical Nutrition, the food and drinks giant said Monday.
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Talks on where to build the world's  first nuclear fusion reactor ended without a deal on Tuesday  but the European Union said Japan and the United States no  longer firmly opposed its bid to put the plant in France.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Sunday plans to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates amid reports French firms could construct up to two nuclear reactors there.
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France on Thursday hailed the planned signing here Friday by China Southern Airlines of a deal to acquire five Airbus A380 aircraft as both a political and economic triumph.
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Nicolas Sarkozy lifted the veil Wednesday on what is likely to be his last major sell-off as France&#39;s finance minister - the partial privatization of the state-owned nuclear group Areva SA.
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French companies Areva, Total and Suez are involved in plans to build two third generation nuclear plants in the United Arab Emirates, Jazeera Television said on Sunday.
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The Pentagon's costliest acquisition project, the F-35 Lightning 2 Joint Strike Fighter, safely completed its first test flight Friday, advancing a $276.5 billion program co-financed by the United States and eight nations.
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IBM Corp. on Thursday won EU approval for its largest acquisition ever, the $5 billion cash purchase of "business intelligence" specialist Cognos Inc.
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France wants to buy Siemens&#39; shares in nuclear energy group Areva to create a French nuclear giant that would include Alstom and Bouygues, a German magazine reported in an article to appear Monday.
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Nations representing half the world's population signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact Tuesday for a nuclear fusion reactor that could revolutionize global energy use for future generations.Comment
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BRUSSELS France will act as the host of a major global nuclear fusion project, after Japan gave up its bid to sponsor the $12 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, an EU official said on Monday.
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WARSAW, Poland  - The Polish government signed a deal Wednesday with U.S. defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. paving the way for the transfer of technology and investment to a Polish weapons producer.
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Plutonium from U.S. nuclear warheads &#151; enough to make nearly 20 Hiroshima-style bombs &#151; is headed for France aboard armed freighters and a new life as commercial fuel that will ultimately light American homes.