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    Report: Petrobras drillship attacked by pirates off coast of Africa
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    Pirates? Terrorists? You make the call. gCaptain reports that just months after arriving on location, the Petrobras-owned Ocean Rig Poseidon was recently attacked while drilling for oil off the coast of Tanzania, Africa. Officially, Tanzania's Registrar of Ships released this statement:

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    Ethiopia gets geared up for biodiesel
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    Challenged by fluctuating oil prices and stricken with poverty, Ethiopia is searching for a way to boost the nation's economical situation and perk up the country's poor living conditions. Some Ethiopian leaders believe that the solution lies in renewable fuels. Statistics show that Ethiopia ...

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    Chevron doubles $pending in $earch of new oil in Africa
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    Chevron, one of the largest oil companies in the world, will double the amount of money it spends in search of more oil. Over the next five years, Chevron will spend about $20 billion in Africa alone, which is thirty percent more than it spent in the previous five years. Peter Robertson, vice ...

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    Dutch Kia buyers can offset their vehicles through African jatropha biodiesel
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    Let's set this story up by placing the players on a map. First, Kia, which is a South Korean automobile company. Secong, Mali, which is a country in Africa. Third, Kia Netherlands, which sells the Korean cars in Holland. Now that we're clear on who's where, here's the story: According to ...

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    Guinea Bissau's excess military staff will grow crops, produce ethanol
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    I'm pretty sure this is AutoblogGreen's first story about Guinea Bissau, the small west African country. An official in that country's Defense Ministry said last week that Guinea Bissau Armed Forces has a plan to make ethanol "within a few years" through a military program. In the short posting of ...

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    Zero Rally Africa gears up for 2009
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    Not a heck of a lot of information is available yet on the Zero Rally Africa, but since there's about 14 months to go before the thing kicks off, this isn't really a problem. What we do know about the rally is that it's a 4,000 km, ten-day jaunt up from Cape Town through South Africa, Namibia and ...

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    Human and Animal Powered Vehicles bring solar power to Africa
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    Donkey-drawn carriages are apparently popular forms of transportation in many countries in Africa. A company known as Water and Wheel has added a new techno-twist to this old concept: solar cells. The cells charge a 12 Volt battery, which in turn can power mobile communications and water ...

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    Africa to become the world's biodiesel supplier?
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    Crude palm oil (CPO), used extensively as a biodiesel feedstock in South East Asia, has seen its popularity go through the roof over the last few years as Europe's mandatory biodiesel targets have seen global demand boom. Despite the environmental concerns over large scale rainforest destruction to ...

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