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Another year, another POWER-GEN Middle East event. Although I made the classic mistake of packing a warm suit and leaving behind my sunglasses for a country experiencing 42 degree heat; the trip to Doha, Qatar, proved very productive.

For those of you who have not been, it's an interesting city packed to the brim with visual opposites. One minute you are standing outside a five star hotel, the next you are driving across the barren desert on the way to a humungous power and water facility… Continue

World Leaders are currently in New York for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) summit to discuss poverty, hunger, disease, maternal and child deaths and drinking water and sanitation needs.



Even one day into this three-day meeting, the European Union has reportedly offered one billion Euros to help achieve the goals.



EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said: "We have to produce more effective results because time is running out."



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Hi everyone,

I've just returned from a two-day press trip in France. Apart from offering a vast improvement of culinary delights…

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Hi everyone,

Interesting cover story in this week's New Scientist magazine headlined: "The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird…

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