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Vegetable oil tested on NZ flight

added on 2008-12-31 04:00:41 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
A New Zealand passenger plane successfully completes a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil. ...more.

Sick Yukos official freed on bail

added on 2008-12-31 02:30:43 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
An ailing former executive of Russia's Yukos oil firm is freed after posting a £1.2m bail, his lawyers say. ...more.

Zimbabwe charges on 'toilet bomb'

added on 2008-12-30 14:00:43 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Five Zimbabwe opposition officials are accused of bombing a police kitchen and a nearby toilet. ...more.

Gazprom sees profits jump by 85%

added on 2008-12-30 13:00:41 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Russian gas giant Gazprom reports a solid rise in profits and sales amid record gas and oil prices in the first half of the year. ...more.

Firms to pipe Burma oil to China

added on 2008-12-29 13:00:41 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Burma signs a deal with Korean and Indian firms to pipe gas to China, despite complaints from rights activists. ...more.

Hello police?... My pizza has the wrong topping

added on 2008-12-28 14:30:40 (BBC News - News Front Page)
A priest angry at not being allowed to use a toilet and a woman complaining about Strictly Come Dancing are just two of many "frivolous" calls made to police in Manchester. ...more.

German navy foils Somali pirates

added on 2008-12-25 20:00:41 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
The German navy foils an attempt by pirates off Somalia to hijack an Egyptian vessel but immediately releases them. ...more.

Gazprom to control Serbia's oil

added on 2008-12-24 20:30:44 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Russia and Serbia sign a controversial energy deal handing Russia's Gazprom control of Serbia's oil monopoly. ...more.

Oil could be under housing estate

added on 2008-12-24 14:30:40 (BBC News - News Front Page)
An oil company submits a planning application to drill under a housing estate in Hampshire. ...more.
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