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Vietnam is scrapping plans to build two nuclear power plants over soaring costs and safety concerns, state media reported Friday. Empty nuclear waste shipping containers sit in front of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. AP Photo/Representative image The communist nation approved plans to build the plants in 2009 in Ninh Thuan province with an eye towards easing energy shor
stanley cup tages brought about by its rapidly industrialising economy. They were slated to have a capacity of 4,000 megawatts, developed with assistance from Russias Rosatom and a Japanese consortium, and would have been the first nuclear plants in Southeast Asia. But state-run media reported that the government has asked Vietnams rubbe
stanley cup r stamp parliament, the National Assembly, to suspend the projects. The total investment has risen too high, Le Hong Tinh, deputy head of Vietnams Commission of Science, Technology and Environment, was quoted as saying by the Tien Phong newspaper. He said the proposed cost for both plants had doubled since 2009 to an estimated $18 billion as the government sought more advanced technology following Japans deadly Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Tinh added that the projects could also pose an environmental threat and said the nation could not afford to risk another disaster after a toxic industrial leak triggered mass fish deaths earlier this year. The leak ravaged local fishing economies and was pinned on a steel plant in t
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A divided US Congress on Thursday approved $100 billion to keep f
nike dunk ighting the war in Iraq, as Democrats pledged to resurrect failed attempts to force President George W Bush to withdraw troops. HT Image Passage of the legislation capped a four-month struggle between Bush and the new Democratic-led Congress over the increasingly unpopular Iraq war, now in its fifth year. Underscoring Democratic division, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California voted against it and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada voted for it. Three Democratic senators running for president -- Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut -- opposed providing money with no withdrawal deadlines. Joseph Biden of Delaware, also a presidential hopeful, voted yes
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jordan e allocated more than $565 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, according to the Congressional Research Service. Most of the money has gone to fight in Iraq. Bush pleaded for patience but warned of more tough times ahead. It could be a bloody -- it could be a very difficult August, he told reporters at the White House. He also made clear September would be an important period, when the US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, will report on the impact of the troop buildup and make a recommendation on how to proceed. The House voted 280-142 for the emergency funding bill, while the Senate passed it 80-14.
