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LONDON (AFP) – French nuclear group Areva and Rolls-Royce agreed a deal Friday for the British engineering firm to manufacture components for reactors in Britain which is renewing its ageing network of nuclear plants. Areva said the agreement could be expanded to cover nuclear projects in other countries. Its chief executive Anne Lauvergeon said the deal was part of Areva's aim to build "solid relationships with a series of international companies that can work with us globally". Areva is working with partners in China, India and the United States.

[The following is an excerpt] Atlanta Gas Light intends to ‘seed’ the new CNG market to better enable potential market participants to make the long term capital commitments required to purchase vehicles or provide fueling infrastructure to benefit from access to the Atlanta Gas Light baseline facilities. Atlanta Gas Light intends to provide the installation and maintenance of fueling equipment and supporting infrastructure at locations throughout metropolitan Atlanta and eventually in other major cities and along major transportation corridors throughout the state. These locations would be on new or existing commercial sites, convenient to the location of commercial fleets and...

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 27. (AP): Venezuela's President will arrive in Malaysia on Sunday for talks expected to focus on the political situation in the Middle East and cooperation in the oil and gas industry, officials said. President Hugo Chavez will begin a four-day visit in Kuala Lumpur after a week-long trip to China, Malaysia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried late on Friday by the national news agency, Bernama. Chavez will attend a state welcome ceremony at the Parliament on Monday, followed by a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The leaders will discuss international issues of...