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Early Salvos Launched Ahead of Cybersecurity Talks
2013-06-07 20:05:45| TechNewsWorld
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will soon meet to talk cybersecurity, but plenty of people on either side are talking already. A day after China's claim that it has data proving U.S. hackers have been attacking the Middle Kingdom, U.S. officials say Chinese hackers orchestrated "a massive cyberespionage operation against the 2008 presidential campaigns" of Obama and McCain.
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U.N. climate talks pick back up in Bonn
2013-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The next round of U.N. climate change talks began in Bonn, Germany--the final round of midyear negotiations before the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in November. The talks are, in part, focused on defining elements of a universal climate agreement by 2015, an agreement that would be enforced by 2020. The negotiations are now in a crucial conceptual phase of the 2015 agreement, said U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres. Stakeholders need...
Centrica in UK shale gas stake talks
2013-06-07 13:04:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is in advanced talks with Cuadrilla Resources to buy a stake in shale gas fields in northern England.
British Gas owner Centrica in talks to buy shale fracking stake
2013-06-07 09:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The British Gas owner Centrica is in talks with Britain's leading fracking company about buying a stake in its most promising acreage just months after playing down the prospects for shale gas. Sources have confirmed to the Guardian that discussions are ongoing between Cuadrilla Resources and Centrica over the sale of a stake in the Bowland shale in the north-west of England. A second shale operator, IGas, said earlier this week that estimates of its resources were considerably higher than...
China Jumps the Gun on Cybersecurity Talks
2013-06-07 00:58:12| TechNewsWorld
This coming weekend's cybersecurity talks may have already started. China's state-run newspaper ran an article claiming that the government has "mountains of data" proving it has been the victim cyberespionage at the hands of the United States. The report precedes the upcoming landmark meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and President Obama; cybersecurity is expected to be a key talking point.
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