The America's Intelligence Wire articles from October 2009

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from October 2009

Gazprom Urges Europe to Honor Take-or-Pay Deals
October 30, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CURT ANDERSON Gazprom insisted Friday that Europe honor commitments to pay in full for contracted gas volumes regardless of the amount used _ with the Russian gas producer reportedly claiming European...

Gazprom, Polish Counterpart Reach Gas Price Deal
October 30, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: AOIFE WHITE Russian gas company Gazprom said Friday it had agreed on a deal with Polish counterpart PGNiG to boost gas supply to Poland and streamline the management of their joint venture Europolgaz. They...

Prosecutor: Priest Slaying Suspect Used Aliases
October 29, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: DAVID PORTER A janitor who confessed to stabbing a New Jersey priest to death last week had been trying to cover up a two-decade-old arrest warrant by using fake names and identification, a prosecutor said Thursday...

Records: Slain NJ Priest Discussed Firing Suspect
October 28, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: MICHELLE ROBERTS Pennsylvania court records show a New Jersey priest spoke about firing the janitor who was later accused of killing him because of a problem with a criminal background check. They say the Rev....

Records: Slain US Priest Discussed Firing Suspect
October 28, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MICHELLE ROBERTS Pennsylvania court records show a New Jersey priest spoke about firing the janitor who was later accused of killing him because of a problem with a criminal background check. They say the...

NJ Town Grieves for Slain Priest, Accused Janitor
October 26, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to his parishioners in this affluent community, who widely view the suspected role of the longtime church janitor...

Norkus Named to Genesee & Wyoming Board
October 26, 2009... (From FinancialWire) Byline: MIKE CORDER FinancialWire-26 October 2009-Norkus Named To Genesee & Wyoming Board (C)2009 Investrend Communications, Inc. (Comment on this article at...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of NJ Priest
October 25, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN Authorities investigating the stabbing death of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory. ...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of NJ Priest
October 25, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory. Morris...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of US Priest
October 25, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory. ...

NJ Town Laments Slain Priest and Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the fatal stabbing of a beloved priest has brought little solace to an affluent Roman Catholic parish in this tiny northern New Jersey community. Authorities say longtime church...

NJ Town Laments Slain Priest and Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the fatal stabbing of a beloved priest has brought little solace to an affluent Roman Catholic parish in this tiny northern New Jersey community. Authorities say longtime church...

NJ Town Grieves for Slain Priest, Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to this bucolic, upscale community, which widely views the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a...

NJ Town Grieves for Slain Priest, Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to this bucolic, upscale community, which widely views the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a...

US Town Grieves for Slain Priest, Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to this upscale community, which widely views the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a second...

US Town Grieves for Slain Priest, Accused Janitor
October 25, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to his parishioners in this affluent community, who widely view the suspected role of the longtime church...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of NJ Priest
October 24, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN A janitor was charged with murder Saturday in the slaying of priest whose body was found in the rectory of his northern New Jersey church. Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said that...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of US Priest
October 24, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN A janitor was charged with murder Saturday in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found in the rectory of his church in northern New Jersey. Morris County Prosecutor Robert...

Church Janitor Charged in Slaying of US Priest
October 24, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VICTOR EPSTEIN A janitor was charged with murder Saturday in the slaying of priest whose body was found in the rectory of his northern New Jersey church. Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said that...

Serbia Seen as Hub for Russian Gas in Europe
October 22, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DUSAN STOJANOVIC Serbia will become a major hub for distribution of Russian natural gas to Europe thanks to the storage and transport capacities of the planned South Stream pipeline, the general manager of...

Relaunch for European Club Hockey Championship
October 21, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: LARA JAKES and HYUNG-JIN KIM Ice hockey's governing body agreed with seven European nations on Wednesday to relaunch the Champions Hockey League next year. The annual tournament was canceled in June because...

White House Celebrates Hispanic Musical Heritage
October 14, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DARLENE SUPERVILLE The White House became "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group...

Putin in China for Regional Security Talks
October 14, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the summit Wednesday of a regional security group that Moscow and Beijing see as a counter to U.S. influence in the energy-rich, former...

Russia, China Say Will Work on Financial Crisis
October 14, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV China, Russia and other members of a regional security group pledged Wednesday to work together to combat the global economic crisis and find ways to increase cooperation on financial...

Putin: Russia, China, Set Gas Price Formula
October 14, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ELAINE GANLEY Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia and China have reached an understanding on setting the price for prospective Russian gas deliveries to China. Putin said in China on Wednesday...

Putin: Russia, China, Set Gas Price Formula
October 14, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia and China have reached an understanding on a pricing for prospective Russian gas deliveries to China, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Russia's Gazprom and...

Russia, China Sign Deals Worth $3.5 Billion
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia and China signed agreements worth $3.5 billion Tuesday, but the former rivals-turned-strategic partners were still working on a major energy deal, a top Russian official said. The...

Gazprom Strikes Preliminary Gas Deal with China
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The head of Russia's Gazprom said Tuesday a preliminary deal had been reached to supply energy-hungry China with natural gas. Gazprom's chief executive Alexei Miller said the agreement...

Gazprom Strikes Preliminary Gas Deal with China
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV China and Russia signed a framework agreement Tuesday that could see a steady flow of natural gas to energy-hungry China from its resource-rich neighbor. It was one of numerous trade and...

Gazprom Strikes Preliminary Gas Deal with China
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV China and Russia signed a framework agreement Tuesday that could see a steady flow of natural gas to energy-hungry China from its resource-rich neighbor. It was one of numerous trade and...

Gazprom Strikes Preliminary Gas Deal with China
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday negotiated a major new gas deal with China and said that ties between Moscow and Beijing help restrain other powers, a veiled allusion to...

Health Digest 10/13/2009
October 13, 2009... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill) Byline: Jim Benson Health Digest for the week of Oct. 13, 2009: Announcements Cancer society walk MACKINAW -- The 17th annual Join the Fight walk to raise...

White House Celebrates Hispanic Musical Heritage
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DARLENE SUPERVILLE The White House was becoming "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group...

White House Celebrates Hispanic Musical Heritage
October 13, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DARLENE SUPERVILLE The White House was becoming "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music...

Russia: Rally in St.Petersburg Protests Skyscraper
October 10, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: John Canalis About 3,000 protesters have rallied against a plan to build a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in St. Petersburg. The participants in Saturday's protest urged Russian President...

Russia: Protest in St. Petersburg over Skyscraper
October 10, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: IRINA TITOVA About 3,000 protesters rallied in Russia's former czarist capital on Saturday to protest a plan to build a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom. The protesters urged Russian President...

Russian Culture Chief Opposes Skyscraper Plan
October 8, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: Yvette C. Hammett Russian news agencies say Russia's top cultural official has vowed to fight the construction of a glass-clad skyscraper in St. Petersburg. Critics say the building will ruin the elegant skyline...

Brazil Miner Vale in Talks to Join Belo Monte Consortium - Report
October 6, 2009... (From AE Brazil Newswire) Sao Paulo, 06 - Brazilian mining giant Vale is in advanced talks to form a consortium with French-Belgian group Suez, and local electricity companies CPFL Energia and Neoenergia to bid for Belo Monte, a major...

Russian Governor OK's Petersburg Skyscraper
October 6, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN The governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg has signed a decree allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center. ...

Russian Governor OK's Petersburg Skyscraper
October 6, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STEPHEN BERNARD The governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg has signed a decree allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center. ...

Russian Governor OK's Petersburg Skyscraper
October 6, 2009... (From AP Online) Byline: IRINA TITOVA The governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg signed a decree Tuesday allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center. ...

ValuEngine Upgrades Gazprom Oao to '5' Rating
October 6, 2009... (From FinancialWire) FinancialWire-6 October 2009-ValuEngine Upgrades Gazprom Oao To '5' Rating (C)2009 Investrend Communications, Inc. (Comment on this article at http://www.financialwire.net/200...

Poland Settles Dispute with Netherlands' Eureko
October 2, 2009... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: Matthew Spina Poland has reached a settlement with the Netherlands' Eureko BV in a long-running dispute over the canceled sale of a stake in the country's largest insurer, the treasury minister said Friday. ...

Brazil's Odebrecht Seeks to Form Consortium for Belo Monte - Report
October 2, 2009... (From AE Brazil Newswire) Sao Paulo, 02 - Brazilian contractor Odebrecht is in "advanced talks" to form a consortium to bid for the Belo Monte hydroelectric project, local daily O Estado de S. Paulo reported Friday. Odebrecht is close to...

Brazil Petrobras Pension Fund Mulls Joining Group for Belo Monte
October 1, 2009... (From AE Brazil Newswire) Byline: Ted Strong Curitiba, 01 - Brazilian pension fund Petros is considering joining a consortium to bid for the Belo Monte hydroelectric project, Petros President Wagner Pinheiro said Wednesday. Petros, the...