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Toshiba nearing deal on Bulgarian nuclear reactor deal

Toshiba's US unit is nearing a deal estimated at almost $5 billion to build a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria, a report said Thursday, as Japanese firms eye atomic contracts overseas after the Fukushima crisis erased demand at home.
03 July 2014 10:20

Japan's Hitachi unveils joking robot

Japanese scientists unveiled a robot with a sense of humour Tuesday, and claimed it was capable of knowing when its jokes had fallen flat.
20 May 2014 14:09

Panama president blames former canal chief for crisis

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday blamed the Panama Canal's former administrator for the crisis surrounding its massive expansion project -- where work has been halted over a billion-dollar payment dispute.
12 February 2014 09:59

Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway

Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013 13:20

Fukushima plant readies for dangerous fuel rod removal

Nuclear engineers in Japan are readying to move uranium and plutonium fuel rods at Fukushima in their most difficult and dangerous task since the plant's runaway reactors were brought under control two years ago.
07 November 2013 14:59

Transport engineering emerges in Kazakhstan

Transport engineering has become one of Kazakhstan's industries thanks to the state-run Program of Accelerated Industrial-Innovative Development: Akhmetov.
02 October 2013 10:46

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