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MELBOURNE, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Wary of a backlash from "green" voters in Australia's 2010 elections, Victoria state has ditched plans to mine and export carbon-intense brown coal to India.

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Governmental tardiness in paying its electricity bills is forcing the Karachi Electric Supply Co. to take drastic measures in Pakistan's largest city.

PRETORIA, South Africa, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Electricity prices in South Africa are about to increase dramatically.

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Even before the Philippines' Electric Power Industry Reform Act takes effect, industries with high-load factors will get to choose their power supplier.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- India's burgeoning power sector is increasingly dominating the country's initial public offering market.

MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Russia's Lukoil is projecting its 2010 plans on a baseline price of $60-$65 per barrel of oil on the international market.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- All units at Kyrgyzstan's Toktogul hydroelectric station, the country's largest, have resumed operation after the facility's second turbine failed Wednesday.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A criminal case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of Kazakhstan's state uranium firm Kazatomprom, will proceed to court.

MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- As part of Russia's expansion of its nuclear energy capabilities, Russia's Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corp. is increasing its hiring of university graduates.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Turkmenistan has built a liquefied natural gas terminal at Kiyanly on the Caspian.

STANLEY, Falkland Islands, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Falklanders' hopes of an imminent oil bonanza have received a boost after senior executives from a major exploration and production firm on the islands were reported in talks with Chilean oil companies to try and forge strategic partnerships.

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- China is the second most attractive place in the world to invest in renewable energy, says an Ernst & Young report released Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The drive by foreign companies to grab a piece of the action in gas-rich Turkmenistan is reported to be producing some strange bedfellows -- like PetroSaudi, owned by the son of King Abdallah, and Merhav, an Israeli conglomerate run by former intelligence officer Yosef Maiman.

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- China's monopoly on "rare earth" minerals, essential for green technologies, may not keep up with increasing demand.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Amid a new terrorist bombing campaign that is likely to intensify as parliamentary elections loom, Iraq's beleaguered government is stepping up security around the Oil Ministry as it prepares to auction licenses to develop some of the world's richest oil fields.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A leaked document known as the "Danish text" has increased tensions between rich and poor countries negotiating at a crucial U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian exploration company Husky Energy Inc. announced a deepwater gas discovery in the South China Sea that could yield millions of cubic feet per day.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. state of Maryland selected Constellation Energy to develop what will become the third-largest solar facility in the United States, the company said.

DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Sustained increases in global energy demand require major investments in alternatives such as liquefied natural gas, Exxon Mobile officials said in Qatar.

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. environmental officials said the configuration of a burst oil pipeline in Alaska was unusual as crews work to clean one of the state's largest oil spills.