Paul Wiseman, a general associate in the engine plant, signed up for unpaid voluntary work at the Great Western Hospital.

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In the first of the resulting arbitration hearings in Stockholm MOR lawyers did not dispute Russian documents that showed Luzhkov's signature approving the original decree calling for the plant or the existence of a 1995 signed contract between Sapir and MOR's general director.

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As part of an agreement signed this week with the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, the university will train scientists from developing countries in in-vitro and cryogenic techniques.

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The breakthrough came when their foreign ministers signed an accord setting out how the plant and the river would be environmentally monitored.

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Djibouti has signed a deal with Iceland to build a geothermal plant near the Dantean furnace of Lake Assal, the continent's lowest point.

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And last year, the company signed an agreement with the Energy Department to build clean coal plant near Orlando, Fla.

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"If an agreement is signed with unions, this staff redeployment would require neither a plant closure or a voluntary redundancy programme, " Gerard Leclercq, head of Renault's French operations, told AFP.

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Nanosolar announced Thursday that it had signed contracts to supply up to one gigawatt of its thin-film photovoltaic panels to European solar power plant builders over the next three to six years.

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