Japan's exports grew 45% in February compared with the same month a year ago, because of strong demand in Asia.

• 24 March 2010

last month in a dispute over transit prices. Kazakh state oil pipeline company KazTransOil last month said the Caspian nation, a key Russian ally in Central Asia, would re-route Europe-bound supplies to Poland to bypass Ukraine altogether. Ukraine's

• 23 March 2010

Azerbaijan over securing gas for Europe have temporarily halted due to disagreements over Turkey's attempts to normalise relations with Azeri arch-enemy Armenia, Turkey said today. The talks over gas supplies from Azerbaijan's Shakh Deniz II gas project

• 23 March 2010

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said on Tuesday a new agreement would be signed with Iraq soon about the Kirkuk-Yumurtal?k oil pipeline.

• 23 March 2010

Google has actually done it and made good on its threat to pull out of mainland China. Its mainland Chinese-language portal has started re-routing searches via Hong Kong. Beijing is furious.

• 23 March 2010

Greece needs to face up to the part it played in its current financial mess. But it now appears there was more to Germany's slow response than originally met the eye.

• 23 March 2010

The European Court of Human Rights accepts the application of non-commissioned officers against the Turkish Armed Forces Assistance Fund.

• 23 March 2010

to Islamabad's plea for a civilian nuclear deal akin to the US-India agreement would further complicate the security situation in South Asia, experts told China Daily on Monday. The Times of India newspaper reported on Monday a possible policy shift by

• 23 March 2010