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12/1/07 SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) -- PetroChina Company Ltd. [NYSE:PTR] signed an agreement with the State Forestry Administration to establish bio-energy bases in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces to produce ethanol and biodiesel, a company official told Interfax.

12/1/07 (The Star)CEBU CITY - Asean and economic powerhouse China are set to open up each others services as part of efforts to establish a free trade bloc with the signing of an agreement between the regional grouping and China on Saturday.

CEBU CITY, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Asean will not hesitate to stop negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India if the issue of Exclusion List of goods is not resolved by July this year.

12/1/07 (The Edge News) - Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian palm oil exports reached a record 31.81 billion ringgit (9.05 billion dollars) in 2006, thanks to high prices and strong demand from the food and biodiesel sectors, a report said Thursday.

10/1/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Palm oil Board said palm oil production dropped 26% to 1.14 million tonnes in December from the previous month after floods in main producing states of Johor and Pahang cut output.

11/1/07 (NSTP) - THE value of Malaysia's palm oil exports reached a record RM31.81 billion last year, helped by factors including the high prices enjoyed by crude palm oil (CPO) in the second half.

10/1/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Indonesia is laying the foundations to become one of the world's top biofuel producers in the coming years, with 59 energy firms and institutions inking 58 agreements Tuesday as their preliminary commitments to investing US$12.4 billion in the renewable energy sector.

11/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will urge all the members of the 149-nation World Trade Organization (WTO), especially the major players involved in the Doha Round trade talks, to resume and push forward with the negotiating process.

CHIDAMBARAM, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- A United States based biofuel company in association with Indian petroleum majors and National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, would set up the first bio-diesel pilot plant using solid catalyst, by 2008, according to a top scientist Thursday.

19/1/07 (Reuters) - JAKARTA: Palm oil producer PT SMART Tbk yesterday announced a US$5.5bil biofuel deal with China oil major CNOOC and a Hong Kong energy firm, a major boost for both nations- efforts to secure alternative fuel sources.

8/1/07 (Lexington Herald-Leader) ATLANTA - Unhappy customers started calling soon after McDonald's announced plans in 2002 to reduce trans fats in french fries.