Demanding documents connected to a tax case in Kazakh courts, the troops brandished their weapons to remove AES employees and seize the mine's administration building, according to internal AES e-mails.

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Ten of the AES proposals come from the U.S., but other countries represented are Canada, South Korea, Norway, France, Japan, Costa Rica, Australia, Germany, the U.K. and Israel.

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That's what happened to Royal Dutch Shell (nyse: RDSA - news - people )'s oil well on Russia's Sakhalin Island and to aes' power plants in Kazakhstan.

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At its peak AES produced 25% of Kazakhstan's power.

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Basically it's a USB security key that supposedly encrypts data stored to the thumb drive using AES, provides remote encrypted storage, creates a secure connection to the internet, and deletes your browser's cookies and history files.

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The group is partnering with AES to develop hydropower projects and has plans to set up Nepal's biggest cement plant.

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AES, an American power generator and distributor, thinks the new measures show the government's determination to be flexible if necessary.

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