Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Oil,
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Brazil,
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Cambridge Energy Research Associates,
Double Trouble,
Economist,
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Energy Research,
International Energy Agency,
Libya Oil,
Oil Inventories,
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Paris,
Price Of Grain,
Price Of Oil,
Scandal,
Senate Judiciary Committee,
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Shokri Ghanem,
Speculators,
Unexpected Fall,
Viewswire
THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Energy,
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Eastern Europe,
Energy Security,
Energy Summit,
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Eurasian Energy,
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Viktor Yushchenko
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday urged fellow leaders to diversify eastern Europe’s energy supply routes away from Russia and not succumb to ‘energy blackmail.’
Speaking to six other heads of state at an energy summit in Kiev, Yushchenko said his country could play a greater role as a supply route from energy-rich Caspian Sea states [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Worries
Nor is it only the Israelis who are concerned. Egyptian and Saudi leaders also expressed their worries about Iran’s nuclear ambitions when Bush met with them on the trip, several White House aides say. “People in the region really want to see it solved peacefully,” says a senior White House official, “but they’re also concerned [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Military,
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French Army,
French Foreign Legion,
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Russian Army,
Russians,
Tallinn,
Young Men
More and more Russian military men switch to Western military. We’re not just talking about French foreign legion, but also about Estonian army. It turns out that Tallinn touts Russian draftees by giving them freely Estonian citizenship.
More and more Russians try to get no in Russian, but into foreign army. Its’ not a secret that [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold war nuclear submarines.
When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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‘It Is not Us but Europe that Needs to Face Reality’
The next Serbian government could include Tomislav Nikolic, the leader of the ultra-nationalists. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he shows himself uncompromising on the question of Kosovo and even raises the spectre of a new war in the Balkans. more…
Serbian Election: A Setback for [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Kashmir,
Loc,
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Muslim Majority,
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terror,
Terrorism
South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan resumed peace talks May 20 amid reminders of how vulnerable the two nations are to terrorism. Bombings in Jaipur (IANS) allegedly by Bangladeshi extremists and heightened tension (CSM) with Pakistan across the long-disputed border in Kashmir has New Delhi on edge. The U.S. State Department’s 2007 report on [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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Chengdu J 10,
China,
Direct Input,
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Israel,
Israel Aircraft Industries,
J-10,
Lavi,
Russian Aerospace
Russian aerospace engineers have confirmed to Jane’s that China’s Chengdu J-10 fighter aircraft benefited from significant, direct input from Israel’s Lavi programme - including access to the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Lavi aircraft itself.
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New Chinese J-10
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