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President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
Foreign Policy   Photos   Politics   Russia   US  
 The New York Times 
What the Russians Want
| NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washingt... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service )
U.S. Army Col. Greg Julian, a public affairs officer with U.S. Forces Afghanistan and member of a joint organizational investigation team, speaks with an Afghan villager in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Jan. 27, 2009.
Afghanistan   Marines   Photos   Taliban   Territory  
 CNBC 
Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan - By Peter Graff | The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. | With that, he stood abruptly and walk... (photo: US Navy / Lt. Cmdr. John Gay)
A voter's hand is seen in backlight as he casts his ballot for the European Parliament elections in Sarran, southwestern France, Sunday, June 13, 2004.  The New York Times 
Neighbor's Shadow Still Large in Slovakia
| BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - When the Czech Republic unveiled an avowedly satirical artwork to mark the beginning of its European Union presidency last January, neighboring Slovakia was depicted as a gian... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
Czech Republic   EU   Photos   Politics   Slovakia  
Workers walk by a line of pipe-laying cranes carrying gas pipes prior to a connection ceremony of a new pipeline between Ukhta and Bovanenkovo in Ukhta, in Russia's northern Yamal Peninsula, about 1300 kilometers (800 miles) northeast of Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.  Houston Chronicle 
Natural gas line would connect Africa, Europe
| ABUJA, NIGERIA - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship natural gas across the Sahara to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Europe   Government   Photos   Pipeline   Sahara  
Top Stories
Jeff Crawford, of Jeff's Roustabouts, drives past a wind mill while delivering a tank to a drilling site near Gorham, Kan., Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Kansas drilling rigs that once could not punch holes fast enough when oil prices hit record highs less than a year ago are now sitting idle, their crews laid off. Tax revenues in oil-rich counties are plummeting. Marginal wells are shutting down. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Philadelphia Daily News
Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data
| PABLO GORONDI | The Associated Press | Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Eur... (photo: AP / Orlin Wagner)
Crude   Jobs   Oil   Photos   Price  
The headquarters building of the China National Petroleum Corp. is seen in Beijing Tuesday Aug. 23, 2005. China's biggest state-owned oil firm has reached an agreement to buy Canadian-based PetroKazakhstan Inc., for $4.2 billion (euro3.43 billion) - a victory in Beijing's campaign to secure foreign energy supplies for its hg3 Wall Street Journal
Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids
By SIMON HALL | BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, ins... (photo: ap / Greg Baker)
China   Petroleum   Photos   Venezuela   World  
 Oil Prices, Gasoline prices, oil, gasoline, gas, fuel, energy, industry, prices, consumers. tp1 Knox News
Knox gas prices down, oil slips
  | Knoxville area gasoline prices dropped for the second straight day on Friday, while oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel in light holiday trading a day after gr... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
Gallon   Holiday   Oil   Photos   Prices  
A worker speaks with a truck driver, not seen, at the Greek oil refinery in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. Oil prices surpassed US$103 (euro69) a barrel for the first time Friday as persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted fresh money to the oil market. Business Report
Rogue trader puts heat on oil market
| London - Oil market officials here have launched a probe into an alleged rogue trader who this week helped push prices to eight-month peaks, costing his company nearly ... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Company   London   Oil   Photos   Trader  
Rito Anaya, who works at a landscaping business, pumps gas into gas tanks at Gas Depot gas station in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The average U.S. retail gasoline price was $3.799 a gallon on Tuesday, according to auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. That is down a penny from Monday, and down 31.5 cents from the July 17 all-time h                     CNBC
Oil Settles Below $67 on US Economic Weakness
Swelling gasoline stockpiles and a far bigger than expected rise in U.S. unemployment drove oil markets down more than more than 3 percent to settle below $67 a barrel Th... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
Economy   Energy   Markets   Oil   Photos  
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrives at the Elysee Palace for a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Middle East Online
France seeks to bank on war-wrecked Iraq
| French Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrived in Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq. | "I... (photo: (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) / )
Economy   French   Government   Iraq   Photos  
People, backdropped by central London's St. Paul's Cathedral, walk on a bridge, Tuesday Sept. 30, 2008. London's City braced itself for further pain after watching Asian markets plunge to record lows overnight following the rejection in the United States Congress of a 700 billion US dollar (385 billion British pounds) bank bail-out. The Wichita Eagle
World stocks lackluster as traders eye US job data
HONG KONG - Most Asian markets fell Thursday as investors tread cautiously ahead of a key U.S. jobs report expected to show unemployment hit a 26-year-high despite signs ... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Asian   Investor   Job   Photos   World  
U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment search Iraqi civilians passing by their observation post in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, during a mission to find insurgents, improvised explosive devices and weapons caches Dec. 15, 2006. The Daily Mail
U.S. marines launch massive assault on Taliban in bid to turn the tide of the ...
| Thousands of troops stormed into the heart of Taliban territory in Afghanistan today at the start of a huge offensive they hope will turn the tide of the war. | U.S. Ma... (photo: USMC file / SSgt. T.G. Kessler)
Afghanistan   Campaign   Photos   Taliban   Territory  
U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. The Daily Mail
Britain and U.S. launch massive assault on Taliban as Obama plans to double troop numbers ...
| British and American troops launched a huge offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan last night. | Thousands of U.S. Marines in helicopters and armed convoys led th... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Taliban   US  
Hashish The News International
5,000 kgs of hashish seized
Thursday, July 02, 2009 | By our correspondent | Karachi | The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Sindh, claimed on Wednesday to have recovered 5,000 kilogrammes of Charas from ... (photo: GFDL / Zantastik )
Crimes   Drugs   Europe   Photos   Police  
Exploration Maritime Industry
- Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
- Sailing: life, death and the shipping forecast
- Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate": report
- Crew onboard hijacked ship are "desperate": report
U.S. Army Col. Greg Julian, a public affairs officer with U.S. Forces Afghanistan and member of a joint organizational investigation team, speaks with an Afghan villager in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Jan. 27, 2009.
Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines
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- Nigeria oil company rejects damning Amnesty report
- 'All We Want Is To Reach Gaza. We Do not Seek A Confront
-  Somali pirates free Belgian ship
- Free Gaza Departure Delayed
Human Rights activists aboard the unarmed Free Gaza ship, the Spirit of Humanity, pulling out of the port at Larnaca, Cyprus, 29th June, 2009.
'All We Want Is To Reach Gaza. We Do not Seek A Confrontation'
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Energy Gas
- What the Russians Want
- OAS set to suspend Honduras after coup
- Natural gas line would connect Africa, Europe
- Global warming, Moore's Law and being French
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
What the Russians Want
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- What the Russians Want
- Neighbor's Shadow Still Large in Slovakia
- Natural gas line would connect Africa, Europe
- Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
What the Russians Want
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Shipping Oil Prices
- French: Sub hears signal from Yemenia black boxes
- French: Sub hears signal from Yemenia black boxes
- French: Sub hears signal from Yemenia black boxes
- Coast Guard plucks French kayaker from Bering Sea
A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009.
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow
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- Honduras: Bloodshed fears if ousted Zelaya returns
- Crude oil tumbles to $66
- Auto gas up by P3 per liter
- Oil hovers above $66 after dismal jobs data
Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya face off with police as they reach the international airport in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, July 4, 2009.
Honduras: Bloodshed fears if ousted Zelaya returns
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OPEC Business
- Clerics split on Iran poll decision
- RBA expected to hold rates amid inflation fears
- Way down upon Australia's Murray River
- Italy anti-G8 protest turns violent
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks with media after he attended in a session of Parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday Nov. 14, 2007. Iran's parliament has approved Ahmadinejad's choices of oil and industry ministers, appointments.
Clerics split on Iran poll decision
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- Why is finding good Greek cuisine in Britain an epic task?
- Europe's Fiscal Woes
- Greece Suspends Embassy in Yaounde
- Diana Shipping shares fall
New Slovenian euro coins are seen in Ljubljana, in this, Dec. 15, 2006 photo. The euro will be Slovenia's currency as of Jan. 1, 2007. The tiny alpine country is becoming the 13th nation using the single European currency, a switch Prime Minister Janez Jansa called the "biggest national achievement" since this former Yugoslav country joined the European Union in 2004.
Europe's Fiscal Woes
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