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President Barack Obama speaks as Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, listens during a ceremony honoring Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Government   Obama   Photos   President   Washington  
 Khaleej Times 
Obama pushes climate change in meeting
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of US en... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
 The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
 Greenhouse gas emission - emission - factory - global warming - air pollution    wnhires  (js1)   The Boston Globe 
China, India give qualified nod to climate deal
| AMSTERDAM-China and India have given their qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions. | More than 100 countries had earlier respond... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
China   India   Photos   President   UN  
Baltic Sea  KDVR 
Baltic Sea pipeline work unveils a dozen centuries-old shipwrecks, 1 maybe up to 800 years old
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between... (photo: GFDL / Andreas Tille)
Baltic   Company   Photos   Shipwrecks   Unveils  
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A currency traders work in front of screens showing the exchange rates at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Denver Post
World stocks up as US job data lift recovery hopes
| HONG KONG—World stock markets gained Monday as a better-than-expected report about the U.S. job market lifted confidence in the economic recovery. | Major Asian b... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Data   Investors   Photos   Recovery   Stocks  
In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a worker throws his cigarette while smoke on a truck parked in front of a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Datong, Shanxi province, China. Malaya
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
| WASHINGTON—The United States and Britain are threatening to withhold support for a $3.75 billion World Bank loan for a coal-fired plant in South Africa, expanding the... (photo: AP / Andy Wong, File)
Climate Change   Energy   Finance   Photos   World Bank  
In this image issued by EU NAVFOR on Friday March 5, 2010 shows a boarding party from the EU NAVFOR French warship FS Nivose on Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast on Friday March 5, 2010. The Star
Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said they had released the Thai-flagged Thai Union 3 ship on Sunday after receiving a $3 million ransom. | The tuna fishing vessel... (photo: AP / EU NAVFOR)
Photos   Piracy   Shipping   Somalia   Thailand  
Photo of North Sea oil platform as seen from ms Oosterdam The Guardian
Government must take back control of North Sea oil and gas production
| Professor Peter Odell, adviser to OPEC, says state authority would ensure oil companies work in the national interest | Government needs to maximise remaining North Sea... (photo: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 / Stan Shebs)
Business   Oil   Opec   Photos   UK  
Singapore dollar - currency- finance - singapore economy - business                    The Guardian
Billions for Haiti, a criticism for every dollar
| JONATHAN M. KATZ | Associated Press Writer= PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The world's bill for the Haitian earthquake is large and growing — now $2.2 billion — and... (photo: WN / maryjane)
Dollar   Food   People   Photos   World  
 Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych greets supporters holding flags of Yanukovych´s Party of Regions during a rally in Izmail, 700 km, 432 miles, southwest of Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept 22, 2007, ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for S The News International
Ukraine vows new page in ties with Russia
Saturday, March 06, 2010 | MOSCOW: Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych vowed on Friday to end years of acrimony with giant neighbour Russia, as he paid his first vi... (photo: AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Moscow   Photos   President   Russia   Ukraine  
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. left, shakes hands with Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich, right, at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 5, 2010. The Star
New Ukraine leader soothes Russia, no gas deals
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's new president Viktor Yanukovich soothed Moscow on Friday by suggesting he would reverse key policies of his pro-Western predecessor, but wo... (photo: AP / Natalia Kolosnikova, pool)
Energy   Photos   Politics   Russia   Ukraine  
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, listens to his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 5, 2010. The New York Times
Ukraine's Leader, in Russia, Promises Better Ties
| MOSCOW — Ukraine’s newly elected president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, arrived in Moscow on Friday promising a “sharp turn” in his country’s re... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
Energy   Photos   Politics   Russia   Ukraine  
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium A320 OO-TCH Joy Online
GNPC to review Tullow's contract with Belgian airline
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) will review the contract between Tullow Ghana Limited and Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen (NHV), a Belgium airline company... (photo: Creative Commons / Andy)
Airline   Ghana   Photos   Transport   Travel  
A humpback whale tail has wavy rear edges. Independent online
 Danes denied humpback whale hunt
| New York - The International Whaling Commission has refused a Danish request to allow limited hunting of humpback whales off the coast of Greenland. | The proposal fail... (photo: Creative Commons / berraschungsbilder)
Denmark   Endangered   Hunting   Photos   Whale  
Exploration Maritime Industry
- Indian navy thwarts pirate attack on Greek ship
- Indian navy thwarts pirate attack on Greek ship
- Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates
-  French ship apprehends pirates
In this image issued by EU NAVFOR on Friday March 5, 2010 shows a boarding party from the EU NAVFOR French warship FS Nivose on Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast on Friday March 5, 2010.
Thai ship free after ransom - Somali pirates
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- The Falklands are expecting a new invasion, but not from Arg
- Argentina goes to UN as Falklands row escalates
- The 15th Annual THISDAY Awards: Nigeria at 50 Awards
- Danish troops 'storm ship captured by Somali pirates'
File - Jorge E. Taiana (centre), Foreign Minister of Argentina, addresses the ministerial-level Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
Argentina goes to UN as Falklands row escalates
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Energy Gas
- EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
- China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
- China and India Join Climate Accord
- INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect fores
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
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- Turkey's EUAS to sign nuclear deal Korea's Kepco
- Obama pushes climate change in meeting
- Greece, Qatar discuss $4b natural gas project
- China, India give qualified nod to climate deal
President Barack Obama speaks as Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, listens during a ceremony honoring Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Obama pushes climate change in meeting
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Shipping Oil Prices
- Shipwrecks found during pipeline work in Baltic Sea
- Shipwrecks found during pipeline work
- Air France-KLM; recovery in load factors in both passenger a
- Wind power boost with new jack-up vessels
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea pipeline work unveils a dozen centuries-old shipwrecks, 1 maybe up to 800 years old
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- Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
- Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
- Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
- Petrol price war is over as costs rise across Australia
An investor looks at a stock price board at a private security company Friday June 27, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China's shares are joining the rest of the Asia market in tumbling in response to crude oil spiking above $140 a barrel for the first time. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 5.29 percent at 2748.43 points Friday.
Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
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OPEC Business
- Turkey's EUAS to sign nuclear deal Korea's Kepco
- Report: N Korea to replace top diplomat in Geneva
- Team NZ, Azzurra still unbeaten at Louis Vuitton sailing reg
- Asian markets lower despite China exports data
Businessmen are reflected in the electric stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 1, 2010. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with Hong Kong's index up nearly 2 percent, after China said manufacturing continued to grow last month albeit at a slower pace. Nikkei 225 stock average ended at 10,172.06, up 46.03 points. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian markets lower despite China exports data
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- Greek strike to shut down services Thursday
- Orderly state default mechanism may be needed-OECD
- Euro zone growth slow and steady, rate hike delayed-Reuters
- Greek strike to shut down services Thursday
Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurria gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.
OECD: gov'ts must cut deficits, boost regulation
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