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In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
Oil   Photos   Politics   War   Wikipedia: Petroleum politics		  CounterPunch 
Oil Wars on the Horizon
Thu 10 May 2012
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf)
File - Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) meets with members of the Oregon National Guard, the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, and family support groups at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., June 29, 2009.
Business   Nuclear   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Ron Wyden		  Pakalert Press 
Senator: Fukushima Fuel Pool Is a National Security Issue for AMERICA
Mon 7 May 2012
Share Washingtonsblog After visiting Fukushima, Senator Ron Wyden warned that the situation was worse than reported … and urged Japan to accept international help to stabilize dangerous spent fuel... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Nick Choy)
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC  Al Jazeera  Sat 5 May 2012
A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC
Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some cynics couldn't help calling it... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Brazil   Economist   History   Photos   Wikipedia: BRICS   World
Sudan and South Sudan fighting risks children being sucked into conflict  The Guardian  Fri 4 May 2012
Sudan and South Sudan fighting risks children being sucked into conflict
Save the Children says displaced children are at risk of harm and could be sucked into the conflict as child soldiers Children carry their family's belongings as they go to Yida refugee camp in South... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Children   Photos   Sudan   UN   Wikipedia: Sudan
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people wait to fill containers with fuel at a petrol station GlobalResearch Fri 4 May 2012
OIL IS A STRATEGIC PRODUCT, NOT A COMMODITY: Argentina and the International Oil Picture
Oil is not a commodity, oil is not a raw product either. Just look at the complexity of the techniques for its efficient extraction. Oil is a strategic product that... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Argentina   Commodity   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Oil
Tourist in Dubai Festival City Gulf News Wed 2 May 2012
Emirati tourists spend big
Dubai: Emiratis spend an average of about Dh12,000 per day when holidaying abroad — with the wife usually choosing what destination to fly to, a new study has... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Dubai   Photos   Tourists   Travel   Wikipedia: Dubai
US military planes , are seen at Manas US military base in Bishkek airport Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev last week announced the closure of the base, which is a crucial staging post for coalition operations in Afghanistan. The U.S. began using the Manas base in December 200 Al Jazeera Tue 1 May 2012
Map: US bases encircle Iran
US military bases continue to form a strategic envelope around Iran, although the American withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011 may have changed the regional balance... (photo: AP / Igor Kovalenko)
Iran   Iraq   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran–United States relations after 1979
President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March, 5, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Independent Tue 1 May 2012
Netanyahu considers calling early election
Mr Netanyahu has presided over an awkwardly diverse yet unusually resilient coalition for three years. But while he is under fire for his handling of Iran and the... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Election   Israel   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu
The ship "Lutfallah II" believed to be carrying three containers of weapons, is docked at a Lebanese navy base, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday April 28, 2012. BBC News Sun 29 Apr 2012
Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels'
The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Weapon   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Soldiers of Pakistan's para-military force stand guard outside the U. S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 5, 2011 as security is beefed up after killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Atlanta Journal Thu 26 Apr 2012
Reports: Bin Laden family set to leave Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — A minivan has arrived at the house where the three widows and children of Osama bin Laden are staying amid media reports they will soon be deported to... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan)
Islamabad   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Bin Laden family


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In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 file image made from video, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks on Yemen State Television Yemen's president shakes up military commands The Daily Telegraph
The first batch of the troops of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) arrive in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, July 18, 2005, ready to form the joint peace keeping force. Sudan accuses South Sudan of backing armed rebel groups The Daily Telegraph
Japanese police officers stand by bodies of victims while searching for missing people at a devastated area in Namie of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. In the background is part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. Fukushima: Far More ‘Chronic and Lasting’ Cesium Contamination Than Previously Believed Pakalert Press
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Oil highest since 2008 on Saudi pipeline report The Times of India
Turkish soldiers ride in a military truck in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. Separatist Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit near Turkey´s border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, Oc 5 Reasons Iran is NOT a Threat to the U.S. Pakalert Press
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010. Iran and world powers set for nuclear talks Al Jazeera
Secretary general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, and Chief Negotiator of southern Sudan Pagan Amum speaks during a press conference in Nairobi Kenya, Friday April 13, 2012. Sudan's armed forces advancing on Heglig town Al Jazeera
RICHMOND, Calif. - Oil spill responders deploy boom around the scene of the sunken 205-foot decommissioned Navy Tug Tiger, Monday, Nov. 12, 2011. The Tiger sunk last night in its moorings at the Port of Richmond at Potrero point, Nov. 11, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela J. Boehland. (1476885) ( Tug Tiger Richmond Response ) Researchers to study oil spills in Oman Khaleej Times
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee heairng to outline the Pentagon's budget. US and UK urge Israel not to attack Iran Al Jazeera
File - Radar facilities dominate the skyline at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2009. The Assassination of Iranian Scientists: In What Way is Iran a Threat to Israel? GlobalResearch
An Iranian security directs media at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, with the reactor building seen in the background, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. EU set to hit Iran with new sanctions Al Jazeera
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