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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, stands with Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, at the opening of the Geneva talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
(photo: AP / Keystone, Dominic Favre, Pool)
Dallas' Daily Digest: Iran, U.S., and the Politics of Friendship
WorldNews.com
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | Several days ago when Jundallah militants struck Iran, I recalled what Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said weeks earlier. Before traveling to the U.S. to speak before the United Nations General Assembly, he urged President Barack Obama (...
Tankers are seen anchored near the coast of an offshore island which houses Oil Tanks in this Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005 picture in Singapore. Petrol companies ExxonMobil, Caltex, Shell and Singapore Petroleum Company this week increased their pump prices by 5-9 Singapore cents per liter as crude oil prices continued to rise following Hurricane Katrina's battering of oil refineries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
(photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
The dark secrets of the trillion-dollar oil trade
The Independent
| With a combined capacity for 313,000 tonnes of oil, the Delta Ios and the NS Burgas supertankers were launched two months ago to criss-cross the globe in search of trade. Instead, the vast vessels were to be found yesterday lying idle off the coast of Singapore after their owners were paid by two ...
Banks push European shares lower; BoE, ECB eyed
The Guardian
* FTSEurofirst 300 index down 1.2 percent ahead of BoE, ECB * Banks weigh but BNP Paribas gains after results * Commods fall; Petroplus down By Joanne Frearson LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - European share prices were mostly lower on Thursday ahead of int...
Swiss get another chance to push for Persian Gulf port - More Sports - SI.com
CNN
PRINT EMAIL ARTICLEURL FACEBOOK DIGG TWITTER RSS SHARE | America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland gets one more chance to push for Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as the venue for its bitter showdown against American rival BMW Oracle Racin...
World stocks down on renewed banking concerns after more help for Royal Bank of Scotland
Star Tribune
| LONDON - World stock markets mostly fell Tuesday amid renewed concerns about the banking sector after Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland PLC got more government help and Switzerland's UBS AG booked another massive charge. | Uncertainty about a raft o...
Second chance for Large Hadron Collider to deliver universe's secrets
The Observer
| At first glance, the piece of metal in Steve Myers's hands could be taken for a harmonica or a pen. Only on closer inspection can you make out its true nature. Myers, director of accelerators at the is clutching a section of copper piping from whic...
A look at economic developments around the globe
Newsday
| October 27, 2009  The Associated Press () | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | BEIJING — 's investments overseas nearly tripled from a year earlier to $20.5 billion in the th...
A look at economic developments around the globe
Houston Chronicle
| - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | BEIJING - China's investments overseas nearly tripled from a year earlier to $20.5 billion in the third quarter as companies snapped up mining a...
A look at economic developments around the globe
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | The Associated Press | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ,,, | BEIJING , China's investments overseas nearly tripled from a year earlier to $20.5 billion in the th...
Offshore
Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, run as they arrive to attend a rally to commemorate their slain top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh and two other leaders
(photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Hizbollah rearms as Middle East tensions grow
NZ Herald
| BEIRUT - Hizbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's Government will attack Lebanon again before any assault on Iran's nuclear facilities. | Last week, Israeli commandos seized a ship in the Mediterranean loaded with almost 400 tonnes of rockets and small arms, which Israel claime...
Logistics
Spyrogyra green algae Taken on a small pond in Dmbovia county, Romania
(photo: GFDL File / Bogdan )
As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble
Kansas City Star
Related: | More News | Off the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists. A thousand miles off California, researchers have discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris. |...



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