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Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari, steps down as he make his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets
The Boston Globe  NEW YORK-The U.S. and Europe are trying to stop Iran, the world's third-biggest oil exporter, from selling crude. Iran's response is to threaten to disrupt shipments from the entire Middle East. Yet... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Europe   Iran   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
File - Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of the Government of Southern Sudan, outlines a multipoint plan for development in southern Sudan in the lead up to and after independence in Juba on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, on his return from Khartoum where he attended the formal announcement of southern Sudan's referendum results. South Sudan claims oil worth $815m stolen by Khartoum
Business Day  SOUTH Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday accused Sudan of seizing its crude oil worth $815m in a row over how to share oil revenue between the former civil war foes. South Sudan seceded last July... (photo: AP / Pete Muller)
Oil   Photos   Sudan   War   Wikipedia: South Sudan
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 European Union governments are expected to finalise new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme on Monday, including plans to phase in an oil embargo. The sanctions follow financial... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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KLps1 - Aussie Dollar - AUD - Australian Dollar - Currency - Money. (ps1) Markets Live: Stocks follow leads higher
Sydney Morning Herald Australian shares are higher after Wall Street rose on good jobs data and corporate results, and European markets gained on successful euro zone bond sales. 12.44pm: Shares in Nexus Energy have risen... (photo: WN)
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Egyptian protesters perform Friday prayers in front of Egyptian flag at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday July 15, 2011 Struggling, Egypt Seeks Loan From I.M.F.
The New York Times CAIRO — Egypt’s military rulers asked the International Monetary Fund on Monday for a $3.2 billion loan that they had previously rejected, bowing to the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
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A cabbage cleaner stands in front of fuel trucks in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. More strikes and unrest in Nigeria after fuel price talks break down
The Independent A statement from the Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress came as confusion remained over whether a threatened shutdown of oil production will occur in... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Economy   Nigeria   Photos   Unrest   Wikipedia: Occupy Nigeria
U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) responds to a distress call from the master of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai The “war of nerves” in the Persian Gulf
Novosti Japan is supporting the European Union's intention to impose an embargo on Iranian crude oil imports, Japan’s Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Thursday. He said... (photo: AP / US Navy)
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A police officer stands guard as people protest following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria
Ohio LAGOS, NIGERIA: A major union threatened Thursday to stop the beating heart of Nigeria’s economy — crude oil production — as part of a nationwide strike... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria oil union threats shutdown amid strike
Denver Post LAGOS, Nigeria—A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers in Nigeria threatened Thursday it would shut down all production starting Sunday to take part in the... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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Angry youths burn debris following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Nigeria's oil economics fuel deadly protests
CNN January 11, 2012 -- Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) Bonfires set ablaze by protesters outside Lagos State University. (CNN) -- On the streets of Nigeria, we bear witness to... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Oil   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Occupy Nigeria
Trade union members display placards during a protest, in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Trade unions protesting Nigeria's minimum wage have called a warning strike across the oil-rich nation. Wednesday's strike by the Nigerian Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress comes despite last-minute negotiations between President Goodluck Jonathan and union leaders. Anger grows as Nigeria fuel strike enters 3rd day
The Guardian * Deadlock over fuel subsidy removal * Strikes hurt security as Boko Haram menace grows * Africa's second biggest economy paralised By Tim Cocks LAGOS, Jan 11 (Reuters) -... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not appropriate for use as a weapon. Breaking: Iran and Israel Caught – Partnering in Nuclear Attack Ploy Pakalert Press
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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric Pakalert Press
AIDAdiva in Izmir, Cruise ships are organized much like floating hotels, with a complete hospitality staff in addition to the usual ship's crew. How the cruise industry sails under the radar Toronto Sun
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, tells the audience at the Saban Forum, held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C. on Dec. 2, 2011, that the United States and its allies and partners in the international community must do everything possible to make sure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. U.S. won't cut carrier fleet to fix budget, Panetta says Daily Press
A lawn mower is covered with snow After cold night, 3-6 inches of snow expected Friday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, African Union peacekeepers hold their positions in the Deynile district of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after al-Shabab was chased out of the neighborhood in a dawn offensive by Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers. UN envoy moves to Somalia as violence rages Al Jazeera
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, right, speaks with Belgium's Finance Minister Steven Vanackere, left, and Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan, center, during a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. EU ministers press Greece for budget cuts Al Jazeera
Children watch to a dried water canal filled with garbage at the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010. Doctors and aid groups are rushing to set up cholera treatment centers across Haiti's capital as officials warn that the disease's encroachment into the city will bring a surge in cases. Cholera has killed more than 580 people across the country according to Haiti's health ministry. New allegations of UN sexual abuse in Haiti Al Jazeera
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In this June 12, 2011 photo released on July 5, 2011 by Tokyo Electric Power Co., masked workers in protective outfits prepare to drop one of sliding concrete slabs into a slit of the upper part of the sluice screen for Unit 2 reactor at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in their effort to decrease the leak of radiation contaminated water to the ocean.
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Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
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