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Nicolas Maduro raises his fist after he was sworn in as Venezuela's acting president by the President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, right, at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013.
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Maduro firm after sending US envoys home
Wed 2 Oct 2013
Caracas - President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that Venezuela will not have cordial relations with the United States as long as US diplomats continue what he alleges are attempts to destabilise... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro waves as he arrives at the Convention Center to attend the second working session of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday April 15, 2012.
Caracas   Photos   Politics   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro		  The State 
Venezuela leader rejects cordial relations with US
Wed 2 Oct 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that Venezuela will not have cordial relations with the United States as long as U.S. diplomats continue what he alleges are attempts... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
File - Workers drilling for oil on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.  Al Jazeera  Mon 29 Apr 2013
Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
This month, Al Jazeera aired a special four-part series on the hidden history of the western oil giants known as the Seven Sisters, and their role in defining the politics and economics of the world... (photo: UN / V Bibic)
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Iran's Minister of Petroleum Rostam Ghasemi, center, gestures as he speaks to journalists prior to the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, June 14, 2012. The meeting of the 12 oil ministers of the OPEC focuses on price and production targets.  Middle East Online  Sat 20 Apr 2013
Iran sees no need for OPEC emergency meeting over drop in prices
TEHRAN - Iran sees no need for an emergency meeting of the oil cartel OPEC over a recent drop in crude prices before the producers' annual session at the end of May, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak)
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, July 23, 2009 in New York. The New York Times Fri 12 Apr 2013
Stocks End a Four-Day Advance as Energy Slides
NEW YORK (AP) — A four-day advance came to an end on Wall Street as falling commodity prices brought down the stocks of energy and mining companies. The Dow Jones... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
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In this Feb. 28, 2012 photo, a pair of specialists work at heir post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets were resilient Thursday, March 1, 2012, despite ongoing concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may be turning a bit more hawkish and figures in Europe showing an unappetizing brew of rising unemployment and inflation The State Fri 12 Apr 2013
A weak start on Wall Street; energy stocks slide
NEW YORK — Energy companies led the stock market lower Friday as the price of oil sank 2 percent. Major indexes were still on track to end the week with strong... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Residents wait in line to vote for presidential elections at a polling station in the Petare neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. President Hugo Chavez is running against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Huffington Post Thu 14 Mar 2013
Venezuela Says U.S. Plans To Kill Capriles, Maduro Accused Of Homophobic Slur
By Daniel Wallis and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, March 13 (Reuters) - Venezuela's acting president said on Wednesday that "far right" figures in the United States were... (photo: AP / Sharon Steinmann)
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A section of Tehran's oil refinery is seen, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his remarks prior to his trip to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where he is due to attend the OPEC summ Reuters Thu 14 Mar 2013
U.S. extends waivers on Iran sanctions to 11 countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States extended 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to Japan and 10 European Union nations in exchange for their cutting purchases of the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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US dollar - Currency Sydney Morning Herald Wed 20 Feb 2013
US stocks tumbles with commodities
Silver and oil tumbled more than 2 per cent to lead the Standard & Poor's GSCI Index of commodities to its biggest decline in almost six weeks amid speculation a... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average
Khaled al Otaiby, an official of the Saudi oil company Aramco watches progress at a rig at the al-Howta oil field near Howta, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 26, 1997. Energy is the big strand in a web of U.S.-Saudi economic ties that has grown in the six years since an American-led army rolled back Iraqi aggression in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/John Moore)hg3 Star Tribune Fri 30 Nov 2012
A new world of American energy independence
The United States is soon to be awash in oil and natural gas, positively brimming with the stuff whose scarcity and unreliability of supply has plagued us since the end... (photo: AP / John Moore)
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Trader Anthony Pugliese, left, uses his handheld device as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. U.S. Stocks Inch Up Wall Street Journal
Voters wait in line outside a polling station in Caracas, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday in a referendum on a constitutional amendment which could allow President Hugo Chavez and all other elected officials to run for re-election indefinite Venezuelan election under investigation Taipei Times
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Trees in a forest, Uttar Pradesh, India UN urges more global collaboration on fighting climate change CNTV
Workers leave the INEOS refinery as they start the two-day walkout by up to 1,200 workers at the site in protest at plans to close a final pension salary scheme to new workers, which has closed the Forties pipeline, which brings in 700,000 barrels of oil a day from the North Sea, in Grangemouth, Scotland, Sunday April. 27, 2008. Strike could close Grangemouth oil refinery that provides most of Northern Ireland's fuel: warning Belfast Telegraph
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gestures to media, as he arrives at parliament house, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 21, 2008. Indian lawmakers gathered Monday to debate a vote of confidence in the government that will likely determine the fate of the government and civilian nuclear deal with the United States. Singh was forced to call the vote after his communist political allies withdrew their support for the Congress-led coalition to protest the nuclear dea PM will push gas, oil deal in Russia Deccan Chronicle
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Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tuskat at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Monday July 15, 2013. Conservative Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is certain to face a barrage of questions in a press conference following newspaper publication of alleged text message exchanges between him and a now jailed former party treasurer that have prompted opposition demands for the premier to resign. El Mundo published Sunday what it said were friendly text messages between Rajoy and former Popular Party treasurer Luis Barcenas. Barcenas is at the heart of a probe into a slush-fund scheme that allegedly included payments to top party figures including Rajoy. He is to be quizzed by a judge in the case again Monday. Spain Summons US Ambassador Over Report Of Mass Spying On Spanish Citizens Business Insider
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks away after shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Barack Obama Is A Destroyer Of Government Jobs Business Insider
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In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard, the Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No. 26 cruises near disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea on Friday morning, Sept. 14, 2012. China Intensifies Press on Japan in East China Sea Dispute Voa News
Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants as EU leaders debate action Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants as EU leaders debate action CNN
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon reverses on Missouri food stamp cuts Kansas City Star
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