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A Sunni gunman, left, fires by his AK-47 machine gun during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012.
Libya   Photos   Tripoli   Violence   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon		  Swissinfo 
Heavy shooting lasting hours in Libya's capital Tripoli
Tue 5 Nov 2013
Arab Spring Reuters November 5, 2013 - 12:45 By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between militias using rifles, grenades and anti-aircraft weapons erupted in several... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
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.
Photos   Politics   US   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro		  Independent online (SA) 
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.  The State  Wed 2 Oct 2013
Venezuela leader rejects cordial relations with US
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)
Caracas   Photos   Politics   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro
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... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak)
Iran   OPEC   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroleum industry in Iran
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)
Energy   Photos   Stock Exchange   Wall Street   Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average
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)
Market   Photos   Stock Exchange   Wall Street   Wikipedia: Wall Street
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)
Death Plot   Henrique Capriles   Photos   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Henrique Capriles Radonski   Acting   Caracas   Photos   President   Venezuela
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)
Iran   Oil Embargo   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Sanctions against Iran
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


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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 A new world of American energy independence Star Tribune
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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
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Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, 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. Iran criticizes Iraq for increasing crude exports US News
In this May 1, 2008, file photo, a customer pumps gas at an Exxon station in Middleton, Mass. Exxon's Q3 profit falls on refining weakness The Business Review
Traffic moves down Wiliston Road in Burlington, Vt., Thursday, March 14, 2007. A trial is scheduled to begin March 22 in Burlington, Vt., on a civil suit pitting four Vermont car dealers, two Detroit auto makers and an industry group against the state of Vermont, which plans to impose new emissions standards aimed at reducing carbon-dioxide emission Report suggests 'permanent slowdown' in CO2 emissions BBC News
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Faroe islands launch WTO dispute over EU fishing restrictions Faroe islands launch WTO dispute over EU fishing restrictions Swissinfo
In a Sept. 19, 2008 file photo Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks during Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei tells Iran's hardliners not to undermine nuclear talks Swissinfo
In this file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of a chemical weapons investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria. Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities Swissinfo
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Indian scientists and engineers work with their staff on the Mars orbiter spacecraft at the satellite center of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. India’s ambitious USD $71,096,068 Mars orbiter mission is scheduled to be launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) between Oct. 21 and Nov. 19, 2013 from Sriharikota in south India, project director Arunan. S said Wednesday. ISRO a few hours away from historic Mars Mission launch Deccan Chronicle
File - Sgt. Kevin Fischer, Sight Security Team 1st Battalion 161st Field Artillery, signals his security team to fill in the security perimeter, August 22, 2011, in the deserts of Djibouti. More Barbarian Wars? WorldNews.com
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