It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Full Article Kashmir Observer
20 Nov 2014

Claude Salhani For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize: the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. It is in that direction that the battle for control of the world's...

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File - Personnel from Port Security Unit 313 out of Tacoma Wa., chat on the Mina al Bakr oil terminal in the North Arabian Gulf off the coast of Iraq March 07, 2003.
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updated 10 Jan 2014; published 10 Jan 2014
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Billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal PALACE - INSIDE LOOK
updated 20 Mar 2014; published 20 Mar 2014
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Saudi Arabia & China going beyond oil - Biz Wire - March 19,2014 - BONTV China
updated 15 Feb 2014; published 15 Feb 2014
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The Richest Arab of the World [Documentary]
updated 25 Dec 2012; published 25 Dec 2012
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Oil for Dollars - Saudi Arabia - Standard Oil Co California film - 1948.
updated 10 Nov 2014; published 10 Nov 2014
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Tony Blair Caught Selling Oil for Saudi Arabia
updated 22 Nov 2013; published 22 Nov 2013
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CBC's Amanda Lang interviews Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Tears, anger pour for slain Miss Honduras, sister
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
20 Nov 2014

SANTA BARBARA, Honduras (AP) — Tears and anger poured out for the dark-haired beauty who was to have flown to London on Wednesday to represent Honduras at the Miss World pageant, only to be found shot to death with her sister on a remote river bank. After the bodies of the reigning Miss Honduras, 19-year-old Maria Jose Alvarado, and her sister...

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Forensic workers remove a body in the village of Cablotales, near Snata Barbara, Honduras, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Two bodies, believed to belong to Miss Honduras 2014 and her sister, were found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago.
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updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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Tears, Anger Pour for Slain Miss Honduras and Her Sister
updated 11 Mar 2014; published 11 Mar 2014
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Chicago Murder Capital Of America! Williams 40 Something People Killed In A Night, A 6yr old
updated 19 Nov 2014; published 19 Nov 2014
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Honduras beauty queen, sister found dead
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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Miss Honduras murder: Maria Jose Alvarado and sister killed by jealous boyfriend
updated 19 Nov 2014; published 19 Nov 2014
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Breaking News Miss Honduras ( Maria Jose Alvarado ), sister, found shot to death.
updated 19 Nov 2014; published 19 Nov 2014
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Police: Miss Honduras, Sister Apparently Killed
Americans brace for more icy temperatures and snow as ferocious storms linger
Full Article Fox News
20 Nov 2014

Published November 20, 2014FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print Americans across the country braced for another night of icy temperatures as the mercury continued to drop Wednesday, with residents in upstate New York still marooned at home, on highways and at work one day after a ferocious storm dumped piles of snow on the area. Even hardened...

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Americans brace for more icy temperatures and snow as ferocious storms linger
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updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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Americans brace for more icy temperatures and snow as ferocious storms linger
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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Americans brace for more icy temperatures and snow as ferocious storms linger
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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updated 18 Nov 2014; published 18 Nov 2014
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North Korea threatens 4th nuclear test over UN resolution
Full Article Stars and Stripes
20 Nov 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea threatened Thursday to bolster its war capability and conduct a fourth nuclear test to cope with what it calls U.S. hostility that led to the approval of a landmark U.N. resolution on its human rights violations. A U.N. committee on Tuesday adopted the resolution urging the Security Council to refer the North's...

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New North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers and commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
photo: AP / David Guttenfelder

updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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North Korea responds to UN with nuclear test threat
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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NEWSLINE AT NOON 12:00 N. Korea responds angrily to UN draft resolution
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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North Korea threatens nuclear test and 'unlimited' increase in military after UN vote
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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North Korea threatens nuclear test
updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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updated 20 Nov 2014; published 20 Nov 2014
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North Korea responds to UN with nuclear test threat
Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
Full Article WorldNews.com
19 Nov 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Standing there on November 19, 1863, in front of those who had come to sanctify yet another bloody battlefield, President Abraham Lincoln should have spoken the truth. He should have ended his dedication, the Gettysburg Address, by declaring "that government of a few people, by a few people, and at the...

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Abraham Lincoln seated in the chair he had sat in during his tenure in the House of Representatives. Taken by Brady on February 9, 1864, Robert Todd Lincoln called it "The best likeness of my Father".
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Jerusalem Unrest Threatens Wider Flare-Up After Deadliest Attack on Israeli Civilians in 3 Years
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Democracy Now
The unrest that has gripped Jerusalem has escalated after a deadly attack on five Israeli civilians. The victims were killed when armed Palestinians stormed a synagogue during...
Is Paris the eternal horizontal city? Plan for 180-metre tower rejected
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South China Morning Post
Wary of a public that has never forgiven them for blighting their view with a skyscraper 40 years ago, Paris authorities have narrowly rejected plans for a 43-storey...
Iran Uses A Chinese Bank To Fund Middle East Wars
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Business Insider
Thomson ReutersGeneral view of Central Bank of Iran building in Tehran NEW YORK/LONDON/SHENZHEN (Reuters) - There is no trace of Shenzhen Lanhao Days Electronic Technology Co Ltd...

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Rajapaksa calls snap polls to seek record third term
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks over his mobile phone at his official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
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The Times of India
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa called early elections on Thursday, seeking an unprecedented third six-year term in office amid signs of a drop in popularity and demands of his powers to be curbed. Rajapaksa — who was elected in 2005...
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VOA News A South Korean court has given a ten-year jail sentence to the head of the company that operated the ferry that capsized in April, killing over 300 people. Chonghaejin Marine CEO Kim...
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Rebels say 23 killed by Myanmar army amid peace talks
In this Feb. 13, 2012 photo, recruits of the Kachin Independence Army, one of the country's largest armed ethnic groups, march during training at a military camp near Laiza, the area controlled by the Kachin in northern Myanmar.
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Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar have claimed the army shelled one of their training camps killing 23, amid ongoing ceasefire talks. The rebels said shells hit a parade ground in their stronghold of Laiza, which borders China. A 17-year...
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Obesity Costs UK More Than War And Terrorism
An overweight person eats in London, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. Britain's health secretary called Wednesday for a fundamental shift in the way the nation tackles obesity after a study said dramatic action was required to stop the majority of the population from becoming obese by 2050.
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Orange News
20 November 2014, 3:04 Obesity Costs UK More Than War And Terrorism Tweet The UK has been urged to take urgent action after a new study revealed that obesity is a greater burden to the country than armed violence, war and terrorism. The study,...
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Prosecutors in Spain to charge Catalonia leader Mas
The leader of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU), Artur Mas gestures before casting his vote during elections for the 'Generalitat de Catalunya' (Catalan Autonomous Government) in Barcelona, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Voters in Catalonia begin casting their ballots in regional elections that could determine the future shape of Spain.
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BBC News
Spanish prosecutors are to file criminal charges against Catalan President Artur Mas in response to a 9 November unofficial independence vote. The non-binding vote went ahead despite fierce opposition by the Spanish government and a ruling by...
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Military leader becomes Burkina Faso prime minster
Lt. Col. Issac Yacouba Zida, looks down during a press briefing in the city of Ouagadougou
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The Associated Press
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- The military colonel who briefly seized control of Burkina Faso after the longtime president stepped down was chosen Wednesday to serve as prime minister, casting doubt that the army will stay out of politics as...
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New York snowstorm: Four dead as towering 'wall of snow' buries Buffalo
this tree on St. James Place off Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, New York literally split into two due to ice and snow during the "Friday the 13 snow storm" and fell in the shape of a "T". Like most of the trees damaged by the storm, many will have to be removed completely. [October 14, 2006]. wnhires (js1)
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The Independent
Four people have been killed and a state of emergency declared in parts of New York state as a towering "wall of snow" dumped up to six feet of snow on Buffalo yesterday. The arctic storm, which is expected to get worse tomorrow, has plunged nearly...
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