International
Conflict Resources: The Key to Solving Both ISIS and Russian Aggression
Aug 31, 2014
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David Francis, Fiscal Times
The crises in Ukraine and Iraq have little to do with one another. In Ukraine, Russia is exerting its territorial ambitions, while in Iraq, the…
South Sudan: Sudan: Deadlock
Aug 31, 2014
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StrategyWorld
August 31, 2014: As the South Sudan government and the South Sudan rebels (led by former vice-president Riek Machar) continue the civil war, Intergovernmental Authority…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone To Miss Diamond Export Target Due To Ebola Outbreak
Aug 31, 2014
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Albert Robinson, IDEX Online
Sierra Leone Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Abdul Ignosis Koroma said the government would miss its target of exporting $200 million in diamonds this year…
Israel/Palestine: Israel Claims Nearly 1,000 Acres of West Bank Land Near Bethlehem
Aug 31, 2014
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times
JERUSALEM — Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step…
Timor-Leste: Australian Government Wants East Timor Spy Charged
Aug 31, 2014
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian government has asked the federal police to investigate if lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former spy can be charged with disclosing classified information after revelations Australia…
China/India: What Dispute? India and China Ignore Land Squabble
Aug 30, 2014
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Tim Sullivan, Associated Press / ABC News
For more than 50 years, it has pitted India against China — a smoldering dispute over who should control a swath of land larger than…
Iraq: Water Wars: The Islamic State and the Mosul Dam
Aug 29, 2014
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Archinect
Water has become a central focus for both the Islamic State and its combatants in the current struggle being waged over the large geographic area…
Afghanistan: NATO Urged to Recognise Natural Resource Governance as Crucial to Afghanistan’s Future Stability and Security
Aug 29, 2014
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Global Witness
NATO’s hopes for stability in Afghanistan – and a lasting legacy from its 11 year combat mission there – will be deeply undermined without action…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Expand Autonomy as ISIS Reorders the Landscape
Aug 29, 2014
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Helene Cooper and Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has thrown Iraq into crisis, precipitated the ouster of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister and…
Iraq: Chalabi Predicts Iraqi Oil Could Net IS up to $150 Million in 2014
Aug 29, 2014
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Nidal al Laythi, Al-Monitor
Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam al-Chalabi said on Aug. 27 that estimates from reliable reports confirm that the Islamic State (IS) would reap between $100-150 …
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Shipments Reach 8.8 Mln Barrels - Turkish Minister
Aug 29, 2014
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Reuters
ISTANBUL Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has shipped 8.8 million barrels of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan since May, Turkish Energy Minister…
Myanmar: No Quick Fix for Rangoon Land-Grab Victims: Govt
Aug 29, 2014
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Yen Snaing, The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Rangoon’s divisional government has said hundreds of land-grab cases brought to its attention will not be resolved by the end of its current…
Sudan: Karti Urges China to Increase Investments in Sudan’s Non-Oil Sector
Aug 29, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
August 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign minister, Ali Karti, has called on Chinese officials to increase investments in the country’s non-oil sector, while expressing…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Loses Bid to Seize Kurdish Oil Near Texas
Aug 29, 2014
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Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service
HOUSTON (CN) - Refusing to let Iraq seize 1 million barrels of oil aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge found…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Tanker with $100 Million Cargo Goes Missing off Texas Coast
Aug 29, 2014
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Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman, The Independent
An oil tanker loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared of the coast of Texas in the latest development in a…
Myanmar: Tenasserim to Allot Land for Refugees
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
Government officials of Tenasserim Division [Tanintharyi Region] claimed that refugees residing in a camp in Thailand would soon be able to return to Burma as…
Myanmar: New $480m Solar Power Project Planned
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
U.S. investors will help finance a $480 million solar power project in Myanmar's northeastern Mandalay region, which will ultimately provide up to 12 percent of…
Myanmar: Land Prices Skyrocket after Unveiling of Rangoon Development Plan
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
The announcement on Friday that Rangoon’s divisional parliament had approved a proposal to implement a city expansion plan has caused land prices to skyrocket overnight…
Iraq: Jihadists Burn Three Iraq Oil Wells as Kurds Attack
Aug 28, 2014
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AFP
Retreating jihadists set three wells ablaze at a northern Iraq oil field Thursday as they battled Kurdish forces who launched a major attack nearby, officials…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Recapture Iraq Oil Fields, Advance on Rebel-Held Towns
Aug 28, 2014
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Bloomberg
Kurdish and Iraqi forces recaptured two oil fields and mounted an offensive to retake the town of Zummar, part of a broader bid to recover…
Sierra Leone: Golden Saint Reach Agreement Over Diamond Recovery in Sierra Leone
Aug 28, 2014
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London South East
Golden Saint Resources Ltd Thursday said four yellow stones have been discovered by its Sierra Leone subsidiary, Golden Saint Diamonds.
The company said four yellow stones…
Iraq: Iraq to Appeal US Court Decision on Kurdish Oil
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
The Iraqi oil ministry said on Aug. 28 it would challenge a U.S. court decision that stopped U.S. Marshals from seizing some one million barrels…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Solar Ambitions Kickstarted With $480 Million ACO Pact
Aug 28, 2014
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Cathy Chan, Bloomberg
Myanmar will expand its sources of clean energy through an agreement with ACO Investment Group, a U.S.-based private-equity fund focusing on Asian emerging markets, to…
Indonesia/ Timor Leste: State Firms to Set Up Joint Venture on Oil, Gas Development
Aug 27, 2014
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Global Post
Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina planned to establish a join venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil and gas…
Iraq: Access to Oil Makes ‘Islamic State’ a Greater Threat than Al-Qaeda
Aug 27, 2014
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Investor Intel
Iran, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf region and North Africa discovered oil in the first half of the 20th century. They used the…
India/Pakistan: Skirmishes Put Feeling of Wartime on India-Pakistan Border
Aug 27, 2014
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Ellen Barry and Salman Masood, New York Times
JORA FARM, India — The habits of wartime have crept back into life here along the border between India and Pakistan.In the mornings, villagers stitch…
India/ Pakistan: Fishermen Cross an Imperceptible Line into Enemy Waters
Aug 26, 2014
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The New York Times
Fishermen bustled through a ramshackle harbor, a knot of narrow streets and one-room houses on the edge of Karachi, as they prepared to set out…
Extractive Industries: UK Unveils Draft Rule on Extractive Industry Disclosure
Aug 26, 2014
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The Wall Street Journal
The U.K. unveiled draft rules on Thursday governing how oil, gas, mining and logging companies would disclose the payments they make to foreign governments for…
Iraq: Security Forces Repulse Militants' Attack on Baiji Oil Refinery
Aug 26, 2014
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ITAR-TASS News Agency
Iraq's security forces have managed to repulse an attack launched by militants of the Islamic State grouping on the country's largest oil refinery at Baiji,…
Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State Now Resembles the Taliban With Oil Fields
Aug 26, 2014
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Bloomberg
With its reign of terror over a large population and ability to self-finance on a staggering scale, the extremist group that beheaded American journalist James…