International
Myanmar: Kantbalu Farmers Protest Against Land-Grabs
Aug 14, 2014
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Eleven
About 1,000 farmers in Kantbalu Township, Shwebo District of Sagaing Region on August 13 staged a protest to ask for the return of confiscated lands…
South China Sea: China-US Tensions Heat Up Over Disputed Sea
Aug 14, 2014
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Voice of America
Chinese state media accuse the United States of inflaming tensions in the South China Sea as Secretary of State John Kerry wraps up his trip…
Iraq/Kurdistan: International Oil Producers Halt Northern Iraq Operations
Aug 14, 2014
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Turkish Weekly
In a story on the suspension of oil production by a number of international companies operating in Iraq's north, the Anadolu Agency erroneously reported that…
India: There Will be Water Wars Soon: HC on Depleting Water Level in Delhi
Aug 14, 2014
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The Economic Times
The Delhi High Court today said there would be "water wars" soon given the rate water sources is depleting and asked the city government whether…
Liberia: Sime Darby Slows Liberia Operations Due to Ebola Virus
Aug 14, 2014
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Bloomberg
Sime Darby Bhd (SIME), the world’s biggest listed palm oil producer, said it’s slowing production in Liberia because of the Ebola virus.
The Kuala Lumpur-based company,…
Liberia: Sifca Says Exports of Rubber From Liberia Halted on Ebola
Aug 14, 2014
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Bloomberg
Sifca Group, an Ivory Coast agribusiness company, said its exports of rubber from Liberia have been halted as a result of the closing of land…
Iraq: Iraq Crisis: West’s ‘Mandate’ Limited by National Borders – and Don’t Dare Mention Oil
Aug 14, 2014
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The Independent
In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last…
Global: Global Conflicts Cause concern in Markets, Commodities
Aug 14, 2014
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Nwi Times
Headlines across the world have been filled with news of violence and intensifying conflicts in the Gaza strip, the Ukraine and Russia, and Iraq.
The largely…
Liberia: Liberia Offers New Acreage Despite No Update on Oil Legislation
Aug 14, 2014
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Platts
Liberia has offered four exploration blocks for licensing despite previous assurances that they would first put in place petroleum legislation.
State-owned NOCAL on its website said…
Liberia: Liberia's National Oil Company Denies Selling Oil Blocks
Aug 14, 2014
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All Africa
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) says oil blocks that are now out for international competitive bidding, are neither being sold nor auctioned contrary…
Conflict Minerals: How Monitoring Smelters is Key to Curbing Conflict Minerals
Aug 14, 2014
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Web Africa
Technology hardware, software and services provider HP says it is keeping a close watch on smelters and refiners in a bid to reach the company’s…
DRC: Eastern Congo Slowly Producing More Conflict-Free Minerals Report
Aug 14, 2014
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Thomas Reuters Foundation
The number of mines certified as producing “conflict-free” minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly increasing, though challenges remain in cutting off this…
Bangladesh: Land Grabbing Drives Lawlessness and Deaths in Bangladesh
Aug 14, 2014
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UCA News
In separate incidents last week, a tribal Santal man was murdered, and an Oraon woman was gang raped by Muslim men in northern Bangladesh. A…
Nigeria: Awka Youths, Elders Square Up Against Anambra Government Over Land Grabbing
Aug 14, 2014
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Daily Post
Youths and elders of Ezinano community in Awka, Anambra State have drawn a battle line with state government over what they termed “unlawful acquisition of…
Myanmar: Corrupt “Land Grabs” Imperil Democracy in Burma
Aug 14, 2014
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Thomas Reuters Foundation
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to own property [and] no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of…
Iraq: Militants Hold Seven Iraq Oil Fields After Syria Blitz, IEA Says
Aug 14, 2014
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Bloomberg
Islamic State fighters have captured seven oil fields in Iraq with a total output capacity of 80,000 barrels a day, adding to energy deposits they…
Myanmar: Kanbalu Farmers Demand Release of 57 Jailed ‘Plough Protestors’
Aug 14, 2014
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DVB
Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.
The demonstrators, who received permission from…
Myanmar: Drug Control Efforts Go Local in Myanmar’s Kachin State
Aug 14, 2014
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IRIN
Myanmar's northern Kachin State, renowned for its heroin production, is changing tack in its efforts to curb rampant drug use and cultivation: In addition to…
Kurdistan: Turkey Has Called on US to Lift Kurdish Oil Ban
Aug 14, 2014
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Financial Times
LONDON - Turkey has called on the US to lift obstacles to the sale of oil by Iraq’s cash-strapped Kurds to help in their war…
South China Sea: China Defends Position on Sea Dispute
Aug 13, 2014
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DVB
Speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Summit in Naypyidaw on Saturday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the country is willing to…
South China Sea: At ARF, India Backs International Arbitration, Freedom of Navigation
Aug 13, 2014
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The Diplomat
As The Diplomat reported earlier on Monday, this year’s ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was one of the more productive multilateral meetings in the Asia-Pacific region in recent memory.…
South China Sea: U.S. to Monitor South China Sea for De-escalation After China Rebuff
Aug 13, 2014
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Reuters
The United States will monitor the South China Sea to see whether "de-escalatory steps" are being taken, a U.S. State Department official said on Monday,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil and Erbil
Aug 13, 2014
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New Yorker
To the defense of Erbil: this was the main cause that drew President Obama back to combat in Iraq last week, two and a half…
Myanmar: Myanmar Can Renegotiate Hydro Deal to Keep More Power, says Chinese Firm
Aug 13, 2014
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Reuters
A Chinese firm that signed deals with Myanmar's former military rulers to build hydro dams said it could renegotiate the terms, which would see some…
Myanmar: US to Waive Timber Sanctions for One Year
Aug 13, 2014
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Myanmar Times
The United States Treasury Department granted a special one year licence beginning in late July for certain US companies to trade with Myanma Timber Enterprise…
Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?
Aug 11, 2014
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Laurel Stone
Do women hold the key to a peaceful society? Much is known about the victimisation of women through rape, trafficking, and early marriages, but much…
China/South China Sea: A View From the Sea, as China Flexes Muscle
Aug 9, 2014
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Austin Ramzy, The New York Times
ABOARD CSB-8003, in the South China Sea — As the large white Chinese ship closed in, the smaller Vietnamese Coast Guard vessel could only veer…
Kenya: Youths Block Thika Superhighway to Protest Land Grabbing
Aug 9, 2014
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Albert Nyakundi, The Star
Tension is high on the Thika superhighway after several youth groups and community based organizations protested against a private developer who is fencing of public…
Conflict Minerals: How to Make the Most of Africa’s Business Boom
Aug 9, 2014
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Sara Murphy, The Motley Fool
Following the close of this week's unprecedented U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the business community's eyes are trained on Africa. Perhaps not since colonization has the West…
South China Sea: China to Build Lighthouses on Five Disputed Islands
Aug 8, 2014
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Today
BEIJING — China is planning to build lighthouses on five islands in the South China Sea, the official China News Agency reported yesterday, in what…