International
Iraq: EU Ambassador to Iraq Accuses European Countries of Purchasing Oil from Islamic State
Sep 3, 2014
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Middle East Monitor
The European Union Ambassador in Iraq, Jana Hybášková, has accused some European countries of purchasing oil from the Islamic State, or IS,Anadolu news agency reported.
Hybášková's…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Behind the Kurdish Oil Mystery: Cash, Power Grabs and the Battle for Statehood
Sep 3, 2014
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Nigel Wilson, International Business Times
When the oil tanker Kamari disappeared in the Mediterranean on 1 August, it was carrying around $100m (£60.7m, €76m) worth of crude from Iraq's semi-autonomous region of…
Central and East Africa: Food Security Alarm in Africa
Sep 2, 2014
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AllAfrica
Some 20 million people are facing acute food insecurity in eastern and central Africa, with most of them being at crisis and emergency levels, according…
Myanmar: 3,000 Farmers Petition Thein Sein Over Land Grab
Sep 2, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
A petition calling for the return of 200,000 acres of land seized from farmers in Magway Region will be sent to President Thein Sein and…
Vietnam: Agent Orange Lives on in Vietnam, Poisoning Children and Ruining Lives
Sep 2, 2014
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The Advocacy Project
While Le Ba Thuan was recruiting soldiers for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, he would watch American planes spraying herbicide and try to…
Rwanda: Mining-Export Income Drops on Lower Tantalum Prices
Sep 1, 2014
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Bloomberg News
The value of Rwanda’s mineral exports dropped by almost a fifth in the first half of the year, even as the volume of sales rose, because…
Kurdish Oil Tanker that Disappeared from Radar off Texas Coast Reappears Days Later
Sep 1, 2014
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Daily Mail
An Iraqi oil tanker that disappeared from radar off the coast of Texas last week has suddenly reappeared today - and it's still full of…
Iraq/ Kurdistan: Battle for Mosul Dam- a New Age of Water Wars Beckons
Sep 1, 2014
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The Conversation
Exactly a year ago, the world was wrestling with the possibility of another US-led military assault on an Arab state, following the horrific gas attacks in Damascus,…
Myanmar: Second City Speculation Sees Land Prices Double
Sep 1, 2014
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The Myanmar Times
Though information on the project proposed by Mayor U Hla Myint is still scarce, it has proven enough to drive a flury of speculation in…
Myanmar: Cronies Set Their Sights on Coal in Latest Power Grab
Sep 1, 2014
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Eleven
Cronies have been granted hydropower projects on Ayeyawady and Thanlwin rivers, including the Myitsone dam, without public notice. Moreover, 23 firms – including companies owned by…
Myanmar: Over 1,000 in Mandalay Protest Mining Activities
Sep 1, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
The mining sector in Burma continues to receive flak, with protestors taking to the streets in Wetthay and Phetshay villages in Thabeikkyin, Mandalay.
On 30 August,…
Israel/Palestine: Israel Seizes 400 Hectares of West Bank Land [Video]
Sep 1, 2014
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Al Jazeera
The United States has urged Israel to reverse its decision to seize nearly 400 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank, a move anti-settlement…
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…