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President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir (in hat) and Vice President of GoSS Riek Machar along with other senior ministers bid farewell to President Bashir's delegation before they depart to Khartoum. President Bashir visited Juba 5 days before the start of the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination.  During the visit President Bashir discussed preparations for the plebiscite and other outstanding issues with his counterparts in the Government of Southern Sudan.
(photo: UN / Tim McKulka)
South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
BBC News
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. | The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but were not able to sign a deal. | South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July, an...
Gasoline Prices - Pump - Oil - Crude
(photo: WN / sweet)
Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions
Jakarta Post
| Crude prices were steady Friday amid a weaker US dollar and expectations that Europe will be able to find oil elsewhere if Iran makes good on its threat to immediately halt exports to the region. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was down 12 US cents at US$99.59 a barrel at late afternoon Bangk...
South Sudan sees oil shutdown complete by Saturday
Zeenews
Nairobi: South Sudan's top negotiator said his country would complete an oil production shutdown by Saturday, after Sudan and South Sudan failed to agree on a deal to end an oil crisis. | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan's President ...
GCC countries meet in Istanbul
Khaleej Times
| ISTANBUL - Foreign ministers of six Gulf countries are meeting in Istanbul to explore new ways of cooperation with Turkey amid Iranian threats to immediately halt oil exports to Europe. | The latest threat from Iran follows a European Union decisio...
Rail line developers seek Port Authority's advice
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
| Developers of a proposed $350 million commuter rail line between Lower Burrell and Downtown asked Port Authority officials on Friday to help them determine the best way to connect the line to the East Busway and Steel Plaza Station. | Port Authorit...
Transit funding a state issue, Port Authority chief says
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
| The Port Authority of Allegheny County has funding problems beyond the ability of local officials to solve on their own, no matter what the governor says, the agency's CEO said on Friday. | "Make no mistake about it, this is a state issue," CEO Ste...
President Barack Obama arrives at a rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Thursday, July 16, 2009, in Holmdel, N.J.
AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
State of the Union speech
CBC
| Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: | Last month, I...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives at his official residence in London to meet Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, shortly after he announced at the House of Commons that all Iranian diplomatic staff were ordered to leave the UK, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011.
AP / Sang Tan
Hague says Iran oil embargo is aimed at avoiding conflict
m&c
| London - The European Union oil embargo on Iran is aimed at reducing the risk of conflict and induce Iran to return to the negotiating table, British Foreign Secretary William Ha...
Gasoline - Fuel Prices
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Oil at $99 as Greek debt woes offset Iran tension
Dayton Daily News
| LONDON — Oil edged down toward $99 as uncertainty over a Greek debt deal offset concerns that Iran could block shipments of crude in the wake of the European Union's decisi...
Arab Gulf States Urged to Increase Pipelines After Iran's Oil Threats
Chosunilbo
| As Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz intensify, some energy experts are calling on Arab Gulf states to find alternative ways to export their petroleum. Experts differ, however, on whether proposed pipelines are economically feasible or ...
Iran hits back with oil embargo threat
Otago Daily Times
| Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran has warned it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies. | At the same time, the governmen...
Ray of hope for marine life
Gulf News
| Dubai: An estimated four trillion litres of raw Gulf seawater is used every year to cool down UAE power plants, foundries and desalination plants before it is returned to the sea. | To put that into perspective, that's enough water to fill 1.6...
Exploration
File - The flame of the Bayji Oil Refinery runs twenty-four hours a day in Bayji, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2008.
(photo: US Army / Sgt. Kani Ronningen)
Western Oil Firms Big Winners in Iraq War
WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross | Western oil producers have emerged as the big winners of the Iraq war. | "Prior to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq US and other western oil companies were all but completely shut out of Iraq's oil market," industry analyst Antonia Juhasz told Al Jazeera wire service. "But thanks to the invasio...



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