International
Oil Prices: Hidden Force behind Oil's Rise: Sabotage by Terrorists
Mar 29, 2016
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Matt Egan, CNN
Oil prices have surged on hopes of a freeze in global production. But a more hidden factor is also fueling the price spike: terror attacks…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Introduce Rules, Regulations of Jewelry Law
Mar 26, 2016
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Shanghai Daily
Myanmar will introduce rules and regulations of the country's Jewelry Law, official media reported Saturday. The Myanmar Gems and Jewelry Entrepreneurs Association is working for…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: South China Sea Controversy: Beijing Urges Vietnam to Deepen Defense Ties amid Territorial Dispute
Mar 26, 2016
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Suman Varandani, International Business Times
China’s defense minister has urged his country’s military to deepen ties with Vietnam amid the ongoing territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Chinese Defense…
DRC: Diamond Mining Industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 2020: Latest Market Research Report
Mar 25, 2016
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Empowered News
ResearchMoz added its latest research report titled " Diamond Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 2020: Worldwide Market Size, Shares, Trends, Growth,…
China/Indonesia/South China Sea: Chinese, Indonesian Fishery Dispute Rekindles Competing Seas Claims
Mar 24, 2016
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Ade Irma, Voice of America
Tension is mounting between China and neighboring Indonesia after a recent fishery dispute brought to light their competing claims over the 200-nautical miles exclusive economic…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Minister Suspends Duties Citing Political Disarray
Mar 24, 2016
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Khalid Al-Ansary, Kadhim Ajrash, and Grant Smith, Bloomberg
Iraq’s Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi suspended his participation in the cabinet, citing disarray in government ministries in OPEC’s second-biggest supplier. Abdul Mahdi said in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Minister Proposes Solution to Resolve Oil Dispute
Mar 24, 2016
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Kurdsitan24
The Iraqi Oil Minister proposes a resolution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government to resolve the oil dispute. Adil Abdulmahdi,…
Iraq: US Marines Enter Battle in Iraq to Help Army and Peshmerga Defend Oil Fields from ISIS
Mar 23, 2016
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Erin Banco, International Business TImes
The Islamic State group is trying to retake control of the oil fields it lost two years ago in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan…
South Sudan: Oil Ministry: South Sudan Will Never Recover Earlier Production Levels
Mar 23, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s oil ministry has concluded that oil production is in quick decline, and future production will not reach even half of its peak 2010…
Myanmar: Mandalay Industrial Zone Waste Water Poisons River
Mar 23, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
According to reports, over 90 factories in the Mandalay Industrial Zone in Pyigyidagun Township, have been dumping waste water into the Dunawadi River, depriving villages…
How Exploiting the Earth Can Fuel Violent Conflict
Mar 22, 2016
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Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post
At the end of May, the U.N. Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene for the second time ever in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the United Nations’…
Stirling Scientist Wins £1.1 Million to Tackle Global Environmental Conflicts
Mar 22, 2016
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University of Stirling
University of Stirling scientist, Dr Nils Bunnefeld, is tackling one of the biggest environmental problems facing government agencies and communities across the globe -how humans…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Denies Conceding Abyei Region to Sudan
Mar 22, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan’s foreign affairs minister has denied reports that he authorised an official response to a United Nations Human Rights report on his country’s situation,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Seeks Financial Agreement with Kurds before Pumping Crude to Turkey
Mar 22, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq will not resume pumping crude through a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey unless it reaches a financial agreement with the Kurdish regional government, the Iraqi…
Iraq: Obama Intervened over Crumbling Iraqi Dam as U.S. Concern Grew
Mar 22, 2016
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Warren Strobel, Jonathan Landay, and Phil Stewart, Reuters
On Jan. 21, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraq's prime minister in Davos, Switzerland, and handed him a personal note from President…
Climate Change: Obama Says Climate Change Is a Security Risk. Why Are Republicans Laughing?
Mar 21, 2016
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Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
In the middle of January, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work signed off on one of the potentially most significant, if little-noticed, orders in recent…
Iraq: Sadr Wants Iraqis to Get a Share of Country's Oil Revenue
Mar 21, 2016
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Reuters
Influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged followers demonstrating in Baghdad for a new government to also demand that politicians give every Iraqi a…
China/South China Sea: China's Short-Term Victory in the South China Sea
Mar 21, 2016
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Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs
The sands are quickly shifting in the South China Sea. New reports suggest that China may be preparing to conduct land reclamation at Scarborough Shoal,…
Iraq: Iraq Exports First Natural Gas Shipment in Its History
Mar 20, 2016
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Associated Press
Iraq on Sunday exported the first shipment of natural gas in its history, a key development for the OPEC member struggling to feed a cash-strapped…
India: Water Wars: Prohibitory Orders in Maharashtra's Latur Town to Avoid Violence over Water
Mar 20, 2016
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DNA India
Authorities in drought-hit Latur have imposed an order prohibiting the gathering of more than five persons in areas around 20 water storage tanks until May…
Iraq/Kurdistan: On Iraq's Faultline: Kirkuk Governor Calls for Vote on Kurdish Autonomy
Mar 19, 2016
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Florian Neuhof, Middle East Eye
Territorial gains and the weakness of the government in Baghdad emboldened the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in its quest for an independent state. It is the…
Liberia: Grand Gedeh Braces to End Land Crisis
Mar 18, 2016
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New Dawn Liberia
At least six towns and villages [out of nine] within B’hai and Gbao administrative districts, Gbarzon Statutory District, Grand Gedeh County have resolved to give…
Colombia: Colombian Land Mines Unearthed by Ground-Penetrating Radar
Mar 18, 2016
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Jack Loughran, Engineering and Technology Magazine
Ground-penetrating radar systems are being used to detect land mines in Columbia far more effectively than with traditional methods. German researchers from Ruhr University Bochum…
Algeria: Gas Facility in Algeria is Attacked with Rockets
Mar 18, 2016
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Associated Press
Unknown attackers fired rockets on Friday at a gas facility in the Sahara in Algeria, the energy companies Statoil and BP said. There were no…
South Sudan: South Sudan Fuel Crisis Crippling Services and Drivers
Mar 18, 2016
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Parach Mach, Anadolu Agency
Another widespread fuel shortage has hit South Sudan’s capital, Juba rendering institutions ineffective amid hyperinflation after the country’s central bank devalued the currency by about…
Kurdistan/Iraq: Iraq Halts Exports through Pipeline to Pressure Kurds - Iraq Oil Report
Mar 17, 2016
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Maher Chmaytelli and Chris Reese, Reuters
Iraq's central government has stopped oil exports through the Kurdish region to pressure the local authorities to resume talks about an oil revenue sharing agreement,…
Colombia: 'FARC Frog' Caught up in Colombian Conflict
Mar 17, 2016
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Roser Toll, Agence France-Presse
The little green frog's natural camouflage reminded the professor who discovered it of the guerrilla fighters hiding out in the very same Colombian forest. Conservationists…
Somalia: Elephant in Stealth Mode: A Bull Named Morgan Survives Somali War Zone
Mar 17, 2016
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Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times
Elephant experts in Kenya were excited recently by some rare good news: An elephant had crossed into Somalia — and survived. Somalia, one of the…
Colombia: Can Sustainable Farming Revive Colombia’s Former Killing Fields?
Mar 16, 2016
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Karen Tatiana Pardo, El Espectador
In what was once the setting of civil war and gangland murder, peasants in northern Colombia's Montes de María region are using sustainable farming practices…
South Sudan: South Sudan Army Says Land Grabbing Not Official Policy
Mar 16, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan’s national army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), has distanced itself from reports charging that some of its soldiers and officers have been…