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How the Carolinas Fixed Their Blurred Lines
Aug 26, 2014
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New York Times
Border disputes between American states are as old as the republic, but in today’s highly charged political atmosphere they often take an ugly turn.Georgia and…
Mideast Water Wars: In Iraq, A Battle for Control of Water
Aug 26, 2014
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Yale Environment 360
There is a water war going on in the Middle East this summer. Behind the headline stories of brutal slaughter as Sunni militants carve out…
East Africa Oil Boom: Resource Curse or Infrastructure Delinquency?
Aug 26, 2014
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Ventures Africa
East Africa is the new oil and gas frontier. Recent discoveries of commercially viable deposits in the last few years in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Uganda…
Afghanistan: External Evaluator of a Food Security and Livelihoods Project
Aug 26, 2014
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Solidarites International
SI has been implementing projects in Afghanistan for 32 years. Currently, SI’s intervention takes place in two provinces: Bamyan and Samangan. Saighan and Kahmard Districts…
Timor-Leste Success
Aug 26, 2014
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Foreign Affairs
The headline of Madhu Narasimhan’s recent piece (“The World’s Youngest Failed State,” August 12, 2014) is dramatic, but his assertion is unfounded and untrue. Over…
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…
Palestine: Water Delivery Drivers Dice with Death in War-Torn Gaza
Aug 26, 2014
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Yahoo News
Mohammed al-Khatib fears for his life every time he gets behind the wheel. In wartime, providing drinking water to homes and schools in Gaza means…
South Sudan: Addressing Community Concerns Around Oil, Gas and Mining in South Sudan
Aug 26, 2014
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Cordaid
Cordaid and the Ministry are concerned with the plights of the communities impacted by oil extraction in South Sudan. Albeit endowed with significant reserves of…
Iraq/ Kurdistan: Kurds Get Seizure Order Thrown Out for Texas Oil Tanker
Aug 26, 2014
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Bloomberg News
The Kurdistan Regional Government can bring $100 million of crude ashore in Texas after a U.S. judge threw out a court order that would have required federal…
South China Sea: Remote, Gas-rich Islands on Indonesia’s South China Sea Frontline
Aug 26, 2014
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The Malay Mail
The word “sleepy” could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia’s remote and sparsely populated Natuna archipelago.
It has few cars and only…
Myanmar: Ye Farmers Forced to Accept Unfair Land Compensation
Aug 26, 2014
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Burma News International
In a recent meeting with the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society’s Farmers’ Affairs Committee, many farmers from Mon State’s Ye Township expressed their dismay…
Myanmar: Is Mergui Archipelago Tourism a Force for Good?
Aug 26, 2014
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The Telegraph
Beyond the guard rail of the yacht I was sailing on lay the same islands – still lonely, still largely untouched by civilisation though from…
Somali Refugees Show How Conflict, Gender, Environmental Scarcity Become Entwined
Aug 25, 2014
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New Security Beat
Under international law, someone who flees their country because of conflict or persecution is a refugee, but someone who flees because of inability to meet…
Iraq: Government Eyes Bulgarian Invention to Protect Oil Pipelines from Attack
Aug 25, 2014
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Novinite
Iraq is working on a project for protecting its oil pipelines against terrorist attacks that uses Bulgarian know-how, Iraq’s Ambassador in Sofia has said.
In an interview with…
Vietnam: Chinese Firms’ Contract for Hydropower Project Terminated
Aug 25, 2014
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Global Construction Review
The operator of a multimillion-dollar hydropower project in Vietnam has terminated the contract with two Chinese firms for their failure to build the scheme as…
Myanmar: Arakan Has Solved Only 17 Land Confiscated Cases
Aug 25, 2014
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Narinjara
Only few land confiscated cases have been resolved by the authority in Arakan. Statistics reveal that 17 out of 212 land confiscated cases were solved…
Iraq: Approving a Hydrocarbon Law is Key to Iraq's Future
Aug 25, 2014
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Al-Monitor
Nouri al-Maliki and the Islamic Dawa Party took office in Iraq eight years ago. Oil revenues topped $41 billion in 2007 and rose to nearly $86…
Iraq/ Syria: USD 2m a Day in Oil Smuggled Out of Iraq, Syria by ISIL
Aug 25, 2014
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Zawya
An estimated 30,000 barrels of crude oil is being smuggled daily out of Iraq and Syria by members of the ISIL and sold on the…
Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State's Bootleg Petro-State May Prove Unsustainable
Aug 25, 2014
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Al-Jazeera
With up to $2 million in daily revenue from black market oil, the Islamic State insurgency not only holds sway over swathes of Syria and…
South Sudan: Industrialization and Global Value Chains in South Sudan
Aug 25, 2014
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Afribiz
Developing domestic production and exports in the non-oil sectors is important for South Sudan’s drive for industrialization, yet its participation in global value chains (GVCs)…
South China Sea: PLA Reports Maritime Drill Near Vietnam Simulating Threat to Oil Rig
Aug 25, 2014
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South China Morning Post
The People's Liberation Army recently staged a drill in waters close to Vietnam in the South China Sea, simulating a scenario in which an oil…
South China Sea: India Examining Vietnam’s South China Sea Oil Blocks Offer
Aug 25, 2014
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The Times of India
Vietnam on Monday made a strong pitch for greater Indian involvement in maintaining maritime safety, security and settlement of territorial disputes in the disputed South…
Vietnam Steps Up Efforts to Protect Fishing Fleet
Aug 23, 2014
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Foreign Policy Association
In a time of heightened tensions between Asian nations with claims to the waters of the East and South China Seas, the deployment of an…
Need for Global Energy Security
Aug 22, 2014
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World Policy
The development of a sustainable, long-term solution to meeting the world’s energy needs is one of the defining issues of our time. The risks of…
Conflict Minerals: Jewelry Leaders and CEOs Join Enough Project in Conflict Gold Solutions Forum
Aug 22, 2014
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Enough Project
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa has been entrenched in conflict for nearly 20 years. Militias control artisanal…
Turkey: Turkey Suspends Oil Drilling in Iraq Amid Tension
Aug 22, 2014
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Today's Zaman
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız told reporters in Ankara on Thursday that the state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) decided to suspend drilling in six oil…
Uganda: Residents Commit to Fighting Land Grabbers
Aug 22, 2014
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New Vision
The district chairperson Anthony Atubo, who led the residents, said land is life and nobody can live comfortably without it.
“Land is a major factor…