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Conflict Minerals: Intel Files Conflict Minerals Report

May 22, 2014 | Steve Quinlivan, Stinson Leonard Street

The holy grail (at least so far) of conflict minerals precedents was filed with the SEC albeit perhaps too late for many issuers to wholesale…

South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Production down about 50%: US Envoy

May 22, 2014 | Agence France Presse

Five months of fighting in South Sudan has cut the country's economically vital oil production by nearly 50 percent, the United States special envoy to…

North Korea/South Korea: Koreas Trade Artillery Fire Across a Line in the Water

May 22, 2014 | Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — Naval vessels from North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire on Thursday, raising tensions along a disputed maritime boundary. Neither hit…

Myanmar: ‘Land Grab’ Tensions Could Trigger Uprising, Warns Ruling Party MP

May 22, 2014 | Min Min, Mizzima

Tensions over unresolved land ownership disputes could spark a nationwide uprising if the issue was not dealt with soon, a senior member of the ruling…

Myanmar: Burma’s Nargis Refugees Demand Shelters Closer to Home

May 22, 2014 | New Europe

In southwest Burma, more than 1,000 people are living in refugee camps set up in Latuputta Township in the Ayeyawaddy region. They are the survivors…

Dry Land/Rain Fed Agriculture Consultancy: Rain Water Harvesting

May 21, 2014 | People in Need (PIN)

People in Need (PIN) Afghanistan is seeking an Evaluation/Research Consultant with expertise in Dry Land/Rain-fed Agriculture, and specifically improved rain-water capture, storage and utilisation interventions…

Head of Economy & Peacebuilding - Peacebuilding Issues Programme

May 21, 2014 | International Alert

International Alert is recruiting a hands-on leader to join their Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP), which consists of a team of experts focusing on training, advocacy…

Call for Papers: Business, Peace and Sustainable Development Journal

May 21, 2014 | Greenleaf Publishing

Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) is a peer-reviewed, online journal that explores the role of the business sector in enhancing peace, reducing violence and…

Timor-Leste: Diplomatic Confusion, Energy Policy

May 21, 2014 | Eddy Purwanto, The Jakarta Post

After the furor over bugging, the government has lodged a protest against Australia for repeated territorial violations by the Australian Navy. The apology offered by…

Sudan/South Sudan: No Success Here: Sudanese Seccession Leaves Behind Shattered Economy

May 21, 2014 | Al Bawaba

The civil war raging in South Sudan has cost the lives of thousands and internally displaced close to a million people. The humanitarian costs have…

Libya: Libyan Unrest Will Force Oil Prices Higher

May 21, 2014 | Alessandro Bruno, InvestorIntel

Industrialized countries may be faced with the prospect of a shrinking oil supply and higher prices in the second half of the year unless a…

Myanmar: Factbox: Myanmar's Oil Sector Attracts Investment

May 21, 2014 | Reuters

(Reuters) - The opening up of Myanmar's economy after decades of isolation has led to a jump in oil demand, attracting local and foreign investors…

TOR for livelihoods & WASH project baseline survey, Nyaung U Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

May 20, 2014 | Plan Myanmar

Plan Myanmar will be implementing the WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) and livelihood project in six villages under Taung Bi Lay village tract in Nyaung-U…

Sudan: Sudan Welcomes Russian Gas Specialists

May 20, 2014 | Vestnik Kavkaza

A week ago, rebels in South Sudan, a republic that had broken away from Sudan, demanded oil extraction to be stopped, threatening to take over…

Africa: UN Eyes Africa Oil Levy to Fight Disease

May 20, 2014 | Global Post

The United Nations has begun talks with African leaders over a levy on oil that could rake in huge sums to fight disease in developing…

Myanmar: Letpadaung Mine Workers’ Release Comes with Right to Use Seized Land: Farmers

May 20, 2014 | Zarni Mann, The Irawaddy

MANDALAY — Farmers from the Letpadaung copper mining area in Sagaing Division say they will soon begin to sow crops on their confiscated lands, having…

Myanmar: Myanmar's Pending Ceasefire Jeopardized by Skirmishes over Illegal Logging

May 20, 2014 | Hereward Holland, National Geographic

Myanmar's forests are the final frontier for the logging of tropical hardwoods in mainland Southeast Asia.

Until a few weeks ago as many as a hundred…

Myanmar: Resentment of China Spreading in Myanmar

May 19, 2014 | Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

BANGKOK — A flare-up of resilient hostility toward China among its neighbors has infected central Myanmar, where a Chinese company operating a copper mine has…

Myanmar: Minister Touts Massive Land Redistribution Program

May 19, 2014 | Bill O’Toole and Noe Noe Aung, Myanmar Times

During a visit to Mandalay on May 11, Minister for the President’s Office U Soe Thein made an ambitious claim. Speaking at the Youth and…

Toward a Secure and Sustainable Water Future for Kurdistan and Iraq

May 18, 2014 | Tessa Manuello

As tensions between Erbil and Baghdad resumed earlier this year, some voices in the Kurdistan Region called for waging a “water war” against the central…

Sudan: Sudan's Oil Output Falls by 10-20,000 bpd

May 18, 2014 | Radio Dabanga/Reuters

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) (18 May.) - Production of Sudan's Nile Blend has dropped to around 90,000 barrels per day (bpd), down from 100,000-110,000 bpd two months…

South Sudan: Oil Fans Flames of South Sudan War

May 18, 2014 | Newvision

Despite heavy international pressure, a second ceasefire this month for the world's youngest nation has crumbled, in a war that has already claimed thousands --…

Balkans: Catastrophic Floods Hit Balkans, Raising Fears for Land Mines and Power Plants

May 18, 2014 | Rick Lyman, The New York Times

WARSAW — At least 33 people have died and tens of thousands have been evacuated in Serbia and Bosnia during three days of torrential rains…

Crimea: In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves

May 17, 2014 | William J. Broad, The New York Times

When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with…

Myanmar: Drugs, Land and Mining Issues Plague Shan State

May 17, 2014 | Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma

A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation— identified by contributors as the main issues plaguing the region –…

COOL, Conflict Minerals, GMOs & Beyond: Much Hangs in the Balance of DC Circuit En Banc Rehearing in Commercial Speech Case

May 16, 2014 | Chip English

Americans are naturally curious and interested about the food we eat and the products we buy—e.g., non-GMO labeling, country of origin labeling (“COOL”) and “conflicts…