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Stop Worrying About World Crude Supplies

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Oil, Foreign Oil, Natural Gas, Opec, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Ukraine, Kuwait, Islamic Republic of Iran, Green News

Spending time worrying over global oil maneuvers by foreign governments is a waste of time and money. We should have a national project to use domestic natural gas and reduce our imports of foreign oil.

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Government Forced to Back Down on Misdirected Halliburton Case

Ray Hanania | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Kuwait, Jeff Mazon, President Obama, President Bush, US Justice Department, Halliburton, Politics News

The U.S. Justice Department withdrew its 10-count major frauds charge against Jeff Mazon and instead accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement -- a victory for Mazon and a black eye both for the Justice Department and Judge McDade,

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Single Gulf State Currency Deadline Extended

Financial Times | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Gulf Currency, Persian Gulf, Oil Industry, Nasser Al-Kaud, Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs, Oil, Petroleum, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Advocacy, Gcc, World News

Gulf countries are extending a deadline to introduce a single currency for the oil-rich region owing to difficulties in thrashing out a common regulat...

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U.S. Prefers to Leave Iraq Through Jordan and Kuwait, Rather than Turkey

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Wag the Dog, Jordan, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, War, Associated Press, Ankara, Iraq, Today's Zaman, Armenian Genocide, Marine Corps, U.S. Troops, Kuwait, Nato, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Afghanistan, Terry Moores, Pres. Obama, Torture, World News

Turkish officials have been salivating at the opportunity of presenting the United States with a series of demands in return for allowing U.S. troops to leave through Turkey.

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Competing Meetings On Gaza In Kuwait, Qatar Highlight Divisions In Arab World (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Jordan, Gaza, United Nations, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Qatar, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Evo Morales, Israel, Kuwait, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Video, Middle East, World News

The visceral response seen across the world to Israel's attacks on Gaza has been described by many as an unprecedented outpouring of support for Pales...

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Kuwait's Political Machinations Lower U.S. Stocks as War on Gaza Raises Oil Prices

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Muslim Brotherhood, Kuwait, Gaza, World, America, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Economic Crisis, Oil, Oil Prices, Israel, United States, Hamas, Palestinians, Foreign Policy, War on Gaza, World News

As the American dollar declines and bombs drop on Gaza, the likeliness of regional countries becoming drawn into the conflict are mounting.

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Kuwait Scraps $17 Billion Dow Chemicals Joint Venture

AP | DIANA ELIAS | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Kuwait, Dow Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Kuwait Dow, Business News

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's government on Sunday scrapped a $17.4 billion joint venture with U.S. petrochemical giant Dow Chemical after criticism fr...

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Lebanon's Economy Thriving Thanks to Arab Neighbors and Conservative Capitalism

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Dubai, Shopping, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Christmas, Hezbollah, Beirut, Tourism, Kuwait, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Doha Agreement, Financial Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Moody's, Video, World News

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors flood into Beirut. The streets are crowded, shops are bustling and political chatter takes an unusual backseat to celebration.

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Iraq: Military Contractor Confines Foreign Workers In Warehouses

McClatchy Newspapers | Adam Ashton | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Kuwait, World News

BAGHDAD -- About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in win...

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The Hidden Cost of the Gulf War

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, U.S. Troops and Iraq and Home, British Troops in Iraq, Russia, Moscow, Iraq, Deet, Kuwait, Barack Obama, British, Paris, Afghanistan War, Politics News

While US casualties in Iraq appear relatively low -- 4,100 dead and 35,000 wounded -- the real health costs of Iraq will, as in the case of the First Gulf War, not be known for years.

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U.S. Election Fever Grips Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Lebanese citizens interviewed on Lebanon's Future TV News channel were mostly for Obama, while Iraqis were waiting for the election's results to determine their country's fate, according to an FTV report.

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Meltdown in the Desert

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Economy, Oil, Business, Kuwait, Recession, Al Qaeda, Dubai, Meltdown, Business News

The demise of Wall Street has reached the Arabian Sahara and is threatening to put an end to its construction boom, which has flourished from several years of petro-bonanza.

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Bush Administration Moves to Defend Halliburton and Cheney

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Kuwait, Peoria Trial, Judge McDade, Halliburton, George W. Bush, Afghanistan, Jeff Mazon, Iraq, Dick Cheney, Contract Abuse, Politics News

The Bush administration moved to prevent Jeff Mazon from making a defense that would most certainly shift the blame from charges he took a bribe in th...

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Green Party Admits Soldiers Testing Positive to Depleted Uranium

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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Gingrich Mounts Campaign to 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less'

David Roberts | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Newt Gingrich, Oil Market, Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Saudi Arabia, Green, Alaska Oil, Kuwait, Republicans, Anwr, Politics News

The U.S. cannot affect oil or gasoline prices in any significant way by drilling more oil. Full stop. Gingrich is knowingly lying to people (and taking their money).

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3 US soldiers killed in vehicle accidents in Iraq, Kuwait

AP | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Kuwait, US Soldiers, US Troops, Us Soldiers Died, Us Troops Died, Us Soldiers Killed Iraq, Us Troops Killed Iraq, Politics News

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two of its soldiers in Iraq died when their vehicle rolled onto its side north of Baghdad. A third American so...

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Inside Saddam's Files: Little Evidence Of Plot To Kill George H.W. Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Intelligence, IIS George H.W. Bush, Kuwait IIS, Iraq Intelligence, Iraq, Iraq George H.W. Bush, Iis, Politics News

President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...

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Simpson to Perform at Concert for Troops

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jessica Simpson, Jessica Simpson Kuwait, Kuwait, Carlos Mencia, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Jessica Simpson will join rock act Disturbed and comedian Carlos Mencia in Kuwait during a concert for U.S troops next month. The eve...

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Unknown Entity Backs Suit To Expose U.S.-Kuwait Pact

New York Sun | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, Kuwait, Kuwait Investment Authority, Politics News

An unidentified entity is backing a new lawsuit to expose America's secret defense pact with the Emirate of Kuwait. The suit, filed in federal court ...

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US Announces Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia

Associated Press | MATTHEW LEE and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida, Warwire, War on Terror, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, Bush Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Arms Sale, Tom Lantos, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Politics News

The Democratic-led Congress is unlikely to block U.S. plans to sell $123 million worth of sophisticated precision-guided bomb technology to Saudi Arab...

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Troubled Citigroup Seeking Cash Infusion From China, Kuwait

New York Times | ERIC DASH and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chinese Bank, Citigroup, Kuwait, China, Citigroup Profits, Citibank, Business News

Citigroup is turning to cash-rich foreign investors for a second time as it confronts mounting losses on mortgage-related investments. The financial ...

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Oil Prices Fall On OPEC Talk Of Output Hike

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Opec, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Business News

Oil prices fell Monday after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait hinted of an OPEC output hike ahead of the cartel's meeting this weekend and investors continued ...

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