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Iraq: Oil Price Drop After OPEC Decision Is ‘Terrible’: Iraq Minister
Nov 28, 2014
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Nayla Razzouk and Rupert Rowling, Businessweek
The plunge in crude prices after OPEC’s decision to keep its production ceiling unchanged is “terrible,” according to Iraq’s oil minister.
Brent crude, the global benchmark,…
China/South China Sea: Beijing Pushes Offshore Oilfields in the Bohai and South China Seas
Nov 28, 2014
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Want China Times
The General Office of the State Council of China has announced plans to develop nine large oilfields in the Bohai Sea and the South China…
Myanmar: Latpadaung Mine ‘Must Be Halted’ Pending EIA, Says Amnesty
Nov 28, 2014
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Jacob Robinson, Democratic Voice of Burma
Marking two years since Buddhist monks and activists were brutally attacked by riot police at the Latpadaung copper mine site, Amnesty International (AI) has issued…
Iraq: Kirkuk Oil Facilities Damaged in IS Battle
Nov 27, 2014
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Iraq Oil Report
A pipeline to the Baiji refinery was ablaze amidst a barrage of artillery fired by militants of the so-called Islamic State (IS) as they battled…
Sudan: Sudan to Up Gold Production By 64 Tons
Nov 27, 2014
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AllAfrica
Khartoum — On Sunday, Sudan announced a 64-ton increase in gold production this year, up from 34 tons in 2013. This signifies an important advance…
EU: Climate Change and EU Security - When and How they Intersect
Nov 27, 2014
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International Relations and Security Network
The potential security challenges linked with climate change can make for great headlines. While sensationalist claims about water wars, states collapsing in chaos or the…
Going for Congo's Gold
Nov 26, 2014
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Washington Post
Just in time for the holidays, the Enough Project, an advocacy group that has worked for years to stop war crimes in Congo by bringing…
Japan/China/Vietnam: Vietnam, the US, and Japan in the South China Sea
Nov 26, 2014
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The Diplomat
Between May and July 2014, China unilaterally deployed a giant drilling rig in waters claimed by Vietnam as its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The move led to…
Liberia: Lawmaker Linked to 'Illegal' Land Sale
Nov 26, 2014
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allAfrica
Margibi County Representative Roland O. Cooper has been linked to illegal sale of land in Duazon, Lower Margibi County
But Representative Cooper has rubbished the allegation,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Future Uncertain for Baghdad-Erbil Oil Cooperation
Nov 25, 2014
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Al-Monitor
On Nov. 13, Iraq’s oil minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and Iraqi Kurdish authorities reached a deal whereby the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will export 150,000 barrels of oil…
Iraq/Kurdistan: First Baghdad Crude Oil Payment Reaches Iraqi Kurdistan
Nov 25, 2014
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Platts
Baghdad has paid the $500 million agreed to in a deal with Iraq's Kurds in an effort to rekindle negotiations over revenues, Kurdistan Regional Government…
Sudan: Taking Root- the Cash Crop Trade in Darfur
Nov 25, 2014
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Sudan Vision Daily
The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of a decade of conflict in Darfur on the trade in some of Darfur’s major…
South Sudan: Abyei Community Seeks Global Recognition of Referendum Result
Nov 25, 2014
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allAfrica
Community leaders from the oil-contested region of Abyei say they are determined to push ahead with a campaign seeking regional and international recognition of the…
China/South China Sea: Beijing Defends Land Reclamation in South China Sea
Nov 25, 2014
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China Post
Defying a U.S. call to halt the project, China defended its land reclamation in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday,…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Jade Curse
Nov 25, 2014
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Al-Jazeera
Gold is valuable but jade is priceless, so goes a Chinese saying. For centuries, the Chinese consider jade an imperial stone with mystical properties. Today…
Myanmar: Land Consultations Too Short, CSOs Warn
Nov 25, 2014
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Myanmar Times
They have urged the government to conduct wider public consultations before finalising the policy, which some have criticised as being too pro-business.
However, they have also…
London: Projects Manager on Environment, Climate Change and Security
Nov 24, 2014
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International Alert, Peace and Collaborative Development Network
We are looking for a Projects Manager to cover maternity leave in our Environment, Climate Change and Security (ECCS) strand in Alert’s Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP). You will…
New York: Consultant for New Deal Implementation Support
Nov 24, 2014
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UNDP, Peace and Collaborative Development Network
The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS) began in 2009 after the 3rd High Level Forum in Accra that provided the mandate. It brings…
Iraq: Iraq’s Future- It’s the Oil, Stupid
Nov 24, 2014
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Hellenic Shipping News
This week, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi is scheduled to visit Erbil, his first visit to the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as…
Iraq/Kurdistan: 2014 ‘a Turning Point for Kurdish Oil and Gas’
Nov 24, 2014
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Hurriyet Daily News
Kurds have created a real chance to make income for themselves by selling their own oil in Iraq and they will probably make more money…
Myanmar: Tensions Rise as Myanmar Turns to Dams for Power
Nov 24, 2014
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South China Morning Post
When a village in the conflict-torn hills of eastern Myanmar was asked to pay authorities more than US$10,000 to plug into an electricity grid, families…
Myanmar: Neighborhood Rivalry ‘Puts Burma’s Oil and Gas Sector at Risk’
Nov 24, 2014
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The Irrawaddy
Burma will struggle to attract new investment in oil and gas development because of a global industry slump and new competition from neighboring countries, a…
Sudan: Gold Production Reaches 64 Tonnes
Nov 24, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan has announced that the production of gold from January through October amounted to 64 tonnes, up from 34 tonnes in 2013.
A local brings his…
Iraq; Thousands of Iraq Chemical Weapons Destroyed in Open Air, Watchdog Says
Nov 24, 2014
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Iraq Oil Report
The United States recovered thousands of old chemical weapons in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 and destroyed almost all of them in secret and via…
Liberia: In Midst of Ebola, Lawmakers Eye U.S.$25m Million Oil Cash
Nov 24, 2014
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allAfrica
Under the draft Legislative budget 2014/2015, Lawmakers, knowing fully-well that appropriations were already allotted for institutions within the national budget, went ahead and re-appropriated the…
Colombia: Colombia Captures 'Coltan Czar' Linked to FARC
Nov 24, 2014
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Kyra Gurney, InSightCrime
Authorities in Colombia have captured a key operative who facilitated the sale of coltan and uranium for the FARC and ELN guerrilla groups, in a…
Liberia: '2014 Election Is About Oil'
Nov 23, 2014
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allAfrica
Montserrado County Senatorial candidate Christopher Z. Neyor has disclosed that the 2014 Special Election is about the country's future and the management of its oil…
China/South China Sea: China Building Possible Airfield in S. China Sea: US
Nov 22, 2014
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AFP/The West Australian
China is building a massive island in the South China Sea that could host an airfield in an area where Beijing is locked in bitter…
Landgrabbing: Why Wall Street Investors and Chinese Firms are Buying Farmland All over the World
Nov 22, 2014
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Brad Plumer, Vox
As the world's population soars past 7 billion, farmland and freshwater are becoming increasingly valuable resources.
And, in response, a growing number of companies and investors —…
Iraq: Turkey a Guarantor for Energy Peace in Iraq, Says Genel Energy President
Nov 22, 2014
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Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey is a guarantor for energy peace between Baghdad and Arbil, according to the head of an international energy company operating in
Iraq.
A dispute…