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Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Expand Autonomy as ISIS Reorders the Landscape
Aug 29, 2014
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Helene Cooper and Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has thrown Iraq into crisis, precipitated the ouster of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister and…
Iraq: Chalabi Predicts Iraqi Oil Could Net IS up to $150 Million in 2014
Aug 29, 2014
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Nidal al Laythi, Al-Monitor
Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam al-Chalabi said on Aug. 27 that estimates from reliable reports confirm that the Islamic State (IS) would reap between $100-150 …
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Shipments Reach 8.8 Mln Barrels - Turkish Minister
Aug 29, 2014
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Reuters
ISTANBUL Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has shipped 8.8 million barrels of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan since May, Turkish Energy Minister…
Myanmar: No Quick Fix for Rangoon Land-Grab Victims: Govt
Aug 29, 2014
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Yen Snaing, The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Rangoon’s divisional government has said hundreds of land-grab cases brought to its attention will not be resolved by the end of its current…
Sudan: Karti Urges China to Increase Investments in Sudan’s Non-Oil Sector
Aug 29, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
August 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign minister, Ali Karti, has called on Chinese officials to increase investments in the country’s non-oil sector, while expressing…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Loses Bid to Seize Kurdish Oil Near Texas
Aug 29, 2014
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Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service
HOUSTON (CN) - Refusing to let Iraq seize 1 million barrels of oil aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge found…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Tanker with $100 Million Cargo Goes Missing off Texas Coast
Aug 29, 2014
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Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman, The Independent
An oil tanker loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared of the coast of Texas in the latest development in a…
United Kingdom: Campaigner - Conflict Resources
Aug 28, 2014
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Global Witness
Global Witness is an international NGO that exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked…
Papua New Guinea: Peace and Development Specialist
Aug 28, 2014
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UNDP
Background: Between 1988 and 1999, Bougainville, then North Solomon’s Province and now an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea (PNG), suffered a violent conflict that…
Myanmar: Tenasserim to Allot Land for Refugees
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
Government officials of Tenasserim Division [Tanintharyi Region] claimed that refugees residing in a camp in Thailand would soon be able to return to Burma as…
Myanmar: New $480m Solar Power Project Planned
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
U.S. investors will help finance a $480 million solar power project in Myanmar's northeastern Mandalay region, which will ultimately provide up to 12 percent of…
Myanmar: Land Prices Skyrocket after Unveiling of Rangoon Development Plan
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
The announcement on Friday that Rangoon’s divisional parliament had approved a proposal to implement a city expansion plan has caused land prices to skyrocket overnight…
Iraq: Jihadists Burn Three Iraq Oil Wells as Kurds Attack
Aug 28, 2014
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AFP
Retreating jihadists set three wells ablaze at a northern Iraq oil field Thursday as they battled Kurdish forces who launched a major attack nearby, officials…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Recapture Iraq Oil Fields, Advance on Rebel-Held Towns
Aug 28, 2014
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Bloomberg
Kurdish and Iraqi forces recaptured two oil fields and mounted an offensive to retake the town of Zummar, part of a broader bid to recover…
Sierra Leone: Golden Saint Reach Agreement Over Diamond Recovery in Sierra Leone
Aug 28, 2014
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London South East
Golden Saint Resources Ltd Thursday said four yellow stones have been discovered by its Sierra Leone subsidiary, Golden Saint Diamonds.
The company said four yellow stones…
Iraq: Iraq to Appeal US Court Decision on Kurdish Oil
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
The Iraqi oil ministry said on Aug. 28 it would challenge a U.S. court decision that stopped U.S. Marshals from seizing some one million barrels…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Solar Ambitions Kickstarted With $480 Million ACO Pact
Aug 28, 2014
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Cathy Chan, Bloomberg
Myanmar will expand its sources of clean energy through an agreement with ACO Investment Group, a U.S.-based private-equity fund focusing on Asian emerging markets, to…
Haiti: Regional Director for Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods
Aug 27, 2014
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Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a US based non-profit organization that has been promoting ecological sanitation in Haiti since 2006 (www.oursoil.org). We are currently…
DRC: Spécialiste de restauration des moyens de subsistance / Livelihoods Lead
Aug 27, 2014
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rePlan
rePlan provides social assessment, advisory and management services to natural resource companies and financial institutions around the world. We help natural resource companies to understand…
United States: Fall Research Intern: Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management
Aug 27, 2014
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Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a non-profit policy research and education organization, seeks an off-site intern to conduct research and assist in editing on a…
Indonesia/ Timor Leste: State Firms to Set Up Joint Venture on Oil, Gas Development
Aug 27, 2014
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Global Post
Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina planned to establish a join venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil and gas…
Iraq: Access to Oil Makes ‘Islamic State’ a Greater Threat than Al-Qaeda
Aug 27, 2014
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Investor Intel
Iran, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf region and North Africa discovered oil in the first half of the 20th century. They used the…
India/Pakistan: Skirmishes Put Feeling of Wartime on India-Pakistan Border
Aug 27, 2014
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Ellen Barry and Salman Masood, New York Times
JORA FARM, India — The habits of wartime have crept back into life here along the border between India and Pakistan.In the mornings, villagers stitch…
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…