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Economy   Energy   Photos   Prices   Production		  Knox News 
Knoxville gasoline steady; oil rises on Chinese data
Tue 1 Dec 2009
Retail gasoline prices in Knoxville held steady while oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Tuesday, driven by positive economic data from China, the dollar’s weakness against the euro and optimism... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
An oil worker tightens oil pipes in al-Bakir Harbor in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, July 15, 20
Industry   Investment   Iraq   Oil   Photos		  The New York Times 
Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq
Tue 1 Dec 2009
BAGHDAD - More than six and a half years after the United States-led invasion here that many believed was about oil, the major oil companies are finally gaining access to Iraq's petroleum reserves.... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani)
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels, Monday Dec. 8, 2008. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday that EU countries have added more Zimbabwe officials to an EU visa blacklist to put added pressure on the country's leader Robert Mugabe to step dow  The Independent  Tue 1 Dec 2009
Miliband calming diplomatic waters as sailors held

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said today that there was "no confrontation or argument" in negotiations with Iran to free five detained British sailors. But the Foreign Office later said it was... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
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Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari makes his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field, near Ahvaz, Iran, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has completely stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil Ministry official said Wednesday, April 30, 3008, in a concerted attempt to reduce reliance on Washington at a time of tension over Tehran's nuclear program and suspected involvement in Iraq.  The Siasat Daily  Tue 1 Dec 2009
Iran say no need to boost OPEC production

Tehran, December 01: OPEC is due to discuss its production quotas at its meeting in Angola to be held on December 22. Iran's envoy to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Trade ministers in disagreement on Doha talks
Ministers meeting at a key WTO conference made renewed pledges to conclude long-running negotiations for a global trade pact, but also remained locked in differences. The... (photo: GNU / Douglaspperkins)
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Iranian ships are seen docking at the Kochi port for a two-day friendly visit in Cochin, India, Monday, March 6, 2006. Rejecting reports that India was training the Iranian Navy, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has personally pointed out to a senior US lawmaker that his apprehensions to this effect was 'completely misplaced' and that it was just a courtesy visit, a news The Independent Tue 1 Dec 2009
British sailors seized by Iranian navy

Foreign and Commonwealth Office sources last night confirmed that five British sailors have been detained by the Iranian Navy while sailing a yacht from Bahrain to Dubai.... (photo: AP)
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Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari, steps down as he make his way at the oil separator facilities in Azadegan oil field The Times of India Mon 30 Nov 2009
Iran imports oil from RIL, other cos

NEW DELHI: Despite geopolitical tensions over its nuclear programme and stalled bilateral energy investment and pipeline plans, the oil trade between India and... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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INDIA-FARMER-PADDY-FIELD Independent online (SA) Mon 30 Nov 2009
 Africa woos SA farmers
Submit your comment Food security in South Africa is under threat as 21 African countries, worried about their own food production, have started luring farmers away with... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Africa   Farmers   Food   Photos   Production
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, attends a press conference at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 25, 2009. World Security Network Mon 30 Nov 2009
Iran vows to expand its nuclear program

Ahmadinejad said construction on some facilities will begin soon. 10 uranium-enrichment sites announced after international rebuke TEHRAN -- Iran's government will build... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Watercooler: Do you agree with plans to send more Marines to Afghanistan? Nashville Tennessean
Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) duck at intermittent sniper fire as they scan a mountain in central Afghanistan where anti-coalition militia have taken refuge. During two days of heavy fighting in early June, Obama sends Marines to spearhead surge into the Taleban's heartland The Times
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An Emarati man talks on his mobile phone at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. U.A.E. Pledge Calms Markets but Dubai Fears Remain The New York Times
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In this picture released by U.S. Navy, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, Somali pirates in small boats are seen alongside the hijacked "Faina". Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Somalia into a lucrative hunting grounds: commandeering vessels large and small and leaving the world's maritime powers frustrated about how to stop the seafaring bandits. Now, however, momentum is growing for coordinated international action to back up the sharp response after the stunning seizure late last month of a Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry as the pirates quickly found themselves encircled by U.S. warships and receiving only silence to their demands for millions of dollars in ransom. Somali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker going to US Newsday
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