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6 hrs ago | VietNamNet

OPEC weekly oil prices fluctuate wildly,

The weekly average prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries showed a high frequency of price changes last week.

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17 hrs ago | Peak Oil

Oil at $100 Doesn't Compute as OPEC Output Pace Grows

OPEC is increasing output at the fastest pace in two years, adding to near-record inventories and threatening speculators betting on $100 crude with losses.

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Related Topix: World News

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Daily Herald

China offers Africa more trade, investment

China appeared on Saturday to be adopting a more nuanced investment approach in Africa amid stiff criticism that its aggressive quest for natural resources has ignored local human rights violations.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, World News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Vancouver Sun

Who's the banana republic?

Venezuela was once the exploited banana republic, and Canada a respected member of the Group of Seven industrialized countries.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Miami Herald

Oil jumps above $80 despite flat demand

In this Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, Jessica Szmauz, of Ipswich, N.H., fills her Jeep with gas at a fueling station, in Waltham, Mass.

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Related Topix: Waltham, MA, World News

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Iraq finalizes oil deal

Iraq on Tuesday finalized a deal with a British-Chinese consortium to develop its biggest oil field, a deal marking a milestone moment in the OPEC nation's push to lure foreign investors sorely needed to revamp its battered oil sector.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Globeinvestor.com

Oil rises above $79 on U.S. factory data, gold surge

Oil rose above $79 a barrel on Tuesday after data showed U.S. factory orders in September expanded at a quicker pace than expected, signaling potential for more fuel demand in the world's biggest energy consumer.

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People's Daily Online

Bomb threat forces evacuation of Kuwaiti school

A phone call claiming the presence of a bomb in a Kuwaiti school on Monday forced the evacuation of students and the faculty, the state KUNA news agency reported.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Netscape

OPEC Output Increased in October

Posted By STONERS 3 hours, 22 minutes ago in Business & Finance The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised crude-oil production last month to the highest level in 10 months as members took advantage of higher prices, a Bloomberg News survey showed.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Reuters

Saudis find arms cache linked to August arrests: report

Saudi authorities have discovered a large arms cache near Riyadh linked to 44 militants whose arrest was announced in August, state television said on Sunday.

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Reuters

After the takeovers

Five months after Venezuela nationalized dozens of oil service contractors in Zulia state, the once-bustling industrial dock on Lake Maracaibo is nearly abandoned, and the 16 red flags raised to celebrate the takeovers are already tattered and faded.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Shanghai Daily

Sinopec, Kuwait tie up in mega project

CHINA'S Sinopec Group and OPEC member Kuwait yesterday signed a preliminary pact to build a mega refinery and petrochemical complex in south China's Zhanjiang, an industry executive said.

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Related Topix: World News, China,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Peak Oil

OPEC to Raise Output If There's 'Real' Oil Shortage, Qatar Says

'Sometimes the price of oil has no correlation to demand and supply,' Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said today in Ras Laffan, Qatar.

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Related Topix: World News, Angola,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Mydigitalfc.com

Boost in oil, only if shortage: OPEC

Some in the OPEC have since last week been raising the prospect of an output increase, a sign they are concerned the rallying oil price could hamper economic recovery.

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Related Topix: World News

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Money Morning

OPEC Considers Boosting Production as Oil Prices Continue to Rise

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would intervene if oil prices were to reach $100 a barrel, according to the group's president and Kuwait's oil minister.

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Related Topix: World News

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Seeking Alpha

World Recovery Is in the Hands of OPEC

In a recent interview posted here , Professor Nouriel Roubini said: I worry that oil is going to go up above $100 for reasons that have nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Globeinvestor.com

Oil falls below $80 on economic recovery concerns

Oil fell for the third day to below $80 a barrel on Monday, as investors continued to take profit from last week's one-year high on renewed concerns about the strength of the global economy.

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Related Topix: World News

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Free Republic

World Recovery Is In The Hands Of OPEC

In a recent interview posted here, Professor Nouriel Roubini said: I worry that oil is going to go up above $100 for reasons that have nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Russia's oil industry, breaking with OPEC, is surging

Improbably, Russia's oil sector has emerged as one of the country's few growth industries.

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The Daily Star

The death-defying dollar - reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated

The blogosphere is abuzz with reports of the dollar's looming demise. The greenback has fallen against the euro by nearly 15 percent since the beginning of the summer.

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