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Saudi Arabia's strategy on climate change has long been to deny the science, a tactic it is using at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen. Saudis fear that reducing emissions will reduce oil exports and be catastrophic for their economy.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest producer, will supply full volumes of crude to refiners in China, South Korea and Japan for January.
COPENHAGEN — Two top Obama administration officials arrived Wednesday at U.N.-sponsored climate talks offering both diplomacy and a tough line: The U.S. is willing to be a full partner in fighting climate change, but the real problem is with China and the developing world.
WASHINGTON -- For the past week, I have been mulling over two intriguing things President Obama said the day he announced his Afghanistan policy -- one about the political strategy that underlies his presidency, and the other about the delicate question of negotiating with the Taliban . The setting was a luncheon for columnists in the White House library. It was Dec. 1, and the president was ...
China on Thursday tried to downplay a rift that emerged among developing nations at climate talks in Copenhagen, after Tuvalu called on big emerging economies to take on emissions reduction targets.
All the crying from the left about how Obama “the peace candidate” has now become “a war president” . . . Whatever are they talking about?
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in Persian Gulf markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close.
Amman - Islamic banks could be facing new pressures in the wake of the financial crisis that hit Dubai last month. The Islamic financial system expanded around the world during 2009 thanks to the relative immunity it appeared to enjoy as the conventi...
Amman - Arab stock markets suffered from inertia throughout 2009, failing to recover a major part of the losses they incurred due to the global financial crisis that erupted in late 2008...
The Greenwich Land Trust (GLT) held its annual meeting at the Round Hill Country Club and used the opportunity to take account of the 729 acres of woods, orchard, meadow and wetlands it has locked away for future generations.
COPENHAGEN -- Two top Obama administration officials arrived Wednesday at the U.N.-sponsored climate talks that opened this week offering both diplomacy and a tough line: The United States is willing to be a full partner in fighting climate change, but the real problem is with China and the...
Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 - An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for bombings the day before in Baghdad that killed 127 people, a US-based monitoring website said.
Blocked in bid for tougher rules on emissions
VESTAL -- By all accounts, Binghamton University graduate student Abdulsalam S. Al-Zahrani is penniless. Somehow, however, the Saudi national is now represented by a New York City criminal defense attorney.
General Dynamics gets $17.6 million contract with US Army to convert tanks for Saudi use
Frank Mason may be gone, but he still smiles out at the world from his own Facebook page. It’s a wonderful resting place for an artist who was forward-looking as a teacher, writer and art preservationist, even while he grounded his light-infused painting in techniques centuries old.Mason, vocal protector and student of the masters’ art, died at age 88 on June 16. New River Art Fine Art Gallery ...
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