Are Major Oil Suppliers Manipulating the Price of Oil?

Suppose that major suppliers in the oil industry are the manipulative speculators. Two Stanford students explained how in the article 'Are Oil Prices Rigged?' in Time Magazine, last August 22, 2008, (Ari J. Officer studies financial mathematics at Stanford University....

GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON (Opinion) 'Obama Audacity Tour' Wows 'Em Ab...

• Barack ignored key factor: voters at home decide elections  on bread-and-butter issues -- not on bread and circuses• Europeans, their leaders, and media aren't 'deciders' Presumptuous and...

Plan to send Mideast refugees to Sudan draws protest

Is Sudan the only place to save those refugee?! Is that the right choice?! Do UNCHR fully aware about the safety for those refugee?!"Palestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may accept...

Manner, Mr. President, manners. The world is looking AND listening.

Bush, talking with his mouth full, lectures "Yo Blair" on current world affairs. He has some scatological advice on the Middle East. Chew with your mouth closed, George, please.

Bush lectures Arab nations, praises Israel

Bush's mideast tour seems to have won him no new friends in the Arab world.  His speech at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, effused with praise for Israel with nary a mention of Palestinian issues while his...

Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire

President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine.  I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --...

BREAKING: Who? Mughniyeh - Hezbollah's Military Commander, 2nd in Charge, DEAD

OPINION PIECE:How come we've never heard of this guy who strongly resembles Jerry Springer?  (See photos.)I suppose the natural answer would be because investigations have been ongoing and those involved wanted...

U.S. commander in Mideast steps down

Admiral Fallon's abrupt resignation is highly interesting because he was seen as a critic of the Bush administration's troop policies, and it comes just a month before recomendations are set to be made about the...

Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief

The Navy admiral described as "The Man Between War and Peace" formally announced today that he is resigning after press reports portrayed him as being opposed to President Bush's Iran policy."WASHINGTON -Adm. William...

Thousands rally across Mideast to protest IDF attacks on Gaza

Tensions in Gaza continue to rise and segments of the international Arab community rallies in support. Protests in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon declared their support for Gaza's  residents. "Tens of thousands of...

Scarlett Johansson to Please US Troops, with Tour of Mideast

Hollywood starlet and Woody Allen muse, Scarlett Johansson, is sure to raise the 'spirits' of US troops when she participates in a USO tour of the Mideast."some of those serving around the Persian Gulf region will...

MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat

"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...

VP Invites Mideast bizmen to invest in RI

"So far, trade relations between Indonesia and the Middle East were limited to textiles and oil, he said following the signing of an agreement between the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and the Indonesian Finance Ministry here Thursday.Indonesia- Middle East trade relations...

Mideast bizmen keen to invest in Indonesia, banker says

""With their huge funds, they will leave the US and the European Union, and are ready to enter Asia, including Indonesia, for business without any political agenda," Riawan told ANTARA.As the world`s largest Muslim country with the same cultural background Indonesia should...

Mideast leaders promise 'new era of peace'

What I like about this article is the clever use of the word "moribund."  "WASHINGTON -- Palestinian and Israeli leaders publicly pledged yesterday "to usher in a new era of peace," promising intensive, ongoing negotiations aimed at striking a deal before U.S. President...

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