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Breaking News Sun, 19 May 2013
Oil-skimming vessels continue operations May 17, 2010 as gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring. Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court
Al Jazeera  Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history. The complaint, filed on Friday... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Justin Stumberg)
File - A bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on the ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 2006. China angles for Arctic power as ice melts
Al Jazeera  Ice is melting away at a record-breaking rate in the Arctic, exposing valuable natural resources and opening up new shipping routes. Measurements taken last August found levels of Arctic sea ice were... (photo: NOAA / Mike Dunn, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences)
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, 14 May, 2013. US navy launches carrier-borne drone
Al Jazeera A drone the size of a fighter jet has taken off from the deck of an US aircraft carrier for the first time in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the US to launch unmanned... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Tony D. Curtis)
Japanese Yen - Currency - Money Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years
Jakarta Post The dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by improved U.S. economic figures and Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing that aims to revive Japan's sluggish... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Daugaard-Jensen Glacier, feeding into Nordvestfjord/Scoresby Sund, Greenland (view from a helicopter flight about 5 miles inland from the calving line). Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise
The New York Times Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in... (photo: Creative Commons / Hannes Grobe, AWI)
File - Police tape closes the site of a car bomb that targeted the French embassy wounding two French guards and causing extensive material damage in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Libya: Security versus democracy
Al Jazeera Whenever a bomb explodes in Libya, so do the arguments amongst those who profess to be the guardians of democracy despite their differing discourses on what constitutes... (photo: AP / Abdul Majeed Forjani)
 KLdy1 - currency - malaysian ringgit - ringgit - malaysia. (dy1)  STOCKS NEWS MALAYSIA-Affin cuts 2013 palm oil price forecast to 2,600 ringgit
CNBC Affin Investment Bank cut its average selling price forecast on Malaysian crude palm oil this year to 2,600 ringgit per tonne from 2,800 ringgit, citing a sluggish price... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
File - Workers drilling for oil on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
Al Jazeera This month, Al Jazeera aired a special four-part series on the hidden history of the western oil giants known as the Seven Sisters, and their role in defining the... (photo: UN / V Bibic)
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe poses for photographers at the start of a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, a day after the party's landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Party of Japan led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in parliamentary elections. Abe stressed Monday that the road ahead will not be easy as he tries to revive Japan's sputtering economy and bolster its national security amid deteriorating relations with China. Japan PM Abe in Russia for talks on territorial row, energy
BBC News Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Russia for the two nations' first top-level talks in a decade. Discussions are set to focus on energy deals and a... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Even Singapore's port has lush trees and landscaped plants. Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on April 29
CNBC SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - Following is some company-related and market news that could affect the local market. ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0049 GMT... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Japan's main opposition leader Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party answers a reporter's questions at a live interview during the poll count in parliamentary elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Japan puts aside Russia row for sake of economy
The Guardian ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer= TOKYO (AP) — Japan's relations with Russia are taking a decidedly business-like turn, as the countries put economic imperatives... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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