Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically gone through rough patches over these and related causes of disagreement. What is new is China's mu...
Oil firms raise fuel prices 25 to 50 centavos per liter Inquirer | Most Read Business Gokongwei's Cebu Pacific to go public Warning against fraud, PDIC denies more deposit claims US stocks end mixed after big rally Save or pay off debt? What to do when money is tight San Miguel unit acquires coal miner Ayala holding firm posted net profit of P8.2B in 2009 Oil fir...
Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants The News & Observer | MADRID -- A Spanish aid worker kidnapped late last year in Mauritania by suspected Islamic militants was freed Wednesday but two colleagues remain in captivity, the Spanish government said. | Alicia Gamez, 35, is now on a plane to Barcelona after s...
Royal Dutch Shell stops gasoline sales to Iran-trade The Guardian * Shell halts gasoline supplies to Iran, trade sources say * Shell sold 1.65 million bbls of gasoline bet Apr-Oct in 2009 (Adds background) By Luke Pachymuthu DUBAI March 10 (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has stopped gasoline sales to Iran, ...
Fighting intensifies in Iran over subsidy cuts The Boston Globe | TEHRAN, Iran-Iran's parliament has blocked the bulk of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proposed cuts in energy and food subsidies, intensifying a battle over legislation that has the potential to stoke more unrest in the country. | The parliament a...
Israeli Faith in Iran's Opposition Gains Favor Wall Street Journal By CHARLES LEVINSON | TEL AVIV—Israel's oldest civil servant, 83-year-old Ministry of Defense adviser Uri Lubrani, has spent his career defying conventional wisdom on Iran. | Today, Israel's political and military establishment appears to be ti...
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Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget Khaleej Times TEHRAN - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in sub...
China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline Asia Times | By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its territory ...
Iran, US trade accusations afresh The Siasat Daily | Tehran, March 08: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region. | "I accuse the US, Britain and the...
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions Kansas City Star Christophe Ena Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to media during an international conference on civilian nuclear energy, in Paris, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop ...
Billions in US public money 'spent in Iran' The Siasat Daily | Tehran, March 09: The US taxpayer has given more than $107bn (£71bn)during the past decade to companies which are also doing business with Iran, it was revealed yesterday. That sum includes at least $15bn (£9.9bn) of US Government funds that were...
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse Asia Times | By Mel Frykberg | RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. | Military movement on the ground is also lending credence to the idea that the mutual loathing and major ideological differences between the two countries could lead to vortex of violenc...
Meralco told to limit generation charge Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Energy Regulatory Commission directed the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Wednesday to limit the increase in the generation charge for March to 91.14 centavos per kilowatt-hour, lower than the P1.3852-per-kWh increase proposed by the power distributor. | This means that the basic generation charge in customers' electric...
