Gas May Soon Cost a Sawbuck
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | 2 comments
A customer pumps gas in Los Angeles, where self-serve regular gasoline exceeds 4 dollars a gallon.
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Opec says oil could hit $200
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | Post a comment
Opec’s president on Monday warned oil prices could hit $200 a barrel and there would be little the cartel could do to help.
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Posted by John under: Perplexity
U.S. Weighing Readiness for Military Action Against Iran
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | One comment
The nation’s top military officer said yesterday that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” as one of several options against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq.
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Posted by John under: Perplexity,Wars and Rumors of Wars
US navy fires at Iranian boats as tension rises in the Gulf
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | One comment
The United States navy fired warning shots at two Iranian boats in the Gulf yesterday in the worst confrontation yet in the world’s busiest oil shipping lanes.
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Posted by John under: Perilous Times,Perplexity
Gas hits $3.60 a gallon, crude nears $120 on supply outages
Monday, April 28th, 2008 | Post a comment
Gas prices hit $3.60 a gallon, crude nears $120 on labor-related supply outages
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Reno urged to prepare for worse as earthquakes continue
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 | Post a comment
A man who said his name was Juan cleans up the groceries that toppled from the shelves at Save Mart in Northwest Reno after Friday night’s strong earthquake April 25, 2008. The quake had a preliminary reading of 4.7 and is the latest of 100′s of earthquakes that have swarmed the northwest Reno area in the past six weeks with the quakes getting progressively stronger. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette Journal – Marilyn Newton)
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Posted by John under: Earthquakes
Syria’s Covert Nuclear Activities
Friday, April 25th, 2008 | One comment
Statement by the Press Secretary
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Posted by John under: Syria and Damascus
Syria’s nuke facility was nearly completed when Israel bombed it
Friday, April 25th, 2008 | Post a comment
Satellite imagery collected in Syria before the Israeli bombing in September reveals a large building thought to have housed a nuclear reactor.
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Posted by John under: Perilous Times,Syria and Damascus
UN secretary-general calls food price rise a global crisis
Friday, April 25th, 2008 | One comment
VIENNA, Austria – A sharp rise in food prices has developed into a global crisis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday .
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Posted by John under: Famines and Troubles,Perplexity
Israeli PM Sets Off Politicial Storm After Reportedly Offering Golan to Syria
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 | 36 comments
Israeli army officers look towards Syria from the Mount Bental observation post in the Golan Heights (file photo)
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