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&bull ITV News - British oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
&bull House would have U.S. sue OPEC
"Uh, Mr. Conyers, sir...the whole POINT of OPEC is to dictate the price of gas."
&bull Steve Jobs proposes Al Gore for president News - PC Advisor
Unwritten protocol says Presidential hopefuls have to be publicly "urged" to run, so this may be the legitimate start of a re-run by Gore. Article assumes he'd run under a Democratic ticket, but I wonder...
&bull Reuters AlertNet - Nine U.S. warships enter Gulf for training
It's a bluff, but worth noting anyway.
&bull The Sovereign Funds: The Economic Phenomena Of the 21st Century
 "Emaar ? Egypt" Reveals its New Developmental Project in " Al-Qahira Al Jadida" ( New Cairo) City
The Number of the Billionaires is Increasing
The EU Grants Turkey a Loan of 300 Million Euro
Kuwait Takes Part in the International American Economic Forum
FAO Recommends of Pumping Bigger Investments in the Agricultural Sector
&bull Beirut's Intifada Confuses the Loyalists and their Supporters
Arab and local press focused on the events in Lebanon and the real changes that these events bring with them to achieve the opposition's goals and drop all the cheap bargains to start a serious dialogue that solves the crisis.
The newspapers read the current events but were confused concerning reading the next stage, because the opposition started its movement this time without revealing its next steps and its alternative plan.
The press anticipates the international stands concerning the events in Lebanon and the way of translating the promises to the country and its prime minister.
Some papers raised doubts on the possibility of holding the Arab foreign ministers' emergency meeting.
&bull General strike in Lebanon
The press focused on the events that took place on the Lebanese arena pointing out that the Lebanese authority insists on its aggressive decisions without paying attention to the country's interest.
The press also anticipates the stand that secretary general of Hezbollah will announce while the strike continues after the dramatic change which was manifested in the armed militia men authority shooting of citizens on the roads.
&bull Olmert's Political Shock Escalates Israel's confusion
It seems that the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice's tour remixed cards which led to escalation in a number of places in the area despite Rice's optimism which is still revolving in the vacuum of goals.
The press also focused on the escalating political contest in Lebanon and the security violations and the anticipation of the strike that the syndicates and workers sectors called for starting it tomorrow to protest the government's policy.
The government continued its provocations and insistence on the method of security and economic provocation.
&bull A Year since the Release of Posada Carriles
We are not dealing with an ?enemy combatant? taken out of their country of origin and recruited in an underground CIA prison.
&bull ASEAN Suspends Exporting Rice
The Gulf Financing House Intends to Establish a Cement Company by $ 2 Billion
The Tallest Hotel in the World Near "Al-Harem" by " Bin Laden"
A partnership Between " Sabez" and the Kuwaiti " KASB" Company
Sudanese President " Al-Basher" Opens the Sudanese - Jordanian " Al-Jazeera" Bank
" Manafe" Company Launches its First Real Estate Projects in Al-Riyadh
&bull Lebanon : An Escalation of a New Internationalization Idea
The press focused on local and regional events including the escalation of the campaign against Hezbollah and the reactions on it. These events led to security tension in the street last night in some of Beirut's areas.
The press also talked about the authority's attempt to internationalize Beirut's airport in response to suspicious security requirements.
The press focused on what happens in Egypt, Iraq and Yemen pointing out that the issues will remain open to all the possibilities of political escalation in the last eight months of Bush's presidential term. The US administration tries to do something before leaving office despite its failure to do it during eight years.
&bull The Figure " 25 " is the Most Circulated Figure in Syria
The Kuwaiti " Dar Istithmar" Considers Selling a Share at "Al- Sham" Bank
The Real Estate " Al-Dar" Company Signs An Agreement With "Taj" Company for Hotels
A Turkish Telecommunication Company Denies Any American Pressures to Give Up Buying the Syrian " Syria Tel "Company
$ 11 Billion from the Asian Development Bank to Combat Poverty
The 14th Session of the International Construction Exhibition " Buildex ? 2008 " Starts in Damascus
&bull The Egyptian Gas Flows into Israel
Washington Exercises Pressures on The Turkish "Turkcell" to Give Up Buying the Syrian "Syriatel" Company
Profits of The Lebanese Bloom" Bank Increases by 21% During the First Quarter
Beirut Hosts the 16 Arab Economic Forum
Profits of " Al-Wataniya" Telecommunications Company Increases by 19,1%
An Investment Conference for Activating Relations Between Russia and the Islamic World
&bull Gaza Raises the Concern of Cairo and Amman
The press focused on the critical security condition in the area as a whole amid atmospheres that reflected a political escalation on the Lebanese arena in the aftermath of the threats to target the compromise and tourism.
The press talked also about what Walid Junblat described as dangers that threaten Beirut international airport.
The press also focused on the Israeli minister of defense who said the Israeli internal front is the point of weakness in the Hebrew state.
The press also talked about the new incentives that the six states offered Iran in addition to other issues.
&bull Greenpeace Exposes Tuna Pirate in the High Seas
Today Greenpeace exposed an illegal tuna purse seiner, the Queen Evelyn 168, in a pocket of international waters between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was at the site of a transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and a refrigerated mothership, the Kenken 888. It is likely that a transfer of fish at sea involving an illegal vessel was about to occur, but the arrival of Greenpeace prevented it from taking place as the vessels immediately separated and fled.
&bull Greenpeace calls on UN biosafety conference to make: ?genetic polluters pay?
From 12-16 May, governments from around the world will gather in Bonn, Germany to hammer out the final details of global liability and redress measures for damage caused by genetically engineered (GE) organisms. Greenpeace will attend the 4th meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (1), telling governments ?GE polluters must pay for the damage their crops wreak on the environment, on farmers, and on human health.?
&bull Greenpeace confiscates ?wall of death? fishing net in the Mediterranean Sea
Activists onboard the Greenpeace vessel, Arctic Sunrise, confronted Italian fishing ?pirates? in the Mediterranean Sea and confiscated almost two kilometres of illegal driftnet containing dead undersized bluefin tuna and a small sea turtle that was later released alive.
&bull New Greenpeace report labels ?carbon capture and storage? a ?scam?
Policymakers should prioritise investments in sustainable energy solutions to stop the climate crisis and not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage (CCS), concludes Greenpeace in a new report, entitled ?False Hope?, which is released today.(1) --
&bull Greenpeace campaign forces Unilever u-turn on palm oil
Greenpeace today welcomed Unilever?s call for a moratorium on rainforest destruction in Indonesia, that is wiping out orang-utans and devastating the climate.
&bull 22 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear industry remains mired in accidents, co...
On the eve of the 22nd Chernobyl anniversary the nuclear industry has been rocked by revelations of cover-ups following a major nuclear accident in Spain and ongoing embarrassment over costly delays and deficiencies related to the construction of reactors in France and Finland intended to be flagships of a 'nuclear renaissance'.
&bull Greenpeace activists halt tuna trading at European Seafood Exposition
Eighty Greenpeace activists from 15 countries today closed down the stands of five large tuna suppliers at the European Seafood Exposition. Greenpeace is calling on the companies to stop trading in threatened bluefin, yellowfin and bigeye tuna and other unsustainably-caught tuna until stocks recover.
&bull New evidence links Unilever to burning of Borneo
Unilever, the company behind some of the world?s biggest brands, including Dove, is contributing to the destruction of the last remaining habitats of the orang-utan and other wildlife, and massively speeding up climate change, according to environmental group Greenpeace.
&bull Urgent changes needed in global farming practices
Greenpeace welcomed the publication today of the first assessment of global agriculture as an historic opportunity to replace destructive chemical-intensive agriculture with methods that work with nature not against it.
&bull Illegal shipment of Amazonian timber seized in Brazil
Amsterdam, 11th April 2008 - A shipment of Amazonian timber bound for Europe has been seized, the Brazilian Environmental Authority (IBAMA) announced today. The confiscation comes just weeks after Greenpeace exposed the trade in illegal timber between Brazil and Europe.
&bull Japan and France should lead an energy revolution, not expand dirty nuclear p...
Greenpeace is critical of today's visit by French Prime Minister, François Fillon, to the Rokkasho nuclear reprocessing plant, nearing completion in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, which the organisation sees as the biggest and most dangerous obstacle to directing Japan towards a safe and clean energy future.
&bull Sarkozy marries Merkel, but screws the climate instead
A "wedding cortege" of the most-polluting German cars travelled along the Champs Elysée in Paris today, stopping in various showrooms to distribute invitations to the marriage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. The cortege went also to the Elysée, the French presidential palace, and to the French Environment Ministry, to deliver an official letter asking President Sarkozy and his Environment Minister Borloo to not give away the fight against climate change. Organised by Greenpeace, the cortege parodies the forthcoming bilateral Franco-German so-called Blaesheim meeting on 9 June.
&bull Romania says 'No' to GE with Monsanto maize ban
Greenpeace welcomes the Romanian Government's landmark decision to ban genetically engineered (GE) maize, announced today. The move is particularly significant as GE maize is the only commercially cultivated GE crop permitted in Europe.
&bull Greenpeace calls on Philips to take responsibility for its e-waste
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips) is failing to take responsibility for the take-back of its used products. Inadequate recycling policies are leading to e-waste dumping in the developing world, harming human health and polluting the environment.
&bull New report details devastating consequences of unchecked climate change for S...
A new report published today estimates that 125 million people could be displaced in South East Asia by the end of the century if global temperatures were to rise by between 4-5oC. The report comes days before governments are due to meet in Thailand for another round of climate change talks.
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