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The major oil partners of Iran, China and India have heavy stakes in stability in Iran. China is the largest consumer of Iranian oil, and India is the third largest consumer. China has invested about $120 billion in Iran in various projects. It imports about 20 per cent of Iranian oil, which meets its 11 per cent of its energy requirement. India annually exports about 16 per cent of Iranian oil at the cost of about $12 billion, which meets its 12 per cent of its energy requirement...
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA | 21.01.2012 |
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What will surprise those who may already be surprised about the Dönmeh connection to Turkey, is the Dönmeh connection to the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia...Considering the links between Ergenekon and the Dönmeh in Turkey and the close intelligence and military links between the Dönmeh-descendent Sauds and Wahhabis in Arabia, the reports of close links between ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his intelligence chief Omar Suleiman and the Binyamin Netanyahu government in Israel may be seen in an entirely new light…
Wayne MADSEN | 26.10.2011 |
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At first glance, OPEC, the oil-exporting countries' alliance established in 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, must be reliving the good old days with spectacular oil prices reinstated and its end-of-the-year gain as projected by the IEA inching towards a trillion dollar mark. The figure, however, reflects only the brighter part of OPEC's present-day picture, the downside being that its formerly robust internal consensus is being washed away by a tide of financial egotisms and national rivalries...
Vadim VIKHROV | 07.08.2011 |
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Great uncertainties arise. The 24 million people of Yemen possess an estimated 60 million guns... There could be a civil war in Yemen in the ensuing struggle for power, a fragmentation of the country or even a descent into Somalia-type anarchy. What compounds the situation is that there is also large-scale foreign interference... United States is working behind the scenes in tandem with Saudi Arabia...
Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR | 06.06.2011 |
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The recent leaks by the whistle blower website Wikileaks indicate the surreptitious nature of diplomacy which can have wider consequences. Reportedly, out of 251,287 cables that are with WikiLeaks, 3,038 originated from the US embassy in New Delhi...
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA | 01.12.2010 |
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