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An investor looks at a stock price board at a private security company Friday June 27, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China's shares are joining the rest of the Asia market in tumbling in response to crude oil spiking above $140 a barrel for the first time. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 5.29 percent at 2748.43 points Friday.
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Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
| Filed at 4:07 a.m. ET | SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices drifted down to near $81 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed mixed evidence about U.S. crude demand. | Benchmark crude for April del... (photo: AP Photo) The New York Times
New York Mercantile Exchange, NYME, New York, USA, March 2008
Economy   New York   Photos   Singapore   US  
Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
| Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 68 cents to $81.19 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 37 cents to sett... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) The Press Democrat
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants
| Manila, March 08: Philippine marines killed at least seven al Qaeda-linked militants on Sunday in a raid on a coastal hide-out, but failed to capture a Malaysian terror suspect long wanted by Washin... (photo: AP / Froilan Gallardo) The Siasat Daily
Extremism   Intelligence   Military   Philippines   Photos  
High numbers of police personnel are deployed into wooded areas on Tuesday March 4, 2008 in Singapore. Authorities believe a top Muslim terror suspect has not managed to flee Singapore and have launched an investigation into how he escaped from a high-security prison, a senior government official said Sunday. More than a thousand security personnel were involved in a nationwide search for Mas Selamat Kastari, who is accused of plotting to hijack a plane and crash it into the Singapore's international airport Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
| Singapore has bolstered security on land and sea, after receiving reports of a possible plot to attack oil tankers in the Malacca Strait. | Home Minister Wong Han Seng said the threat to the country... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E) BBC News
Photos   Security   Shipping   Singapore   Terrorism  
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Gas attendant Scott Mathews pumps gas at DiBacco's Service Center, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 in Beverly, Mass. Oil prices dropped Oil rises to near $81 ahead of key US jobs report
| SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to near $81 a barrel Friday in Asia as crude traders followed equity markets higher ahead of a key U.S. jobs report. | Benchmark crude for A... (photo: AP / Lisa Poole) Houston Chronicle
Asia   Jobs   Photos   Prices   Singapore  
Oil Prices Oil rises towards $81; China signals continued stimulus
| Singapore: Crude climbed on Friday, capping two consecutive weeks of trading above $80, after China signalled it would maintain its economic stimulus, rekindling hopes ... (photo: Creative Commons / magerleagues) DNA India
China   Energy   Market   Photos   Stock  
Oil Prices Oil stays above 80 dollars in Asian trade
SINGAPORE: Oil prices bounced back in Asian trade Friday on bargain buying, recovering from earlier falls ahead of a key US government jobs report, analysts said. | New Y... (photo: WN / theresa) The Times Of India
Asian   Economy   Oil   Photos   Prices  
Boat - Ships Terror threat in straits
| enghock@thestar.com.my | PETALING JAYA: The alarm has been sounded over a terror threat against ships plying the Straits of Malacca and the Singapore Strait. | Internat... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) The Star
Malacca   Photos   Piracy   Ships   World  
People, devotees at temple, India 63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede
| LUCKNOW, India -- A stampede broke out in at a temple in northern India as thousands of people jostled each other to get free clothes and utensils being distributed dur... (photo: WN / Geeta) The News & Observer
Culture   Disaster   India   Lucknow   Photos  
 Indonesian sailors look out from the deck of their patrol vessel during inaugural joint three nation patrols in the Malacca Straits Tuesday July 20, 2004. The three countries with waters bordering the Straits, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, agreed to Security raised in Malacca Strait after terror warning
* Terrorist threat against tankers, shipping group says * Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore navies step up patrols * Malacca Strait a key Asian oil and cargo shipping lane *... (photo: AP Photo/Ed Wray) The Guardian
Indonesia   Malacca   Photos   Singapore   Terror  
 KLdy1- june06 - view of development in the Klang Valley, Malaysia - buildings - beach - straits of Malacca. (dy1) Singapore warns of terror threat in Malacca Strait
| SINGAPORE - Singapore's Navy warned that a terrorist group is planning attacks on oil tankers in the Malacca Straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. | Terro... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Houston Chronicle
Malacca   Malaysia   Photos   Singapore   Terrorism  
Exploration Energy
Two trading ships detained
Maritime enforcement agency saves sick sailor
Singapore Navy receive a warm welcome
Logistics firms to ride on recovering economy
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one
Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants
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EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
Resources, Arrow Energy Up
MEast oil demand to outpace world with petrodollars
Prof: Switch to alternative energy
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
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Gas Oil Spills
Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
Money at the heart of govt
Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
Trafigura, Vitol stopping Iran gasoline sales-sources
An investor looks at a stock price board at a private security company Friday June 27, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China's shares are joining the rest of the Asia market in tumbling in response to crude oil spiking above $140 a barrel for the first time. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 5.29 percent at 2748.43 points Friday.
Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
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Shell aims for ‘New Nigeria’ at Qatar’s $19bn plant
BP will boost profits, boss pledges
Global crisis of water scarcity
Uh oh: British firm drills for oil off disputed Falkland Isl
Shell Gasoline station - India
Shell aims for ‘New Nigeria’ at Qatar’s $19bn plant
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Oil Prices Oil & Gas Market
Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
Oil rises to seven-week high above $81 on US jobs
Oil hits seven-week high above $82 on US jobs report
An investor looks at a stock price board at a private security company Friday June 27, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China's shares are joining the rest of the Asia market in tumbling in response to crude oil spiking above $140 a barrel for the first time. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 5.29 percent at 2748.43 points Friday.
Oil Drifts Near $81 Amid Mixed US Inventory Data
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UPDATE 1-Gazprom Neft urges Russia to revamp oil tax
OPEC raises 2010 oil demand forecast
Oil drifts near $81 amid mixed US inventory data
GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks, commodities up; sterling down
Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, president of the OPEC conference and minister of petroleum from Angola
OPEC sees risk of overproduction
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