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An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil war. Crude oil, or petroleum - a dark, thick ooze from the earth - had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made
A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin
An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯), a ruby(红宝石) broach, and gold Rolex(劳力士手表). But y
The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO
Easing Displacement through Development Last year there were more than 26-million people displaced within their countries by violence, conflict or natural disasters. A new report says development initiatives may help alleviate or even prevent displac
The International Organization for Migration reports a significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps. IOM reports for the first time since the catastrophic earthquake struck a year ago, the camp population in Haiti has gone
Religious Freedom Report Highlights Displacement, Repression STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says countries that undermine religious freedoms ultimately threaten their own security. Secretary Kerry says those who attack religious
Report: Displacement Risk Soars Its estimated about 27 million people are displaced every year by natural disasters. A new report says the problem will get worse with more frequent extreme weather events and development in hazard-prone areas. Interna
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) officials say camps for internally displaced people are beginning to sprout up across Iraq. This is happening, officials say, because communities in the country are closing their doors t
Rights Group Rebukes Angola for Alleged Missing Oil Revenues Leah Krakinowski A leading human-rights group says the Angolan government cannot account for more than $4 billion in missing oil revenue ,
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 20 March 2007 Rising world oil prices have sparked interest in alternative fuels, such as ethanol, which can be produced from corn. This has raised demand for the grain, which, in turn, has increased its price as food. VO
More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly
The global oil markets experienced another blow on Monday, with prices hitting their lowest in five and a half years. US crude at one point hit below $50 a barrel, while Brent dove under $53. This was related to the latest signs of oversupply. Russia
HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran has refused to deliver oil to Greece in Persian Gulf, the local Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The Islamic republic refused to deliver a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude oil to one of the refineries in Greec
Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ
Oil workers in Nigeria say they will embark on an indefinite strike if the government fails to reverse the sale of two state-owned oil and gas companies within two weeks. The government says privatizing the two companies will make them more efficien
I got a phone call from my husband the other day, Hey babe, can you take the car to get the oil changed please? It's overdue. As he works forty-five minutes from town, he rarely has time to run those errands back in Wenatchee, so he gets his secretar
NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff
Greece has condemned an attack carried out by a Libyan warplane on a Greek-operated oil tanker chartered by Libya's national oil company, saying it had contacted the U-N envoy for Libya and the E-U about the incident. The attack took place on Monday