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	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago.
		The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Indian Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
		The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15451 words)

	Niger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When his efforts to justify his coup and subsequent questionable elections failed to convince donors to restore multilateral and bilateral economic assistance, a desperate Baré ignored an international embargo against Libya and sought Libyan funds to aid Niger's economy.
		In votes that international observers found to be generally free and fair, the Nigerien electorate approved the new constitution in July 1999 and held legislative and presidential elections in October and November 1999.
		While the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) does not have an office in Niger, the United States is a major donor, contributing on average $8 million each year to Niger’s development increasing to $12 million in FY 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niger (4370 words)

	Peak Oil News & Message Boards Forums >> Post 246188 >> Re: The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Tehran has expressed interest in converting their oil transactions to the euro, in part due to political blowback created after President Bush named Iran as part of an “Axis of Evil.” Revenue from Iran's daily crude sale is transferred through a series of intermediary banks, mostly European.
		Considering Iran’s switch to the euro for oil payments from its EU and Asian Clearing Union customers in mid-2003, it can be assumed that Iran’s proposed bourse would usher in a fourth crude-oil marker — denominated in the euro.67 This would remove the main technical obstacle to a broad-based petroeuro system for international oil trades.
		The oil exchange in Dubai, which recently opened, chose to denominate this particular contract in dollars and also their stock exchange hopes to recycle these dollars into local/regional investment versus parking it in US treasury bills.
	www.peakoil.com /post246188.html (6962 words)

	Crisis in Chechnya - Global Issues
		Grozny's major oil refinery along this pipeline and Russia's interest to ensure their oil needs are also met has led them to be more concerned that pipeline discussions by major western oil companies have not involved them;
		A major oil pipeline carries oil from fields in Baku on the Caspian Sea and Chechnya toward the Ukraine.
		For Russia it is important that the oil pipelines and routes they take so oil can be sold to the western markets also meet their needs.
	www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp (3555 words)

	In Context
		The international actors won't be willing to carry out UNSC 1701 because they're not willing to fight and die, which Hezbullah is. Hezbullah will not only keep its weapons but will rearm.
		The two tentacles, Hamas representing the Sunnis in the south and Hezbollah representing the Shiites in the north, are tasked with making sure this war continues to its desired conclusion.
		Indeed, the only hope for an international solution that will hold water will come after the approved ground operation is completed.
	incontext.blogmosis.com (4824 words)

	All book reviews available electronically, by Daniel Pipes
		Oil, God, and Gold: The Story of Aramco and the Saudi Kings
		The Superpowers and the Middle East: Regional and International Politics, 1955-1967
		Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States
	www.danielpipes.org /rev/year/all (2404 words)

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