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[The Washington Note] I think the fact that you view Russia as a "petro-state" is perfectly emblematic of everything wrong with the Russian economy. The Russians don't have to make the incredibly difficult journey that you define as the transition from a petro-state to a modern, diversified economy.
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[End Times Round Table] Hatrick Gold Report and Currencies: Abu Dhabi might regard the Saudis are a fading oil giant on the gradual decline, unable to extricate themselves from the US influence, to cut the cord with those ugly tentacles. The dirty secret is that the Saudi oil business struggles with decline, long ago having resorted to tertiary methods used on their giant Ghawar oilfield.
[Cricketdiane's Weblog] Somali pirates taking merchant ships as it suits them -: Some European and Asian companies have been accused by Somali pirates of dumping toxic waste containers off of the coast of Somalia.[35][36] The effects of the toxic waste dumping were clear, following the massive tsunami of 2004, in the northern coastal sub-region of Hafun. Coastal populations suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies and then discovered the cause in the wake of the tsunami, when hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore.
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[drive blog] drive blog: Does the General Motors bankruptcy announcement change ...: It's the one area where it's really open for criticism, which is why I see it as such a nonsense - you don't have to have that drivetrain if you don't want it. I sure as hell wouldn't want an Omega or Berlina but I don't see how that makes every other Commodore a poor choice, as you guys seem to believe it does.
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