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Iraq produces about 2.5m barrels of oil a day. China is the world’s second-largest consumer of oil and its state-run energy companies are keen to expand their foreign reserves. A partnership with Shell would be China’s second major venture in the Gulf state. State oil group CNPC’s $3bn (£2bn) project to develop the al-Ahdab field […]

Remember that now-retracted Missouri Information Analysis Center report which stated that small-government types (specifically Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin supporters) were potential terrorist threats? According to this new Homeland Security report, all it takes to fit the terrorist profile is to have general anti-government feelings or prefer local/state government to federal control over […]

North Korea has vowed to walk out on international talks to end its nuclear programme, and said it would restore its disabled nuclear reactor. The unusually strong statement follows criticism by the UN Security Council of its recent rocket launch, which critics say was a long-range missile test.

Forget the president’s big, huge speech on the economy today. It’s just a lot of numbers that describe the economic fate of millions of Americans. The really BIG news is the unveiling of Bo, the Obamas’ used pet dog who, as eagerly sought by many groups, is a genuine rescue dog if you regard a […]