Oil price steady as investors eye Iraq conflict
By The Associated Press FILE – In this June 22, 2008 file photo, Iraqi police officers protecting oil installations secure an oil pipeline from the Rumailah refinery, north of Basra,…
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Sunni fighters expand offensive in western Iraq
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Volunteers of the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21,…
Reid pulls spending bill after spat with GOP
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This June 10, 2014 file photo shows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat has…
Iraq: al-Maliki’s rivals jockey to replace him
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in…
Nuclear industry explores accident-resistant fuel
By RAY HENRY FILE – In this March 21, 2011 file photo provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), smoke rises from the Unit 3 reactor of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima…
OREGON OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FARM PROJECT ANNOUNCED
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA FILE – This Oct. 30, 2002 file photo shows a speed boat passing by offshore windmills in the North Sea offshore from near Esbjerg, Denmark. On Wednesday…
UK NUCLEAR STATION REPORTS ELEVATED RADIATION
FILE – This is a Wednesday May 23, 2007 file photo of the Sellafield Nuclear Power Station in Sellafield, England. Sellafield said in a statement Friday Jan. 31, 2014 it…
EU POISED TO SUSPEND SOME SANCTIONS ON IRAN
BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Putin credited…