VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT IN CHINA, SIGNS AGREEMENTS
BEIJING (AP) — China and Venezuela signed several agreements Sunday during a visit by the Venezuelan president that is meant to strengthen economic ties between the South American nation and…
Energy industry
ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
GREENPEACE SHIP IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC TOWED TO PORT
By LAURA MILLS In this image released by environmental organization Greenpeace, a Russian Coast guard officer, right, points a gun at a Greenpeace International activist, left in yellow uniform, as…
OIL FALLS TO NEAR $107 ON US-RUSSIA DEAL FOR SYRIA
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices fell slightly Friday,…
WORLD’S OLDEST MAN DIES IN NY AT AGE 112
This photo provided by Guinness World Records shows 112 year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez. Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world’s oldest man has died.…
AFTER COAL, W.VA. PUSH FOR NATURAL GAS TRUST FUND
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – A C.S.X. train loaded with coal winds its way into the mountains in this Nov. 21, 2004 file photo taken near the New River at…
VENEZUELA GOVT CLAIMS SABOTAGE IN DEADLY BLAST
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Venezuela’s oil minister said Monday that…
MEXICO PROPOSES SWEEPING SOCIAL PROGRAM CHANGES
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. Pena Nieto is proposing a plan to implement the…