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		<title><![CDATA[How to Ensure That Iran Isn't Insured]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10003683/how-to-ensure-that-iran-doesnt-get-insurance/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How refreshing when the U.S. comes up with an idea that will actually work! The Financial Times is reporting that the U.S. and its allies may place sanctionsÂ on companies, such as Munich Re and consortiums like Lloyds of London, that provide insurance for Iran's oil supply. Such a move might...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:04:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Iran Versus Total, Global Water Supply Squeezed, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran pushing Total out of South Pars project -- Iran, calling Total a procrastinator influenced by U.S. pressure, saysÂ it will push out the French energy giant and take on a new unnamed partner to work on the current phase of its South Pars gas fields. The decision to take Total...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pessimistic on Oil Supplies, Total Must Weigh its Options]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not an easy year to be an oil company, with prices for the resource hovering below $40 and plenty of uncertainty over whether prices will rise. But Total, one of Europe's biggest oil companies, thinks the cost of oil will rise dramatically over the next few years.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:27:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: A New NG OPEC? Cobalts' $25m Biobutanol Gambit, GreenFuel's Spanish Algae, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Iran, Russia, Qatar form OPEC-style natural gas cartel? -- Iran, Russia and Qatar have agreed to an initiative that could one day lead to a natural gas version of the oil cartel, OPEC. Iran's Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari discussed plans with Qatar's energy minister, Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiya,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:56:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iran to continue &#39;positive&#39; nuclear talks with IAEA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN AFP &#8212; Iran said on Wednesday that talks on its controversial nuclear drive with top UN atomic watchdog official Olli Heinonen were "positive" and would continue.  "The negotiations held over the past three days were positive and will continue," said the deputy chief of Iran's atomic energy organisation,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iran proposes guarantees to attract German firms]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees to German companies, an official said Monday, as authorities in Berlin try to curb their plans to work in the controversial Middle Eastern country.  "We will give them guarantees for their investments," Iranian deputy foreign minister Mehdi Safari told...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iran parliament approves new reshuffle]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN AFP &#8212; Iran's conservative-dominated parliament on Tuesday approved three new government ministers named by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite mounting criticism of his repeated cabinet reshuffles.  New Interior Minister Ali Kordan, a former deputy oil minister with previous service in the judiciary and the elite Revolutionary Guards, was confirmed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Any Iranian attempt to close Gulf &#39;self-defeating&#39;: Pentagon]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n27973706]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The Pentagon said Tuesday that any move by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz would be "self-defeating" because its weak economy is so heavily dependent on oil revenues.  "Shutting down the Strait, closing down the Persian Gulf, would be sort of a self-defeating exercise," said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israel&#39;s Barak tells US: keep all Iran options open]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27954654]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM AFP &#8212; Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has urged his US counterpart Robert Gates to keep all options open in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme, his ministry said on Tuesday.  "A policy that consists of keeping all options on the table must be maintained," Barak told the US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House skeptical over Iran&#39;s stance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27954555]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The United States remains skeptical about Iran's willingness to compromise in negotiations over its nuclear program, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Monday.  "I think we have to approach this with a big grain of salt. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said one thing to the Iranian...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israeli, US defense chiefs to meet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27954560]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak meets with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Monday for talks that an Israeli adviser said would focus on the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.  Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman confirmed that Gates and Barak would meet but would say only that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Israeli, US defense chiefs meet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27954602]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Monday with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates for talks that an Israeli adviser said would focus on the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.  Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman confirmed that Gates and Barak met at the Pentagon but would provide...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil prices calm as markets mull Iran missile test]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27897058]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Oil prices held steady Wednesday after two days of sharp declines, as news that Iran tested a long-range missile capable of hitting Israel pushed up prices temporarily.  The market shook off news of another slump in US oil inventories and also digested a pledge by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UN&#39;s Ban encouraged by EU dialogue with Iran]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27896704]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAPPORO, Japan AFP &#8212; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told AFP in an interview on Monday that he was encouraged by recent dialogue between Iran and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear programme.  "I am concerned about the Iranian nuclear issue. At the same time, recently there has been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Buying frenzy lights up the Iranian art market]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27896329]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN AFP &#8212; The prices have soared by a factor of 20 within two years, the galleries are packed with prospective buyers and the works are both modern and daring., but this is not s description of the art scene in New York, Paris or London, but Tehran.  Far...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil prices rise as OPEC president questions investment flows]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27880613]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Oil prices swung back towards record highs on Tuesday after the president of OPEC said there was uncertainty surrounding future investment in energy facilities that could boost crude output.  The International Energy Agency IEA meanwhile said that growth in supply would outpace demand until 2010,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Treasury secretary to visit Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200806/ai_n27510225]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will visit Europe in the coming week where he will meet government officials and participate in talks on a range of economic and financial issues, his office said Tuesday.  The Treasury said Paulson's June 29-July 3 tour will include visits to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olmert extends term of office of Mossad chief]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200806/ai_n27509858]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM AFP &#8212; Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday he had extended by a year the term of office of the head of the Mossad spy agency, whose top task has been thwarting Iran's nuclear drive.  "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced at the start of the cabinet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iran says no negotiation based on uranium suspension]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200806/ai_n27509735]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN AFP &#8212; Iran on Saturday stressed it will not negotiate with world powers over its nuclear programme if it is required to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities.  "Suspending uranium enrichment has no logic behind it and it is not acceptable and the continuation of negotiation will not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iran orders suspension of news agency]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN AFP &#8212; Iran on Monday ordered the Fars news agency, one of the country's most prominent news organisations and normally considered close to the government, to close for three days for publishing "false news".  "We have received a letter from the commission for surveillance of non-governmental press agencies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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