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U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann: U.S. can't cut corners in nuclear defenses
During his recent State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama continued to articulate his desire to increase spending on a whole host of priorities. However, when it comes to one of our nation’s most critical needs, maintaining our nuclear deterrent, the President seems to want to look for savings wherever he can.
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Bulgarian Govt Collapse Prompts Lash-Out at Russia
Bottom Line: Bulgaria’s scrapping of a Russian pipeline deal to carry Russian and Caspian oil to Greece is a response to the government’s collapse in February over energy prices that demonstrate how energy giant Russia can bring down a government.
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India proposes direct hydrocarbons pipeline from Kazakhstan
India has proposed building a pipeline to carry direct supplies of hydrocarbons from Kazakhstan's oil and gas rich Caspian region. The proposal is part of New Delhi's wider attempt to deepen co-operation with Astana to help secure the energy it needs to meet India's steadily growing demand.
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The Growing Alliance between Uzbek Extremists and the Pakistani Taliban
The U.S. drone strike that killed Maulvi Nazir in South Waziristan on January 2 eliminated a key local leader who resisted the presence of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in South Waziristan. From a U.S. perspective, Nazir was a target because he provided safe havens and training camps in the South Waziristan capital of Wana from which militants could launch cross-border raids against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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Future of South Caucasus and Central Asia to be discussed in Baku within World Economic Forum
On 7-8 April , the World Economic Forum will hold an event entitled 'The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the South Caucasus and Central Asia' in Baku, the WEF said.
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Kazakhstan, Belarus sign foreign-policy cooperation plan
Regular Kazakh-Belarusian ministerial consultations were held in Astana on March 6, 2013, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan said.
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Caspian Sea development is Turkmen fuel-energy strategic area
The full development of the abundant hydrocarbon resources of the Caspian Sea included in the world's inventory of the largest oil and gas reserves, is the strategic direction for developing the Turkmen fuel and energy complex, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said in Ashgabat today, the Turkmen government reported.
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How the US Shale Gas Boom Could Derail China
With oil production at a twenty year high and predictions of a manufacturing renaissance for the U.S. economy, one of the world's largest investment banks has detailed how the "shale revolution" will negatively affect emerging markets such as China.
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