Gulf's 'Dead Zone' Less of a Mystery
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The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.
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According to "Oman Observer", a meeting of the GCC ministers responsible for environmental affairs was held in Jeddah. Oman's delegation to the meeting was headed by Shaikh Abdullah bin Salim al Rowas, Minister of Regional Municipalities , Environment and Water Resources.
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The Gulf of Mexico discovery, which could boost US reserves by half, set a new depth record.
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Since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, international attention has turned away from Iraq to the other, older, most imperishable of Middle East crises.
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The political tectonic plates under the Middle East may have at last begun to shift. Some Arab leaders, facing four more years of George W. Bush, seem to have understood the policy message he sent from Canada
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Analysis: Despite the hype, the Baker group's recommendations may be too little and too late to turn Iraq around
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Long derided as a cultural desert, the Gulf art scene is beginning to blossom.
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According to "Tehran Times", the drilling of oil wells of South Pars (SP) was terminated, said Iran's petroleum minister. Seyyed Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh added that the wells are to produce 35 thousand and 24 thousand barrels of oil per day in the first and second phases respectively.
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While most weather models show the remnants of Humberto reaching Virginia and the Carolinas later Friday, a few models suggest the system could turn south and reenter the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.
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Halliburton's move to the United Arab Emirates shouldn't have been a surprise. It spotlights a major shift in the global oil industry
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MAHMOUDIAH, Iraq -- This bloody and lawless region south of Baghdad illustrates the destabilizing results of a hands-off approach to Iraqi trouble spots.
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Analysts said there were too many unknowns in ChevronÂs major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico to count it as money in the bank.
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This landlocked city may seem an unlikely place to situate a naval base, but for Palestinians without a state perhaps it is fitting to have a navy without a sea.
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Apparently lifeless towns like Haswah, a chronic site of insurgency, may typify what control US-Iraqi forces can achieve.
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ESFAHAN, Iran -- The squat, tan buildings with barred windows can be reached only by driving well outside the city to a flat stretch of desert on the edge of the hills. The site is surrounded by antiaircraft artillery emplacements and a large metal fence topped with barbed wire.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Mar. 8--Any region that gets deluged like we did late last week is going to find parts of itself under water.
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Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks, officials say.