Oil tops Chavez talks in Russia
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss energy co-operation.
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The word's fifth largest oil exporting nation, Venezuela, signs an oil deal with South American neighbour, Paraguay.
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OSCOW, Sept. 2- World oil prices rose on Thursday after Russia&#39;s largest oil producer, Yukos, said a court ruling &quot;paralyzes&#39;&#39; the company&#39;s operations.
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Oil prices fell from fresh record highs  on Monday as early reports of victory for Venezuelan President  Hugo Chavez in a referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest  could upset the country's oil exports.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ordering foreign oil companies to pay much higher taxes, in a move to tighten state control over his country&#39;s vast petroleum resources.
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President Hugo Chavez, seeking to reduce Venezuela's dependence on selling oil to the United States, said Friday his country will give China greater access to its oil and natural gas resources.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has offered assistance and oil benefits to much of the Caribbean, will meet with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss providing aid to the impoverished country, Preval's office said Friday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds talks in Tehran  with Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Oil rose nearly $1 on Monday to match its highest in almost a month, extending last week's late gains as Venezuela threatened to halt oil exports to the United States and bomb alerts shut down one of Britain's largest gas fields.
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Venezuela has asked US oil giant ExxonMobil to resume World Bank-sponsored talks to resolve a nationalization dispute and to drop legal cases in New York and London, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his oil-rich nation will sign major arms deals in Moscow to acquire Russian fighter jets and produce Kalashnikov assault rifles, and he slammed U.S. criticism of the weapons sales.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wins backing from Greece and Bulgaria to push ahead with a key oil pipeline.
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said it held talks with Russia's energy ministry this week amid reports it was considering a significant investment in the country's massive energy reserves.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez bolstered his cooperation with Cuba on Saturday by signing energy, farming and finance accords, including a deal to expand of one of his socialist ally's oil refineries.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he plans to buy 5,000 Dragunov sniper rifles from Russia to protect the oil-rich nation from a possible U.S. invasion.
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NYMEX crude oil futures soared to a  record of $46.90 a barrel on Monday on concerns about possible  unrest and disruption to oil supply as Venezuelans voted in  large numbers on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez.
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Not everyone was complaining when the price of a barrel of oil flirted with the $50 mark on global markets earlier this summer. For Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, it meant more money to