Iran in $1bn Bolivia oil pledge
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Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promise $1bn (Â£493m) to help Bolivia exploit oil and gas reserves.
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Bolivia&#039;s largest agribusiness group said Wednesday it would form &quot;self-defense&quot; units to defend land it fears the country&#039;s new leftist government will confiscate to give to the poor.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq has agreed to award $1.1 billion in contracts to Iranian and Chinese companies to build a pair of enormous power plants, the Iraqi electricity minister said yesterday. Word of the project prompted serious concerns among American military officials, who fear that Iranian commercial investments can mask military activities at a time of heightened tension with Iran.
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The International Monetary Fund offers up to $1bn in financial help to affected nations ahead of a donors' meeting in Jakarta.
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Farmers in Bolivia end their occupation of oil fields after the government promises more land redistribution.
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Oil climbed above $61 to its highest this year on Friday after top fuel consumer the United States reported an unexpected drop in gasoline stocks and Iran said it would show 'no weakness' over its nuclear program.
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Bolivia completes its gas nationalisation plans, giving the government control over foreigner's operations.
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BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 30 -- Intensifying labor strife, political infighting and budgetary pressures are threatening to chip away at the domestic support of Bolivian President Evo Morales, who took office in January promising to nationalize the natural gas industry and to achieve social equality for the...
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Text of report by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran West Azarbayjan Provincial TV on 8 December  The Iranian Bank of Industry and Mining [BIM] has allocated 2,560bn rials [275 million dollars] to the completion of The Petrochemical Complex in Mahabad.
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According to "Tehran Times", some 37,971 tons of goods, valued at $26.1 million dollars, was exported from this north-central Iranian province during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-November 21). This showed 43% increase in weight compared to the same period last year.
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Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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A major Indian state-owned oil company signs up to a joint venture to  develop a gas field and liquefaction plant in Iran.
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Iran and Malaysia signed a $16 billion agreement to develop two Iranian gas fields, state-run television reported Wednesday, describing the deal as the largest energy contract in Iran.
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U.S. oil futures set a new record $47.01  a barrel on Wednesday after a new threat against Iraq's oil  sector by rebel Shi'ite militia.  U.S. crude traded up 26 cents  to set a new high in the 21-year history of the New York  Mercantile Exchange contract.
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Venezuela has agreed to sell gasoline to Iran, the South American county's energy minister said in comments published Tuesday, a week after the Islamic country imposed a fuel rationing program that has sparked violence.
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ASSALOUYEH, Iran  - The presidents of Iran and Venezuela launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant on Monday, strengthening an "axis of unity" between two oil-rich nations staunchly opposed to the United States.
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OPEC will increase its oil production target by 1 million barrels a day later this year in a move widely viewed as more symbolic than significant, given