A few weeks ago, I visited the home of Maksharip Aushev -- the 43-year-old scion of a wealthy and politically influential family in Ingushetia -- on the night of his youngest son's wedding.

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It began with a thinly sourced but highly explosive report Monday in a British newspaper: Arab oil sheiks are conspiring with the Russians and Chinese to quit using the dollar to set the value of oil trades — a direct threat to the global supremacy of the greenback.

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Oil has become a double edged sword. It can now be wielded against the oil producing states as much as it can be wielded by them. More specifically it can be used by the West to neutralize Iran's nuclear threat without military action.

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During the 1994-1995 economic crisis, bad news was reflected almost immediately in the performance of Mexico's markets.

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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — This tiny Middle Eastern country sitting on one-tenth of the world's oil is experiencing a building boom as the sheiks who rule the United Arab Emirates are spending their petrodollars on a series of projects and charities that reach out to  …

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Abir Sabri, celebrated for her alabaster skin, ebony hair, pouting lips and full figure, used to star in racy Egyptian TV shows and movies. Then, at the peak of her career a few years ago, she disappeared—at least her face did.

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This is a speech by Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul addressing the United States' history of dollar diplomacy and dollar hegemony around the globe.

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Is the US going to start bombing Iran? NZ writer says it is coming soon... and the reason is unrelated to nuclear capability.

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