Bulls push oil over US$126 | Oil jumped to a new intraday record of US$126.20 a barrel at the weekend, extending gains to more than 11 per cent since the start of the month on fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buyin... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) NZ Herald
Shell losing 30,000 barrels per day after Nigeria oil attacks | Shell's Awoba plant on the Sambreiro River in the Niger Delta, 25 September 2005. Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said it was losing the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day because of rece... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Turkish Press
The delivery we're waiting for | HONOUR killings, the barbaric male practice of avenging a family's name allegedly sullied by errant wives or sisters, claims thousands of female lives a year in India and Pakistan. | Forced marriage... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)Sydney Morning Herald AustraliaFamilyHuman RightsMaternityPhotosSchemeWomenWorld
Desailly rules out Ghana position | World Cup winner Marcel Desailly has ruled himself out of contention to succeed Claude Le Roy as Ghana coach. | The former France international has emerged as the frontrunner to take over from Le Ro... (photo: AP Photo / Lionel Cironneau)BBC News FranceGhanaPhotosSoccerSports
Nigeria Eyes More Rice Imports | Nigeria will accelerate rice imports in a move to ease food security concerns caused by soaring global prices. The government has suspended duties on rice imports for s... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)Voa News EconomyFoodNigeriaPhotosSociety
Oil tops record $US123 | GLOBAL oil prices hit new highs overnight at over $123 ($131) a barrel, despite a large rise in US crude inventories and a stronger US dollar, which hurt precious and i... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)The Australian EconomyMarketOilPhotosUS
$US120 oil blows budget forecast | THE surge in world oil prices to more than $US120 a barrel threatens to make the federal Treasury's budget inflation forecast obsolete before it even goes to print. | I... (photo: Tupras)The Australian InflationMarketOilPhotosUS
