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Friday,
September 22, 2000
BP says Iran oil talks going well, U.S. informed
ANCHORAGE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - BP is making good progress in investment
talks with Iran and is keeping the U.S. State Department informed every
step of the way to avoid angering Washington, a top company official said.
``It's a good conversation and my guess is it will mature quickly,'' BP's
head of exploration and production Dick Olver said in an interview. ``My
sense is they (Iran) would like us to help them.'' >>>
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Iran's judiciary probes fraud at state bank-papers
TEHRAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has launched an investigation
into charges that hundreds of millions of dollars were embezzled from a
state bank, newspapers said on Thursday. The Entekhab daily said four people,
a branch manager of Sepah Bank, his deputy and two employees were now being
interrogated for their role in the alleged scam which a senior MP called
``the biggest Iran's banking history.'' >>>
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* BP says Iran oil talks going well,
U.S. informed
* Iran's judiciary probes fraud at state bank-papers
* Richardson: Time for OPEC to raise production again
* Gore, Bush tangle over releasing oil
* Oil minister redraws top jobs at NIOC
* U.S. companies to attend Teheran trade fair
* U.S. businesses demand end of sanctions against Iran
* Transportation ban of fever animals
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Thursday
September 21, 2000
Richardson: Time for OPEC to raise production again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said Thursday
that the United States will urge OPEC (news - web sites) to again consider
ramping up oil production to head off a supply crunch this winter. ``We
will continue to urge OPEC to consider increasing production,'' Richardson
told members of the House Government Reform committee when he was asked
what short-term remedies were available to avoid a supply crisis this winter
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Gore, Bush tangle over releasing oil
HOLLYWOOD, Md. (AP) - Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) proposed tapping
the nation's emergency oil reserve to force down gasoline and heating oil
prices, pushing fuel costs to the front in the presidential campaign Thursday
as both cold weather and the election draw closer. Republican rival George
W. Bush (news - web sites) said the vice president was risking national
security for ``short-term political gain.'' >>>
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Wednesday
September 20, 2000
Oil minister redraws top jobs at NIOC
LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has
reshaped the top tier of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in a drive
to enhance efficiency and specialisation, Iranian oil sources said on Wednesday.
``The aim is to create the same type of structure as a major international
oil company,'' an industry source said >>>
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Tuesday
September 19, 2000
U.S. companies to attend Teheran trade fair
Sept 18, 2000, Teheran (dpa) - Five companies from the United States
will attend Teheran's international trade fair scheduled early next month,
the official news agency IRNA reported Monday. IRNA quoted a commerce ministry
official as saying that the five U.S. companies are engaged in production
of air conditioning units, audio equipment and cosmetics. The companies
were not mentioned by name >>>
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U.S. businesses demand end of sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (AFP) - A coalition of US businesses, agriculture
groups and trade associations on Monday asked the administration of US
President Bill Clinton to lift sanctions against Iran to allow US businesses
access to Iran's markets. "American companies are prevented by executive
order from participating in Iran's oil program," Frank Kittredge,
vice chairman of the USA-ENGAGE coalition and president of the National
Foreign Trade Council, said in a statement >>>
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Monday
September 18, 2000
Transportation ban of fever animals
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's veterinary officials have banned the transportation
of livestock from the southeast to the rest of the country after an outbreak
of a deadly fever, newspapers said on Sunday. The deadly Crimean Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, which has killed six people in southeastern Iran this
summer, is acquired from bites by ticks carried by domesticated animals.
The daily Kayhan said that livestock smuggled into Iran from Afghanistan
have infected Iranian animals which have, in turn, infected humans >>>
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