Word: caspian
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...Georgia’s troubles are significant for two reasons that have been at the top of lawmakers’ agendas for a while: energy dependence and terrorism. If the United States is serious about reducing its dependence on Middle East oil, its best prospect is this unassuming Caspian nation, which could hold the key for our future in oil and natural gas. But more importantly, if Georgia continues on its current track of escalating infighting and rebellion, it will surely become a haven for terrorist groups, attracted by the weak law enforcement and rich resources—a situation...
...that's precisely what freaks privacy advocates like Katherine Albrecht, founder of New Hampshire--based CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering). In Albrecht's nightmare, her grocer scans her credit card--at the bottom of her purse--and tracks her around the store recording her selections. Police come knocking after tracing an RFID-tagged soda can found at a crime scene to her credit card. While RFID certainly has the potential to be the most invasive consumer technology ever, supporters--consumers themselves, after all--are working on safeguards, such as "kill codes" for tags after checkout. "Privacy mavens...
...lite for control of the country. There is a lot to fight for. Azerbaijan remains miserably poor - the average salary is around $50 a month - but has enormous energy resources, including some of the world's largest natural gas reserves and rich oil fields in and around the Caspian Sea. But Ilham is no Heydar Aliyev, and may be in for a tough time. He is said to have gone into politics reluctantly, on his father's orders, and his highest profile job to date has been as chairman of his country's Olympic Committee. Moscow watched with dismay over...
...record of U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning Iran as there was for Iraq, and there is no international consensus that the mullahs pose a threat outside their borders. Russia has important economic ties to Iran and has a vital national interest in seeing that the oil-rich Caspian Basin is not dominated by those who are beholden...
...record of U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning Iran as there was for Iraq, and there is no international consensus that the mullahs pose a threat outside their borders. Russia has important economic ties to Iran and has a vital national interest in seeing that the oil-rich Caspian Basin is not dominated by those who are beholden...