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...Central Asian fields will be emptied by 2020; some of their counterparts in West Africa will be more or less finished as early as 2015, many Latin American fields do not look feasible beyond 2020 and only a handful of Saudi and Russian fields will be producing in 2030. It doesn’t take much to realize that moving on from oil is something we must do sooner rather than later. That’s a no-brainer. The real question is whether bankers, energy companies and, most importantly, investors will start taking renewable energy and other resources seriously...
...know bin Laden. I don't get money from him, but I wouldn't turn it down." SHAMIL BASAYEV, Chechen rebel leader, responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's allegations linking Basayev's group to al-Qaeda...
...Russian Regret How Russia blocked attempts to negotiate in North Ossetia. Was there another way out of the tragedy in Beslan...
...Russia reels from the hostage crisis at School No. 1 in Beslan, in the republic of North Ossetia, the repercussions continue. Russian President Vladimir Putin has furiously blamed Islamic terrorists for the tragedy, defended his policies on Chechnya and, under pressure, called for a parliamentary investigation of the incident. But could quicker action to negotiate with the terrorists have averted the carnage that left at least 338 dead...
Shortly after seizing the school, the terrorists, who were demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya, sent word that they wanted to negotiate with a group that included North Ossetia's President Alexander Dzasokhov. But Dzasokhov says when he tried to go to the school, he was stopped by the military, probably out of concern that he might be taken hostage. Dzasokhov told TIME: "A very high-ranking general from the Interior Ministry said, 'I have received orders to arrest you if you try to go.'" Meanwhile, Putin--who has long refused to negotiate with Chechen separatists--apparently sanctioned...