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UPDATE 2-Nigeria pipeline attack forces Shell to cut output | Markets | Reuters

“Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday it had shut down three pumping stations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta after a key crude oil pipeline was sabotaged. Although there has been no claim of responsibility, the attack occurred a day after Nigeria’s main militant group MEND called off a three-month-old ceasefire and threatened to unleash ‘an all-out [...]

January 31st, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

13 dead, 13 injured in Juarez shooting, Mexican police say

“As many as 15 gunmen stormed into a house party in Juarez, Mexico, in the early hours of Sunday morning and opened fire, killing at least 13 people and injuring 13 others in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen this year, a police official said. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. in [...]

January 31st, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

Nigeria militants end truce in Niger Delta oil region

“The main rebel group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta says it is ending the ceasefire it declared last October. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Delta (Mend) said it did not believe the government would restore control of resources to local people. Mend has demanded that residents be given a greater share in profits [...]

January 29th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

US oil industry hit by cyberattacks: Was China involved?

“At least three US oil companies were the target of a series of previously undisclosed cyberattacks that may have originated in China and that experts say highlight a new level of sophistication in the growing global war of Internet espionage. The oil and gas industry breaches, the mere existence of which has been a closely [...]

January 26th, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »

Suicide attack in Kabul causes…

Suicide attack in Kabul causes Afghan, foreign casualties – Reuters

January 26th, 2010 | Posted in Fusion Alerts | Read More »