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NEWS ABOUT: Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf stories: 27 news summaries

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 'Complacency' Faulted in 
 US Nuke Sub Crash 

'Weak' command, lax standards prevailed aboard USS Hartford

Nov 18, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - US Navy investigators are pinning blame for the March collision between a nuclear-powered submarine and another Navy ship on lax atmosphere and “weak” command aboard the USS Hartford, where sailors slept while they were supposed to be on watch, and the radio room was rigged up with music speakers.... More »

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investigation • Persian Gulf • Freedom of Information Act • US Navy • collisions • Strait of Hormuz • USS Hartford • USS New Orleans • complacency • nuclear-powered submarine

 America's Cup 
 Sails to Persian Gulf 

Defending champions choose UAE site for 'perfect weather'

Aug 5, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - February’s America’s Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates for the first time, the defending champs, who get to choose, announced yesterday. The decision marks the Middle East’s continued growth as an international sports mecca, the Wall Street Journal notes. Ras al-Khaimah in the southern... More »

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Persian Gulf • America's Cup • sailing • Alinghi • United Arab Emirates • BMW Oracle

Family Doesn't Believe Speicher Died in Crash

Grateful for return of body, but official line doesn't jibe with beliefs

Aug 3, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scott Speicher’s family is thankful for the return of the missing pilot's remains, but isn't buying the military's conclusion that he died in a plane crash in Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf War, the Florida Times-Union reports. “We’re discrediting the rumor that he... More »

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Iraq • Persian Gulf • remains • Gulf War • casualties • Desert Storm

 Pilot's Remains 
 Found in Iraq 
 After 18 Years 

Speicher was first casualty of 1991 Persian Gulf War

Aug 2, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(AP) - The remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said today. The disappearance of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down on the first night of the war. He was... More »

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Iraq • Persian Gulf • Navy • remains • US Navy • casualties

 Colbert Plans Persian Gulf Tour 

He'll film a week of episodes on USO tour

Mar 19, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is putting on a flak jacket and heading to the Persian Gulf, Variety reports. The Colbert Report will film a week of shows on a USO tour, but no one is dishing out air dates or specific locations. Says Colbert, “I can’t tell you where I’... More »

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television • Persian Gulf • satire • Comedy Central • Stephen Colbert

Gulf Oil Powers Pump Green Into Clean Technology

States invest billions to keep atop energy-economy heap

Jan 13, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the per-capita carbon footprint of the United Arab Emirates dwarfs that of most anywhere else, it and fellow Persian Gulf oil giants like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are becoming the unlikely cradle of green technology, the New York Times reports. Wary of the world’s dependence on crude and... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • energy dependence • carbon emissions • energy independence • oil consumption

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Even Oil-Rich Gulf States Hit by Financial Storm

Global woes descend on Persian Gulf oil economies with a fury

Oct 27, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The financial crisis has finally struck the Persian Gulf—the one area of the world that had seemed immune—as a 50% plunge in oil prices since July and a raft of currency trades gone bad has led to the first bank bailout in the area. Kuwait’s central bank... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Kuwait • credit market chaos • financial crisis

OPINION

Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking
in Actual Detail

Talk may be cheap, but oilman spending $58M to push empty rhetoric

Aug 6, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - T. Boone Pickens has plenty of ideas about making the US less dependent on oil, and he has plenty of reasons why. But broad generalizations about using wind power to generate electricity and natural gas to power cars doesn’t offer enough “how-to-get-it-done” detail to make it an actual... More »

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Persian Gulf • natural gas • Energy crisis • T. Boone Pickens • foreign oil

 Iran Tests More
 Missiles as US
 Vows to Protect 
 Allies, Interests 

A 'lesson for enemies' says Iranian chief

Jul 10, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran claimed to have test fired more missiles today, a day after it launched nine missiles that pushed up oil prices and further stoked concerns that a regional conflict was brewing, reports Reuters. The "maneuver brings power to the Islamic Republic of Iran and is a lesson for enemies,... More »

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Iran • Israel • Persian Gulf • shipping • ballistic missile program

 Quiet Qatar Plays
 Key Mideast
 Peacemaker Role 

Iconoclastic emirate  works to calm conflicts

Jul 9, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Qatar has managed the amazing diplomatic feat of staying friendly with just about everybody in the Middle East, the New York Times writes. The tiny, oil-rich emirate, which somehow maintains close ties with Iran while also hosting an American airbase, is rapidly becoming the region's mediator. Its diplomats recently pulled... More »

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Middle East • diplomacy • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa • al-Jazeera • Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani

New Ship a 'Reminder'
to Iran: Gates

Defense sec prods Tehran as 2nd carrier arrives in Gulf

Apr 30, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second US aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf yesterday, which Robert Gates says Iran should see as a "reminder." The defense secretary denied that the deployment of another ship in the Gulf amounted to an escalation of American forces in the area, Reuters reports, but hoped... More »

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Iran • Persian Gulf • Robert Gates • US military • US Navy • aircraft carrier

MARKETS

 AmEx Leads Dow Rally 

Oil jumps on worries about supplies in UK, Nigeria

Apr 25, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks were mixed today as financials rallied but Microsoft dragged down the tech sector.  Nevertheless, all three major indexes recorded back-to-back weekly gains for the first time since February, Bloomberg reports. The Dow closed up 42.91 at 12,891.86, the Nasdaq dipped 5.99 to 2,422.... More »

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Microsoft • Persian Gulf • Nigeria • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • crude oil • S&P 500

Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

Geography forces balancing act; gas wealth make it a player

Mar 5, 08 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military forces; it also has learned... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Hezbollah • Qatar • Al Jazeera • natural gas • Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani • Sheik Hamad

Ex-Sailor Convicted in Terror Case

Navy signalman told al-Qaeda group about ship movements

Mar 5, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - A jury in Connecticut convicted a former Navy sailor today of passing along classified information about US ships in the Persian Gulf to terrorists, the AP reports. Prosecutors said Phoenix native Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, sent details about naval ship movements to a group affiliated with al-Qaeda in April of 2001.... More »

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terrorism • Persian Gulf • Navy • Strait of Hormuz • al-Qaeda • Hassan Abu-Jihaad • USS Cole • Muslim convert

Oil Insanity Pinned to Speculators

Observers call current market 'hysteria' — and 'bubble'

Feb 28, 08 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Crude-oil prices have doubled in recent months, a development not linked to fundamental supply and demand—but rather, observers tell Der Spiegel, to rampant speculation among investors looking for a stable buck. The prospect of recession would typically drive prices down, but analysts say a decade-old oil investment rush by... More »

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oil • Persian Gulf • OPEC • ExxonMobil • Morgan Stanley • Deutsche Bank • recession • crude oil • New York Mercantile Exchange • speculation • pension funds • Mercuria • Cushing, Okla. • Oppenheimer & Co.

Anchor Cut Persian Gulf Internet Cable

Source unknown; severance raises questions of sabotage

Feb 8, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The severed Internet cable in the Persian Gulf was the work of a 5.5-ton ship’s anchor, the AP reports. A crew from the FLAG telecommunications company, which owns the cable, found the anchor near Dubai and hauled it up; how the cut occurred is still unexplained. The incident... More »

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Persian Gulf • Internet security • undersea Internet cables • FLAG telecom • anchor

Old Spy Satellite Falling to Earth

Inoperative device could hit in late February, March

Jan 26, 08 8:27 PM CST
(Newser) - A dead US spy satellite will likely tumble out of space and hit Earth late next month or early March, the AP reports. Unnamed officials admitted it may contain toxic material but refused to say where it might land or whether it could be shot from the sky. "We... More »

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NASA • Australia • Persian Gulf • Pacific Ocean • Earth • spy • satellite • UN Security Council

France Dives Into Gulf With Base

Military base in Emirates represents major shift in strategy

Jan 16, 08 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - President Nicholas Sarkozy returned to France yesterday with accords that will make his country a major player in the Persian Gulf, the Christian Science Monitor reports. France will soon have a permanent military base on the United Arab Emirates' side of the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil pathway; it... More »

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Persian Gulf • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • United Arab Emirates • Strait of Hormuz

Boat Face-Off Reveals Iran Tactics: US

Navy also reveals two December incidents, where shots were fired

Jan 12, 08 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Objects tossed from Iranian boats posed no threat to US ships last Sunday, the Navy said yesterday, but did reveal Tehran's warfare tactics. The incident was also one of three between US and Iranian ships over the past month: In the first face-off, Dec. 19, the USS Whidbey Island fired... More »

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Iran • Persian Gulf • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • US Navy • Strait of Hormuz • Iranian speedboats

UPDATED

US Files Formal Protest
to Iran Over Ship Incident

Tehran releases own video, rejects American version of events

Jan 10, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The US sent a formal diplomatic complaint to Iran today over what it calls the "provocative" harassment of American ships by Iranian speedboats, the AP reports. Iran, meanwhile, released its own video of the encounter in the Persian Gulf, which it says backs up its contention that the US... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Persian Gulf • US Navy • Strait of Hormuz • Iranian speedboats

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