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"I am simply saying, with
regards to those threats, that those who issue threats can themselves be
threatened. Those who threaten destruction risk being destroyed themselves."
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres
saying Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be wiped off
the map would not go unanswered.
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"It is not in my nature to
forecast oil prices or the kingdom's future production volume because there
is a combination of factors that affect this vital commodity and which are
impossible to predict."
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi said
in an opening address to the Euromoney conference in Riyadh.
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"The ministry is
in full control on crude oil exports from the south. There are specialized
companies with modern techniques to measure the exported quantities."
Acting Iraqi oil minister Hashem al-Hashemi
commenting after it was alleged that 60-million barrels of crude were
unaccounted from Iraqi production in 2005. |