Even without arbitration, they will stay in Australia, which has reliable local courts and rich natural resources.

ECONOMIST: Foreign-investment disputes

However, it has huge growth potential, not least because its rich in resources such as natural gas reserves.

BBC: Burma gets Asian Development Bank and World Bank loans

The emerging world's hunger for natural resources, on the other hand, has made rich-world consumers palpably worse off by pushing up the prices of oil and other commodities.

ECONOMIST: A game of catch-up

Natural resources may be booming now in Mozambique, but the country has always been rich in dance and music and Perola Jaime is considered one of the country's national treasures.

BBC: Working Lives: Maputo

This foreign entanglement has not been a business-centered policy, even if the territories at stake have rich resources that not only Americans but also those from non-combatant countries are trying to exploit.

FORBES: Afghan Agony If All for Nothing

Giuliani has largely skipped the early voting states and devoted his resources to Florida and the delegate-rich "Super Tuesday" states that hold primaries February 5.

CNN: Romney's Michigan win shakes up GOP race