This came as a stark reminder of the dangers facing America (the world's largest oil consumer) and the instability in the Middle East (home of much of the world's oil reserves).
Projects are spread rather evenly around the world, according to a September 2012 report from analyst Robert Jackson at Spanish bank Banesto: 29% are in Europe, 29% in Latin America, 22% in the Middle East and 20% in the rest of the world.
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"I thought that even though we were one of the poorest towns in the South East we could help one of the poorest countries in the world, " he said.
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Other issues that were raised included the situation in the Middle East and the forthcoming meeting of the world's largest economies in London.
Because we know that peace in the Middle East is the basis of peace in the world.
There are about 300, 000 ethnic Arabs in the Detroit metropolitan area, the biggest concentration of Arabs anywhere in the world outside the Middle East.
Pressure in Central Asia and the Middle East should not reduce the focus in other regions of the world such as in Latin America.
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Networks of exiles dominate trade in many parts of the world: the Indians in east Africa and parts of the Caribbean, the Chinese in South-East Asia, and so on.
Farm Shop has the potential to dramatically improve the incomes and livelihoods of rural families in East Africa and possibly in other parts of the world.
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He was speaking of governments and politics in terms of the region, the Middle East and other parts of that region but in fact it applies all over the world, indeed it applies to us individually and to our societies and it certainly was the case in Northern Ireland.
In 1945, the U.S. and Soviet armies met in the east German city of Torgau as World War II drew to a close in Europe.
And as a revolution races through the streets of the Middle East and North Africa, the entire world has a stake in the aspirations of a generation that longs to determine its own destiny.
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It was already one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, well known to both East and West, and a great way station of the Silk Road.
From late December, visitors flock to this city in Heilongjiang Province in the north-east of China to experience one of the finest ice and snow festivals anywhere in the world.
If the negotiations in Moscow unravel, the potential consequences for the Middle East and the rest of the world could be grave.
The plight of Ali, whose parents, brother and seven other family members died in the attack in the Diala Bridge district east of the capital, touched the hearts of many around the world.
If so, chances are you are not a Christian in the Middle East or many other parts of the world.
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But if you want a long-shot bet on a place that was once called the Switzerland of the Middle East, and on a country that produces some of the smartest businesspeople in the world, the Beirut exchange has its attractions.
Unlike much of the rest of the world, the Middle East has witnessed the use of such weapons in recent decades -- by Egypt against Yemen in 1963, as well as by Iraq against Iran and its own Kurds in the 1980s, Martin said.
Smith had traveled in the Middle East before the Second World War, and lived and taught in Lahore of pre-1947 India.
For years, the international community has been attempting to curb nuclear proliferation in one of the most volatile regions of the world, the Middle East.
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Previously secret documents show British officials covered up evidence about the assassination of a colonial governor in East Asia after World War II, fearing the truth might spark a war.
The majority of states in large parts of the world, namely South and South East Asia and the Middle East, have yet to sign the refugee convention.
Singapore, for instance, is a bit of the East that is rich enough to be in the first world but does not want to be part of the West.
The French government's intention has been to use the new broadcaster as a platform to counter the prevailing US view of world affairs, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, where France has mostly good relations.
And the parts of the world with this biggest gas reserves with the exception of Russia are all in the Middle East.
Right now in the all-important oil world of the Middle East and North Africa, short-term supply, future prices, ownership and preferred trading partners are all up in the air.
"After a couple of days learning the ropes and staying out of trouble, I was offered the chance to cover one of the World Cup soccer games from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, " Dinan recalls.
From a life-poor patch of ocean in the South Pacific to a life-rich lake in the East African Rift System, clear waters can be found in all different corners of the world.
But the broad notion of what we want to see happen in countries in the Middle East and throughout the world is shaped by the values with which we started our country.
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