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in title, tags, annotations or urlWho's Funding ISIS? Wealthy Gulf 'Angel Investors,' Officials Say - NBC News.com - 0 views
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These rich individuals have long served as "angel investors,"
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"These rich Arabs are like what 'angel investors' are to tech start-ups, except they are interested in starting up groups who want to stir up hatred,"
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Once the groups are on their feet, they are perfectly capable of raising funds through other means, like kidnapping, oil smuggling, selling women into slavery, etc."
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This article is about how the Islamic State is being funded by wealthy gulf. These investor are described to be like "angle investors".The money that they receive from these investors is just a jumping off point, then the group finds other ways to get money like "kidnapping, oil smuggling, selling women into slavery."
Women's rights do not sell - 1 views
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This article explains some of problems that women face in Egypt and why no one talks about it. The author describes that "Women's rights do not sell", and that sexuality does. Because of this, we have TV shows and other forms of media dedicated to sexuality.
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In late 2013, the Thomson Reuters Foundation conducted its third annual poll on women's rights in Arab states. 336 specialists designed the poll to assess the extent to which states adhere to key provisions of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which most Arab League states have signed, ratified...
Oil and Terror: ISIS and Middle East Economies - 0 views
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ISIS's economic cost is significant not just for Iraq but also other Middle Eastern countries.
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Iraq has the fifth largest oil reserves in the world and third highest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Part of ISIS's rise in Iraq can be attributed to sectarian politics.
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This Is How ISIS Smuggles Oil - 0 views
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Turkish-Syrian border
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The militants can make more than $1 million a day selling oil from fields captured in eastern Syria.
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In recent months, the government has vowed to crack down on illicit oil, and police have targeted smuggling routes, seizing oil drums and digging up pipelines.
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UPDATE 1-Libya's rival forces warn Thinni govt against independent oil sales | Reuters - 1 views
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is currently producing around 600,000 barrels per day, compared with the 1.6 million the OPEC producer pumped before Gaddafi was ousted.
Gaza man 'duped' into selling Banksy work for fraction of value | World news | The Guardian - 0 views
Individuals filmed selling parts of Great Pyramids arrested - Daily News Egypt - 0 views
Algeria-France child trafficking trial opens in Algiers - BBC News - 0 views
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Thirteen people have gone on trial in Algiers, accused of trafficking an unknown number of Algerian children to the French city of Saint-Etienne.
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The security services reportedly discovered 12 "adoption certificates" at a nursery in the Algiers suburb of El-Biar written between 2005 and 2006, with nine children sent abroad for a sum of money.
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How ISIS Is Wrecking Iraq's Biggest Industry - Business Insider - 0 views
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The Islamic State has taken over several oil-producing areas in Iraq and Syria, raising fears that the group could leverage its hydrocarbon wealth to the point of economic self-sufficiency.
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ISIS is indeed producing between 25,000 and 40,000 barrels of oil a day
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about as much as Poland, Germany, or New Zealand.
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50 Shades of Grey will not be released in Egypt - 0 views
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/09/fifty-shades-grey-film-boycotted-domestic-violence-anti-por...The best-selling, yet highly controversial movie will not be released in Egypt anytime soon. D...
BBC News - Falling oil prices: Who are the winners and losers? - 0 views
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The reasons for this change are twofold - weak demand in many countries due to insipid economic growth, coupled with surging US production. Added to this is the fact that the oil cartel Opec is determined not to cut production as a way to prop up prices.
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Russia loses about $2bn in revenues for every dollar fall in the oil price,
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Russia has confirmed it will not cut production to shore up oil prices.
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Saudis block OPEC output cut, sending oil price plunging | Reuters - 0 views
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This outcome set the stage for a battle for market share between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, as a boom in U.S. shale oil production and weaker economic growth in China and Europe have already sent crude prices down by about a third since June.
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Saudi Arabia blocked calls on Thursday from poorer members of the OPEC oil exporter group for production cuts to arrest a slide in global prices, sending benchmark crude plunging to a fresh four-year low.
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"It is a new world for OPEC because they simply cannot manage the market anymore. It is now the market’s turn to dictate prices and they will certainly go lower," said Dr. Gary Ross
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Debating the Iran nuclear deal: A former American negotiator outlines the battleground issues | Brookings Institution - 0 views
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They will prevent Tehran from using the $100-plus billion in previously frozen oil revenues that will be released under the JCPOA to go on a buying spree next year for advanced conventional weaponry and ballistic missile technology. Although Iran will seek to evade the renewed restrictions, Russia and China voted for them and, together with other U.N. members, will be bound to enforce them. Although the arms embargo does not cover all categories of arms (air defense systems such as the S-300 are not included), neither Russia nor China is expected to sell Iran the weapons that are covered, such as high-performance aircraft.
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