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Oil prices will stay at current high levels for the rest of this year due to speculation and geopolitical tensions, Algerian state media on Monday reported OPEC President Chakib Khelil as saying. Prices could retreat in 2009 with a recovery of the U.S. dollar in foreign exchange markets following the election of a new U.S. president, and as fundamentals reassert themselves as major market forces, he was reported as saying by government newspaper El Moudjahid and state news agency APS. "Just like the current surge in oil markets, the (world economic) crisis, will last until the end of the year,"...

It seems the more time passes since the events of 9/11, the more complacent Americans become, and the more they believe the threat of terrorism really isn’t as bad as they once thought. What is Al Qaeda waiting for? Have they lost their will, or are the security measures implemented by the Bush Administration succeeded in preventing other attacks? The Democrats would like you to think we are as bad off as before 9/11 because they have absolutely no record of achievement in this arena. So how do you measure success against an enemy that does not wear a uniform...

Out on bail awaiting trial, dual US-Syrian citizen, Antoin ‘Tony' Rezko, was rousted out of bed by police pounding on the doors of his Chicago mansion the morning of Monday, January 28. According to the Associated Press: "U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve jailed Rezko...saying he had disobeyed her order to keep her posted on his financial status. Among other things, he failed to tell her about a $3.5 million loan from London-based Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi -- a loan that was later forgiven in exchange for shares in a prime slice of Chicago real estate. Rezko gave $700,000...

Illegals Flooding Into Southeastern Arizona New Fence Causing Move? American Border Patrol -- March 9 A group of private citizens report that illegal aliens are flooding into Santa Cruz and Cochise Counties following a well-known route in Copper Canyon. As shown in this video, groups stage along the border, waiting for a signal to cross. Sources say the U.S. Border Patrol makes no attempt to stop intruders. Rather, they send out

via translation - ALERT - China: An attack on the Olympics foiled earlier this year BEIJING - suspected separatists killed earlier this year in Xinjiang, Muslim region of northwestern China, were preparing an attack on the next Olympics in Beijing, said a senior Chinese Sunday quoted by the official media.