- Oil up, stocks down on Libya crisis
The crisis in Libya sent most Asian shares down and oil to fresh highs on Thursday amid fears of a bloodbath as the government of the north African country tries to crack down on an insurrection. リビアの危機が暴動を取り締まるしようと北アフリカの国の政府が大虐殺の恐怖の中で木曜日に新鮮な高値まで、石油ほとんどのアジアの株式を送った
- Letters: US veto will damage prospects for peace
Now that the US government has vetoed the resolution in the UN condemning illegal Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank (Leader, 21 February), surely it is up to European countries to back up their support for this resolution by suspending the EU trade treaty with Israel and imposing sanctions until such time as Israel halts its illegal expansion. At a time when various Arab peoples are struggling to establish their own constitutional and human rights, someone has to show the Arab world that the west has not entirely lost its moral fibre.Michael Forbes YoungLondon• The US veto will severely damage prospects for a wider agreement. Those struggling for democracy in north Africa and the Middle East will see this as evidence that US support for their aims is at best half-hearted. In turn that may encourage, on one hand, another despot to seize the initiative or, on the other, a radical party to win an election. Either way, the outcome may be those countries seeking future alliances with China.John PellingKedington, Suffolk• Following Ian McEwan's outspoken attack on the Israeli government's policies towards Palestinians in his speech accepting the Jerusalem prize (Report, 21 February), can we expect his detractors, who angrily urged him not to go to Israel to receive it, to eat their words? I doubt it.David HalpinBath• Ian McEwan has shown that dialogue is more effective than boycotts.Paul MillerLondonIsraelPalestinian territoriesMiddle EastChinaIan McEwanArab and Middle East protestsEuropean UnionUnited StatesUS foreign policyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
現在、米国政府は、西岸では違法イスラエルの入植活動を（リーダー2月21日）、非難する国連決議を拒否したことは確かにそれはEUとの貿易協定を停止することによって、この決議案への支持をバックアップするヨーロッパ諸国までですイスラエルとイスラエルを停止し、その違法な拡大などまで印象的な制裁
- U.S. oil price briefly passes 100 USD amid Mideast unrest
U.S. crude oil price briefly surpassed the threshold of 100 U.S. dollars a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since Oct. 2008, amid more reports and concerns over the continued unrest in oil-rich Middle East and North Africa.
Light, sweet crude for April delivery soared 2.68 dollars, or 2.81 percent to settle at 98.10 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after briefly getting over 100 dollars at 1:08 p.m. In London, Brent crude rose 5.47 dollars, or 5.17 percent to 111.25 ... 米国の原油価格は簡単に複数のレポートと石油の豊富な中東と北アフリカの継続的な不安への懸念の中で、2008年10月以来初めて水曜日に100ドルバレルのしきい値を上回っている
- US to evacuate Americans from Libya
WASHINGTON - The State Department said it has chartered a ferry boat to evacuate Americans from Libya by sea amid increasingly violent unrest in the North African state as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed further crackdowns on... ワシントン - 米国務省は、リビアの指導者ムアマルガダフィーはさらに取り締まりを誓ったように、北アフリカの状態で、ますます暴力的な不安の中で海のリビアからのアメリカ人を避難させるためにフェリーをチャーターしているという...
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