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Kazakh warriors seize the reins of the film industry

16.08.11
With Myn Bala, the Kazakh movie industry will be dragged out of the arthouse and into the mainstream, reports Nick Roddick... more

Golden wonders from Afghanistan

10.03.11
Thanks to the courage of a handful of Afghan officials at The National Museum in Kabul, a hoard of treasures was saved from Taliban destruction and is now on show in London, bringing cultural clues of life before political borders were drawn... more

Golden wonders from Afghanistan

10.03.11
Thanks to the courage of a handful of Afghan officials at The National Museum in Kabul, a hoard of treasures was saved from Taliban destruction and is now on show in London, bringing cultural clues of life before political borders were drawn... more

World Class director at work for Frontier Blues

30.07.10
The unmissable feature debut from Babak Jalali, a graduate of the London Film School, puts the beautiful smallness of life on the big screen... more

Petrofac makes move into Iraq to boost order book

24.06.10
Oil and gas services company Petrofac is establishing a presence in Iraq as it moves to increase its massive order book of projects... more

Dragon Oil scraps plans for move to Bermuda

07.04.10
London and Dublin-listed Dragon Oil abandons plans to move from Ireland to Bermuda amid a clampdown on tax havens... more

Baku to the future

24.03.10
Oil-rich Azerbaijan isn’t an obvious tourist destination but its historic sights and thriving nightlife could change all that... more

BP in £4.7bn deal for oil exploration off Brazil

11.03.10
BP spends £4.7 billion to buy 10 oil exploration areas off Brazil, as well as deep-water sites in the Gulf of Mexico and further interests in the Caspian Sea... more

KT Tunstall shines at SHIFT Festival

01.02.10
It was KT Tunstall fresh from finishing her album, who brought star quality, to SHIFT Festival.... more

Financial crisis could slay £2.3bn - Dragon takeover

27.11.09
The £2.3 billion Dubai takeover of London-listed Dragon Oil could be among the fall outs from the financial crisis in the Arab emirate... more

Dragon deal ‘too cheap’

02.11.09
Dragon Oil gave the nod to a full takeover by its majority shareholder today, but some City analysts reckon the deal is happening on the cheap ... more

Passage to Libya

19.06.09
Police escorts, Roman ruins, roast camel and gold by the gram, Godfrey Barker salutes Colonel Gaddafi on a fine holiday... more

Dragon is burnt by drill bungs scandal

24.03.09
The integrity of the London-listed small-cap market for oil and gas stocks took another battering after Dubai-backed Dragon Oil admitted managers have been taking bungs... more

BP's pipeline in Georgia is back in action

14.08.08
BP restarted pumping gas through its Georgia pipeline as worries about its security during the Russian conflict eased... more

Oil price soars on fears for BP Georgia pipeline

11.08.08
Oil prices surged today on growing concerns that fighting between Russia and Georgia could disrupt supply and threaten a major BP pipeline... more

Russia defies US and keeps up the bombing

11.08.08
New military clashes broke out between Russia and Georgia as Vladimir Putin rejected calls for a ceasefire amid a deepening crisis... more

Oil keeps slipping amid supply fears

08.08.08
The sliding oil price crashed through a new threshold today, taking its fall in the past month to 20% ... more

Fresh from France

31.07.07
Keren Ann has had five unsuccessful albums, but her absorbing gig at the Arts Theatre suggested her appeal may yet transcend international boundaries. ... more


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