Oil industry sees China winning, West losing from Iran sanctions As the European Union prepares to ban Iranian oil and the United States turns the screw on payments, oil executives and policymakers say China and Russia stand to gain the most and Western oil firms and consumers may emerge the biggest losers... Read More Syrian troops fight rebels near Damascus Syrian troops battled rebels in a town just north of Damascus on Thursday and a provincial governor spoke of negotiating local ceasefires as a 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad crept close to the capital... Read More U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a killing their nine kidnappers, in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives... Read More NY Mayors Converge on Capitol to Testify on Governor Cuomo's Proposed Budget Mayors from across the state came to the Capitol to testify to a joint legislative fiscal committee on Governor Cuomo's proposed budget... Read More U.S. Marine spared from jail time in Iraq killings A U.S. Marine accused of leading a 2005 massacre of 24 civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha was spared jail time when he was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in killings that brought international condemnation on U.S. troops...Read More Geologists Link Fracking, Aquifers, Earthquakes Just prior to Monday's huge anti-fracking rally at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, a smaller, quieter press conference was held where concerns were expressed that fracking, aquifers and earthquakes are connected... Read More Alan Chartock featured in The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal recently came up to the WAMC Studios in Albany to sit down and talk with Alan Chartock about our current Fall Fund Drive... Read More

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