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Russia has been keen to maintain control of the pipelines that carry energy from the landlocked Caspian Sea to foreign markets.
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- An oil-well set ablaze by the occupation forces of Iraq at the Al Maqwa oil fields in Kuwait during the Iraq invasion of 1991, a precursor to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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- A vessel approaches an oil refinery in Fujairah, UAE.
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- Civilians fleeing the fighting seek refuge at a UN compound in Bor.
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- French troops en route to Mali as part of Operation Serval. The French have an interest in Mali and its immediate neighbours, particularly Niger.
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- Guided-missile destroyers USS Cowpens (foreground) and USS Fitzgerald sail in formation in the Pacific. A close-call took place between the USS Cowpens and a small Chinese warship accompanying the Liaoning in December.
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- The Russian flag planted in the Arctic seabed.
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- Multinational oil companies began exploiting Nigerian oil in the 1950s. Shown here is Abuja, the capital.
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- A Guatemalan member of MONUSCO, the largest and arguably most robust intervention mission in the UN’s history, in the DRC.
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- Russia has been keen to maintain control of the pipelines that carry energy from the landlocked Caspian Sea to foreign markets.
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- A rebel in northern Central African Republic.
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- Militia clothing, boots and equipment are destroyed during a disarmament and demobilization mission in Ivory Coast.