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| Wednesday, September 03, 2008
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| The Moscow Times » Issue 3922 » Opinion |
Immunity From the Oil Curse11 June 2008By Martin GilmanOil is so central to the existence and development of modern economic life that it has inevitably become the focus of global concerns as prices have doubled since 2006. |
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