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** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Media turns blind eye to secret CIA drone base in Saudi

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Supertankers, which transport half the world's oil, are increasingly destined toward Asian markets. The U.S. and other nations in the Western Hemisphere are becoming more self-reliant. (U.S. Navy Via Associated Press)

Major changes from oil revolution

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

After more than two decades of wars and U.N. embargoes, Iraq is back in the oil market just when demand is poised to surge in a way that threatens to drive up prices to destabilizing levels. (Associated Press)

Iraq’s flood of ‘cheap oil’ could rock world markets

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf waves to the crowd after a military band played a song in his honor during welcome-home ceremonies at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on April 22, 1991. (Associated Press)

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, a man for his times

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has visited 112 nations and spoken to more foreign populations than any U.S. secretary of state in history. Last year, she bonded with women in Zambia. (Associated Press)

After facing up to world of change, Hillary Rodham  Clinton leaves a legacy of caution

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Associated press

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta underscored the alliance Tuesday when he landed in Kuwait, a staunch Persian Gulf ally, for consultations. U.S. allies in the region, notably Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are proxies for the U.S. against Iran.

U.S. arms to Gulf allies hint of strategy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Middle East beginning to embrace solar energy

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

German lab: Qatar man suffered from new virus

By DAVID RISING and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Qatar set to host major climate talks

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Workers move a section of well casing into place at a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site near Burlington, Pa. Fracking uses water mixed with sand and chemicals to break underground rock and release large amounts of gas. (Associated Press)

U.S. poised  to overtake  Saudi oil  production

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Head of a man, cast bronze, 1st century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. (Photo courtesy Arthur M. Sacker Gallery)

An Arabian road show

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Saudi ‘Gangnam Style’ has big omission: Women

By Douglas Ernst - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** A pumping unit sucks oil from the ground near Greensburg, Kan., on March 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. may soon become world’s top oil producer

By Jonathan Fahey - Associated Press

Moderator Bob Schieffer, right, watches as President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history in final presidential debate

By Calvin Woodward - Associated Press

Al Qaeda’s No. 2 in Yemen says in audio that he’s alive

By Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Male-only backfire

The Washington Times

**FILE** A SARS patient receives treatment behind double-layer glass windows and strict quarantine measures at the Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing on April 13, 2003. (Associated Press)

New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Egyptian police load furniture and other items confiscated from street vendors as they clear Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, after days of protests near the U.S. embassy over a film insulting Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)

Al Qaeda calls for more attacks on embassies

By Aya Batrawy and Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ( left) meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Monday. Mr. Brahimi, who is tasked with brokering a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict, replaced Kofi Annan, who stepped down in August in frustration after his six-point peace plan collapsed. Mr. Morsi also is seeking to end the bloodshed in Syria. (Associated Press)

New Egypt leader has big plans for revival

By Sarah Lynch - Special to The Washington Times