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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Grazie, Silvio


I told myself that I was going to write about science today, perhaps this or this; but I got sidetracked.

You may recall that Halliburton announced, in January 2005, that it would be pulling out of Iran, citing "a poor business climate."  We learned later that this was not really true.   Now it turns out that things are not going so well for Halliburton: Agenzia Gournalistica Italia has a news section, News for Arab Countries, which it describes as a "Special service by AGI on behalf of the Italian Prime Minister's office."  They are reporting something about Halliburton that American news agencies are not, but that American voters, as well as certain investors, might like to know.  Continue reading, here.

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