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Sweet and Sour : US senator pumps Saudis for more

Sweet & Sour: Saudi Arabia may be replaced by Russia as top supplier to U.S.

Sweet & Sour: Iran in US sights long before war on Iraq

Sweet & Sour: High gasoline prices fail to break U.S. motoring habit

Sweet and Sour: Americans urged to give up SUVs to cut reliance on foreign oil

Sweet and Sour: Libya: One of the most promising lands on the planet for investors

My favourite cartoon while growing up was Caspar the friendly ghost and I used to wait impatiently for the white, slightly chubby figure to appear on the black-and-white television screen.

I will not pretend to understand fully his special theory of relativity but scientists say Einstein's revolutionary theory laid the basis for modern thought on time travel.

Oil sands have become an essential ingredient on the energy menu as oil companies struggle to find new sources of energy supply. I have never seen sand oil but I imagine it looks a bit like chocolate mousse.

I cannot say I was inspired by Luciano Pavarotti's mumbling in Dubai last week. But the larger than life tenor did provide inspiration for this column.

These days, there is little that happens in the world that does not have a direct or indirect impact on oil prices. So is there any direct relation between the death of Pope John Paul II and unholy oil?

Two years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still without a permanent government, its crude oil production is below pre-war levels and its energy infrastructure under constant attack by insurgents as political parties view for control of its oil resources.