A regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, formed in June 2001. Uzbekistan participated, but has withdrawn. Turkey participates as observer. Related: The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Paul Rogers on the US-led privatisation of the Iraqi oil resources and the Pentagon's current preparation for a major long-term military presence in Iraq
Millions of Americans are deficient in the vital digestive enzyme called D6D (delta-6 desaturase) required to convert flax oil into EPA and GLA, the two nutrients that fight inflammation. Unlike flax seed oil, borage and fish oils do not require that prob
A decrease in the oxidative damage to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is one of the protective mechanisms in which a traditional Mediterranean diet exerts a protective effect on coronary heart disease development.