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World Service,29 Jul 2014,28 mins
US to seize Iraqi Kurdish oil worth more than $100m off Texas coast
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
The seizure may raise the stakes on Iraq's dispute with its autonomous Kurdish region. America and Europe have decided on a range of new sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine. We hear the latest. We're at the world's biggest cheese fair, where among other things we hear about the UK cheesemakers exporting to - you guessed it - Russia. The UN's aviation body meets in Montreal, Canada to discuss the wisdom of flying over war zones. Can an international standard be agreed on where it is safe to fly? Plus, the business of selling cannabis, legally, in the US state of Colorado.
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