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U.N. Law of the Sea will divvy up deep ocean bottom for oil and gas drilling

Legislators push for energy industry tax breaks, regulatory changes to hunt for oil at the bottom of the sea

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

In 1998, the U.S. had a military presence in a remote African war that drew little attention from the media

Some players in Iraq got their business from Baghdad and Kabul

Service contracting has risen dramatically in the last decade