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The US Hunt for Oil

The United States attempts to find oil in its own backyard

The United States attempts to find oil in its own backyard. President George W. Bush wants to end American dependence on Middle East oil and urging oil companies to looking nearer to home. Also in the programme the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexican migrants who seek a new life in the US, and Romania seeks to join the EU.

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23 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project