With costs of roughly $118 to fill one tank of gas, many desperate Italians are looking to illicit sources for their fuel.
Australian Professor Hugh White predicts a war between China and Japan, with inevitable US involvement, within the coming year.
Increased demand for natural gas would drive up prices, making it more expensive for Americans to heat their homes.
Meanwhile, Greece prepares to demand World War II reparations.
According to new British Geological Survey study, the United Kingdom could be home to as much as 2,300 trillion cubic feet of shale gas.
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