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Oil has risen to yet another record high - just shy of $121 dollars a barrel.

One knock on effect is that some Arab countries are removing state subsidies, which are costing billions of dollars a year.

Jordan removed fuel subsidies in February and, since then, oil prices have shot up by 82 per cent.

Syria too is cutting subsidies, trying to soften the blow with a 25% hike in wages.

And now Egypt has announced a 40 to 50 percent hike in fuel prices - just two days after saying wages would go up by a third.

For a Q&A on rising oil prices: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exere…

Oil prices exceeding $117 a barrel, we ask how far it is likely to continue soaring.

Oil prices exceeding $117 a barrel, we ask how far it is likely to continue soaring.

Hundreds of Norewegian deep sea divers have accused the government of ‘neglect’.

Around 30 years ago, up to 4,000 divers were employed to build oil pipelines, at potentially dangerous depths.

Their efforts have helped make Norway one of the world’s richest nations.

But the divers claim their lives have been ruined by injuries suffered in the pursuit of oil.

Nick Clark reports.

People & Power speak to native and environmental groups, as well as government and oil industry spokespeople about the impact Alberta’s oil sands development is having on the environment.