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Iran war strains energy supply; Pakistan emergency rule…

Fossil fuels account for 81 percent of global energy, with the Middle East controlling much of the supply; gas prices could climb if the conflict spreads.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tonight, Pakistan has imposed emergency rule.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe prime minister's office says the cabinet acted over the provincial government's deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEmergency rule sounds so dramatic. Couldn't they just have a calm conversation?

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe province's government is accused of stepping back from that fight. Islamabad has now stepped in.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPakistan is a nuclear-armed state, so the region is watching closely.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera also looks at the Iran war and global energy.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFossil fuels supply eighty-one percent of the world's energy, and the Middle East plays a large part in that.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo when supplies get cut, we all feel it at the pump?

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is the concern. If the conflict spreads, gas prices could climb. Governments have known this for decades and kept the arrangement anyway.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, I take the bus on Thursdays. I'm practically insulated.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe bus runs on diesel, Vera.

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