A joint venture led by Australia's Global Petroleum Ltd. said, yesterday, it had won the right to explore for oil and gas in the inhospitable waters south and east of the Falkland Islands.
Can we say the following?
Petroleum will be explored in the South Atlantic.

yes

Voting for a new European Parliament has been clouded by apathy.
Can we say the following?
Apathy clouds EU voting.

yes

Crude oil prices shot to new highs yesterday as markets reacted to a threat by Russian authorities to shut down most of the production from that country's largest oil company
Can we say the following?
Crude oil prices rise.

yes

This year, however, the contest has taken on a new urgency as the Clinton Administration, moving to block the Pyongyang government's bid to build a nuclear arsenal, has rekindled some of the passion in North Korea's defiance of the West.
Can we say the following?
Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.
no