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Iran upbeat on nuclear visit, delays EU bill
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Iran Sunday declared itself optimistic about a U.N. experts' visit aimed at probing suspected military aspects of its nuclear work and lawmakers postponed debate on a proposed halt to oil flows to the European Union watched closely in energy markets.
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| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:24:37 GMT |
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Syrian forces battle to retake Damascus suburbs
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Syrian soldiers killed 19 people in fighting to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, activists said, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of mounting violence. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:53:22 GMT |
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Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc to end parliament boycott
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc will end a boycott of the parliament, a spokeswoman said on Sunday, easing the worst political crisis in Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's power-sharing government in a year. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:04:01 GMT |
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Clashes erupt in Cairo during anti-army protest
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Hundreds of Egyptian protesters demanding an immediate end to military rule clashed on Sunday with rivals in civilian clothes outside central Cairo's state media building, the same place where 25 people were killed in a demonstration in October. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:21:40 GMT |
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Libyan PM calls for security meeting over weapons
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib called on Sunday for a regional security conference to tackle a proliferation of weapons by exiled supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:19:24 GMT |
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A Year After Egypt's Uprising: One Revolution, Two Perspectives
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - Egyptians are in two camps. One believes the revolution is unfinished and must be reinvigorated. The other sees substantial progress over the last year. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:25:00 GMT |
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Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest
(AP)
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 AP - Thousands of cars flying white ribbons or balloons circled central Moscow on Sunday in a show of protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:48:37 GMT |
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Syrian army launches offensive on Damascus suburbs
(AP)
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 AP - The Syrian military launched an offensive to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus on Sunday, storming neighborhoods and clashing with groups of army defectors in fierce fighting that sent residents fleeing and killed at least 12 people, activists said.
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| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:13:35 GMT |
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Cuba's Communists map out party future
(AP)
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| AP - Cuba's Communist leaders vowed not to cede any ground to "the enemy," even as they pledged to fight corruption and continue overhauling the island's listing Marxist economy with an injection of free market reform. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:00:46 GMT |
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US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria returns to US
(AP)
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| AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta returned to Georgia on Sunday after being held captive for a week, his family said. |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:53:31 GMT |
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for changes to constitution
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for changes to the military-drafted constitution, on her first political trip since ending a boycott of the country's political system last year and announcing plans to run for parliament.
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| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:54:33 GMT |
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Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:55:24 GMT |
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Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
(AP)
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| AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:34:06 GMT |
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The working class rises up across Latin America
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - When parking attendant Hugo Enrique Vera was beaten by a wealthy client in Mexico, allegedly for refusing to show the man where to find the jack in his car, the surveillance camera captured a stereotype dating to colonial times: The wealthy resident asserts authoritarian control over the worker, who takes the beating without question. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:54:24 GMT |
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The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention
(Time.com)
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| Time.com - Despite the embargo and their cold war, the two countries appear to be in some synch over fear of potential drilling catastrophes |
| Date Posted : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:25:00 GMT |
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Why exotic animal trade grows in Asia
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - On a traffic-snarled Jakarta roadside, a market trader thrusts out a forearm with a terrified looking primate clasping tightly to his skin. |
| Date Posted : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:49:13 GMT |
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