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Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb.

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Greece struggles on reform, lenders eye rising bill

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government struggled on Friday to agree tough labor reforms that would appease both wary political leaders and irate lenders faced with a rising bill to save the country from bankruptcy.

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Many die at S Sudan peace meeting

(BBC) - At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials say.

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HEALTH: Malaria mortality "underestimated" - IRINnews.org

HEALTH: Malaria mortality "underestimated"
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LONDON, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) - A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the ...

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CAMBODIA: The impact of truth-seeking on mental health - IRINnews.org

CAMBODIA: The impact of truth-seeking on mental health
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PHNOM PENH, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) - On 3 February, judges in the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts in Cambodia (ECCC) – more commonly known as the Khmer Rouge trials – sentenced Kaing Guek Eav (“Duch”), the former chairman of the Khmer Rouge's Tuol ...

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NIGERIA: Never so divided, never so united - IRINnews.org

NIGERIA: Never so divided, never so united
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LAGOS, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) - A month after an angry public launched protests across Nigeria over skyrocketing fuel prices due to the removal of a government subsidy, a measure of calm has returned and people seem to have settled into accepting a ...

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SOMALIA: Mortality rates among world's highest in Somaliland - IRINnews.org

SOMALIA: Mortality rates among world's highest in Somaliland
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HARGEISA, 2 February 2012 (IRIN) - The self-declared Republic of Somaliland is grappling with high child and maternal mortality rates, malnutrition and inadequate medical personnel, health officials told IRIN. "Somaliland has one of the worst maternal ...

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VIDEO: The oil-funded super rich of the UAE

(BBC) The past year has been quite a challenging one for the global economy, with the US and European debt crises, the turbulence of the Arab Spring and the tsunami in Japan.

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NEPAL: Fears of violence during expected Kathmandu squatter eviction - IRINnews.org

NEPAL: Fears of violence during expected Kathmandu squatter eviction
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KATHMANDU, 2 February 2012 (IRIN) - A Nepalese government development plan for Kathmandu could lead to violence as the authorities seek to evict thousands of landless squatters, activists say. “We are ready to kill ourselves to stop government ...

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VIDEO: Europe's cold spell to last for days

(BBC) A cold snap that has killed dozens of people in central, eastern and southern Europe in the past few days is spreading to other parts of the continent and is likely to last for days.

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Iranians feel sanctions bite

(BBC) Ordinary Iranians feel the pain as sanctions bite

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Syria locks down Hama on anniversary of massacre

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops closed public squares in Hama on Thursday after residents poured red paint symbolizing blood on the ground to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre President Bashar al-Assad's father carried out during an uprising against his rule.

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Libya's "hostages of war"

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - 'Fitna' is widely used in Arabic but difficult to translate directly into English. Roughly defined, it means the intentional stirring of chaos between people.

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Teen 'first to face riot charge'

(BBC) A teenager is charged with the offence of "riot" - the first person to be charged with the offence in relation to the disorder in London last summer.

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Insight: At Suu Kyi's rallies, signs of a new Myanmar

DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Shortly after her aging aircraft rattled its way off the runway and into the skies of southern Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi crossed the aisle to where three orange-robed Buddhist monks were seated in the first row.

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Russia says U.N. must rule out Syria intervention

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia signaled on Wednesday it would veto a draft U.N. resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down unless it explicitly ruled out military intervention in the bloodshed touched off by protests against his rule.

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