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 Shell says it is no longer selling gasoline to Iran, as US seeks to tighten sanctions
| AMSTERDAM - Royal Dutch Shell Plc said Wednesday it has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly targeted by U.S.-encouraged sanctio... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Star Tribune
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 Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi... (photo: AP / George Osodi) Zeenews
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 INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
| OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bila... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Star
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 China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline
| By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) Asia Times
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 U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Port-Au-Prince
3/8/2010 10:55:57 AM By Ben Fox and Jennifer Kay | Associated Press | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitian... (photo: U.S. Army soldiers evacuate a wounded soldier during operations to eliminate insurgents in Qubbah, Iraq, March 24, 2007. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Troop, 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, N.C. U.S. Air Force by Staff Sgt. JoAnn S) Post-Bulletin
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 Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhab... (photo: Public Domain / Ijanderson977) Hartford Courant
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 Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
| WASHINGTON—The United States and Britain are threatening to withhold support for a $3.75 billion World Bank loan for a coal-fired plant in South Africa, expanding the... (photo: AP / Andy Wong, File) Malaya
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 China says Iran sanctions offer no cure
| ‘We don’t think diplomatic efforts have been exhausted’ – foreign minister | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, March 08, 2010 | - Powered by | Chris Buckl... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) Daily Star Lebanon
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 Clashes kill more than 100 in central Nigeria
| JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes between Islamic pastoralists and Christian villagers killed more than 100 people near the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, where... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Star
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