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Iran Oil Ministry: Exports cut to Britain, France

Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran's crucial fuel exports. Complete Story...

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Jordan prepares camp for Syrian refugees

Jordan is setting up a refugee camp near its northern border with Syria, in preparation for what many fear may be a mass exodus of Syrians fleeing violence in their homeland, an official said Sunday.

New Irish envoy: Pope consistent on stopping abuse

Pope Benedict XVI has been "relentless and consistent" in seeking to oust child abusers from the priesthood worldwide, the pontiff's new American envoy to Ireland said Sunday in his first homily here.

UK police make arrest in killing of popular vicar

British police hunting the killer of a popular vicar stabbed to death in a peaceful English market town say they've arrested their prime suspect.

2 judicial officials slain in Syria

Gunmen in Syria staged a guerrilla-style ambush that killed a senior state prosecutor and a judge Sunday in an attack that suggested armed factions are growing bolder and more coordinated in their uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime.

Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest

Hundreds of cars circled central Moscow during an opposition demonstration on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow free elections in Russia.

Iran's FM says will hold nuclear talks in Turkey

Iran's foreign minister says the next round of talks between Iran and six world powers on the country's nuclear program will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Egypt withdraws envoy to Syria

Egypt said Sunday it was withdrawing its ambassador to Syria, the latest Arab country to scale back its relations with the embattled regime in Damascus.

Iconic Sudanese singer Mohammed Wardi dies

Famed Sudanese singer Mohammed Osman Wardi, who popularized the music of his native Nubia, died Saturday at the age of 80, the state media reported.

Manila refrained from Syria vote to save workers

The Philippines says it did not take part in a U.N. vote on a resolution calling on Syrian leader Bashar Assad to step down as it seeks Syria's help in moving Filipinos from the troubled nation.

Myanmar state media: dissident monk to be charged

A dissident monk who helped lead an anti-government uprising is facing new legal action, in part for breaking into monasteries sealed by the former military junta after the mass street protests five years ago, state media reported Sunday.

Egypt foreign ministry says it is withdrawing ambassador to Syria.

Bomb near car explodes in Nigeria, wounding 5

A bomb planted by an abandoned car exploded outside a church in the middle of a worship service Sunday near Nigeria's capital, wounding five people amid a continuing wave of violence by a radical Islamist sect, authorities and witnesses said.

Witness: rebels attack S. Mali town; kill 1

A witness in a southern Mali town says rebels attacked the town and killed one person.

NKorea threatens to attack SKorea over drills

North Korea will launch "merciless" strikes if South Korea goes through with planned live-fire drills near their disputed sea border, a North Korean officer said Sunday, amid persistent tension on the divided peninsula.

AP Exclusive: al-Qaida links with SE Asia fraying

A top Indonesian terror suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed insists he was unaware of the al-Qaida leader's presence there, according to the video of his interrogation obtained by The Associated Press.

Zimbabwe's president says 2012 polls 'definite'

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said Sunday he will "definitely" call elections this year to end a fragile three-year coalition with the former opposition, while describing as "cowards" politicians who say polls cannot be held until well into 2013.

Roadside bomb kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan

An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed four civilians in southern Kandahar province.

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Marine Le Pen, Running for President In France!

If for any reason you are not elected, Please be advised that here in America we could use some sound economic advise on civics that seems to be the basis of your party's policies.

France far-right candidate Le Pen claims all meat in Paris is halal

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Marie Le Pen seeks to stop Sarkozy stealing her party's ground on populist immigration concerns

Charlie Chaplin's Birth Once Vexed FBI, MI5 Agents - Trans-Atlantic probe detailed comic's origins

Source: thesmokinggun.com

FEBRUARY 17--Prompted by the FBI’s Commie hunters, British intelligence officers sought to unravel the mystery of Charlie Chaplin’s birth, but were unable to find any proof that he was born in London, as the comic actor long claimed.

Execution of web programmer in Iran may be imminent

Source: CNN

A computer programmer from Canada faces imminent execution in Iran for the actions of another person, which he had no control over, a human rights group says. Saeed Malekpour wrote a program to upload photos to the Internet, an accomplishment that could cost him his life, Amne …

Dimensions of the drone dilemma

Source: www.newscenterpk.com

While Pakistan is reviewing its new relationship with the United States; the latter has again started drone attacks on the former, which shows American double game with Pakistan.

Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study

Source: Raw Story

Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires. Most of those deaths are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated  …

Singer and election candidate Youssou N'Dour: Senegal becoming 'dictatorship'

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"Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy," says musician who hoped to become president as police fire tear gas

Pope leads new cardinals in Mass

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