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Russia shifts stance on Iran, Ahmadinejad defiant
01 Dec 2009 20:22:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Russia wouldn't block consensus for more Iran sanctions * Iran's Ahmadinejad says sanctions will have no effect * Patience eroding after Iran vows major nuclear expansion * IAEA demands Iran ... 
Obama strategy includes 30,000 troops by summer
01 Dec 2009 20:20:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will spell out a new strategy for Afghanistan in a speech on Tuesday night, including sending an additional 30,000 U.S. troops by the summer ... 
COTE D'IVOIRE: Land reform must consider IDPs
01 Dec 2009 20:20:44 GMT
Source: IRIN
Land reform in Côte d'Ivoire must take into account people displaced by conflict, says a report by the International Displacement Monitoring Centre. 
Peru suspends cop behind gang of 'human fat sellers'
01 Dec 2009 20:16:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Top investigator put on leave for misleading public * He said up to 60 people murdered and their fat extracted By Terry Wade LIMA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Peru suspended its top organized crime ... 
Iran says can make its own gasoline if sanctioned
01 Dec 2009 20:02:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds detail, background) TEHRAN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Iran would quickly be able to produce the gasoline it now imports if such trade is targeted by any new international sanctions on Tehran over its ... 
Iran "not obliged" to tell IAEA of home-made sites
01 Dec 2009 19:49:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the country did not have to tell the U.N. nuclear agency about its plans to build nuclear sites unless it used imported ... 
Separate US spending bill for Afghanistan war - aide
01 Dec 2009 19:48:39 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Congress likely will need to pass a separate spending bill next year to pay for President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, a congressional aide said on ... 
FACTBOX-How Obama's Afghan strategy is shaping up
01 Dec 2009 19:43:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 1 (Reuters) - The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's revised war strategy in Afghanistan will be the deployment of 30,000 more U.S. troops to secure population centers, step up the fight ... 
GLOBAL: How not to fight over scarce resources
01 Dec 2009 19:38:19 GMT
Source: IRIN
In all the talk about adapting to climate change, "scant attention" is being paid to "the dangers of ... [adaptation strategies] going astray in fragile and conflict-affected" countries, warned a report released on 28 November. 
Iran says any aggression will be regretted
01 Dec 2009 19:35:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday international sanctions over the country's nuclear work would have no effect and any aggression against the Islamic ... 
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