Angry youths burn debris following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
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Nigeria's oil economics fuel deadly protests
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January 11, 2012 -- Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) Bonfires set ablaze by protesters outside Lagos State University. (CNN) -- On the streets of Nigeria, we bear witness to what many see as a bold decision on fuel subsidies is also uncovering decades of frustration and corruption. On the heels of re-election, President Goodluck Jonathan lifted fuel...
A man collects bread from a trash bin in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Welfare agencies and charity groups have warned of a spike in poverty and homelessness in Greece
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Greece to face more austerity as it negotiates debt relief
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GREECE is in final negotiations to persuade investors to forgive at least half of its debt, the euro zone’s first large-scale restructuring, as Greeks are told to gird for more austerity if they want to keep the euro. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos expects to have an outline for the €100bn plan next week, when talks on the terms for a second...
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his New Hampshire primary election win in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
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Republican favourite Romney sweeps New Hampshire primary
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Mitt Romney has scored a big win in the New Hampshire primary, putting him on track to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee. The former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist headed his rivals with 36 per cent of the vote well into the official count, with the libertarian Texas...
Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans as one holds a mock coffin with Arabic words reading: "The Syrian people announce to you the death of the Arab League," during a protest against the Arab League meeting, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011.
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U.N. says Syria killings rise after monitors arrive
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad derided the efforts of Arab League monitors to halt violence against anti-government activists, and a senior U.N. official said Syria had stepped up its killing of protesters after the monitors arrived. The president said in a speech Tuesday, his first public address since June, that he was...
Explainer: violence in South Sudan
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Explainer: violence in South Sudan
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There has been fierce fighting between groups within South Sudan since the country gained independence in July last year. But what is fuelling the conflict? The village of Fertait, home to the Murle people, was razed to the ground by thousands of heavily armed warriors from the Lou Nuer community earlier this month. Photograph: Isaac...
Syrian President Bashar Assad reacts as he speaks to the media with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not seen, following their talks at the Ottoman-era Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 8, 2010.
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Syria's Assad hits out at Arab League
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Syria's embattled president Bashar al-Assad has hit out at the Arab League over the organisation's widely criticised observer mission aimed at ending the country's months-long deadly unrest in a rare address on state television. Speaking on Tuesday, Assad asked what right other Arab governments, including the absolute monarchies of the Gulf,...
A policeman inspects the scene of a bomb attack in Kazimiyah in the north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
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Iraq: 3 car bombs kill 17 amid sectarian violence
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Baghdad -- Three car bombs exploded Monday evening in the Iraqi capital and killed at least 17 people, authorities said. At least one appeared to single out Shiite pilgrims, sinking the country deeper into a new wave of sectarian violence. A second car bomb struck near a police vehicle in the Shiite neighborhood of al-Shaab, killing three police...
File - Head-to-toe veiled female Iranian students form a human chain around the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran's nuclear program, as one of them holds a poster of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, just outside the city of Isfahan, 410 kilometers, 255 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011.
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Iran bunker site raises the nuclear stakes
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Iran has further stoked Western fears about the purpose of its nuclear activities by starting to enrich fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually impregnable mountain bunker. The Fordo site near the holy city of Qom, 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Tehran, has begun enriching uranium to 20-percent purity, the UN atomic watchdog...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
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Syria unrest: Bashar al-Assad to give rare speech
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to deliver a rare public address amid ongoing protests and bloodshed. State media said the speech would address "internal...
With his family behind him, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, N.H., Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
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Romney comes under attack as New Hampshire primary looms
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HUDSON, N.H. — An assault on Mitt Romney’s business career intensified Monday after the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination made an ­off-the-cuff comment that his opponents say shows that he was a corporate predator who sought profits at the expense of workers. At a breakfast of business leaders in Nashua, N.H.,...
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STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press= CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, improving on his first-place finish in last week's Iowa caucuses and firmly establishing himself as the man to beat for...
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for Cyprus resolution before July 1
Athens - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon Greek and Turkish Cypriots to resolve their differences before July 1, when Cyprus takes over the rotating European Union presidency, in a letter published Tuesday. This would pave the way for an...
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Have you ever thought about traveling to Brazil?
Something different is happening in the travel industry; people are learning more about different cultures and seeking out opportunities for authentically rich travel experiences. In the Bay Area especially, where we are exposed to many different...
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Brazilian town with mighty waterfalls
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetInto the wild Think Brazil and most people would be instantly transported to a land of pristine beaches, littered with stunning figures, the hedonistic carnival, samba drums, the magnificent Christ The Redeemer and perhaps the...
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In this Jan. 1, 2012 image released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un, 2nd right, inspects a room to educate about revolutionary achievement at Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the Korean People's Army in North Korea to congratulate servicepersons on New Year's day.
North Korea says it will grant an amnesty for prisoners to mark the birthdays of two late leaders. State news agency KCNA said that the amnesty would begin from 1 February, in honour of Kim Jong-il, who died last month, and...
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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a checkpoint outside a police building just outside the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.
Related Times Topic: Iraq Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. At least 16 people were killed across Iraq on Monday in car bombings, assassinations, roadside bomb blasts and attacks on...
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President Barack Obama speaks about the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, right, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced an election year shake-up at the White House on Monday, choosing budget director Jack Lew to replace chief of staff Bill Daley, who resigned after a troubled one-year tenure. The switch at the...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, celebrates his New Hampshire primary election win in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Yi Jianlian Samsung LCD TVs First lady Michelle Obama visits Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, to sort toys for the Toys for Tots charity.
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