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Iran halts oil sales to UK, France on eve of talks (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST

In this frame made from TV, Herman Nackaerts, of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is seen at the airport in Vienna, Sunday, Feb. 19 2012. A senior U.N. nuclear official said Sunday he hoped for progress in upcoming talks with Iran about suspected secret work on atomic arms, but his careful choice of words suggested little expectation that the meeting will be successful. The comments by Herman Nackaerts as his International Atomic Energy Agency team prepared to leave for Tehran for the second time in less than a month appeared to reflect IAEA reluctance to raise hopes that Iran will engage on an issue that it claims has no substance. (AP Photo / APTN) TV OUTReuters - Iran ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France on Sunday in a move seen as retaliation against tightening EU sanctions, as a team of U.N. inspectors flew to Tehran to press the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear program.

Special Report: Myanmar declares war on opium (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:46 PM PST

Reuters - In Myanmar's new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker.

Greeks protest cuts on eve of bailout decision (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST

Youths take part in an anti-austerity rally in front of the parliament in Athens February 17, 2012. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Several thousand Greeks demonstrated on Sunday against punishing austerity measures to reduce the country's debt, on the eve of make-or-break talks in Brussels on a 130-billion-euro ($171 billion) bailout to avert bankruptcy.

44 dead after prison fight in Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:34 PM PST

Mexican President Felipe Calderon glances behind after unveiling a banner reading Reuters - At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican manufacturing city of Monterrey on Sunday, authorities said.

North Korea ruling party to meet, may make succession official (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:04 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea's state media said on Monday its ruling Workers' Party will hold a key conference in April, the first since 2010, in which it is likely to make official the succession of power to its third generation of leadership.

Nigeria's Abandoned Youth: Are They Potential Recruits for Militants? (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:45 PM PST

Time.com - There are millions of boys sent off to ramshackle Islamic schools by impoverished parents. Now, the government is worried that Boko Haram may have them in its sights

News Corp to launch "Sun on Sunday" UK tabloid February 26 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:42 PM PST

Reuters - News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp group, announced on Sunday it would publish a Sunday edition of Britain's scandal-hit Sun tabloid for the first time next weekend.

US, Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:23 PM PST

In this Sept. 27, 2000 file photo, an Iranian oil worker repairs a pipe at an oil refinery in Tehran. 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. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear program as the White House's national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike.

Bus runs off cliff in Ecuador; 29 reported dead (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:25 PM PST

AP - Ecuadorean authorities say a bus has toppled over a cliff on a northern road, killing 27 adults and two children.

Report: Tibet monk self-immolates in China's west (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:46 PM PST

AP - An overseas group says a Tibetan monk has died after setting himself on fire at a monastery in western China's Sichuan province.

Australia asks — again: Did a dingo kill the baby? (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:52 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1982, file photo, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain leave a courthouse in Alice Springs, Australia. 'The dingo's got my baby!' With those panicked words, the mystery of Azaria Chamberlain's disappearance in the Australian Outback in 1980 became the most notorious, divisive and baffling legal drama in the country's history. Had a wild dog really taken the baby? Or had Azaria's mother, Lindy, slit her daughter's throat and buried her in the desert? Thirty-two years later, Australian officials hope to finally, definitively, determine how Azaria died when the Northern Territory coroner opens a fourth inquest on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP Photo)AP - The growl came first, low and throaty, piercing the darkness that had fallen across the remote Australian desert. A baby's cry followed, then abruptly went silent. Inside the tent, the infant girl had vanished. Outside, her mother was screaming: "The dingo's got my baby!"

The Mess in Angela Merkel's Own Backyard: In Search of President No. 3 (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:45 PM PST

Time.com - The ceremonial post of President of Germany has been tainted by allegations of financial impropriety. Now, the Chancellor has to find yet another person to fill the job

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