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 BP must cover some of rig owner's Gulf liability: judge
| BP is required to cover some -- but not all -- of rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge ruled Thursday. | The mixed ruling found that BP... (photo: Creative Commons / Holger.Ellgaard) Turkish Press
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 82 pc turnout in Manipur poll, 7 killed in militant violence
IMPHAL/NEW DELHI: An estimated 82 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections which was marred by militant violence that claimed seven lives, including tha... (photo: PIB of India) The Times Of India
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 Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run fo... (photo: AP) The Star
Abdoulaye Wade Photos Protests Senegal Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade |
 UN considers resolution on Syria
| European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their pr... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
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 2 doctors held in AMRI fire case
| Kolkata Police on Friday arrested two eminent doctors, who were on the board of directors at AMRI, Dhakuria, where fire had claimed 93 lives on December 9. | The two do... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Indian Express
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 Egypt's tourism sector struggles to revive fortunes
| Hurghada, Egypt - The beaches are almost empty and taxi drivers jockey for customers in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada, once a bustling city, now desperately strugg... (photo: AP) m&c
Economy Egypt Photos Tourism Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution |
 Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term
Protesters in Senegal clashed with police late Friday after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou ... (photo: Creative Commons) Jakarta Globe
Photos Politics Protesters Senegal Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012 |
 Nigeria faces an existential threat
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Gulf News
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 China Deploys Heavy Military in Tibet's Lhasa, One Man Arrested
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - Chinese police have arrested and detained a Tibetan man in Tibet's capital Lhasa on January 25, ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) WorldNews.com
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 No Celebration of New Year, Instead International Solidarity and a Voice for Tibet: Tibetan PM
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected political leader of the Tibetan government in exile, called for Tibe... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) WorldNews.com
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 Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's elec... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam) Dayton Daily News
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