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Saleh under US pressure as Yemen toll risesPolice and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on demonstrators in the Yemeni cities of Taiz and Hudaida on Monday, witnesses said, as a drive to oust veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh gathered pace. The violent attempt to suppres More… |
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European firms resist US pressure to quit IranEuropean oil majors resisted pressure from the US to stop doing business with Iran, in spite of Washington's drive to isolate Tehran over a nuclear programme the West suspects is aimed at making bombs. Total said it was still buying Irania More… |
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Pak forces bomb Taliban bases after PM speechPakistani aircraft bombed Taliban positions in Swat on Friday, a day after the prime minister ordered the military to eliminate terrorists and on the heels of a commitment to the United States to fight extremists. Helicopter gunships, figh More… |
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India's Reliance halts fuel sales to IranIndian refiner Reliance quit selling gasoline and diesel to ran last year after French banks BNP Paribas and Calyon stopped offering credit on the deals, four company and industry sources said on Thursday. BNP and Calyon, the investment ba More… |
