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Syria’s army has “complete control” of the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs, after rebel fighters pulled out of the area following a monthlong siege, a rights activist said.
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An Iranian oil tanker off Singapore is signaling a mooring point near Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s refinery complex on Bukom Island as its next destination, according to data from AISLive compiled by Bloomberg.
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Syrian rebel fighters retreated from the city of Homs as government troops overran the center of anti-regime resistance after almost a month of artillery bombardment, according to reports by the Washington Post.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had won permission from President Bashar al- Assad’s government to enter a besieged Syrian town, hours after the United Nations Human Rights Council deplored “systematic violations of human rights."
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Syrian forces pounded towns where opposition is concentrated as United Nations officials prepared to discuss how to pressure Syria and its allies, Russia and China, to end almost a year of violence.
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The cascade of U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran is crippling its ability to export oil and conduct trade, hitting the Gulf state’s economy and stoking internal dissent, U.S. officials said.
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The Obama administration is pressing Congress to throw out a Soviet-era law to restrict trade with Russia, making a plea on behalf of U.S. farmers and manufacturers.
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Syrian forces pounded towns where opposition is concentrated as United Nations officials prepared to discuss ways of bringing a halt to almost a year of violence.
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Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said deepening trade ties with China could pay off by helping leaders of the world’s second-biggest economy better understand the Jewish state’s policies toward Iran and Syria.
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Feb. 28 marks the 10th anniversary of the last major outbreak of organized religious violence in India. Indeed, the riots in the western state of Gujarat in February and March 2002 might be said to be the last major episode of communal hatred in which the state was conspicuously an agent.
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