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US sending envoy to help India cut Iran oil imports

The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.

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Amid civil war concerns in Syria, envoy describes ongoing violence as ‘unacceptable’

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Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League, briefs reporters in Geneva.

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DR Congo Tension Palpable As Army’s Ceasefire Ends

A Democratic Republic of Congo researcher says north Kivu residents are expressing concerns about a resumption of violence as the national army’s imposed ceasefire expires Wednesday.

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Radical left Syriza party gets mandate to form Greek government

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After Greece's mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition, the radical leftist Syriza party was...

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