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Iran could begin feeling a further squeeze on its oil income soon Jan 20th 2013, 01:11 Ever since European seaports closed their gates to Iranian oil tankers last summer, Iran has looked to the East to keep its economy afloat. Countries such as China, India and South Korea — some of them critics of Western sanctions — have offered Iran a lifeline of reliable markets and much-needed dollars. Read full article >> Funds for SIGIR, agency charged with oversight of Iraq reconstruction, set to expire in March Jan 20th 2013, 01:09 George Lee, a Kuwait-based U.S. defense contractor who was reaping millions as America's quagmire in Iraq deepened, sent an e-mail to an Army major who awarded bids in Baghdad, warning her not to visit him. Read full article >> Fear of Islamists lingers after they leave frontline town Jan 20th 2013, 01:03 NIONO, MALI — By Saturday morning, the Islamist fighters had departed Diabaly in their pickup trucks topped with machine guns. But hours later, neither the French nor the Malian forces had entered the town. A Malian military contingent drove to the edge of Diabaly but turned back. There were still too many questions, too many risks. Read full article >> Hostages reportedly killed as Algerian desert standoff ends Jan 19th 2013, 23:29 LONDON — Defying global calls for restraint, the Algerian military staged a final assault Saturday against Islamist militants at an energy complex in the Sahara, culminating a four-day siege that left some two dozen hostages dead and spawned fears of a resurgent al-Qaeda in North Africa. Read full article >> India's child maids face slavery, abuse and sometimes rape Jan 19th 2013, 21:28 NEW DELHI — She was just 14 years old when she was picked up from her poor village in eastern India and promised good wages as a maid in New Delhi. Instead, she was forced to work for free as a virtual slave in a wealthy middle-class household. Read full article >> BP chief: Four workers in Algeria unaccounted for Jan 19th 2013, 20:50 BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley confirmed Saturday that 14 of the company's 18 workers at the In Amenas plant in Algeria are safe, but the company is unable to confirm the whereabouts of the other four. In prepared remarks during a teleconference at BP headquarters, Dudley said: Read full article >> CIA drone strikes will get pass in counterterrorism 'playbook,' officials say Jan 19th 2013, 19:57 The Obama administration is nearing completion of a detailed counterterrorism manual that is designed to establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations but leaves open a major exemption for the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan, U.S. officials said. Read full article >> Bolshoi's Sergei Filin recovers from eye surgery as police pursue acid attack case Jan 19th 2013, 18:38 MOSCOW — Police visited Sergei Filin in his Moscow hospital room Saturday as they investigated an acid attack that left the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director recovering from eye surgery and stunned dancers and fans around the world. Read full article >> India's ruling Congress party names Rahul Gandhi its No. 2 Jan 19th 2013, 18:01 NEW DELHI — The latest heir apparent to India's oldest and most powerful political dynasty was elevated Saturday to the ruling Congress party's second-highest post, a move that the party hopes will revive its fortunes ahead of national elections expected later this year. Read full article >> Germany initiates gun registry, to barely a peep Jan 19th 2013, 15:20 Imagine a vast registry that details every legal gun owner in the country, along with information about all of their firearms. Now imagine the gun lobby not making a fuss about it. That's what has happened in Germany, where a new gun database went into service at the beginning of the year. Read full article >> Weekend movie recommendations: Conflict and history in Algeria Jan 19th 2013, 14:00 This week's hostage crisis in Algeria, in which Islamist militants seized a gas complex in the Saharan desert, was in many ways rooted in the country's complex and often traumatic history. The story of Algeria since 1954, when the country began its long war for independence from France, is one of the most dramatic of the post-war era. It also happens to make for great movies. Read full article >>

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