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Japan’s population faces dramatic decline

newsupdatesonline — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:10:38 +0000

Japan's population will shrink by a staggering 30% by 2060, according to a new estimate by the country's government.

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U.N. may ask Syria’s leader to step down

newsupdatesonline — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:40:46 +0000

The U.N. Security Council will take up a draft resolution this week that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.

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No decision yet on charges against doctor in bin Laden raid

newsupdatesonline — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:36:56 +0000

Pakistan has not yet decided whether to try a Pakistani doctor for high treason for assisting the United States in gathering intelligence ahead of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, a senior Pakistani government official said Monday.

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Family convicted in Canada ‘honor murders’

newsupdatesonline — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:31:04 +0000

A jury in Kingston, Ontario, resumes its deliberations Sunday in the “honor” murder trial of three members of a Montreal family who are accused of killing four relatives.

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U.N. nuclear team lands in Iran

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:46:30 +0000

Top International Atomic Energy Agency officials arrived in Iran, state media reported, after the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed fresh concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions

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Withdraw Syria observers, adviser says

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:24:47 +0000

The head of an advisory board to the Arab League called Sunday for the withdrawal of observers from Syria, claiming the mission has allowed Syrian officials to continue a brutal crackdown on protesters.

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Egypt’s generals move up next round of elections

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:19:51 +0000

Egypt's ruling military council has moved up the scheduled elections for the upper house of parliament by nearly three weeks, with voting now scheduled to start in late January, the state news agency MENA reported Sunday.

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Israeli, Palestinian officials to meet in Jordan

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:48:57 +0000

Israeli and Palestinian representatives will meet in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday in an effort to relaunch negotiations between the two sides after more than a year of deadlock, Jordanian state media reported Sunday.

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Suspect denies starting Chilean wildfire

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:43:47 +0000

The man Chilean authorities accuse of sparking a wildfire that has consumed more than 31,000 acres of a national park said Sunday that he is innocent.

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Fighters attack South Sudan town despite U.N. peacekeepers

newsupdatesonline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:47:34 +0000

Thousands of fighters attacked the remote town of Pibor in South Sudan, even as the United Nations deployed peacekeeping troops to the area amid reports of an imminent attack, a military official said Sunday.

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