document.write("• Russia: New Nuclear Arms Treaty With U.S. by April - Fox News
A new treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals could be signed within two or three weeks, Russian news agencies cited Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying Tuesday.
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document.write("• 'Missing Link' Fossil Was Not Human Ancestor as Claimed, Anthropologists Say - Science Daily
A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link"between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises, according to two papers by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, Duke University and the University of Chicago.
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document.write("• Russia Considers Common Currency - St. Petersburg Times
Russia may scrap the ruble and introduce a common currency with Belarus and Kazakhstan as the nations broaden their alliance and seek to reduce their dependence on the dollar, a first deputy prime minister said.
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document.write("• Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast - AP
Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced Tuesday that they want to pursue atomic power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fueling a widening web of suspicion across the Middle East.
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document.write("• Iran Threatens to Shut Down 17 More Newspapers - VOA
Iran's top press official is warning the editors and publishers of 17 newspapers they will be shut down if they do not conform to government regulations. Two reformist papers were shut down last month and dozens of opposition journalists have been arrested since a disputed presidential election in June.
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document.write("• Brazil's president says Iran sanctions dangerous - Ynet News
Brazil's president warned Tuesday that US-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East.
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document.write("• Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie' - Washington Post
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie"used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
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document.write("• N. Korea Says It Is Ready to 'Blow Up' U.S. - Fox News
North Korea's army said Monday it is ready to "blow up"South Korea and the U.S., hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a rehearsal for attack.
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document.write("• US anti-Semitism envoy slams UN 'double standards' on Israel - Jerusalem Post
The US has decided to reengage with the UN's Human Rights Council in order to pressure the body to fulfill its mandate, President Barak Obama's special envoy on anti-Semitism told a London audience.
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document.write("• 500 dead after violent clashes in Nigeria - London Telegraph
Nigeria's central Plateau State was also quoted on state radio saying 500 people had been massacred in a night raid on three villages on the fringes of Jos.
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document.write("• Haiti Frees US Missionary; Group Leader Still Held - AP
One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to Miami on Monday, but the U.S. group's leader remained in custody.
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document.write("• Brazil to Slap Sanctions on U.S. Cars, Fruit Over Cotton Fight - Money News
Brazil announced trade sanctions on a range of American goods Monday in retaliation for the United States' failure to eliminate billions in illegal cotton subsidies -- a move that affects products from Ford automobiles to Heinz ketchup.
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