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Tuesday, February 09, 2010   14:26 GMT
US-IRAN : Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
Mohammed A. Salih

WASHINGTON - If there were any doubts about what exactly U.S. President Barack Obama meant when he warned Iran of "growing consequences" during his State of the Union address last month, they seem to be dispelled by recent statements from top administration officials, who are beating the sanctions drum loud and clear.
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RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - Bahrain's security forces should immediately cease the use of torture to elicit confessions from prisoners suspected of security offences, says the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - Amid growing concerns here over the threat posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a consensus is emerging among U.S. experts that Washington and other donors to Yemen must place at least as much or greater emphasis on promoting sustainable development in the Arab world's poorest country as on counterterrorism.
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In Focus: Iraq
 
Economy and Trade
> HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
> CORRUPTION: U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
> US-CHINA: Taiwan Arms Sale Heats up Simmering Row
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Politics
> US-IRAN: Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
> RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
> YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
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Civil Society
> HAITI: Time to Build a Just Society, Rights Groups Urge
> U.S.: Landmark Case Could Restore Felon Voting Rights
> LABOUR: North America's Long Winter of Discontent
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Environment
> U.S.: Ill Omens for Senate Climate Legislation
> HAITI: Desperate Residents Flee Capital, But with Hopes of Return
> CANADA: Hunt for Oil Patch Bomber Takes New Twist
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Development
> YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
> HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
> AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
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Human Rights
> RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
> RIGHTS: Legal Experts Slam "Targeted Killings" of US Citizens
> MIGRATION: Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
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Health
> HAITI: Local Leaders Shut Out of Military-Run Relief Efforts
> HAITI: Social Networks Offer News, and Comfort
> U.S.: Obama Urged to Grant Haitians "Protected Status"
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Media & Communications
> MIGRATION: Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
> MEDIA: Foreign News Channels Drawing U.S. Viewers
> US-CHINA: Spat Escalates Over Internet Freedom
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Multilateralism Under Siege
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 POLITICS: Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators' Plan
 RIGHTS: Legal Experts Slam 'Targeted Killings' of US Citizens
 MIGRATION: Lost in the Desert? There's an App for That
 HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
 U.S.: Immigration Enforcement Prone to Abuses
 U.S.: Ill Omens for Senate Climate Legislation
 AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
 POLITICS: West Treats Iran's Nuclear Offer with Caution
 CORRUPTION: U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe Finds
 US-IRAN: Ahmadinejad's Offer for Prisoner Swap Angers Families
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 MIDEAST: Gaza Energy Crisis Averted - For Now
 RIGHTS: Sri Lanka?s Election Aftermath ? Media Under Attack
 INDIA: Lay-offs from Recession-hit Gulf Lead to New Lives at Home
 GREECE: New Migrant Law Tough But Respects Rights
 US-IRAN: Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
 RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
 DEVELOPMENT: Crisis Could Open Doors for Change, Says UNCTAD
 COSTA RICA: Chinchilla to Join Club of Women Presidents
 UKRAINE: Back Full Circle
 BIODIVERSITY: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse
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