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Canada bans dealings with Syrian central bank
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| March 5, 2012 |
| Reuters - Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Syria on Tuesday, banning all dealings with the central bank and seven cabinet ministers as part of a campaign to stop President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown against rebels. |
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Russia's Putin faces protests, monitors' criticism
(Reuters) |
| March 5, 2012 |
| Reuters - Thousands of protesters chanting "Russia without Putin" took to the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg on Monday to challenge Vladimir Putin's victory in a presidential election which international monitors said was unfair. |
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Plastic surgery forces Egyptian lawmaker to quit
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| March 5, 2012 |
| AP - Egypt's ultraconservative Islamic Al-Nour party says one of its lawmakers has resigned from parliament after he was found to have lied in claiming he suffered facial bruises in a carjacking, when in fact he was recovering from a nose job. |
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Germany hopes for Russian rethink on Syria
(AP) |
| March 5, 2012 |
| AP - Germany's foreign minister said Monday that he hopes Russia will recognize that it is on "the wrong side of history" and rethink its stance on Syria now its presidential election is over, but his Russian counterpart gave no indication of an about-turn. |
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"Invisible" president has post-vote Congo on edge
(Reuters) |
| March 5, 2012 |
| Reuters - Three months after one of the world's most expensive elections, the Democratic Republic of Congo has no parliament or new government and its people are beginning to wonder what has become of their publicity-shy president, Joseph Kabila. |
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Syria extends crackdown, refugees flee
(Reuters) |
| March 5, 2012 |
| Reuters - Syria's military pursued a crackdown on rebels on several fronts on Monday, days after eliminating an opposition bastion in the central city of Homs following a 26-day siege, activists said. |
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Obama offers Netanyahu assurances over Iran
(Reuters) |
| March 5, 2012 |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama, aiming to head off any premature Israeli strike on Iran, sought to assure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that the United States would always "have Israel's back" but said there was still time for diplomacy. |
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| VCU wins CAA, 59-56 over top-seeded Drexel
(AP) | | March 6, 2012 |
 AP - Darius Theus had a career-high 16 points and five steals and Troy Daniels made four huge free throws in the final 19 seconds, allowing VCU to hang on and beat top-seeded Drexel 59-56 Monday night in the championship of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. |
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AP - Oil prices hovered below $107 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after U.S. and Israel leaders met to discuss growing tensions over Iran's nuclear program.