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Iranian universities to stop teaching courses considered too ‘Western’
Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too "Western," and existing courses will be revised, a senior Education Ministry was quoted as saying Sunday.
"Expansion of 12 disciplines in the social…
G20 signs pact to avert trade war
The Group of 20 major economies agreed on Saturday to shun competitive currency devaluations but stopped short of setting targets to reduce trade imbalances that are clouding global growth prospects.
At a meeting in South Korea, G20…
Nobel Prize winning economist warns UK putting economy at risk
Chancellor George Osborne is unnecessarily risking the economic recovery with his deep spending cuts, the country's new Nobel Prize winning economist was quoted as saying on Saturday.
British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides said Osborne…
Portugal government and opposition in talks on budget
Portugal's minority government and the main opposition Social Democrats (PSD) held a first, "constructive" round of talks Saturday aiming to reach a deal on an austere 2011 budget and ease concerns over public finances.
Negotiating teams…
EU tells Italy to clean Naples or face fine
The European Commission warned Italy on Saturday it may face sanctions if it doesn't remove the 2,400 tons of trash that have piled up in the streets of Naples in the country's latest garbage crisis.
For over a week, protesters in…
French pension law nears adoption as workers fight on
The French government pledged on Saturday to restore fuel supplies but unions dug in their heels at strike-hit oil refineries after the Senate approved the pension reform bill at the heart of the dispute.
Despite weeks of protests and…
Leaked Iraq war files portray weak, divided America
The enormous cache of secret war logs disclosed by the WikiLeaks website paints a picture of an Iraq burdened by persistent sectarian tension and meddling neighbors, suggesting that the country could drift into chaos once U.S. forces leave.…
Cholera reaches Haiti capital
Five cases of Cholera have been detected in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN says, amid an outbreak that has killed more than 200 people.
UN spokeswoman Imogen Wall told the Reuters news agency the cases had been quickly diagnosed…
Fish catches from the sea to decrease by 2050
A report released Tuesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), predicts that by 2050 fish catches will have decreased in nearly all areas.
The report - environmental and economic health of the North West Pacific—present and future,…
Seven more US banks closed
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Friday that U.S. regulators closed seven more banks, bringing the total so far this year to 139.
The biggest was Hillcrest Bank of Overland Park, Kansas, which had approximately $1.65 billion in…