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The afternoon air bears an eerie chill accompanied by a fear of the unknown on Tunisia’s border with Libya. The flood of refugees from last week has now fallen to a trickle.
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TEHRAN - Iran has accepted a date for talks with major powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
BEIRUT - Hezbollah urged all Lebanese on Thursday to boycott a UN-backed inquiry into the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri and accused investigators of sending information to Israel.
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TEHRAN - Iran complained on Monday that its planes had been denied fuel in Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, and Washington said commercial firms were making the “right choices” by cutting business ties with Tehran.