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Iran sanctions eased, exiles urge more progress on democratic rights
January 22, 2016The Tudeh Party brought attention to the government's economic failings as one reason for its willingness to negotiate with international powers.
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U.S. vultures circle Argentina, demand repayment of odious debt
January 19, 2016The vulture funds bought up distressed debts from the past for pennies on the dollar; now they are demanding repayment of the whole original value, thus making a killing.
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Right and left face off in Venezuelan legislature
January 15, 2016Since Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost its majority in the Dec. 6 legislative election, its battle with right forces has entered a new stage.
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Icy times and rays of hope in Germany
January 15, 2016The influx of immigrants and asylum-seekers--over a million in 2015--has split Germany into two nearly equal halves.
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New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
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