Senate passes fiscal cliff bill
The White House and top Republicans struck a
dramatic deal to avert huge New Year tax hikes and postpone
automatic spending cuts that had threatened to send the US economy
into recession.
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Abbas sees Palestinian state in 2013
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas pledged on
Monday that the coming year would see the implementation of
Palestinian independence.
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Democracy cannot be established through war - Iranian
President
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that
democracy could not be established through gun, war or massacre.
“When Western enemies and some of their supporters in the region,
who are aliens to democracy, are seen speaking about democracy in
Syria, the falsehood of their claims becomes evident to all,” said
President Ahmadinejad in a meeting with the new Syrian ambassador to
Tehran.
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