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They have been strained in the early 2010s by the dispute over the Iranian nuclear program.These sanctions which have been described as the toughest EU sanctions imposed against any other country by European officials were last strengthened on 15 October 2012 within by the EU Council. Wikipedia
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One of a number of current European sovereign-debt crises and is believed to have been caused by a combination of structural weaknesses of the Greek economy coupled with the incomplete economic, tax and banking unification of the European Monetary Union. Wiki
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On 4 March 2012, a series of blasts occurred at an army arms dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo.At least 250 people were killed by the explosions.Additional bodies were said to be "unfindable." Wiki
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“We declare the independence of Azawad from this day on,” spokesman Mossa Ag Attaher from the Malian Turaeg rebel group. France24
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Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010.The project was completed on 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. Wiki
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Lonesome George, the last surviving Pinta Island giant tortoise, has died at his home in the Galapagos Islands.He was a 100 year old giant tortoise.The last of his subspecies.
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Two teams of scientists using the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, announced in Geneva this morning that they have detected a new subatomic particle that bears the hallmarks of the elusive and highly sought after Higgs boson. NPR
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Rover lands flawlessly on mars.The rover, called Curiosity, ushers in a new era of exploration that could turn up evidence that the Red Planet once had the necessary ingredients for life
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Canada has closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, partly because of the country's backing of the Syrian regime. Guardian uk
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Felix Baumgartner couldn't say what it felt like to smash through the sound barrier during his leap from the brink of space on Sunday.The 43-year-old Austrian said his pressurized space suit prevented him from experiencing the supersonic boom as he broke the sound barrier. NY Daily News
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has won the approval of the United Nations General Assembly for Palestine as a nonmember state Times of Israel
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Twenty-six people -20 students and six adults - were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
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