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Brazil's Petrobras fails to meet 2014 output target

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s state-run oil company says it failed to reach its year-end production target even though its daily oil output increased 5.3 percent in 2014. The oil firm Petrobras said in a statement late Monday that last year’s daily output was about 2 million barrels compared with 1.9 …

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Algiers police struggle to stop over 1,000 rallying against Charlie Hebdo's Muhammad cartoons

ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian police are struggling to contain more than a thousand protesters thronging the streets of the capital denouncing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Chanting “I am not Charlie, I am Muhammad,” protesters left their mosques after Friday prayers and gathered …

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Bahrain activist Rajab jailed for 6 months over tweets, but can remain free pending appeal

MANAMA, Bahrain – Nabeel Rajab, one of Bahrain’s best-known human rights activists, was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday after being found guilty of insulting government ministries on Twitter. Rajab can remain free on bail for now as he appeals his case, said his lawyer, Jalila al-Sayed. But he …

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