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26 Feb

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News Bulletin – 09:35 GMT update

The main headlines on Al Jazeera English, featuring the latest news and reports from around the world.

Iran wants a complete lifting of international sanctions, which Western powers are unlikely to accept [Reuters]

Western powers hint at Iran sanctions relief

Negotiators suggest “several offers” for Western powers, which have proposed a modest easing of economic sanctions.
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2013 14:53 GMT

Kazakhstan to host Iran nuclear talks

Middle East


Syria ‘vacuum bombs’ kill civilians in Douma

Witnesses report Damascus suburb shelled by brutal military explosive designed to decimate urban areas.

Russia’s online wavemakers

Witness

26 Feb 2013 07:44 GMT
Two brave bloggers risk life and limb to challenge Russia’s press restrictions and get their stories told.

 

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict to become ‘pope emeritus’

Vatican says pontiff will keep the honorific His Holiness and wear a white cassock – but without his trademark red shoes

Comment

Zero Dark Thirty

Kathryn Bigelow (right) on the set of Zero Dark Thirty.

Zero Dark Thirty, the CIA and film critics have a very bad evening | Glenn Greenwald

 

Cardinal Keith O'Brien

‘If the allegations are correct, you would need a heart of flint not to feel some sympathy for the cardinal as well as for his victims.’ Photograph: Angus Blackburn / Rex Features

The McGlynn: I have zero sympathy for O’Brien. Zero!

Cardinal O’Brien and the church’s sexual confusion | Andrew Brown

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