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Outside View: Terror tagging of an Iranian dissident organization RAYMOND TANTER || UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- The author says facts and the law are against keeping People's Mujahedin of Iran on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist groups. [ FULL STORY ]

Outside View: Keeping the 'wolf in sheep's clothing' at bay JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., March 23 (UPI) -- The author says American lives in Afghanistan shouldn't be put at risk to satisfy Afghan sensitivities. [ FULL STORY ]

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India accused of aiding Baluch separatists ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 22 (UPI) -- Sahibzada Fazal Karim has accused India of supporting Baluch separatists. [ FULL STORY ]

Nuclear talks with Iran set for April MOSCOW, March 23 (UPI) -- Six-party negotiations on the status of the nuclear program in Iran will be conducted next month, the deputy chief of the Russian foreign ministry said. [ FULL STORY ]

Pakistan's JI threatens sit-in if NATO supply routes restored ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 22 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami Party threatened to protest Parliament if it votes to reopen NATO's supply routes to Afghanistan. [ FULL STORY ]

Lavrov: Putin, Obama to meet in May MOSCOW, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin will meet shortly after the latter is sworn into office in early May, the Kremlin says. [ FULL STORY ]

Gambian police get U.N. peacekeeping training BANJUL, Gambia, March 22 (UPI) -- Sixteen police officers from Gambia and Sierra Leone have received U.N. peacekeeping training, officials said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Pipeline group offers assessment to Italy ROME, March 22 (UPI) -- An environmental and social impact assessment for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline was submitted to Italian authorities, the project company announced. [ FULL STORY ]

Transit fees focus of TAPI talks NEW DELHI, March 22 (UPI) -- A delegation from Pakistan arrived in India Thursday for an Asian natural gas summit to discuss transit fees for a pipeline planned from Turkmenistan. [ FULL STORY ]

Pakistan to look to India for gasoline NEW DELHI, March 23 (UPI) -- Pakistan will look to India for its petroleum needs, the Pakistani petroleum security said during an energy conference. [ FULL STORY ]

Iraq ascendant as power shifts in OPEC BAGHDAD, March 22 (UPI) -- Amid the threats to global oil supplies caused by the Persian Gulf confrontation between the United States and Iran, the longtime oil-power rivalry between the Islamic Republic and a resurgent Iraq is mounting.  [ FULL STORY ]

Beijing defends stance on Iranian oil BEIJING, March 22 (UPI) -- Beijing isn't breaking any laws by its decision to keep importing oil from Iran despite sanctions imposed on Tehran, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. [ FULL STORY ]

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Amnesty: Repression on the rise in Cuba LONDON, March 23 (UPI) -- The number of people reportedly intimidated by Cuban authorities has risen sharply in recent years, Amnesty International says. [ FULL STORY ]

Abuses overshadow Myanmar elections YANGON, Myanmar, March 23 (UPI) -- The international community should not be over-awed by Myanmar's more open political climate when serious human rights issues remain in remote states fighting for independence, a human rights group said. [ FULL STORY ]

U.N. concerned over mortar attacks in Mogadishu UNITED NATIONS, March 22 (UPI) -- The United Nations, concerned about new mortar attacks in Mogadishu, called on all factions to "cease attacks." [ FULL STORY ]

Taliban question U.S. motives KABUL, Afghanistan, March 23 (UPI) -- The United States should be called out for its policy of advocating peace in Afghanistan while abuses in the country continue, the Taliban said. [ FULL STORY ]

U.S.-Australian defense treaty criticized SYDNEY, March 22 (UPI) -- Australian academics say the 2011 U.S.-Australian Defense Trade Controls Bill will hurt academic computing, physics, engineering, science and medical research. [ FULL STORY ]

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