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FACTBOX-How the Iran nuclear deal dispute mechanism works
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Iran said it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council for scaling back its commitments under its 2015 nuclear pact with world powers, which the United States quit in 2018.
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Iran says it will quit global nuclear treaty if case goes to U.N.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.
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Oil rises as Libya declares force majeure in oilfields
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to their highest in more than week on Monday after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down amid a military blockade, risking reducing crude flows from the OPEC member to a trickle.
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Four protesters, two policemen killed as Iraq unrest resumes
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces, medical and security sources said, as anti-government unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks.
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UPDATE 3-Four protesters, two policemen killed as Iraq unrest resumes
BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces, medical and security sources said, as anti-government unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks.
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BBC's Hall to step down ahead of crunch funding talks with British government
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC's most powerful man will step down in six months to allow a new person to lead negotiations with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government over a financing model for the publicly funded broadcaster.
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INTERVIEW-Libya will face 'catastrophe' if oil blockade continues -Tripoli premier
BERLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Libya will face a "catastrophic situation" unless foreign powers put pressure on eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar to lift a blockade of oilfields that has cut output to almost zero, the country's internationally recognized premier said on Monday.
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UPDATE 4-BBC's Hall to step down ahead of crunch funding talks with British government
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The BBC's most powerful man will step down in six months to allow a new person to lead negotiations with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government over a financing model for the publicly funded broadcaster.
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We're getting better at protecting elections: Facebook's Clegg
MUNICH (Reuters) - Facebook will do a better job of preventing bad actors from abusing its platform to manipulate this year's U.S. presidential election than it did four years ago, its public affairs chief Nick Clegg said on Monday.
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Central banks can't save the world from climate change, BIS says
BASEL/LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks can't be expected to save the world from climate change, a new book by the Bank for International Settlement said on Monday, urging instead global co-ordination ranging from government policy to financial regulation.
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