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Nimr execution aimed at creating tension: Iran pres.

Thursday, 07 January 2016 5:48 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 07 January 2016 5:48 AM ]

A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him (R) meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jafari (L) during a meeting on January 6, 2016 in Tehran. (AFP Photo)

1. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani tells the visiting Iraqi foreign minister that Saudi Arabia’s execution of a top Shia cleric is aimed at fomenting sectarian tension in the region.

2. More protests are held in several countries against Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent dissident cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

3. Turkish police clash with people demonstrating against a curfew in the country’s Kurdish-majority southeast.

4. Venezuela’s opposition-controlled state legislature defies the president and swears in three barred anti-government lawmakers.

5. The World Bank sees weaker growth for the global economy this year, citing slowdowns in emerging-market economies that had been strong drivers of expansion.

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