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Climate News from AlertNet
U.S. to sell Saudi fighter jets - White House
Bahrain to try five policemen over deaths
Somali staff member shoots MSF aid workers in Mogadishu
Russia shuts down nuclear submarine reactor-Ifax
Syrian activists doubt Arab mission will work
More than $600,000 in 2011 U.S. Disaster Grants Awarded
Syrian forces kill 11 protesters, monitors reach 2 cities
UNHCR welcomes Georgia's accession to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan
Turkish official says Iraq air strike killed civilians
