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Iran oil exports down 40% in 9 months: minister 
 Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on Monday, in a reversal of his previous denials of any decline at all. ... more 
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Walker's World: Merkel's tricky year 
 Europe's course this year will be defined by two elections in major countries: Italy goes to the polls in the last weekend in February and Germany has general election in September.  ... more 
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British group pans wind farm compensation 
 Environmentalists in Britain's West Country say a government proposal to compensate local communities for new onshore wind farms won't quell protests.  ... more 
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Bulgaria PM lobbies for 'no' in nuclear referendum 
 Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Sunday he would ask members and supporters of his right-wing GERB party to vote "no" in a January 27 referendum on building a second nuclear power plant. ... more 
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