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>>The five permanent members of the UN Security
Council and Germany have
agreed on a draft resolution enacting a new round of
sanctions against Iran -- including a new restriction on those
exporting to Iran and a stricter ban on travel for Iranian nuclear
scientists. It is unlikely that the resolution will be introduced in
the Council until next month, at which time Iran has agreed to the IAEA
to answer remaining questions on its nuclear program.

>>Brazil announced yesterday that the rate of
Amazon
rainforest destruction increased
roughly 400 percent from August to December 2007.
 President Lula da Silva has
vowed
a 25 percent increase in
the region's police force.

>>U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates said that the U.S. was
prepared to send troops to assist Pakistan in fighting
militants. Meanwhile, police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have
killed a top commander of the pro-Pakistani Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami militant group, who was
the mastermind of three bombings in Uttar Pradesh last November.

>>The EU member states' foreign ministers are expected to agree
to a 1,800-person stabilization force for Kosovo on Monday, under the
expectation that it will soon declare independence from Serbia.
 Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has said that it is only a matter of days.

>>Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi has resigned after losing a vote of confidence in the Senate.  President Giorgio Napolitano is holding emergency meetings with political leaders in an effort to avoid snap elections.

>>Amid continuing violence, warring Kenyan political leaders met for the first time face to face,
along with Kofi Annan, who is facilitating the negotiations. Even the
most optimistic analysts agree that this is at best the first step in a
long process.

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