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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is telling Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to continue the Islamist militant group's resistance against Israel.

Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Al-Dabi's resignation comes as foreign ministers from 22 countries begin to consider a proposal to send a new mission with Arab League and U.N. observers.

Lawmakers are poised to begin discussion on legislation introducing the severe measures necessary for the country to secure another multi-billion dollar bailout and stave off bankruptcy.

Mexico State prosecutor Alfredo Castillo says the mob set two of the men on fire during the attack.

An Iranian news agency reports that more than 30 million people in the country have lost access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail.

Mohammed Hareizi, spokesman for the ruling National Transitional Council, says Niger must comply with the request to extradite al-Saadi Gadhafi and other officials to "preserve its relationship and interests" in its African neighbor.

President Jacob Zuma made the announcement at the country's central bank offices, on the 22nd anniversary of Mandela's release after 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid.

The Russian Foreign Ministry is asking the government to suspend adoptions of Russian children by U.S. nationals following an "incessant string of crimes" allegedly committed by American adoptive parents. 

Military spokesman Lt. Col. Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed said in a statement that the attacks took place in Maiduguri, the spiritual home for the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.

Authorities say the heaviest snow in 63 years has sealed off hundreds of villages, shut roads and closed the main airport in the tiny Balkan state.