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BEIJING (AFP) - China's inflation rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the highest level in three months, official data showed Thursday, as the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday boosted consumer prices.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Lawmakers in the northwestern US state of Washington on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, which should soon be signed into law by the governor, officials said.

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed four insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region in the early hours of Thursday, security officials said.

ATHENS (AFP) - Greek government coalition talks on austerity measures ended Wednesday, with one remaining point of disagreement, the prime minister's office said.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the UN Security Council's failure to agree a resolution on Syria had been "disastrous" for the country's people because of the deaths since the vote.

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Written off only a few weeks ago, Christian conservative Rick Santorum has reignited his White House bid with an unexpected trio of state wins, and raised new question marks over Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney into the bargain.

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