World news briefs are presented from January and February 2012. U.S. Navy SEALs rescued U.S. citizen Jessica Buchanan and Danish citizen Poul Hagen Thisted from pirates in Somalia. Local officials in India prevented author Salman Rushdie from appearing at the Jaipur Literature Festival via video link. The U.S. and the European Union (EU) have agreed to impose a ban on oil exports from Iran in order to curb the country's nuclear program.
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