ARGENTINA STRIKE: President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers whose strike all but halted production in one of the biggest beef-exporting nations.
REACHING OUT: Saudi King Abdullah has made a plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews — the first such call from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim services and symbols.
BELARUS PROTEST: Belarus police beat demonstrators and hauled them into waiting trucks in Minsk as thousands turned out in defiance of a government ban.
HIGHWAY MESS: About 70 vehicles slammed into one another in heavy snowfall on a highway in northwestern Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 37 others, police said.
THIN IS OUT: Italian authorities are mounting a $1.5 million campaign against a growing epidemic of anorexia and other eating disorders in a country known for its image consciousness.
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