AMMAN -- King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday announced the official termination of an agreement which leases part of Jordan's land to Israel.

The king made the announcement at the opening of the fourth ordinary session of the 18th parliament. (Jordan-Israel-Land Deal)

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TEHRAN -- The concrete placement for the construction of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant started on Sunday.

The project is aimed at developing the first phase of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant which is scheduled to be implemented in the next eight years, said Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, at the ceremony in Bushehr. (Iran-Power Plant)

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LA PAZ -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Sunday that fresh elections would be called for in the country after the Organization of American States (OAS) recommended that the disputed Oct. 20 vote be annulled. (Bolivia-President-Elections)

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ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopia has initiated a mass campaign to fight one of the worst locust invasions to affect the eastern African nation in recent years, an Ethiopian official said on Sunday.

Speaking to Xinhua, Daniel Dentamo, Public Relations Directorate Acting Director, at Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), said Ethiopia has been fighting a locust invasion since mid-September, but that the scale and size of locust invasion has compelled the Ethiopian government to initiate a mass campaign to fight the locust invasion. (Ethiopia-Campaign-Locusts) Enditem

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