As new U.S.and U.N.economic sanctions are a response step up the pressure on Iran's economy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging his countrymen to change their habits.

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Mr Lavrov told the conference Mr Biden's insistence that the Syrian leader step down was counterproductive.

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Mr Parsons apologised but initially refused to step down as leader, a post he had held for nine years.

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Similar questions last week caused former Fannie Mae chief Jim Johnson to step down as leader of the vice presidential search team for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

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