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Iran Withdraws Diplomats from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia had given 48 hour deadline for diplomats to leave
Saudi Arabia had given Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave. Relations between the two countries deteriorated after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed by people protesting the execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric. Garissa University reopens 9 months after Al Shabaab militants killed 147 people. And our technology reporter tells us what to look out for at CES 2016 - his tips: virtual reality and robots will be big.
( Photo: Tehran's police chief Hossein Sajedinia asks protesters to end their rally against the execution of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities, and leave the area outside the Saudi embassy. Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mon 4 Jan 201611:06GMT
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