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• Iraqi troops advanced into the center of Ramadi as part of a final offensive to dislodge Islamic State fighters from the northern city. • A Taliban suicide attack near Bagram Air Field killed six NATO troops and injured three others, some of whom were U.S. soldiers. • Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry is proposing a ban on imports of 70-80 percent of Turkish consumer goods. • The United States and ASEAN are planning to hold a "special summit” on Feb. 15-16 in California. • The Indonesian government unveiled another set of economic stimulus measures, the eighth such package this year. • Nepal’s government agreed to amend its new constitution to address two key demands of Medhesi protesters, whose blockades over the past four months have choked off fuel and other imports from India. • Argentina's government in mid-January will enter negotiations with creditors still calling for repayment after the country's massive default in 2001. • At least two people were killed and three were injured near the Kenya-Somalia border after unknown attackers fired on a passing bus.