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<li><a href="#story0">With 48 hours left, Romney eyes Iowa breakthrough</a></li>
<li><a href="#story1">Analysis: U.S. fighter sales soar in time for campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="#story2">Crisis talk, austerity calls mark euro anniversary</a></li>
<li><a href="#story3">Iran fires long-range missile during Gulf drill: report</a></li>
<li><a href="#story4">U.S. is top 2012 property investment pick</a></li>
<li><a href="#story5">Bachmann seeks miracle in presidential race</a></li>
<li><a href="#story6">Insight: Shortage of ADHD drug Adderall seen persisting</a></li>
<li><a href="#story7">Troops, tanks patrol in northeast Nigeria</a></li>
<li><a href="#story8">Israel, Palestinians to meet Tuesday; prospects hazy</a></li>
<li><a href="#story9">Syria bloodshed defies Arab monitor mission</a></li>
<li><a href="#story10">Iran reports nuclear progress as sanctions loom</a></li>
<li><a href="#story11">With 48 hours left, Romney eyes Iowa breakthrough</a></li>
<li><a href="#story12">Insight: West in political crisis has echoes of 1930s</a></li>
<li><a href="#story13">North Korea calls for "human shields" to protect new leader</a></li>
<li><a href="#story14">Romney runs strong, but can he connect with voters?</a></li>
<li><a href="#story15">Iran successfully tests domestically made nuclear fuel rods: TV</a></li>
<li><a href="#story16">U.S. imposes sanctions on banks dealing with Iran</a></li>
<li><a href="#story17">"Occupy" makes annual list of most overused words</a></li>
<li><a href="#story18">Romney runs strong, but can he connect with voters?</a></li>
<li><a href="#story19">Man with explosives stopped at Texas airport</a></li>
<li><a href="#story20">Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency</a></li>
<li><a href="#story21">Euro could become world's leading currency: Noyer</a></li>
<li><a href="#story22">Romney would veto immigration "dream" act</a></li>
<li><a href="#story23">U.S. steps up sanctions as Iran floats nuclear talks</a></li>
<li><a href="#story24">Celebrities may temper Twitter comments after 2011 blunders</a></li>
<li><a href="#story25">Romney feels campaign trail energy close to home</a></li>
<li><a href="#story26">U.S. in $3.5 billion arms sale to UAE amid Iran tensions</a></li>
<li><a href="#story27">Russian protesters arrested in Moscow rally</a></li>
<li><a href="#story28">Syrian opposition signs plan for post-Assad future</a></li>
<li><a href="#story29">Republicans scour Iowa for undecided voters</a></li>
<li><a href="#story30">Tight race in Iowa kicks off White House campaign</a></li>
<li><a href="#story31">Voter photo ID, E-Verify laws to take effect in new year</a></li>
<li><a href="#story32">China moving to more convertible yuan: Zhou</a></li>
<li><a href="#story33">Greece must stick to reforms in 2012 to stay in euro: PM</a></li>
<li><a href="#story34">Iraq celebrates U.S. withdrawal</a></li>
<li><a href="#story35">China's Hu lauds military promotion for young Kim</a></li>
<li><a href="#story36">Boeing wins $3.48 billion U.S. missile contract</a></li>
<li><a href="#story37">Nigeria President declares state of emergency in some of north</a></li>
<li><a href="#story38">China says man dies of bird flu</a></li>
<li><a href="#story39">Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar</a></li>
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/48-hours-left-romney-eyes-iowa-breakthrough-000255536.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">With 48 hours left, Romney eyes Iowa breakthrough</a><br>
Sun,1 Jan 2012 08:55 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/48-hours-left-romney-eyes-iowa-breakthrough-000255536.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RwLAdhfZos3zc.UNQA1aOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-02T004644Z_1_BTRE801025Z00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate Romney speaks to supporters in Council Bluffs" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination. Romney holds a slight edge over rival Ron Paul in recent polls in Iowa, which holds the first contest in the state-by-state battle to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in 2012. "I'm pretty confident we'll have a good night. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/48-hours-left-romney-eyes-iowa-breakthrough-000255536.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-u-fighter-sales-soar-time-campaign-221322593.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Analysis: U.S. fighter sales soar in time for campaign</a><br>
Sun,1 Jan 2012 02:13 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-u-fighter-sales-soar-time-campaign-221322593.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Q9oe5hNtUfW4oeGyer25A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T221322Z_1_BTRE8001PQO00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-FIGHTER-CAMPAIGN.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="A Taiwan Air Force US-made F-16 fighter jet performs a low altitude flyby during a military drill in Jiadong, Pingtung County" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Booming Middle East purchases of U.S. fighter jets will be a bright spot in what is expected to be a sluggish economy in 2012, possibly paying dividends for President Barack Obama's bid for a second term. Beneficiaries include Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, whose respective F-16 and F-15 production lines are being extended by U.S. government sales to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Oman, among other rich arms deals announced in recent weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-u-fighter-sales-soar-time-campaign-221322593.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 09:33 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/crisis-talk-austerity-calls-mark-euro-anniversary-173326770.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Un_qAfYRydFEnOcokVUitg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T173326Z_1_BTRE8001CS600_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-EUROZONE.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Euro coins are seen in this photo illustration taken in Rome" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (Reuters) - Policymakers marked the 10th anniversary on Sunday of the introduction of euro notes and coins by urging governments in the currency bloc to save and consolidate to overcome their debt crisis. While German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called the euro "a clear success story" and pledged the currency would remain stable, he also urged vulnerable debtor states to follow a tough savings course in 2012, boost their competitiveness and work to win back market confidence. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/crisis-talk-austerity-calls-mark-euro-anniversary-173326770.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 11:15 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-test-fire-long-range-missiles-monday-navy-060019372.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ACyeI_rUrHVGa26aWUrHLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T192736Z_1_BTRE8001I2400_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-IRAN-MISSILE.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="A military personnel carries ammunition on a naval ship during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it has successfully test fired a long-range missile during its naval exercise in the Gulf, the official IRNA news agency reported. "We have test fired a long-range shore-to-sea missile called Qader (capable), which managed to successfully destroy predetermined targets in the Gulf," the agency quoted deputy navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi as saying. (Writing by Ramin Mostafavi; Editing by Andrew Heavens)</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-test-fire-long-range-missiles-monday-navy-060019372.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-u-top-2012-property-investment-pick-121209173.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mpIppM2iTtcFpvh2dM3ouA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T162514Z_1_BTRE80019M600_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="The Empire State Building stands tall on the skyline of midtown Manhattan in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will remain the top choice of most global commercial real estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday. While the United States offers the most stable and secure option in commercial real estate, investors said improvement in rent and occupancy growth and the repeal of a 1980 foreign investment tax would have the strongest impact on their investment decisions, according to the 20th annual survey of Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) members. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-u-top-2012-property-investment-pick-121209173.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:55 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bachmann-seeks-miracle-presidential-race-212537074.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y3z9zSFbmTyJvcx55glbGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T235539Z_3_BTRE8001NIX00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and Representative Michele Bachmann makes a campaign phone call to a supporter from her office in Urbandale" border="0" /></a>OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Reuters) - Facing colossal odds in the Republican nomination race, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann cast her struggle in Biblical terms on Sunday in a late attempt to win over conservative voters. Bachmann spoke from the pulpit of a small church in rural Iowa, telling the congregation about a small group of Israelites who emerged victorious from a battle in which they were outmatched in numbers and weaponry. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bachmann-seeks-miracle-presidential-race-212537074.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - BOSTON (Reuters) - A shortage of Adderall, which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, shows little sign of easing as manufacturers struggle to get enough active ingredient to make the drug and demand climbs. Adderall, a stimulant, is a controlled substance, meaning it is addictive and has the potential to be abused. The Drug Enforcement Administration tightly regulates how much of the drug's active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) can be distributed to manufacturers each year. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-shortage-adhd-drug-adderall-seen-persisting-2012-151543814.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 04:27 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Heavily armed troops and tanks patrolled the streets of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria Sunday, witnesses said, after the president declared a state of emergency in parts of the north affected by an Islamist insurgency. President Goodluck Jonathan imposed the state of emergency on the northeast, the conflict-prone central city of Jos, and part of Niger state near Abuja Saturday, and closed the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/troops-tanks-patrol-northeast-nigeria-122714055.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-palestinian-envoys-meet-tuesday-official-154812630.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UfbM4uJcgI8GB2l8z2SAPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T230438Z_1_BTRE8001S3V00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Israel's PM Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlock in peacemaking, officials said Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks. Yitzhak Molcho of Israel and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat will meet Tuesday in Jordan alongside representatives of the Quartet of Middle East mediators - the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations. "This aims at reaching a common ground to resume direct talks between the two sides and to achieve a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord ... ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-palestinian-envoys-meet-tuesday-official-154812630.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-signs-plan-post-assad-future-000227419.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VbNjXeRG3Q4oDxhXys2A8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T174024Z_2_BTRE7BU10GB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Arab League observers speak to each other in Idlib" border="0" /></a>AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces killed eight more protesters and an Arab League organization urged Arab monitors to leave Syria, saying unrelenting bloodshed made a mockery of their mission. President Bashar al-Assad's forces, keen to prevent huge protest rallies under the monitors' eyes, have killed at least 286 people since December 23, the day before the mission's leader arrived in Syria, according to activists who tally casualties. Some of Sunday's eight deaths occurred when security forces fired on protesters in the Damascus suburb of Daria, they said. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-signs-plan-post-assad-future-000227419.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-fires-radar-beating-missile-during-gulf-drill-125706609.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ACyeI_rUrHVGa26aWUrHLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T192736Z_1_BTRE8001I2400_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-IRAN-MISSILE.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="A military personnel carries ammunition on a naval ship during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN (Reuters) - - Iran announced a nuclear fuel breakthrough and test-fired a new radar-evading medium-range missile in the Gulf on Sunday, moves that could further antagonize the West at a time when Tehran is trying to avert harsh new sanctions on its oil industry. U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law on Saturday imposing tougher financial sanctions to penalize Iran for a nuclear research programme that the West suspects is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. The move could for the first time hurt Tehran's oil exports, and the European Union is due to consider similar steps soon. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-fires-radar-beating-missile-during-gulf-drill-125706609.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:57 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-scour-iowa-undecided-voters-000116355.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vMaiFG9zuV4XFJ_KSjhMJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T235327Z_1_BTRE8001OUZ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) is joined by his son Craig at a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Atlantic" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination. Romney holds a slight edge over rival Ron Paul in recent polls in Iowa's first contest in the state-by-state battle to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in 2012. "I'm pretty confident we'll have a good night. I don't know who's going to win," Romney told supporters at a packed restaurant in Atlantic, Iowa, adding he was "energized" ahead of Tuesday's ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-scour-iowa-undecided-voters-000116355.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 05:04 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-west-political-crisis-echoes-1930s-130406733.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u6kgRD3r.5FusV.adcPIwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T130406Z_1_BTRE80010BN00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-ECONOMY-DYSFUNCTION.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="A sculpture showing the euro currency sign is seen in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Dysfunctional politics threatens to deliver a protracted period of slow global growth, possibly lasting well beyond 2012, which will only deepen the political and economic problems for the West. The global financial crisis that began four years ago has morphed into a political crisis for the United States and Europe. Leaders incapable of wrestling their debt loads to manageable levels or reviving strong economic growth are stoking turmoil in markets and populist unrest among the citizenry. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-west-political-crisis-echoes-1930s-130406733.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 06:17 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-rallies-successor-no-mention-nuclear-arms-025916665.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zsfnyoLMPR78.p1igNDbhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T025916Z_1_BTRE80008B600_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-KOREA-NORTH.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Frame grab shows North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un looking on during the memorial for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protect him as "human shields" while working to solve the "burning issue" of food shortages by upholding the policies of his late father, Kim Jong-il. The North's three main state newspapers said in a policy-setting editorial traditionally published on New Year's Day that Kim Jong-un has legitimacy to carry on the revolutionary battle initiated by his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and developed by his father, the iron-fisted ruler who died two weeks ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-rallies-successor-no-mention-nuclear-arms-025916665.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-runs-strong-connect-voters-060405903.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tUBlxpZ6ssrZF9JGyFVRig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T235613Z_4_BTRE8000GU400_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney smiles as he is introduced during his campaign stop in Merrimack" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's crowds are larger now. And with the Iowa caucuses looming on Tuesday, it seems inevitable that the former Massachusetts governor will do well in, if not win, the first contest in the race for the Republican nomination for president. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-runs-strong-connect-voters-060405903.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 04:21 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully produced and tested fuel rods for use in its nuclear power plants, state television reported on Sunday, in a snub to international demands that it halt sensitive nuclear work. The rods, which contain natural uranium, were made in Iran and have been inserted into the core of Tehran's research nuclear reactor, the television reported. Nuclear fuel rods contain small pellets of fuel, usually low-enriched uranium, patterned to give out heat produced by nuclear reaction without melting down. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-successfully-tests-domestically-made-nuclear-fuel-rods-122111356.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 02:16 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-signs-bill-imposing-iran-banking-sanctions-201512631.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/h8eN6djah7_F9UBYB0O5YA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T221602Z_2_BTRE7BU1K9U00_RTROPTP_2_USA-TAXES.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama talks to the press in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Saturday a defense funding bill that imposes sanctions on financial institutions dealing with Iran's central bank, while allowing for exemptions to avoid upsetting energy markets. The sanctions target both private and government-controlled banks - including central banks - and would take hold after a two- to six-month warning period, depending on the transactions, a senior Obama administration official said. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-signs-bill-imposing-iran-banking-sanctions-201512631.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-makes-annual-list-most-overused-words-004742116.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r87awQeTHU26Wyeq7gu9Dg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T004742Z_1_BTRE800028700_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement stand with signs outside Duarte Square in New York" border="0" /></a>BOSTON (Reuters) - Occupy this: the trash bin. At least, so say students at Michigan's Lake Superior State University who released an annual list of words they deem so misused, overused and cliched they should be banished in the year ahead. "Occupy," the term associated with the months-long protest movement in New York and across the United States against income inequality and a variety of other social ills, was among the 12 nominees after just a few months of overexposure. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-makes-annual-list-most-overused-words-004742116.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sun,1 Jan 2012 04:07 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-runs-strong-connect-voters-120706974.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RV9jJhDxrq.cdz3IdVdszw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T120706Z_1_BTRE8000XOB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney laughs while speaking to voters during his campaign stop in Merrimack" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's crowds are larger now. And with the Iowa caucuses looming on Tuesday, it seems inevitable that the former Massachusetts governor will do well in, if not win, the first contest in the race for the Republican nomination for president. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-runs-strong-connect-voters-120706974.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - (Reuters) - By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A man found to be carrying explosives in "military grade wrapping" was detained at a western Texas airport on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of the area, officials said. The explosives were found during a routine inspection at a security checkpoint inside Midland International Airport, Midland city spokeswoman Tasa Watts said. The Transportation Security Administration evacuated the terminal and conducted a security sweep, she said. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/man-explosives-stopped-texas-airport-001746448.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-president-declares-emergency-north-164323735.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.QqlkbLZoTFyuRCObolUsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T212252Z_1_BTRE7BU1NE700_RTROPTP_2_NIGERIA-SECURITY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Reverend Father Issac Achi speaks with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan during a visit to St. Theresa's Catholic church, the scene of a Christmas day bomb attack, just outside the capital Abuja" border="0" /></a>ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast. Coming nearly a week after radical sect Boko Haram set off a series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day, including one at a church that killed at least 37 people and wounded 57, Jonathan told state television the measures would aim to restore security in troubled parts of Nigeria's north. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-president-declares-emergency-north-164323735.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/euro-could-become-worlds-leading-currency-noyer-191853289.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qGf7HMVNoPwOZSAWWHvYUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T191853Z_1_BTRE7BU1HNX00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-EURO-NOYER.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="An employee checks an Euro note at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - The euro could become the world's leading currency in the next decade if leaders of the single-currency bloc succeed in tightening fiscal integration, European Central Bank policymaker Christian Noyer said in an article to be published in the Journal du Dimanche. European leaders struck a historic deal at an emergency summit in Brussels on December 9 to draft a new treaty for deeper economic union, in an attempt to stem the debt crisis that is threatening to cause the collapse of the single currency. The news temporarily calmed markets. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/euro-could-become-worlds-leading-currency-noyer-191853289.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:36 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-candidate-romney-veto-immigration-dream-act-023856783.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_hptjae3nzfa5QLK.9bVYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-01-01T025326Z_4_BTRE80007BT00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in La Mars" border="0" /></a>LEMARS, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday he would veto a proposal granting U.S. citizenship to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children, a pledge that won hearty applause from Iowa conservatives he hopes to win over. A young woman asked Romney about the bipartisan proposal known as the Dream Act, during an appearance at a crowded restaurant in Le Mars, a conservative Republican stronghold in western Iowa. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-candidate-romney-veto-immigration-dream-act-023856783.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 01:48 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - HONOLULU/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed new sanctions against Iran into law on Saturday, shortly after Iran signaled it was ready for fresh talks with the West on its nuclear programme and said it had delayed long-range missile tests in the Gulf. Tensions between Iran and the West have grown since EU leaders said they wanted to set tougher sanctions against Tehran by the end of next month in a bid to force it to curb a research programme that they suspect is developing nuclear weapons. In the absence of a fresh mandate from the U.N. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-delays-missile-test-140720436.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celebrities-may-temper-twitter-comments-2011-blunders-200347890.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Qa3Ergn_hFUVjutPX7EnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T200347Z_1_BTRE7BU1JQN00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-TWITTER-MISFIRES.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Kahne rests on the the roof of his car during the race introductions NASCAR Sprint Cup Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol Tennessee" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011. NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he recently had to apologize for a tweet critical of public breast-feeding. But Kahne has been far from alone in discovering Twitter's pitfalls. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celebrities-may-temper-twitter-comments-2011-blunders-200347890.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-feels-campaign-trail-energy-close-home-183517960.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b7Ho_kui5q37.rUxBCeUCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T183517Z_1_BTRE7BU1FN000_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney hugs a supporter during his campaign stop at Old Salt Restaurant in Hampton" border="0" /></a>HAMPTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - It was standing room only as Mitt Romney briefly took time out from Iowa to campaign in Republican strongholds in New Hampshire, where he holds a wide lead approaching the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Romney spent almost as much time posing for photographs and signing autographs for energized fans as he did making his pitch to become the Republican presidential nominee. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romney-feels-campaign-trail-energy-close-home-183517960.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:42 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran. The deal, signed on December 25 and announced on Friday night by the U.S. Defense Department, "is an important step in improving the region's security through a regional missile defense architecture," Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement. The U.S. Congress had been notified of the proposed sale in September 2008 by former President George W. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-3-5-billion-arms-sale-uae-amid-154211697.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-protesters-arrested-moscow-rally-184703528.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wcs4OLHUYt.x_cy6MjYiCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T184703Z_1_BTRE7BU1G6M00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-RUSSIA-PUTIN-PROTESTS.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Police officers detain an activist during a protest rally defending Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly, in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained about 60 protesters during an anti-government demonstration on Saturday in Moscow, hours after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered a conciliatory message to the opposition in a televised New Year's Eve address. Reuters witnesses said they saw police surround and detain protesters who were shouting slogans such as "Putin Must Go!" and "Free the Political Prisoners!." Police said about 200 people took part in the rally, with 60 detained. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-protesters-arrested-moscow-rally-184703528.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 02:09 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-fears-failure-arab-mission-130129511.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GYlQj4KCmxGIEG3JnzD0fA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T130719Z_1_BTRE7BU10GA00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Kafranbel" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two leading Syrian opposition parties have agreed a road map to democracy should mass protests nearly in their 10th month succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Syria Friday, aiming to demonstrate the strength of their movement to Arab League monitors checking whether Assad is implementing a pledge to halt his armed crackdown on the unrest. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-fears-failure-arab-mission-130129511.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-scour-iowa-undecided-voters-185544539.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gh.DdiX0tCJZoyBzpjeFjQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T232159Z_1_BTRE7BU1SWQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and Representative Michele Bachmann makes a campaign phone call to a supporter from her office in Urbandale" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican White House hopefuls scoured Iowa for undecided voters on Saturday and front-runner Mitt Romney argued that he is the best to take on President Barack Obama as time ran short before the first votes of the 2012 election season. Iowa Republicans kick off the race on Tuesday to decide who the party will nominate to run against Obama, a Democrat, in November 2012. An unpredictable finish was possible as no candidate had escaped a tight pack battling for the lead. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-scour-iowa-undecided-voters-185544539.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:25 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tight-race-iowa-kicks-off-white-house-campaign-142554264.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/02PJM7tZ209ESOv098jZRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T161400Z_1_BTRE7BU193F00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CAMPAIGN-ROMNEY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney shakes hands with Clark during his campaign stop at Old Salt Restaurant in Hampton" border="0" /></a>DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican voters in Iowa open a long and grueling 2012 presidential race on Tuesday, with polls showing Mitt Romney battling Ron Paul for a momentum-generating win in the party's kickoff nominating contest. Four other contenders, led by surging Rick Santorum, are vying to consolidate conservative support and break into the top tier in the state-by-state fight to pick a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in November's election. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tight-race-iowa-kicks-off-white-house-campaign-142554264.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 10:02 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Laws that require voters to present photo identification at the polls, recognize same-sex civil unions and aim to restrict illegal immigration are among the state measures taking effect on New Year's Day. Measures passed in 2011, which numbered nearly 40,000 across the country, often reflected the priorities of Republicans, who held majorities in most state legislative chambers and held the highest number of seats nationally by the party since 1928. "When Republicans finally got in control in many states ... ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/voter-photo-id-e-verify-laws-effect-180226727.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-moving-more-convertible-yuan-central-banks-zhou-132144101.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/thKExGTxRpdiNqE7iTkdBg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T132733Z_1_BTRE7BU11E000_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-CHINA-YUAN-MIDDAY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Chinese one yuan coins are placed on 100 yuan banknotes in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank governor argued in comments published on Saturday that Beijing does not control the yuan's flow across borders as tightly as some think and that it is natural for the currency's trading band to be widened over time. Zhou Xiaochuan said in an interview with Chinese magazine Caixin that China did not fare badly on an International Monetary Fund measure of currencies' convertibility under the capital account. But he stopped short of calling for a fully convertible currency. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-moving-more-convertible-yuan-central-banks-zhou-132144101.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:31 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greece-must-stick-reforms-2012-stay-euro-pm-153152569.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OiXa_LmROwgDe1t_KQ6mIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T153152Z_1_BTRE7BU175E00_RTROPTP_2_EU-SUMMIT.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Greece's Prime Minister Papademos arrives at an European Union summit in Brussels" border="0" /></a>ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece faces another tough year in 2012 but must stick to its program of austerity and reform to stay in the euro, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said in a pre-recorded New Year's Eve address. "A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do not waste the sacrifices and do not turn the crisis into an uncontrolled and disastrous bankruptcy," Papademos said, according to a transcript provided by his office. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greece-must-stick-reforms-2012-stay-euro-pm-153152569.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-celebrates-u-withdrawal-144918117.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OVmUnZnf5c6SuchBxxl.yw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T170134Z_1_BTRE7BU1BAQ00_RTROPTP_2_IRAQ-WITHDRAWAL.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malik delivers a speech during a ceremony at Al-Shaab stadium complex in Baghdad" border="0" /></a>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new dawn on Saturday as Iraq celebrated the departure of American troops at a ceremony held amid tight security and without Maliki's key political rivals. Iraq was engulfed in its worst political crisis in a year after the last U.S. troops left on December 18 when Maliki sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, threatening a frail coalition government of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds. Saturday marked the end of the 2008 security pact agreed by then-President George W. Bush and was the last day for U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-celebrates-u-withdrawal-144918117.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:53 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-lauds-military-promotion-young-kim-145346341.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/k6R3LvpamJcwM4tHJpMjrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T145346Z_1_BTRE7BU15DS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-CHINA-KOREA-NORTH.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="File frame grab of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un, who has been appointed supreme military commander" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao sent congratulations to North Korea's Kim Jong-un on Saturday on his appointment as supreme military leader, in Beijing's most direct show of support for the young and untested successor to his father Kim Jong-il. Hu's message, issued on the Chinese government's website (www.gov.cn), lauded the younger Kim's military promotion, which consolidated his status as the top leader of the North. "There is a deep tradition of friendship between the peoples and the military forces of China and North Korea," said Hu, according to the statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-lauds-military-promotion-young-kim-145346341.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-wins-3-48-billion-u-missile-defense-020950294.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jo3rOWe3Gzw4.o9orm6Qfg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T002813Z_1_BTRE7BU01B200_RTROPTP_2_KENYA.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Engineers stand next to the Boeing Dreamliner 787-800 after making its first landing at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Kenya's capital Nairobi" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Boeing Co beat out Lockheed Martin to retain its position as the prime contractor for the U.S. long-range missile shield, the Pentagon said on Friday. The U.S. Defense Department said it was awarding Boeing a $3.48 billion, seven-year contract to develop, test, engineer and manufacture missile defense systems. A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co had vied with Boeing to expand and maintain the Ground-based Midcourse Defense, or GMD, hub of layered antimissile protection. Boeing partnered with Northrop Grumman Corp to retain the work. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-wins-3-48-billion-u-missile-defense-020950294.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:57 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerias-jonathan-vows-crush-terrorists-134119418.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/umkCeeoKn1SboBNsaroILA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-31T164323Z_2_BTRE7BU19R600_RTROPTP_2_NIGERIA-SECURITY.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="A girl who was injured during the Christmas day bomb explosion holds a bottle at St. Theresa's Catholic church in Madalla" border="0" /></a>ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday on parts of northern Nigeria plagued by a by a violent Islamist insurgency, and said he would shut any borders with other nations in those areas covered by the decree. "I have in the exercise in the powers conferred on me ... declared a state of emergency in the following parts of the federation," Jonathan told state TV, before going on to list the northern local governments affected by the decree. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigerias-jonathan-vows-crush-terrorists-134119418.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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Sat,31 Dec 2011 08:39 AM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in southern China's Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported. The 39-year-old bus driver living in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia, the official Xinhua news agency said. He died in the early afternoon of multiple organ failure, having tested positive for the H5N1 virus, the report added. ... </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-man-dies-bird-flu-105243868.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fcc-looking-verizon-wireless-2-fee-201035877.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar</a><br>
Fri,30 Dec 2011 03:41 PM PST<br>
<b>Reuters</b> - <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fcc-looking-verizon-wireless-2-fee-201035877.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nc6bZHh86.4miYjdDLfqTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2011-12-30T220041Z_4_BTRE7BT1K2K00_RTROPTP_2_CES.JPG" alt="photo" align="left" title="Verizon president McAdam talks on stage with Verizon CEO Seidenberg and Consumer Electronics Association President Shapiro on the opening day of the CES in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless has reversed its decision to charge a $2 fee for telephone and online bill payments, bowing to a storm of criticism from consumers and the U.S. communications regulator. The biggest U.S. wireless operator retracted its decision on Friday, just a day after it announced the fee for one-time payments, which was to have begun January 15. The consumer victory comes after Bank of America recently decided against a new $5 monthly fee for debit card users after consumers and lawmakers protested the charge. ...</p><br clear="all"/> </b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fcc-looking-verizon-wireless-2-fee-201035877.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwY3BlbTZhBF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI1NTEwMzMx">Full Story</a></b></font>
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