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• Syrian opposition signs plan for post-Assad future (Reuters)
• Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency (Reuters)
• U.S. steps up sanctions as Iran floats nuclear talks (Reuters)
• China says man dies of bird flu (Reuters)
• Russian protesters arrested in Moscow rally (Reuters)
• Will Chinese Baseball Make It to the American Big Leagues? (Time.com)
• World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)
• Year later, Egypt seeks answers over church bomb (AP)
• Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala (AP)
• Nigeria calls state of emergency over sect attacks (AP)
• NKorea vows to defend Kim Jong Un "unto death" (AP)
• Caterpillar unit rejects CAW contract extension request (Reuters)
• Arrow shot kills 8-year-old Australian girl (AP)
• Forest fire cuts across Chilean Patagonia (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Bubbly Battle: Will Prosecco Edge Out Champagne on New Year's Eve? (Time.com)
• New Zealand's violent gangs try to clean up their act (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syrian opposition signs plan for post-Assad future (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST Reuters - Two leading Syrian opposition parties have agreed a road map to democracy should a popular uprising succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters.

Nigeria's Jonathan declares state of emergency (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST 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.

U.S. steps up sanctions as Iran floats nuclear talks (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:48 PM PST 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.

China says man dies of bird flu (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:39 AM PST 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.

Russian protesters arrested in Moscow rally (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST 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.

Will Chinese Baseball Make It to the American Big Leagues? (Time.com) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST Time.com - America's favorite pastime is still relatively unknown in China, with only 4 million players compared with the estimated 300 million who play basketball. But MLB Asia officials are optimistic, thanks to the success of the sport elsewhere in the region.

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:06 PM PST AP - With glittering fireworks and celebrations from New Zealand to Times Square, the world eagerly welcomed a new year and hope for a better future Saturday, saying goodbye to a year of hurricanes, tsunamis and economic turmoil that many would rather forget.

Year later, Egypt seeks answers over church bomb (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST AP - Hundreds of Egyptians held protests Saturday outside a Cairo courthouse and in the port city of Alexandria to demand answers over who was behind a bombing outside a church a year ago that killed 21 worshippers.

Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:45 PM PST AP - Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala, as hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals stream into the Central American nation.

Nigeria calls state of emergency over sect attacks (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST AP - Nigeria's president on Saturday declared a state of emergency in parts of Africa's most populous nation, after a recent slew of deadly attacks blamed on a northern-based radical Muslim sect killed dozens of people, as separate communal clashes in the country's southeast left more than 40 dead.

NKorea vows to defend Kim Jong Un "unto death" (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:41 PM PST AP - North Korea vowed Sunday to stage an all-out drive for prosperity as it unites behind new leader Kim Jong Un, ushering in 2012 with promises to resolve food shortages, bolster its military and defend Kim Jong Il's young son "unto death."

Caterpillar unit rejects CAW contract extension request (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST Reuters - Caterpillar Inc said a Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) labor contract that expires Saturday at midnight will not be extended despite the union's request for two more months of talks and a mediator.

Arrow shot kills 8-year-old Australian girl (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:10 PM PST AP - Australian police say an 8-year-old girl has died from being accidentally shot in the head with an arrow.

Forest fire cuts across Chilean Patagonia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says an out-of-control fire has already burned 32 square miles of a national park in the nation's south, and it has prompted the evacuation of 400 tourists.

Bubbly Battle: Will Prosecco Edge Out Champagne on New Year's Eve? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:40 PM PST Time.com - Early export stats suggest that so far this year, Italy's Prosecco variety of sparkling wine is outselling Champagne, its better known -- and generally more expensive -- French counterpart

New Zealand's violent gangs try to clean up their act (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 10:46 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - New Zealand’s spectacular landscape, the setting for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, attracts thousands of overseas tourists each year. Yet, few of those visitors realize that despite the beautiful mountains, volcanoes, and fiords, the country has a darker side: an entrenched gang culture.

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