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• Iran reports nuclear progress as sanctions loom (Reuters)
• Boat capsizes off Lamu in Kenya, at least 7 dead (Reuters)
• Libya's al-Sedr oil port resumes operations: official (Reuters)
• Troops, tanks patrol in northeast Nigeria (Reuters)
• Britain Puts Out The "Pets Welcome" Sign (Time.com)
• Anglicans have new US home in Catholic church (AP)
• Clashes follow teen protester's funeral in Bahrain (AP)
• Church announces dates for pope's Cuba trip (AP)
• Egypt denies trying to stifle human rights movement (Reuters)
• Pakistan: Iranians crossed border, killed 1 man (AP)
• Rio to cut Quebec smelter output after lockout (Reuters)
• Philippine police: Ransom demanded for Australian (AP)
• Bubbly Battle: Will Prosecco Edge Out Champagne on New Year's Eve? (Time.com)

Iran reports nuclear progress as sanctions loom (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST 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.

Boat capsizes off Lamu in Kenya, at least 7 dead (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST Reuters - At least seven people died and many more were feared missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers hit another vessel and capsized off the Kenyan island of Lamu on Sunday evening, the Kenya Red Cross said.

Libya's al-Sedr oil port resumes operations: official (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:16 PM PST Reuters - Libya's al-Sedr oil port has resumed operations and will see the first oil shipment sail on Tuesday or earlier, an official from Waha Oil Co said, months after the terminal stopped running during a civil war that ended Muammar Gaddafi's rule.

Troops, tanks patrol in northeast Nigeria (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:27 AM PST 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.

Britain Puts Out The "Pets Welcome" Sign (Time.com) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:55 PM PST Time.com - From pampered poodles to scrappy strays, bringing pets into the U.K. is about to get easier thanks to a loosening of the country's notoriously tough quarantine rules

Anglicans have new US home in Catholic church (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI named a married former Episcopal bishop Sunday to head the first U.S. organizational structure for disaffected Anglicans and Episcopalians who want to join the Roman Catholic Church.

Clashes follow teen protester's funeral in Bahrain (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST AP - Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades as they clashed Sunday with hundreds of opposition supporters, some hurling Molotov cocktails, following the politically charged funeral of a 15-year-old boy.

Church announces dates for pope's Cuba trip (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:48 PM PST AP - The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba has announced the dates and a partial itinerary for Pope Benedict XVI's much-anticipated visit to the island, the first by a pontiff since John Paul II's groundbreaking 1998 tour.

Egypt denies trying to stifle human rights movement (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 01:08 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's government on Sunday denied accusations from human rights groups that it was trying to smother some of the ruling military council's most vocal opponents when it raided the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations last week.

Pakistan: Iranians crossed border, killed 1 man (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:41 PM PST AP - Iranian security personnel crossed into southwest Pakistan on Sunday, shot to death one man and wounded another in an incident that could cause tension between the two countries, a Pakistani border official said.

Rio to cut Quebec smelter output after lockout (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:23 PM PST Reuters - Rio Tinto Alcan will shut down about a third of the production at its 438,000-tonne Alma aluminum smelter in the Canadian province of Quebec after locking out hundreds of unionized workers in a contract dispute, it said on Sunday.

Philippine police: Ransom demanded for Australian (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2012 03:34 AM PST AP - Suspected Muslim militants have demanded ransom for the freedom of a kidnapped Australian and have sent proof that he is alive, Philippine police said Sunday.

Bubbly Battle: Will Prosecco Edge Out Champagne on New Year's Eve? (Time.com) Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:55 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

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