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• Iran threatens U.S. Navy as sanctions hit economy (Reuters)
• No breakthrough on Mideast peace, talks to go on (Reuters)
• Libya names head of armed forces as militias clash (Reuters)
• Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Pakistan Taliban commanders "at each other's throats" (Reuters)
• Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors Are on a 'Mission: Impossible' (Time.com)
• Murder most foul on Queen Elizabeth's estate (AP)
• Libya plans vote on assembly to draft constitution (AP)
• Official: Jamaica's opposition easily wins vote (AP)
• Libya names new head of armed forces (Reuters)
• China mulls plans to boost domestic consumption: report (Reuters)
• RIM close to stripping CEOs of chairmanship: report (Reuters)
• Hungarians cry foul as new Constitution comes into effect (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Are Aries More Likely to Be Criminals? (Time.com)
• Nigeria dispatches troops to north to stop Boko Haram attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Iran threatens U.S. Navy as sanctions hit economy (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST Reuters - Iran threatened on Tuesday to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of saber-rattling as new U.S. and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy.

No breakthrough on Mideast peace, talks to go on (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:47 PM PST Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year on Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan's foreign minister said.

Libya names head of armed forces as militias clash (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST Reuters - Libya on Tuesday named Yousef al-Manqoush, a retired general from the anti-Gaddafi bastion of Misrata, as head of the armed forces in the first significant move to build a new Libyan military.

Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:05 PM PST Reuters - The commander of Syria's armed rebels threatened on Tuesday to step up attacks on President Bashar al-Assad's forces, saying he was frustrated with Arab League monitors' lack of progress in ending a government crackdown on protests.

Exclusive: Pakistan Taliban commanders "at each other's throats" (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:31 AM PST Reuters - Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants have held a series of meetings aimed at containing what could soon be open warfare between the two most powerful Pakistani Taliban leaders, militant sources have said.

Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors Are on a 'Mission: Impossible' (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:00 PM PST Time.com - With the regime apparently still shooting at its opposition, the official observers are caught in a credibility trap

Murder most foul on Queen Elizabeth's estate (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST AP - A murder mystery with elements of an Agatha Christie whodunit is unfolding at the vast country estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family gathered in rural splendor to celebrate Christmas and New Year's.

Libya plans vote on assembly to draft constitution (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:18 PM PST AP - Libya's interim government has proposed a draft law for electing an assembly to draft a new constitution — a first step to setting up a new government after the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi.

Official: Jamaica's opposition easily wins vote (AP) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST AP - Jamaica's first female prime minister has officially led her party to a landslide victory in general elections with final results announced Tuesday giving it a two-to-one margin in Parliament.

Libya names new head of armed forces (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:48 PM PST Reuters - Libya's transitional authority on Tuesday named Yousef al-Manqoush, a retired general from a bastion of rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, as the new armed forces chief in the first significant move to build a new Libyan military.

China mulls plans to boost domestic consumption: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:33 PM PST Reuters - The Chinese government is planning new policies to boost domestic consumption, especially of vehicles and appliances, in a bid to offset the effects of sagging export demand, the China Daily reported on Wednesday, quoting a government official.

RIM close to stripping CEOs of chairmanship: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:59 PM PST Reuters - Research In Motion is close to a decision on stripping its co-chief executives of their other shared role as chairman of the board, a newspaper said on Tuesday, a change that could meet a key demand from angry and disillusioned investors.

Hungarians cry foul as new Constitution comes into effect (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Tens of thousands of Hungarians turned out last night to protest what they say is a country dressed up as a democracy but sliding into authoritarian rule. The demonstration came a day after a controversial new Constitution went into effect â€" one that is likely to deepen chasms between the European Union and this former communist state in the heart of Europe.

Are Aries More Likely to Be Criminals? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:00 PM PST Time.com - One Canadian city would like to caution you to beware of loved ones who claim Aries as their zodiac sign -- they might be more likely to break the law

Nigeria dispatches troops to north to stop Boko Haram attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Nigeria has sent government troops to the country's troubled northern areas, where a radical Islamist group has launched a string of attacks on Christians, most recently a Christmas Day church bombing in the capital of Abuja that killed 43 people.

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