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Yahoo! News: World News

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

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)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

A Bahraini anti-government protester is helped by another after being injured during clashes with riot police Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in the western Shiite Muslim village of Karzakan, Bahrain. A fellow protester said the man, who like most injured protesters was being treated in a house, was hit across the eye by a tear gas canister. Riot police and protesters are clashing in several Bahraini towns in one of the most widespread days of protest in the Gulf kingdom for months. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)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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