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• Arab League raps Syria again; no call for U.N. for now (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad (Reuters)
• Thousands protest ahead of sodomy verdict for Malaysia's Anwar (Reuters)
• Debris from wrecked cargo ship washes onto New Zealand beaches (Reuters)
• Yemen proposes immunity law to speed Saleh's exit (Reuters)
• Janitor Discovers Fortune in Rare Coins in German Library (Time.com)
• Sarkozy gains ground on Socialist rival: poll (Reuters)
• Arab League tells Syria again: halt violence (AP)
• Iran's leader arrives in Venezuela to meet Chavez (AP)
• Nigeria lawmakers oppose president ahead of strike (AP)
• Malaysia awaits opposition Anwar's sodomy judgment (AP)
• New Zealand beachgoers grab milk from wrecked ship (AP)
• Waiting for the Sentence: Joran van der Sloot's Slow Road to Justice (Time.com)

Arab League raps Syria again; no call for U.N. for now (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 03:16 PM PST Reuters - The Arab League has urged the Syrian government to end its violence against protesters and allow League monitors in the country to work more freely, but stopped short of asking the U.N. to help.

Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed a U.S. warning to avoid close ties with Iran on Sunday, denouncing what he said was Washington's attempt to dominate the world as he welcomed the Iranian president to the Latin American nation.

Thousands protest ahead of sodomy verdict for Malaysia's Anwar (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:35 PM PST Reuters - About 2,000 supporters of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim rallied outside a court on Monday, protesting against a justice system they fear will convict him of sodomy later in the day in what they regard as a political trial.

Debris from wrecked cargo ship washes onto New Zealand beaches (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Reuters - Shipping containers, sacks of milk powder and other debris washed onto popular New Zealand beaches on Monday after a cargo ship stuck on an offshore reef for three months started breaking apart in heavy seas at the weekend.

Yemen proposes immunity law to speed Saleh's exit (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 01:08 PM PST Reuters - Yemen's cabinet proposed an immunity law Sunday to speed President Ali Abdullah Saleh's exit from the Arab state under a Gulf-brokered plan to end months of protests that have paralyzed the impoverished country.

Janitor Discovers Fortune in Rare Coins in German Library (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST Time.com - Tanja Höls' curiosity has earned her a big 'thank you' from the State Library in Passau Germany, where the 43-year-old janitor discovered more than 170 valuable old coins worth hundreds of thousands of euros.

Sarkozy gains ground on Socialist rival: poll (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 11:57 AM PST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has cut his Socialist rival's lead to the smallest margin so far in the run up to an April and May presidential election, a poll showed Sunday.

Arab League tells Syria again: halt violence (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 02:27 PM PST AP - The Arab League demanded Sunday that the Syrian government immediately stop all violence and allow more monitors in, as activists reported at least 10 more civilians, including two teenagers, were killed by regime forces.

Iran's leader arrives in Venezuela to meet Chavez (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:57 PM PST AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began a four-nation Latin American tour Sunday aiming to show off relationships with allies as tensions grow over Iran's nuclear program.

Nigeria lawmakers oppose president ahead of strike (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 03:46 PM PST AP - Nigerian lawmakers on Sunday turned against the president's decision to end government fuel subsidies that kept gasoline prices low, just ahead of a planned labor strike that could paralyze Africa's most populous nation.

Malaysia awaits opposition Anwar's sodomy judgment (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST AP - Hundreds of Malaysians have gathered outside a court building to await a verdict in opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial.

New Zealand beachgoers grab milk from wrecked ship (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:25 PM PST AP - New Zealand authorities trying to clean up a wrecked cargo ship that split in two over the weekend want beachgoers to stay away from the debris that has washed ashore — especially the bags of powdered milk some of them have been scavenging.

Waiting for the Sentence: Joran van der Sloot's Slow Road to Justice (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST Time.com - The main suspect in the Natalee Holloway case is about to find out his fate in the death of a young Peruvian woman

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