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• At least 61 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede
• Rival Sudans hold summit on Friday, signal concessions
• Egypt satirist faces probe for insulting president
• Analysis: Young, urban Indians find political voice after student's gang rape
• Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession
• Nigerian army says 14 die in gun battle with Boko Haram
• Ten crushed to death, 120 injured at Angola church event
• Iran warns off foreign planes during naval drill: report
• Bomb kills two, injures 50 in Pakistani city of Karachi
• Syrian government forces go on attack on first day of year
• Pakistan: Gunmen kill 7 teachers, aid workers
• Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport
• Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
• Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian
• Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupt in West Bank
• Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020
• Venezuelans on edge amid shifting news on Chavez
• Saudis flee dry kingdom to Bahrain for New Year
• NKorea's Kim wants better living standards, arms
• Afghan negotiator welcomes prisoner release

At least 61 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least 61 people were crushed to death in a stampede after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan early on Tuesday, officials said. Witnesses said police had tried to control crowds around the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium following the celebrations, triggering a panic in which scores were trampled. "The estimate we can give right now is 49 people hospitalized ... and 61 people dead," said the chief of staff of Abidjan's fire department Issa Sacko. ...

Rival Sudans hold summit on Friday, signal concessions Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:26 PM PST KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan will meet on Friday to discuss how to improve border security and resume vital oil flows, both sides said on Tuesday as the feuding African neighbors signaled possible concessions. The countries, which fought one of Africa's longest civil wars ending with a peace deal in 2005, signaled concessions ahead of the summit. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and South Sudan's Salva Kiir accepted an invitation from Ethiopia to meet in Addis Ababa, spokesmen for both governments said. ...

Egypt satirist faces probe for insulting president Posted: 01 Jan 2013 10:43 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian satirist who made fun of President Mohamed Mursi on television will be investigated by prosecutors following an accusation that he undermined the leader's standing, a judicial source said on Tuesday. Bassem Youssef's case will increase worries about freedom of speech in the post-Hosni Mubarak era, especially when the country's new constitution includes provisions criticized by rights activists for, among other things, forbidding insults. ...

Analysis: Young, urban Indians find political voice after student's gang rape Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:03 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When Preeti Joshi heard of the gang rape of a fellow student, she joined a movement of thousands of outraged young Indians who have taken to the streets of New Delhi almost every day protesting for justice and security for women. Beaten and raped by five men and a teenager on a moving bus in the capital on December 16, the 23-year-old student died from her injuries on Saturday, her plight shaking the conscience of many urban middle class Indians who consider gender rights as important as poverty alleviation. ...

Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession Posted: 01 Jan 2013 02:52 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has warned he will not tolerate Sunni anti-government rallies indefinitely, but made a concession to their demands by promising to free some women prisoners. Thousands of Sunnis have been taking to the streets of Iraq for more than a week in protest against Maliki, whom they accuse of discriminating against their sect and being under the sway of their non-Arab Shi'ite neighbor Iran. ...

Nigerian army says 14 die in gun battle with Boko Haram Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:22 PM PST MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military killed 13 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and lost one soldier on Tuesday in a gun battle in Maiduguri, the group's northeastern stronghold, the army said. Boko Haram, which is loosely based on the Afghan Taliban, killed hundreds last year in a campaign to impose sharia, or Islamic law, in Nigeria, a country of more than 160 million split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims. ...

Ten crushed to death, 120 injured at Angola church event Posted: 01 Jan 2013 02:13 PM PST LISBON (Reuters) - Ten people were crushed to death and 120 injured in the Angolan capital Luanda as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for a vigil organized by a Pentecostal church, the state news agency Angop reported on Tuesday. Angop cited an emergency services spokesman as saying the victims, including four children, were crushed at the gates of the Cidadela Desportiva stadium, where the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) organized a vigil on Monday night. ...

Iran warns off foreign planes during naval drill: report Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:32 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military spokesman said on Tuesday. The drills, which began on Friday, are aimed at showcasing Iran's military capability in the shipping route through which 40 percent of the world's sea-borne oil exports pass. Iran has threatened to block the strait if it comes under military attack over its disputed nuclear program. The United States has said it would not tolerate any obstruction of commercial traffic through the strait. ...

Bomb kills two, injures 50 in Pakistani city of Karachi Posted: 01 Jan 2013 08:44 AM PST KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a crowded area of Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 50, police said. Two of the injured were in a critical condition, police spokesman Imran Shaukat said. The bomb appeared to have been planted on a motorbike. It was not immediately clear who or what was the target of the blast in the Aisha Manzil area of Karachi, although a political rally was happening nearby. The explosion was heard several kilometers (miles) away. ...

Syrian government forces go on attack on first day of year Posted: 01 Jan 2013 07:41 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Government war planes bombed opposition-held areas of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fought on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on New Year's Day on Tuesday. A year ago, many diplomats and analysts predicted Assad would leave power in 2012. But despite international pressure and rebel gains, he has proved resilient. His inner circle remains largely intact and retains control of the armed forces, even if it relies on air strikes and artillery power to hold back the rebels fighting to overthrow him. ...

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 7 teachers, aid workers Posted: 01 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles sprayed a van carrying employees from a community center with bullets Tuesday, killing five female teachers and two aid workers, but sparing a child they took out of the vehicle before opening fire.

Clashes in Syria shut down Aleppo airport Posted: 01 Jan 2013 11:38 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between government troops and rebels on Tuesday forced the international airport in Aleppo to stop all flights in and out of Syria's largest city, while fierce battles also raged in the suburbs of the capital Damascus.

Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:15 PM PST ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's main city, killing 61 people — many of them children and teenagers — and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said.

Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest case raised by Islamist lawyers against outspoken media personalities.

Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupt in West Bank Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:58 PM PST TAMOUN, West Bank (AP) — An arrest raid by undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors ignited rare clashes in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, residents said, leaving at 10 Palestinians wounded.

Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020 Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:36 AM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian statistics bureau estimates that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by the end of the decade, a scenario that could have grave implications for Israel.

Venezuelans on edge amid shifting news on Chavez Posted: 01 Jan 2013 01:33 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez alike nervously welcomed the new year Tuesday, left on edge by shifting signals from the government about the Venezuelan leader's health three weeks after cancer surgery in Cuba.

Saudis flee dry kingdom to Bahrain for New Year Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:15 AM PST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Residents of Saudi Arabia, where booze and New Year's celebrations are banned, flooded into neighboring Bahrain in search of festivities to ring in 2013.

NKorea's Kim wants better living standards, arms Posted: 01 Jan 2013 08:37 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently.

Afghan negotiator welcomes prisoner release Posted: 01 Jan 2013 06:00 AM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A top Afghan negotiator said Tuesday he hopes eight Taliban members freed by Pakistan will serve as peace mediators, describing Islamabad's move as a major step forward for Kabul's effort to enlist its neighbor's help in negotiating an end to its 11-year war.

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