 | Hindustan Times - Iran has proposed to reopen negotiations about its controversial nuclear programme with the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. |
 | BBC News - An advisory body to the Arab League has called for the organisation's observers to be withdrawn from Syria because of the ongoing crackdown on protests. |
 | New York Times - SEOUL, South Korea - Using nationalist language about “socialist fairylands” in the North and an “unethical and antinational” government in the South, North Korea issued a New Year's statement on Sunday that sought to cement support for the country's ... |
 | Times of India - Women weep over their loved ones who died in the Christmas day bomb explosion at St. Theresa's Catholic church in Madalla, just outside the capital Abuja December 31, 2011. |
 | AFP - TOKYO - A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Tokyo Sunday as Emperor Akihito led Japan's New Year celebrations by urging people to work together in rebuilding the nation from March's quake-tsunami disaster. |
 | Ynetnews - Rotem Singer, 23, denies starting blaze at Patagonia national park Torres del Paine. 'I supposedly confessed, but I didn't really confess,' he claims Israeli tourist Rotem Singer, 23, suspected of starting a wildfire at Chile's Patagonia national park ... |
 | The Hindu - Compared to the revelry that marked the end of year celebrations with the popping of champagne corks and firework displays, President Nicolas Sarkozy's address to the French nation was a sombre affair, a “work and thou shalt reap” kind of speech, ... |
 | Voice of America - January 01, 2012 Revelers Across Globe Ring in New Year VOA News Glittering fireworks lit the night skies from Sydney to New York and capitals across the globe, as tens of millions of revelers welcomed 2012 with star-studded celebrations, prayer, ... |
 | BBC News - A former member of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult has turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, one of three remaining fugitives. |
 | AFP - KABUL - Foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan continue to pay a high toll, with more than 560 killed in 2011, the second highest number in the 10-year war against the Taliban-led insurgency. |
 | Voice of America - January 01, 2012 Demonstrators Arrested in New Year's Eve Protests in Moscow Jessica Golloher | Moscow At least 60 demonstrators were detained in Moscow after the latest wave of protests against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling United ... |
 | AFP - QUETTA, Pakistan - Four Pakistani soldiers and a dozen Taliban militants were killed on Sunday in separate incidents in the violence-wracked country, according to officials. |
 | Times of India - US President Barack Obama Saturday signed a huge defense bill despite "serious reservations" that it seeks to force his hand on Guantanamo Bay. |
 | The Hindu - US President Barack Obama has signed into law a massive $662-billion defence spending bill that also seeks to suspend a big chunk of $1.1 billion military aid to Pakistan, despite his “serious reservations” about provisions regulating detention and ... |
 | CNN - Once the last beaches in the world to see the sunset, Samoa will be first place to see the sunrise from December 31. When the Vatican switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in the 16th century, legend has it that riots broke out over the ... |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Power is out to more than 10000 homes in Christchurch after the city was shaken awake by aftershocks, the largest of which was magnitude 5.5. |
 | Zee News - Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cautioned main opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif that raking up allegations of corruption against the PPP-led government would only strengthen the hands of dictators and the "third force". |
 | Times of India - UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan today joined the UN Security Council for a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the powerful world body, which also has India among its 15-member states. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - IT WAS a family occasion with spring rolls in the morning and high tea by the harbour in the afternoon on a not-so-lazy day for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. |
 | gulfnews.com - By Mohsin Ali, Correspondent Islamabad: Eminent Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir has refused to continue representing former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani before the Supreme Court in the memo scandal case, she said in an interview to a local ... |
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