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- US school shooting: more funerals in Newtown, White House gun task force meets
- China ships in disputed waters, first since elections: Japan
- Doomsday prophecy prompts rumors of violence in schools
- Pakistani polio workers get police protection - AP
- US Marine convicted of urinating on corpses of Taliban insurgents
- Narendra Modi, polarizing Indian politician, gains power
- WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Julian Assange
- Vatican says pope beats Justin Bieber on re-tweets
- Global doomsday hot spots draw believers, revelers
- Vatican takes first spot in Internet domain name draw
- Deep freeze, snowstorms hit Romania, Bulgaria
- 'Apocalypse Noah': Dutch Christian readies escape Ark
- China detains 1,000 in doomsday cult crackdown
- 55 Somalis, Ethiopians dead or missing in boat capsize
- In Mexico, New Agers hope December 21 brings new era
- Queen's Christmas speech goes 3D
- Late Pope Paul VI takes step toward sainthood
- Armored backpacks and a rush on guns after Connecticut
- Indian court allows Italian marines to go home for Christmas
- Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees in United States
- Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to walk free in 2014
- Bomb kills seven in southwest Afghanistan
- Russia recognizes need for change in Syria: Vladimir Putin
- Rights group wants Tamil students charged or freed
- Floating pier lost in Japan tsunami found on US beach
| US school shooting: more funerals in Newtown, White House gun task force meets Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:20 PM PST As residents of Newtown, Connecticut, buried more victims of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden convened a White House task force to search for ... 
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| China ships in disputed waters, first since elections: Japan Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:07 PM PST Chinese state-owned ships entered the territorial waters of disputed islands Friday, Japan's coastguard said, in the first intrusion since a new government was elected in Tokyo. 
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| Doomsday prophecy prompts rumors of violence in schools Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:40 PM PST Predictions of doomsday have come and gone repeatedly without coming true. But the latest prophecy, tethered to the Mayan calendar and forecasting that the world will self-destruct on Friday, has prom... 
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| Pakistani polio workers get police protection - AP Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:34 PM PST Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by suspected militants who oppose the vaccination cam... 
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| US Marine convicted of urinating on corpses of Taliban insurgents Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:21 PM PST A US Marine staff sergeant who urinated on dead Taliban insurgents and posed for photographs with the bodies has pleaded guilty to two charges in a military court, the Marine Corps said on Thursday. 
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| Narendra Modi, polarizing Indian politician, gains power Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:56 PM PST The polarizing leader of the western state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, inched closer on Thursday to becoming the leading political challenger to India's dominant Gandhi family by winning a resounding r... 
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| WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Julian Assange Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:42 PM PST WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, founder Julian Assange said in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday. 
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| Vatican says pope beats Justin Bieber on re-tweets Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST Pope Benedict, white-haired, 85, and a neophyte to social media site Twitter, has beaten out 18-year old heartthrob Justin Bieber to set a percentage record for re-tweeting by his followers, the Vatic... 
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| Global doomsday hot spots draw believers, revelers Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:41 AM PST Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end on Friday, some New Agers are convinced that humanity's demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it's a good excuse for a party. 
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| Vatican takes first spot in Internet domain name draw Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:16 AM PST The Vatican has come out in first place in a long-awaited draw to expand the Internet address system with new domain names that go beyond the usual .com, .org or .net endings. 
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| Deep freeze, snowstorms hit Romania, Bulgaria Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:50 AM PST Authorities declared a state of emergency in northeastern Bulgaria on Thursday as heavy snow and freezing temperatures are causing disruptions in both Bulgaria and Romania. 
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| 'Apocalypse Noah': Dutch Christian readies escape Ark Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:20 AM PST A Dutch Christian has painstakingly prepared a lifeboat in his garden capable of saving 50 people ahead of biblical floods he expects to accompany Friday's Mayan-foretold 'doomsday.' 
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| China detains 1,000 in doomsday cult crackdown Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:07 AM PST Chinese authorities have detained around 1,000 people as they step up a crackdown against a doomsday cult called "Almighty God" which has been predicting the world will end on Friday, state media repo... 
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| 55 Somalis, Ethiopians dead or missing in boat capsize Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:42 AM PST 55 Somalis and Ethiopians drowned or went missing after their boat capsized off Somalia on Tuesday in the worst such disaster in the area in almost two years, the United Nations said. 
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| In Mexico, New Agers hope December 21 brings new era Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:37 AM PST The celebration of the cosmic dawn began with a fumbling of the sacred fire meant to honor Friday's end of the Mayan long count calendar. 
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| Queen's Christmas speech goes 3D Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:29 AM PST Queen Elizabeth II will broadcast her annual Christmas message to Britain and the Commonwealth in 3D television for the first time, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. 
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| Late Pope Paul VI takes step toward sainthood Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST The Vatican moved the late Pope Paul VI, who died in 1978 after leading the Roman Catholic Church for 15 years and oversaw the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, a step closer on Thursd... 
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| Armored backpacks and a rush on guns after Connecticut Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST The reaction to the deadly Connecticut school shooting can be seen at gun stores and self-defense retailers across the nation, with anxious parents buying armored backpacks for children and firearms e... 
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| Indian court allows Italian marines to go home for Christmas Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:56 AM PST An Indian court on Thursday allowed two Italian marines awaiting trial for shooting two fishermen to go home for Christmas, despite prosecution fears that they will not return. 
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| Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees in United States Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:06 AM PST It's a health care change that President Barack Obama and Republicans both embrace: Expand a current, little-known law so more retirees the government considers well-off are required to pay higher Med... 
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| Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to walk free in 2014 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:50 AM PST A Russian court reduced former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jail sentence for embezzlement by two years on Thursday, clearing the way for one of Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics to walk free in ... 
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| Bomb kills seven in southwest Afghanistan Posted: 20 Dec 2012 06:21 AM PST A roadside bomb targeting a police pickup truck killed two policemen and five civilians in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday, provincial authorities said. 
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| Russia recognizes need for change in Syria: Vladimir Putin Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:52 AM PST Russia realizes changes in Syria are needed but is concerned that the push to unseat President Bashar Assad's regime could plunge the country even deeper into violence, Russian President Vladimir Puti... 
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| Rights group wants Tamil students charged or freed Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:36 AM PST A human rights group on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to formally charge or release four university students detained on allegations of terrorism for honoring Tamil Tiger rebels who died during the country... 
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| Floating pier lost in Japan tsunami found on US beach Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:31 AM PST A second floating pier believed to have been swept away from Japan during the 2011 quake triggered tsunami has been traced to a beach in the US, officials said. 
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