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Iran threatens U.S. Navy as sanctions hit economy Iran threatened on Tuesday to take action if the U.S. Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Tehran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of saber-rattling as new U.S. and EU financial sanctions take a toll on its economy.
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German man arrested in rash of Los Angeles fires Police arrested a Hollywood man believed to be a German citizen on Monday in connection with a wave of 53 arson fires across Los Angeles that terrorized neighborhoods over the holiday weekend.
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Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque Hundreds of Muslims in a northwestern China village trying to prevent the demolition of their mosque clashed with police, causing several deaths.
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Tragic death toll in Iraq: 114,000 The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq rose slightly in 2011 from the previous year, as daily bombings and attacks continued to claim victims almost nine years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, a study showed on Monday.
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Three messages to Maliki from Ankara Responding to the threat of Iraq’s division, Turkey has warned the United States to not “indulge Maliki”, and has told Maliki to, “Keep the promise you made, protect Iraq’s multicultural structure and do not interfere in Syria’s internal affairs.”
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Iran to test-fire long range missiles Monday Iran will test-fire two long range missiles on Monday during the last day of naval exercises in the Gulf.
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Up to 50,000 flee South Sudan violence Up to 50,000 people have fled violence in a remote border area of South Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, after days of clashes between two tribes.
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Throngs of Times Square revelers ring in 2012 Throngs of revelers in and around New York's Times Square gave a boisterous welcome to 2012 on Sunday amid tight security, sending off a year marked by the grim 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the city.
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Israel kills al Qaeda-linked chief in Gaza strike Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-inspired faction in the Gaza Strip on Friday, accusing him of involvement in firing rockets and a planned attack on the Jewish state from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai.
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Hundreds of thousands take to streets in Syria Syrian security forces used tear gas on Friday to disperse protesters as hundreds of thousands massed in cities across the country in some of the largest protests seen in the nine-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. According to the information obtained 38 people were killed in the demonstrations.
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Ethiopia troops attack rebels in Somali town Ethiopian troops captured a rebel-held town in central Somalia on Saturday, Addis Ababa and residents said, in a new front against the al Qaeda-linked militants who are seen as a threat to the region's stability.
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Syrians plan Friday protests as monitors visit Opposition activists urged people to take to the streets on Friday, the main day of protest in the revolts that have swept the Arab world, to convince Arab League peace monitors to pay attention to their plight.
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New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa.
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Russia submarine fire "totally extinguished" Russia said on Friday it had doused a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine after nearly a full day and night, by partially submerging the vessel after battling the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats.
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