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Wednesday, January 02, 2013 (2013x2)

Udgivelsesdato: Jan 02, 2013

2013/01/02 Headlines: Obama to Sign "Fiscal Cliff" Bill After Weeks of Tense Talks; House Leaders Draw Ire for Dropping Sandy Relief Package; Obama Signs Bill to Extend Warrantless Wiretapping; Grounded Oil Rig Sparks Fresh Concerns over Arctic Drilling; India: Anti-Rape Outcry Follows Gang-Rape Victim’s Death; Envoy Warns Syria Crisis Could "Turn into Hell"; Bahraini Policemen Sentenced to 7 Years for Beating Detainee to Death; Ivory Coast: 61 Killed in Stampede; 7 Aid Workers Shot Dead in Pakistan; Report: Iraqi Civilian Deaths Rise in "Low-Level War"; North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Gives Rare New Year's Speech; Chile: 8 Ex-Army Officers Charged in Murder of Singer Víctor Jara; Bolivia Nationalizes Operations of Spanish Firm Iberdrola; Venezuelan VP: Chávez Aware His Health Status Is Complex; Pope Blasts "Unregulated Financial Capitalism"; Woman Charged with Murder as Hate Crime in New York Subway Attack; WI State Senator: "Almost No Black People" Care About Kwanzaa; North Carolina Governor Grants Pardons of Innocence to Wilmington Ten; Leading Environmentalist Rebecca Tarbotton Dies at 39