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POL-Fiscal-Cliff (Will update)
A last-ditch Senate compromise to avert the fiscal cliff appeared to be in jeopardy with House Republicans slamming the deal negotiated with the White House and demanding more must be done to cut spending.
Alaska-Drilling-Rig (Will update)
Coast Guard aircraft have found no sign of a spill from a Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling barge that ran aground on an island off southern Alaska during a fierce winter storm, authorities reported Tuesday.
US-Meteor-Shower (Will update)
Jan. 3 will offer a limited chance to see the first meteor shower of the year. The Quadrantids will peak in the early morning hours Thursday for viewers in North America. After many years orbiting the sun, the meteors will hurtle toward earth at 90,000 mph before burning up 50 miles above earth.
Syria-Civil-War (Will update)
The new year brought Syrians the same intense carnage they'd been living through for the last 21 months -- and a reminder of just how bloody the past year was. Of all people killed in the civil war, 85% of them -- 39,520 -- died in 2012, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday.
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Iran-Missile-Claim
The Iranian military says it has successfully test-fired a number of advanced missiles and air defense systems during coastal defense exercises near the strategic oil passageway of the Strait of Hormuz. Military analyst Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based policy analysis organization, says the tests didn't dramatically advance Iran's weapons technology. But it sends a warning to other nations in the region that could one day offer assistance to any U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Ivory-Coast-Deaths
Ivory Coast's president declared three days of national mourning and promised a speedy investigation into the New Year's Day stampede that killed 60 people, most of them women and children.
Syria-Civil-War
The new year brought Syrians the same intense carnage they'd been living through for the last 21 months -- and a reminder of just how bloody the past year was. Of all people killed in the civil war, 85% of them -- 39,520 -- died in 2012, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday.
Pakistan-Aid-Workers-Killed
Seven aid workers -- all but one of them women -- were shot to death Tuesday in a remote area of northern Pakistan, a police official said.
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