News Headlines (112) 1 January 2013

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Raw: New York Rings in the New Year. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Hundreds of thousands of celebrants gathered in New York's Times Square to watch the famed crystal ball drop at midnight. Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the cheering crowd in the final-minute countdown to mark the start of 2013. (Jan. 1) || ► Raw: London Rings in the New Year. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: As millions gathered worldwide to ring in the new year, tens of thousands of Londoners gathered on the banks of the River Thames near the London Eye Ferris wheel for the city's fireworks display. (Dec. 31)



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Raw: Collegiate Parachuters Compete in Arizona. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Nearly 100 college students from around the U.S. are competing at this year's National Collegiate Parachuting Championships in Eloy, Arizona. Medals are awarded in several disciplines, including formation skydiving and accuracy landing. (Jan. 1)



► Obama: Tax Deal May Be in Sight. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: President Barack Obama says it appears that an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff is 'in sight,' but says it's not yet complete and work continues. (Dec. 31) || ► Obama Says Fiscal Cliff Deal Close, Not Done. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they haggled over spending cuts. (Dec. 31)



► Dem. Officials: Fiscal 'Cliff' Deal Reached. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: The White House reached agreement with congressional Republicans late Monday on a deal to prevent tax increases and spending cuts to government programs from taking effect at midnight, according to administration and Senate Democratic officials. (Dec. 31) || ► Raw: Senate Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, 89-8. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: The US Senate voted early New Year's Day for a measure to avert fiscal cliff tax hikes and spending cuts. The final vote was 89-8. The measure now goes to the House. (Jan. 1)

► New Year's Eve around the world - Nations around the world ring in 2013 with massive fireworks displays. (PHOTOS)

(Hmmm .... I'm thinking, what is being done by the families and children in Somalia at this time? I want their pictures should be here, too. Until July 2012, the news about them was still the same: Somalis remained at risk of hunger.

Every time I see our baby's life is in good condition, I always remember the other babies and those who live in disadvantaged circumstances. When I said what I felt to my partner, it turned out my feeling was able to move his desire for us to do something: Charity.

He thanked me for reminding him about it : Charity. And I also thanked him because he's always willing to help me to balance my feelings. He understood that I was also a bit psychosomatic. I can not eat comfortably if during the meal I remember other people are starving.)

► Happy new year, Cairo? Residents speak of a tough year, and worry about a tougher one ahead. - By Dan Murphy | Christian Science Monitor  

► North African nations take different reform routes -By PAUL SCHEMM | Associated Press 

► Asian nations giving enthusiastic welcome to 2013 - Asia-Pacific nations greeting 2013 eagerly; Myanmar celebrating with first public countdown | By Rod Mcguirk, Associated Press 

► New Year's Eve Cocktails Inspired by Movies - By Sheila Marikar | ABC News Blogs

► Senate passes 'fiscal cliff' deal, House up next

► Did Obama Just Make an Assassination Reference? - By Elspeth Reeve | The Atlantic Wire 

► Biden May Be the Most Influential Vice President Ever - By Michael Hirsh | National Journal  

► Biden: "I Think We'll Get a Very Good Vote".  Published on Dec 31, 2012 ::  Racing the clock, the White House reached an accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts in government programs due to take effect at midnight, according to key Washington officials. (Dec. 31)



► Obama, Hillary Clinton top Gallup's most admired: Who else is on the list? President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both extended their winning streaks as the man and woman most admired by Americans. The women's list is more diverse than the men's. By Linda Feldmann | Christian Science Monitor 

► Why Obama must get tougher on Putin - By Tom Rogan | The Week

► Analysis: Economy would dodge bullet for now under fiscal deal - By Jason Lange

► Doctors: Clinton making 'excellent progress' in treatment for blood clot - By Beth Fouhy || Clinton's Blood Clot in Her Head Near Right Ear - By Dana Hughes 

► Venezuela's official statement on Chavez's health - By The Associated Press ||  Venezuelan vice-president says Chavez has suffered new complications, in 'delicate' conditionBy Ian James, The Associated Press  ||  On cusp of new year, Chavez's health keeps Venezuleans fixated on future - Over the weekend, the Venezuelan government informed the nation that ailing President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' from surgery earlier this month. - By Sara Miller Llana , Christian Science Monitor 

► From "Les Misérables" to "The Hobbit," holiday movies are getting longer - By Brent Lang 

► First same-sex weddings in Maine - The first gay and lesbian couples to wed under Maine's new same-sex marriage law exchanged vows early on Dec. 29. Earlier this month, hundreds of well-wishers braved cold and rain to celebrate 133 weddings at Seattle City Hall, marking the first day that same-sex couples could marry in Washington. (PHOTOS)  ||  UK Catholics urged to lobby against gay marriage - Associated Press 

► Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will spawn underlings in about six months [VIDEO] - The Daily Caller

► Did Human Ancestors "Walk" Up Trees? [Video] - By Katherine Harmon  || Scientific American 



► Is NASA Lost in Space or Aimed at Asteroid? - By Leonard David | SPACE.com 

► What's Ahead for NASA and Space in General for 2013 - By Mark Whittington | Yahoo! Contributor Network 

► Japan Launching Ambitious Asteroid-Sampling Mission in 2014 - By Leonard David | SPACE.com 

► Space Radiation May Accelerate Alzheimer's in Astronauts - By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com 

► Dog fetches cat: A Yahoo! favorite video from 2012 - By claudinezap | The Sideshow 

► Real Beauty Gold Star Awards: Best makeup from 2012 - By Hallie Gould  ||  Real Beauty 


► The Year in Babies: The Cutest, the Bravest, and the Biggest


► 2013 Predictions For Celebrity Couples


► Psy: I'm 'Ending' 'Gangnam Style' Tonight  

► US Senate approves key tax deal

The US Senate approves a deal to avert a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff", hours after missing a deadline. 22

* Mardell: To the wire, and beyond
* Obama: Budget deal close - VIDEO
* Q&;A: The US fiscal cliff
* Naming the 'fiscal cliff' 

► N Korea's Kim in rare TV speech

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un makes a rare new year broadcast, calling for an improved economy and a reunified Korea.
* Kim Jong-un in new year message - VIDEO
* Neighbours wrong-footed
* Key step in missile ambitions
* In pictures: Rocket rally

► North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's unexpected NY message. 1 January 2013 - The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has delivered an unexpected new year message and called for an end to confrontation between his country and South Korea. But he stressed that military power remained a national priority. James Kelly reports. (VIDEO) || NEWS

► 1 January 2013  - Ivory Coast stampede kills dozens 

At least 60 people are killed and about 200 injured in a stampede during New Year festivities in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, officials say.
* Ivory Coast profile 

► 1 January 2013 -  Queen Victoria: The real story of her 'domestic bliss'

► Clinton clot 'behind right ear'

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making "excellent progress" after a blood clot was found between her brain and skull, doctors say.
* Profile: Hillary Rodham Clinton
* On the road with Hillary Clinton

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Timewatch: Young Queen Victoria (BBC).  Published on Dec 6, 2012  by RosesFlowering·:: The story of how an unassuming little girl rose to be the most powerful woman in the world. At her birth few believed Princess Victoria would ascend the throne, but a number of untimely deaths and the failure of her uncles to father any children meant that Victoria became heiress to the British throne. The battle between her and her mother the Duchess of Kent, however, was to become a fierce maternal struggle, as the duchess schemed to share in the power and riches that would one day be Victoria's.



► 1 January 2013 - Greeks fight back against corruption | By Andrew Bomford BBC Radio 4's PM programme 

► Dutch coffee shops 'must see ID'. 1 January 2013  - New laws being introduced in the Netherlands mean people who visit so-called coffee shops that sell cannabis will have to provide ID and an official document confirming they live in the country.  Each local council will enforce the new rules, but several cities - including Amsterdam - may try to delay their full implementation because they do not want to miss out on income from non-Dutch tourists. | Anna Holligan reports. (VIDEO) 

► 1 January 2013 -  Africa: Where black is not really beautiful | By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg &

.... ehehehehee.. ... Beautiful is not synonymous with having white skin. As long as we are healthy and well-maintained, brown or black skin though will still look beautiful. Basically, the skin of the human body can not be bleached. I doubt the instant results of the use of mercury and hydroquinone, .... mmm can be an adverse effects permanent?

► 1 January 2013 - Lahore roundabout sparks battle of identity in Pakistan 

► 31 December 2012 - Technology teaser: Who will call it right in 2013? | By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News

► 1 January 2013 - Libyans' new love affair with ice cream | By Rana Jawad BBC News, Tripoli 

► An icy dip off the coast of NYC 

► Why an elephant might help you spot a tiger in India. With only 1,200 tigers left in the country’s wild, spotting the elusive animal can be difficult with a convoy of safari vehicles.  Finding India’s elusive tigers -  To find them, you need to think like an elephant (VIDEO)

► 31 December 2012 -  Chernobyl mammals tracked in snow

► 28 December 2012 -  In pictures: 2012 as seen from space 

► 30 December 2012 -  A science news preview of 2013

► 1 January 2013 -  In pictures: New year celebrations

► London celebrates start of 2013. 1 January 2013 - A huge firework display in London marked the start of 2013, and ending what has been an eventful year for the capital, after it hosted the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Olympic Games. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered along the banks of the River Thames to watch the display under the London Eye, triggered by Big Ben's chimes. (VIDEO) ||  NEWS - Crowds brave damp weather to see in 2013  ||  NEWS - New year revellers welcome 2013 with fireworks 

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New Years Eve From Paris, France 2013

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New Year Countdown: Russia celebrates the arrival of 2013. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Russia has celebrated its biggest festivity as New Year 2013 was making its way through the world's largest country's nine time zones bringing joy, fireworks and music. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation with a traditional New Year's speech calling for national unity, in order to make Russia strong and indestructible. A jubilant crowd in Moscow's Red Square bid farewell to 2012 and welcomed the New Year, as the landmark Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin struck twelve.



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Pyrotechnic Extravaganza: Spectacular video of Sydney's New Year fireworks. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Sydney's skyline erupted with tons of exploding fireworks as more than a million revellers cheered in the new year from the city's crammed harbour shores in the world's first major celebration for the start of 2013. Sydney's balmy summer night was split by seven tons of fireworks fired from roof tops and barges, many cascading from the centrepiece, Sydney Harbour Bridge, in a 6.6 million Australian dollar (6.9 million US dollar) pyrotechnic extravaganza billed by organisers as the world's largest. The enthusiastic farewell to 2012 will soon continue on a grand scale across Asia. Celebrations were planned around the world, with hundreds of thousands expected to fill Times Square in New York City to watch the drop of a Waterford crystal-studded ball.



► Hong Kong Bang: Video of city's biggest ever New Year fireworks. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Around 100,000 people gathered to watch celebrations in Hong Kong as a massive 12.5 million Hong Kong dollar (1.6 million US dollar) fireworks display, said to be the biggest ever in the southern Chinese city, ushered in the new year. The enthusiastic welcome to 2013 was continuing on a grand scale across Asia. Hong Kong feng shui master Raymond Lo predicted 2013 would be less turbulent than 2012 because the Chinese New Year in February will usher in the year of the snake, bringing an end to the year of the dragon, which was associated with water. Water is one of the five elements in feng shui theory, the Chinese practice of arranging objects and choosing dates to improve luck.  (VIDEO)  ||  ► Raymond Lo - 2013 Year of the Snake Part 1 

► Fireworks welcome 2013 

► 2013: What's in Store? (Op-Ed) - Adrian Salbuchi

► RT recalls 2012: Year of Anger & Change (Opinions). Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: The bitter fallout from the Arab spring together with desperate street battles in debt-hit Europe, plus heated presidential races both in Russia and the US. As the New Year is knocking at the door, we look back at the uneasy legacy of 2012.



► Alternate reality: 2012 news that didn't happen

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Senate Stalemate: US teeters on brink of 'Fiscal Cliff'. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: The United States has all but begun its plunge off the fiscal cliff, at least on the markets. And with last minute talks between Republicans and Democrats falling apart yet again, America could be in for a hard landing. Wall Street is in full retreat, seeing five straight days of sell-offs, as panicky investors jump ship. On New Year's day, 600 billion dollars worth of tax hikes and federal cuts are slated to come into force in America. And a deal to avert that is still nowhere in sight. Though, as RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports, the makings of this crisis were there for all to see.



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Parallel Universe: News of 2012 that could have happened. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Wars, uprisings, crises and world-wide protests made 2012 a turbulent year, with not all that much positive news. But what if it had turned out differently?



► New York woman shoved a man in front of subway because she hated Muslims since 9/11

► Police tighten security in Times Square considering it possible terrorist target

► Max Keiser: 'Fiscal cliff' theater distracting from real problems. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Max Keiser gives his forecast on how the financial winds will blow in 2013. (VIDEO) 

► Fiscal cliff-diving: US Senate approves last-minute deal

► Obama authorizes five more years of warrantless wiretapping

► Uneasy legacy of 2012: EU crisis, Syrian conflict, Assange revelations and more

► Evolution and revolution: RT's experts look to 2013

► Iran stages cyber warfare drill alongside Hormuz naval exercise

► Ex-wife accuses prominent Russian opposition member of pedophilia  || Rustem Adagamov

► $2 million Tarkovsky archive to return to Russia

► ARTSAVA - Inside the Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky)

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World welcomes 2013 with wave of fireworks. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Spectacular fireworks exploded over Sydney in a blaze of light and colour on Tuesday to ring in the New Year, as the city kicked off a wave of global celebrations from Dubai to London to welcome 2013. Australia's famous harbour city brought in the New Year on a balmy summer night with a US$6.9 million display curated by pop icon Kylie Minogue, who pressed the button to start the pyrotechnics.  Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.




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Al Jazeera reviews 2012. Published on Dec 31, 2012 ::  Now from the conflict in Syria to the new politics of Egypt, from protests in Greece to the Olympics in London. As the year draws to a close, we're looking back at 2012 and some of the events that changed our world.



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CAR president ready to form govenment with rebels. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: The president of the Central African Republic says he is ready to form a coalition government with rebels. But the rebels say they will advance on the capital if the president does not leave the country. 



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Viewfinder : Acting Lessons trailer. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Colombia -"I have always been surrounded by poverty and it was poverty that stole what was most precious to me." Maria is fighting back. After 10 years of poverty, prostitution, drugs and crime, she is turning her life around through theatre, expressing her past experiences and helping others to leave prostitution. Filmmakers: Manuel Contreras/ Russ Finkelstein.



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Obama says 'fiscal cliff' deal within reach. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: US President Barack Obama said that a deal to avert the fiscal cliff budget crisis due to hit within hours was in sight but was not yet done. Obama said the fallback deal being negotiated in Congress ahead of a January 1 deadline would start to solve America's budget and deficit problems in several steps rather than in a big, comprehensive deal that he had hoped for.  || ► Inside Story Americas - What is behind the US fiscal cliff standoff? Published on Jan 1, 2013 ::  The phrase 'fiscal cliff' invokes images of a US economy spiralling to the bottom, raising questions about whether it is a real crisis or political theatrics. Guests: Grover Norquist, Ryan Grim, Richard Wolff. 



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* Occupy float to follow Rose Parade - The 15-foot-high float, with "Mr. Monopoly" riding a red wagon, is designed to draw attention to foreclosures and "illegal bank practices," an organizer says.

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► 2012 endings: What we'll miss most - It's so hard to recall in December things that happened in January. Don't believe me? Look at the Oscars; filmmakers and distributors try to cram their new releases into the last two months of the year, fearful that January is as distant as 1776 in the minds of Oscar voters. So here's a little trolling through spotty memory lane to note and lament some matters of heft and moment that we will say goodbye to along with 2012 itself. -- Patt Morrison

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