[World] Hugo Chavez: Venezuela leader suffers 'new complications'

Hugo Chavez: Venezuela leader suffers 'new complications'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20873265
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said.

19 Shiite Pilgrims Bound for Iran Are Killed in Pakistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/world/asia/bomb-kills-at-least-19-shiite-pilgrims-in-pakistan.html
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - At least 19 Shiite pilgrims, including four women, were killed Sunday when their convoy of three buses in southwestern Pakistan was struck by a remotely detonated bomb, officials said.

Two China ships in Japanese waters: Coastguard
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121231-392653.html
TOKYO - Two state-owned Chinese ships entered into territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, Japan's coastguard said.

Asian nations give enthusiastic welcome to 2013
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/new-year-revellers-ready-to-party-3339545.html
Fiscal cliff? Recession? Not in Asia, where the first countries to see 2013 dawn will enthusiastically welcome the new year. Increasingly democratic Burma will have a public countdown for the first time.

Protest continues at Jantar Mantar; traffic restrictions eased
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Protest-continues-at-Jantar-Mantar-traffic-restrictions-eased/articleshow/17829238.cms
NEW DELHI: Demanding justice for 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped in a moving bus in the national capital, the protesters continued to gather at Jantar Mantar on Monday, a day after she was cremated.

Police Hand Over 474 Rohingyas To Immigration Department
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20121231-392496.html
LANGKAWI, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- The 474 Rohingyas who were detained for entering the waters of Langkawi illegally yesterday have been handed over to the Immigration Department for further action.

Egyptians Pay Price For Tumultuous Year
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Dec-30/200410-court-to-rule-on-legality-of-egyptian-parliament.ashx
It's the end of 2012, a long and tumultuous year in Egypt, one in which events could easily be spread over a decade and still make it an utterly exhausting one.

21 Levies personnel buried
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-81814-21-Levies-personnel-buried
PESHAWAR: The dead bodies of 21 Levies security personnel, who were abducted and later killed by Taliban, were flown to their ancestral villages where the burial took place Monday, Geo News reported.

At least 15 killed in sect attack in north Nigeria
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/9771704/Nigeria-15-Christians-have-throats-slit-by-suspected-extremists.html
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, tying up men, women and children before slitting their throats, killing at least 15 in the troubled region's latest attack, witnesses said ...

Iran says it's started naval drills at Strait of Hormuz
http://www.albawaba.com/business/iran-hormuz-460203
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's state TV is reporting the country's navy has begun maneuvers in the area of the Strait of Hormuz, where one-fifth of the world's oil passes.