[World] North Korean Speech Emphasizes Economy

North Korean Speech Emphasizes Economy
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SEOULâ€"North Korean dictator Kim Jong Eun returned to his grandfather's practice of delivering the regime's annual New Year's message in a speech, rather than in print as his father didâ€"though the exhortations to his 24 million citizens remained ...

India restrains New Year fests; hopes for a crime free 2013
http://news.oneindia.in/2013/01/01/india-restrains-new-year-fests-hopes-crime-rate-reduces-1123448.html
New Delhi, Jan 1: India welcomed 2013 on a sombre note. Nation is mourning the death of 23-year-old gang-rape victim, who died in a Singapore hospital recently.

Top Afghan negotiator cautiously optimistic on peace prospects
http://dawn.com/2013/01/01/top-afghan-negotiator-cautiously-optimistic-on-peace-prospects/
KABUL (Reuters) - One of Afghanistan's top peace negotiators said he was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taliban and that all sides now realized a military solution to the war was not possible.

UN Security Council imposes arms embargo on M23 and FDLR rebels in Congo
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council imposed an arms embargo on the M23 and FDLR rebel groups in an attempt to quell fighting in Congo's conflict-wracked eastern region.

After Rocket Attack, an Israeli City Seems Resigned to More in the Future
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/world/middleeast/after-rocket-attack-an-israeli-city-seems-resigned-to-more-in-the-future.html?pagewanted=all
RISHON LEZION, Israel - For the seven years she has been selling real estate here in Israel's fourth-largest city, Ahuva Madmoni has had clients with the usual range of priorities: view, high floor, square footage, proximity to good schools.

Keeping US consulate in Benghazi open was 'grievous mistake'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/31/benghazi-libya-us-consulate
The State Department made a "grievous mistake" in keeping the US mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack by militants, a Senate committee said on Monday.

Afghan soldiers killed fighting Taliban rises for fifth year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9773106/Afghan-soldiers-killed-fighting-Taliban-rises-for-fifth-year.html
The Afghan defence ministry said around 1,050 Afghan troops died in 2012 as the army reached its full size and conducted an increasing number of its own missions.