[World] Venezuela's Chavez 'conscious' says VP Nicolas Maduro

Venezuela's Chavez 'conscious' says VP Nicolas Maduro
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20886185
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is conscious but in a "delicate and complex situation" after a cancer operation in Cuba, his deputy says.

Feiglin: Pay Palestinians to leave West Bank
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4327557,00.html
Several Likud officials called for the annexation of the West Bank on Tuesday, in contradiction with the party's official policy.

Indian lawyers refuse to defend gang rape accused
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/On-New-Years-day-cry-for-justice-for-Delhi-gang-rape-victim-resonates/articleshow/17844074.cms
Lawyers at an Indian court hearing the case of a fatal gang-rape say they will refuse to defend the men accused of taking part in the brutal attack.

China declines visa for Aust journalist
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255399/New-York-Times-journalist-Chris-Buckley-expelled-China-revealing-PM-Wen-Jiabaos-family-wealth.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
THE New York Times' Beijing correspondent, Chris Buckley, has become the latest foreign journalist to be forced to leave China, after authorities declined to extend his visa.

Pope marks end of difficult year, notes God's good
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/pope-hopes-for-peace-to-prevail-3340034.html
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has marked the end of a difficult year by saying that despite all the death and injustice in the world, goodness prevails.

One year later, Iraq war's legacy remains unclear
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0101/breaking20.htm
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- When the first U.S. military convoy rolled into 8-year-old Saad Kareem's middle class neighborhood in Baghdad nearly a decade ago, he was scared, even as others around him whistled and danced.

Nigerian officials deny report of massacre in northeast
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gue1h-zBACEHbw6FWNSnrss-BPVQ?docId=CNG.3ac68d01a051ad82fd6fb976029a354a.91
LAGOS - Nigeria's emergency agency on Tuesday denied a report from one of its officials that 15 people were killed at a church in the country's volatile northeast, saying two were dead in unclear circumstances.

Africa News Round Up January, Wednesday 02, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIaA9hBI5T6fRY8t0knMSFhz8rUw?docId=bbaada04d2de480dba0cb8d24411cdfd
We start off this year's Africa news review in Ivory Coast where three days of mourning have been declared in following a New Year's Eve stampede that killed at least 61 people in Abidjan, the BBC reports.

26/11 case: Pak panel likely to visit by Jan-end
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Pakistan-exchange-nuclear-facilities-list/articleshow/17842264.cms
A Pakistani judicial commission is likely to arrive here by the end of January to cross-examine four witnesses of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, after the Bombay High Court gives its approval.