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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 26th, 2012

Will 2013 Mark the Beginning of American Decline?
Prevailing arguments about when the era of U.S. dominance would end, and which country would supplant it, have been wildly and consistently wrong for half a century. In the 1950s, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was taken seriously when he told Western ambassadors “We will bury you.” Today, his country no longer exists. In the 1980s, Japan was supposedly going to be No. 1; now the question is whether the precipitous decline in its working-age population will generate a fiscal crisis.

Earthquake Strikes 2014 Olympics Host Sochi
Irina Gogoleva of Russia's Emergencies Ministry said no one was hurt and there was no apparent damage to the city's infrastructure after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was reported at 2:42 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2242 GMT on Tuesday). "The Emergencies Ministry servicemen scoured through the city districts, bridges and electrical cables, there was no damage," Gogoleva said, adding that the epicenter of the quake was some 150 kilometers (93 miles) off Sochi in the Black Sea.

Israel fears EU may push for peace in 2013
Israel believes that the EU may try to force it and the Palestinian National Authority to reach a peace agreement in 2013, according to a report published in the Israeli daily Haaretz. The report, based on an Israeli foreign ministry document, states that the EU seriously doubts the viability of the peace process in its current format to end the Palestinain-Israeli conflict, and believes that it needs a new format for there to be progress in 2013.

Legal Gun Owners in New York Outed Like Sex Offenders
The Gannett owned newspaper did not specify a reason for invading the privacy of handgun owners. However, considering the animosity of officialdom in the state toward the Second Amendment and the right to own firearms, the reason for outing legal handgun owners should be obvious.

China on Alert After Japan Scrambles Jets over E. China Sea
Japanese media report Japan sent F15 fighter aircraft after detecting a Chinese marine surveillance plane in disputed airspace near contested islands in the East China Sea. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Tuesday Beijing will pay close attention to Japan's decision to dispatch fighter jets. She said China's surveillance plane was conducting routine patrols at the time.

Syrian rebels report 18 cases of chemical attacks
A day after reports surfaced of a mysterious gas being used by the Syrian regime, rebels are claiming it was not the first time chemical weapons were employed by Assad's army.

Hamas Leader Tells ‘Education’ Conference Israel is a ‘Cancerous Tumor that Must Be Removed’
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh made new incendiary statements against Israel at a Tuesday conference on education in Gaza, iusing words that could be described as educating toward the hatred of Jews. Israel’s Channel 10 News reports that Haniyeh called for Israel’s destruction and said: “Israel is a cancerous tumor that must be removed and uprooted.”

PM visits Jordan to discuss Syria
The London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently made a visit to Jordan, to discuss the recent developments in Syria. The report hints that Netanyahu met with top officials in Amman's government, including King Abdullah, but makes no official statement to that effect.

Israel tightens grip on east Jerusalem by approving another 1,242 new homes
The homes will be built in Gilo, a settlement of around 40,000 people geographically in the south of Jerusalem but east of the green line that divided Israeli and Arab territory before the 1967 Six Day War. Jerusalem's planning and construction committee has given consent to build 942 houses immediately, with another 300 to follow once land ownership issues have been settled, the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now said.

Blast in Afghan city of Khost; Taliban says US base targeted
A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees.

Syria crisis: Military police chief al-Shalal defects
The commander of Syria's military police has defected from President Bashar-al Assad's government and reportedly fled to Turkey. Lt Gen Abulaziz al-Shalal is one of the highest-ranking officials to join the uprising against the Syrian regime. The army had failed to protect Syrians and turned into "gangs of murder", the general said in a video statement.

Nigeria gunmen 'kill at least six Christians' in Yobe
Gunmen in the northern Nigerian state of Yobe have shot dead at least six Christians, the army and local officials say. They say a church in Peri village near Potiskum, the economic capital of Yobe, was set on fire in an attack late on Christmas Eve. No group has so far said it carried out the attack.

Egypt's Morsi signs Islamist constitution into law
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new Islamist-drafted constitution he says will help end political turmoil and allow him to focus on fixing the fragile economy. Anxiety about the deepening economic crisis has gripped Egypt in past weeks, with many people rushing to take out their savings from banks and the government imposing new restrictions to reduce capital flight.

Iran media report new cyberattack by Stuxnet worm
An Iranian semi-official news agency says there has been another cyberattack by the sophisticated computer worm Stuxnet, this time on the industries in the country's south. Tuesday's report by ISNA quotes provincial civil defense chief Ali Akbar Akhavan as saying the virus targeted a power plant and some other industries in Hormozgan province in recent months. Akhavan says Iranian computer experts were able to "successfully stop" the worm.

Hamas official calls for suicide bombings in response to East Jerusalem construction plans
Ahmed Abu Haliba says ‘armed resistance’ should be used to stop Israel from building the Third Temple

Report says Netanyahu may seek secular government
Israel Radio reports meeting between Netanyahu and Livni associates on her role in next government • Parties deny meeting • PM says he will focus on three goals: housing portfolio out of sectoral hands, national service for all and changes in system of government.

Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead
An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

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