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Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks Tuesday

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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlock in peacemaking, officials said Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks.

Occupy makes annual list of most overused words

Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement stand with signs outside Duarte Square in New York
Occupy this: the trash bin. At least, so say students at Michigan's Lake Superior State University who released an annual list of words they deem so misused, overused and cliched they should be banished in the year ahead.
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Michele Bachmann

Bachmann's Iowa Chairman Quits, Endorses Paul

Republican candidate Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign chairman resigned Wednesday and endorsed rival Ron Paul, six days before Iowa voters begin the nomination process to select the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
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Stuxnet weapon has at least 4 cousins: researchers

The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Teampoison

Anonymous Group Takes Down Colombian Government Web Sites

Anonymous-affiliated hacktivist group TeaMp0isoN said Wednesday evening that it had taken down four Colombian government websites, all of which are now shuttered and bear the words TeaMp0ison, a YouTube clip and a short message on a black background.
Vladimir Putin

5 Most Important People for 2012

Who will be the five people to shape 2012? It could be anyone on list, or it could be none of them. Such is the state of geopolitics at this important moment in history.
Boko Haram Claim Responsibility for Christmas Day Bombings

39 Dead in Nigeria Christmas Day Bomb Attacks, Boko Haram Claims Responsibility

At least 39 people are reported dead in Nigeria after a series of church bombings during holiday services and one suicide bomber attack by Muslim extremists left a horrifying mark on Christmas Day. As world leaders condemn the attacks, Nigerians ask why President Jonathon failed to prevent them, with some youths rioting and setting up burning barricades in the street.
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Reversal of fortune

While the threat of credit rating downgrades hangs over Europe, a few big emerging market economies are on the upswing.
Khaled Mashaal

Hamas Plan to Join PLO Has Implications for U.S. Aid, Peace Talks

Washington's ability to mediate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict became more complicated Thursday after the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced plans to join the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), furthering its reconciliation with rival Palestinian faction Fatah.

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