Business
 | The Express Tribune - Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warns 'not a drop of oil will pass through the Strait of Hormuz. By AFP Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warns 'not a drop of oil will pass through the Strait of Hormuz. |
 | Bloomberg - Asian stocks posted their first annual decline in three years as sovereign-debt concerns in Europe and the US further cut into an earnings outlook eroded by China's efforts to fight inflation and Japan's record quake. |
 | Philippine Star - By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) Updated December 30, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II yesterday ordered the department's 19 attached agencies to tighten security in all ... |
 | The Independent - AP So often the archetypal leader that one is accustomed to hearing of are the suited and booted CEOs, ... It was a fitting end to a disastrous year for corruption-ridden India's floundering government, dest... A feeling of sensationalism and ... |
 | CBS News - (AP) MADRID - Spain's new government warned Friday that the country's budget deficit will be much higher than anticipated this year, as it unveiled a first batch of austerity measures that include surprise income and property tax hikes. |
 | China Daily - NEW YORK - Oil prices slipped on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, but still locked a gain of more than 8 percent for the year. |
 | Philippine Star - NEW YORK (Xinhua) -- The US stocks fell on Friday, ending an extremely volatile year with little to cheer, as concerns about uncertainties haunting the world economy still weighed on the market. |
 | National Post - By Le Thang Long HANOI • A Vietnamese seaman survived five days floating in open ocean with only a life jacket for protection after his cargo ship sank and all his 22 crewmates died, before he was rescued Friday. |
 | Toronto Star - The year of the earthquake and tsunami is how 2011 will be remembered in Japan. No bounen-kai (forget-the-year party) has passed without thoughts of those who lost so much in the triple earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster on or after March 11. |
 | Arab News - By PK ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Industrial City Dawa Office will print 20000 copies of the Qur'an translation and commentary in Tagalog for distribution among the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the world, ... |
Health
 | Inquirer.net - Just what would it take to scare people away from dangerous firecrackers every New Year? Authorities have tried persuasion and blunt warning alike, but they haven't had much impact on a populace so in thrall to the supposed lucky properties of ... |
 | The Independent - John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and Washington. |
 | Washington Post - A look at some of the most common New Year's resolutions people make. What's yours for 2012? Getting fit, working out more, making time for the gym - however you phrase it, it's an admirable goal. |
 | CNN International - By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A 39-year-old man is in a southern Chinese hospital suffering from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported Friday. |
 | Los Angeles Times - Silent strokes, small areas of dead brain tissue, may be responsible for memory loss in older people. A study, released recently in the journal Neurology, looked at the effects of those silent strokes on memory, as well as hippocampus size. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - By Jimm Phillips Seasonal influenza finally arrived in Maryland this week, more than two months later than flu cases began appearing last year, state health officials announced Friday. |
 | PlanetSave.com - A record number of at least 13 large-scale ivory seizures in 2011, along with continued elephant killings in Africa, indicate that the illegal ivory trade is thriving - thanks to demand from Asia. |
 | Gizmodo Australia - Sometimes who you work with can be just as important as the job itself. And if physics is your passion the opportunity of a lifetime has just popped up, as Stephen Hawking is now looking for a new assistant. |
 | Times of India - Scientists have identified a genetic mutation which they believe increases the hereditary risk for developing pancreatic cancer. The finding of the ataxia telangiectasia mutated gene, or ATM, may hold the key to better screening the fourth most common ... |
 | Huffington Post - Bloomberg's next conquest in his crusade against smoking? Light smokers. That's right, Ms. "I only smoke when I'm drunk" or Mr. |
 | KING5.com - by KING 5 HealthLink So you had one too many and now you're suffering. It's a classic hangover. If you end up having a little too much champagne ringing in the new year this weekend, there is an easy way to undo some of the damage. |
 | Sacramento Bee - By CAROL M. OSTROM SEATTLE -- You've heard "a minute on the lips, years on the hips," or some variation. But did it make you put down that frosted butter cookie? |
 | Hindustan Times - One in four teenagers are in danger of early hearing loss as a direct result of listening to music on their personal listening devices (PLDs) like MP3 players and iPods. |
 | CBS News - (AP) MONTREAL - Here's something to keep in mind the next time you reach for a paper towel in a public washroom. A study by Laval University in Quebec City finds bacteria thrives on the paper products, even unused towels. |
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