Business
 | The Sun - IRAN'S navy has test-fired a medium-range missile near the Strait of Hormuz - the route for one-sixth of the world's oil supply. |
 | CNN International - By FT Reporters, FT.com People spray champagne as they celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris early on January 1, 2012. |
 | Crikey (blog) - All Things 787 is now reporting that only two Dreamliners, both for Japan Airlines, are going to be delivered this month. That makes four to the start of February, the other two, for All Nippon Airways, having been delivered in September and October. |
 | Irish Times - CHINA'S BIG manufacturers narrowly avoided a contraction in December, a survey showed yesterday, but downward risks persist and suggest the world's second-largest economy will need fresh policy support to counter a slowdown in growth. |
 | Perth Now - FLOAT: A trader works on the floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which has seen more IPOs than any other market in the world. Picture: AFP Source: AFP HONG Kong is set to be crowned as the world's biggest IPO market for the third consecutive year, ... |
 | Channel 6 News Online - HANOI, VIETNAM (BNO NEWS) -- A Vietnamese sailor was found alive on Friday after his cargo ship sank off the coast of Vietnam on Sunday, killing nearly two dozen people, officials said. |
 | The Tennessean - Chris Kahn | AP NEW YORK - The price of oil soared in 2011 and will finish about 19 percent higher, on average, after a volatile year dominated by concerns about global supplies. |
 | Independent Online - Hungary hiked Sunday its main value-added tax (VAT) rate to 27 percent from 25 percent, making it the highest in the European Union, in a government move to fill budget holes. |
 | Press TV - Greek workers at museums and archeological sites have gone on strike in protest against austerity measures imposed by the government. |
Health
 | Pakistan Observer - Guangzhou—Health authorities in south Guangdong province have yet to find the cause of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, that led to the death of a bus driver, a local disease control official said Sunday. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Surgeons in Britain warned against the use of PIP implants in 2006 and 2007, but it took regulators four years to ban them. Photo: AFP Britain's Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has ordered an urgent review of faulty silicone breast implants given to ... |
 | WJFW-TV - Rhinelander - Now that the champagne is drunk and most of those holiday leftovers are eaten, it's time to think about your New Year's Resolution. |
 | IBNLive.com - PTI Beijing: Twenty four people died in an eastern China province this year after suffering from viral hemorrhagic fever that spreads through rats, figures released by the provincial health bureau said on Saturday. |
 | Mirror.co.uk - by Lachlan Mackinnon, Daily Mirror 2/01/2012 MILLIONS of New Year resolutions to quit smoking last less than seven days, research suggests. |
 | The Atlantic - By Genevra Pittman Red meat is an important source of protein, but eating too much of it could result in various health problems, including renal cancer. |
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