January 26, 2012

Buckets of rain and powerful winds that likely spawned several tornadoes
swept across Texas on Jan. 25, forcing drivers to abandon cars on
flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for a historic
dry spell.

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AFP

The US military plans to send a large floating base for commando teams
to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran and intensifying
fighting in Yemen, according to The Washington Post.

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by Staff Writers
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2012  

Extraordinarily cold temperatures in the winter of 2010/2011 caused the
most massive destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far: The
mechanisms leading to the first ozone hole above the North Pole were
studied by scientists of the KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate
Research (IMK).

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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Croatia's state referendum commission says a
majority of Croats have voted in favor of joining the debt-stricken
European Union.

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By Mike Oboh | Reuters

KANO (Reuters) - Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the
northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a
hospital doctor said on Sunday, underscoring the challenge President
Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos.

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Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait
of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran
backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier
returned to the strategic waterway.

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