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DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are giving Mitt Romney a run for his money in Iowa, the latest poll tracking the Republican presidential hopefuls indicated Saturday.
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AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Ohio Saturday afternoon, seismologists said.
MIDLAND, Texas, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. serviceman was taken into custody Saturday after explosives were found in his carry-on bag at Midland (Texas) International Airport, authorities said.
ST. DAVID, Grenada, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Two police officers were charged Saturday with fatally beating a Canadian man at a police station in Grenada, authorities said.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Attacks by the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram prompted Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of emergency in parts of the country Saturday.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ibrahim Fathi Shaqaqi, son of the late Palestinian Islamic Jihad founder Fathi Shaqaqi, was arrested by security forces in Syria, a relative alleged.
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RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Virginia's attorney general is preparing emergency legislation to rectify the lack of candidates who were able to qualify for the state's Republican primary.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A bomb blast in the tribal area of northwestern Pakistan Saturday killed two schoolchildren and injured 13 other people, 10 of them children, authorities said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- About 60 people were arrested Saturday evening during a protest in Moscow, Russian police said.
HERTFORDSHIRE, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain is studying the use of lie-detector tests on child sex offenders to gauge if they warrant further investigation, officials said.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A follower of Warren Jeffs said the polygamous church leader ordered his followers not to have sex while he is in a Texas prison.
TOKYO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Lawmakers who left the Democratic Party of Japan are set to start a new party next week, officials said Saturday.
MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The family of an Indian student shot dead in Manchester say British authorities have not given them full information about the killing.
ROME, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The captain of an Italian ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia said the 18-member crew is "fine."
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A massive forest fire has closed down Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, where 14,085 acres of land have burned, officials said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Arab League monitors voiced their concern Saturday about Syrian snipers shooting at protesters from rooftops.
ATLANTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- With the dawn of 2012, those applying for a wide range of benefits in Georgia will need secure identification to prove they are legal residents.
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Iranian navy plans to test-fire surface-to-air missiles during the final days of military exercises in the Gulf of Oman, a navy official said Saturday.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Syrian government's promise to free 700 political prisoners was only a delay tactic, a human-rights group says.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A 5.3-magnitude aftershock earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, officials said.
MURMANSK, Russia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Repairing a Russian nuclear submarine, damaged by a fire while docked near Murmansk, will take at least a year, a Zvezdochka shipyard spokesman said.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised democracy Saturday as he celebrated the official end of the security agreement with the United States.
CHENNAI, India, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll from Cyclone Thane on the southeastern coast of India climbed to 46 Saturday and the storm displaced at least 20,000 people, authorities said.
