Summary Box: Signs amid Nigeria nationwide strike (AP)

STRIKE STRAIN: With Nigeria's nationwide strike over spiraling fuel prices in its fifth day, there are growing signs of strain in Lagos, the nation's largest city, where most people subsist on less than $2 a day. Angry youths bring their hands to their mouths in a pantomime of eating, while others simply beat the sides of cars or break windows to get what they want.

ANGRY MASSES: Tens of thousands have marched across the country, with one mass demonstration in Lagos every day. Oganizers have begun handing out water and bread to those who gather there to sustain the protest.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME? Organizers say they want to keep the strike that started Monday going as long as the government refuses to bring gas prices down. A similar strike in 2003 lasted eight days. But there are limits to such endurance. The rise of gang-run checkpoints and begging at protests grows as the strike continues.

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Summary Box: Signs amid Nigeria nationwide strike (AP)

STRIKE STRAIN: With Nigeria's nationwide strike over spiraling fuel prices in its fifth day, there are growing signs of strain in Lagos, the nation's largest city, where most people subsist on less than $2 a day. Angry youths bring their hands to their mouths in a pantomime of eating, while others simply beat the sides of cars or break windows to get what they want.

ANGRY MASSES: Tens of thousands have marched across the country, with one mass demonstration in Lagos every day. Oganizers have begun handing out water and bread to those who gather there to sustain the protest.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME? Organizers say they want to keep the strike that started Monday going as long as the government refuses to bring gas prices down. A similar strike in 2003 lasted eight days. But there are limits to such endurance. The rise of gang-run checkpoints and begging at protests grows as the strike continues.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120113/ap_on_bi_ge/af_nigeria_fuel_subsidy_how_long__summary_box

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Natalee Holloway suspect: I killed Peru woman

Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the 2010 killing of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman.

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Van der Sloot, who was arrested but not charged in the 2005 disappearance of 19-year-old Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, admitted killing Stephany Flores in his Lima hotel room on May 30, 2010, after the two left a casino together.

"Yes, I want to plead guilty. I wanted from the first moment to confess sincerely," he told the court. "I truly am sorry for this act. I feel very bad."

The three-judge panel said sentencing would be Friday. Van der Sloot faces up to 30 years in prison for slaying Flores, though the guilty verdict was aimed at winning a lighter sentence.

Flores was killed five years to the day after the disappearance of Holloway, an Alabama woman who was celebrating her high school graduation in Aruba and was seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot. Her body has never been found.

Video: NBC Nightly News reports on the disappearance of Natalie Holloway (on this page)

Van der Sloot was arrested twice in the Holloway case but he was never charged due to a lack of evidence. Holloway's family has criticized Dutch authorities for not making more progress in the case.

'Extreme psychological trauma'
Van der Sloot's lawyer argued after his client's brief statement that the 24-year-old Dutch citizen killed Flores as a result of "extreme psychological trauma" he suffered from the fallout of Holloway's disappearance.

Van der Sloot smiled and appeared relaxed on Wednesday as he chatted with his lawyer after the judges suspended the trial until Friday.

Van der Sloot said January 6 that he would "sincerely confess" to killing Flores in a plea strategy aimed at reducing his eventual prison sentence.

Under Peruvian law, a prison sentence for a "sincere confession" to a murder is normally much shorter than one for an outright guilty plea. He could spend less than a decade behind bars.

Prosecutors have said van der Sloot robbed and killed Flores before fleeing the scene of a crime to Chile.

Video: NBC Nightly News reports Joran van der Sloot?s arrest in Peru (on this page)

The defense had complained that the panel of three judges is made up exclusively of women and might be biased against him.

Van der Sloot has told police he strangled Flores, a skilled poker player and the daughter of a wealthy businessman, after he found her looking at his laptop computer in his hotel room.

The laptop contained emails about Holloway's death.

Van der Sloot was arrested in Chile before being returned to Peru for questioning.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45954171/ns/world_news-americas/

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En route to trio of fundraisers, White House says today's jobs event not a dig at Romney -- and Obama not yet "fully engaged" in campaigning (Washington Bureau)

Elizabeth Banks 'Gratified' To Be In 'Hunger Games'

That film along with 'Man on a Ledge' and 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' make the actress One to Watch in 2012.
By Kara Warner


Elizabeth Banks in "The Hunger Games"
Photo: Lionsgate

We've been big fans of Elizabeth Banks for years. She's such a scene-stealer and so versatile, with roles ranging from blockbusters ("Spider-Man") to comedies ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Role Models") to horror/comedies ("Slither") to hit TV shows ("30 Rock"). The woman can do it all.

But the reason she is one of MTV's Ones to Watch in 2012 is because of upcoming roles in "Man on a Ledge," the highly anticipated "Hunger Games" (one of the key players in MTV Movies Brawl 2012) and the ensemble comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting," as well as producing "Pitch Perfect," a comedy about the world of college a cappella competitions.

When we caught up with Banks, we asked for her thoughts on the year ahead.

"Obviously, 'The Hunger Games' is coming out, and I absolutely love the series. I was a huge, dorky fan long ago; it's something I'm really gratified to be a part of, the movie. I'm really looking forward to that," she said. "I'm really looking forward to a real vacation, like a beach with no one around, and hopefully watch movies, because I love movies and I don't get to see many movies.

"I'm Secret-ing some ideas this year," she added, speaking to the famous self-help book that encourages goal-planning via a "vision board." "I wrote them out, they're on my fridge for all to see. I won't say them here but I definitely have some specific goals. Last year is going to be hard to top. I'm really excited about 'Pitch Perfect,' that I produced through Universal that's coming out and stars all these really amazing young actors [Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Freddie Stroma of 'Harry Potter' fame] that I hope will all be Ones to Watch. It's just a really fun, hilarious, insane movie that I'm really, really proud of."

What are you waiting for? Your must-see movie needs your support. It's time to show character, poise and heart. Vote for your picks now at MTV Movie Brawl 2012!

Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."

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Rick Santorum Highlights Global Warming Record (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | Rick Santorum defended his work as a consultant for coal industry giant Consol Energy by pointing to his record on global warming and cap and trade during Saturday's New Hampshire Republican debate in Manchester.

"And when I left the United States Senate, I got involved in causes that I believe in," Santorum said in response to an attack by one of his competitors for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Texas Congressman Ron Paul claimed Santorum became "a high powered lobbyist" in Washington after leaving the Senate.

"I also worked for a coal company," Santorum acknowledged. "As I mentioned the other day, my grandfather was a coal miner. I grew up in the coal region. And when I left the United States Senate, one of the big issues on the table was cap-and-trade, global warming, and I wanted to stay involved in the fray."

"So I contacted a local coal company from my area," he explained. "I said, look, I want to join you in that fight. I want to work together with you. I want to help you in any way I can to make sure we defeat cap-and-trade. And so I engaged in that battle. And I'm very proud to have engaged in that battle."

Last year, the former Pennsylvania senator earned $142,500 for his work as a consultant for Consol Energy, according to FactCheck.org.

Santorum didn't delve into his views on global warming science during the debate, but he did discuss them at length during a town hall meeting with voters held last week in Belmont, N.H. A video and transcript of his remarks can be found on my blog New Hampshire Primary 2012: Green.

"The climate does change," Santorum said. "The question is, what is causing the climate to change."

"I don't think any scientist in the world would suggest there isn't a variety of factors, and I think the vast majority of scientists would say there's probably a hundred factors that cause the climate to change," he explained. "And so why have we decided that this one particular factor, carbon dioxide, is in fact that tip of the tail that wags the entire dog?"

He also suggested that former Vice President Al Gore and fellow climate activists have a hidden agenda.

"And let's go back to what that agenda is," he said. "There's a common theme that you should be hearing here. They don't trust you to allocate resources in a way that they believe is best, and so they want to have a system that forces you to do what they think you should do in running your business and your lives."

It's not the first time Santorum has weighed in on the issue as a presidential candidate.

"There is no such thing as global warming," he told Glenn Beck back in June.

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Syria's president says he won't leave power (AP)

BEIRUT ? Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday he will not step down, insisting that he still has his people's support despite a 10-month-old uprising against him.

In his fourth speech since the Syrian revolt began in March, Assad also lashed out at the Arab League and accused the Cairo-based bloc of failing to protect Arab interests.

The League has suspended Syria and sent a team of monitors into country to assess whether the regime is abiding by an Arab-brokered peace plan that Assad agreed to on Dec. 19. The moves were humiliating for Syria, which considers itself a powerhouse of Arab nationalism.

"The Arab League failed for six decades to protect Arab interests," Assad said in the speech at Damascus University, where he stood at a podium flanked by Syrian flags. "We shouldn't be surprised it's failed today."

Assad repeated claims that a conspiracy is behind the unrest, but he said it is failing.

"We will declare victory soon," Assad said. "When I leave this post, it will be also based upon the people's wishes," he added.

The president has made few public appearances since the anti-government uprising began in March, inspired by the revolutions sweeping the Arab world. The regime's crackdown on dissent has killed thousands and led to international isolation and sanctions.

Assad also accused hundreds of media outlets of working against Syria to "push us toward ... collapse."

"They failed, but they have not given up," he said in the speech, which was broadcast live on state television.

Since the start of the uprising, Assad has blamed a foreign conspiracy and media fabrications for the unrest ? allegations that the opposition and most observers dismiss. The regime has banned most foreign news outlets and prevented independent reporting.

In recent months, Syria's conflict has turned increasingly violent as army defectors turn their weapons on the regime and some protesters take up arms to protect themselves.

Syria agreed in December to an Arab League-brokered plan that calls for an end to the military crackdown on protesters, but killings have continued.

About 165 Arab League monitors are in Syria to determine whether the regime is abiding by the plan to stop violence and pull heavy weapons out of the cities.

The U.N. estimated several weeks ago that more than 5,000 people have been killed since March. Since that report, opposition activists say hundreds more have died.

Adnan al-Khudeir, head of the Cairo operations room that the monitors report to, said more observers will head to Syria in the coming days and the delegation should reach 200. He said the mission then will expand its work in Syria to reach the eastern province of Deir el-Zour and predominantly Kurdish areas to the northeast.

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Woman's quest could mean Medal of Honor for dad (AP)

LABADIE, Mo. ? It was bravery at the highest level: William Shemin defied German machine gun fire to sprint across a World War I battlefield and pull wounded comrades to safety. And he did so no fewer than three times.

Then, with the platoon's senior soldiers wounded or killed, the 19-year-old American took over command of his unit and led it to safety, even after a bullet pierced his helmet and lodged behind an ear.

Yet Shemin never earned the nation's highest military citation, the Medal of Honor ? a result, many suspected, of the fact that he was Jewish at a time when discrimination ran rampant throughout the U.S. military.

Now, nearly four decades after his death, Shemin may finally get that medal, thanks to the tireless efforts of his daughter, whose long quest to see her father decorated also opens the door for other overlooked Jewish veterans of the Great War.

"A wrong has been made right here," said Shemin's daughter, 82-year-old Elsie Shemin-Roth of Labadie, Mo., a small town about 40 miles southwest of St. Louis.

Last month, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains a tiny provision known as the William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act. It provides for a Pentagon review of Jewish soldiers and sailors who may have been overlooked for the Medal of Honor simply because of their faith.

Shemin's daughter was the driving force behind the measure, an effort that began a decade ago when she read news accounts of a similar law that provided for review of Jews possibly denied recognition in World War II. She was horrified there was no similar mechanism for World War I veterans.

So she began gathering military records, photos, commendations and first-hand accounts of her father's heroism. Eventually, she enlisted the help of her congressman and support from both U.S. senators from Missouri.

Retired Army Col. Erwin Burtnick of Baltimore, who is active in the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., helped get the bill passed. He also reviewed Shemin's war record and will present the case on his behalf to the Pentagon.

"I believe based upon the criteria of World War I, the level of heroism exhibited by Sgt. Shemin will rise to the Medal of Honor," Burtnick said.

At the time, the enlistment age was 21, but Shemin lied about his age and got in at 18. A tall, strapping athlete who played semi-pro baseball at age 15 and later played college football at Syracuse, Shemin was sent off to France. On a hot day in August 1918, he and his platoon were doing battle near a river in Burgundy.

One of his superiors, Capt. Rubert Purdon, later wrote in support of a Medal of Honor: "With the most utter disregard for his own safety, (Shemin) sprang from his position in his platoon trench, dashed out across the open in full sight of the Germans, who opened and maintained a furious burst of machine gun and rifle fire."

Shemin didn't stop there. Casualties were heavy. Many senior platoon leaders had been killed or badly hurt, so the young sergeant led the group out of harm's way over the next three days.

Along the way, a German bullet hit him in the head, went through the steel helmet and lodged behind her father's left ear. He eventually collapsed and was hospitalized for three months. The wound left him deaf in that ear.

The heroics did not go unnoticed: Shemin was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest military honor.

He eventually left the military, got a degree from Syracuse and started a greenhouse-and-nursery business in the Bronx, where he raised three children.

Shemin was satisfied with the medal he got, his daughter recalled, and only occasionally wondered if he was passed over for the Medal of Honor because of anti-Semitism.

"My father told me there was a lot of discrimination, but he didn't dwell on it," she said.

But once, when another soldier paid a visit, Shemin's daughter was struck by something the man told her.

"He witnessed my father's actions," said Shemin-Roth, who was then 12. "He told me, `Your father never got the medal he deserved because he was a Jew.' I thought to myself how terrible that was."

Shemin was 78 when he died in 1973. His sense of determination clearly rubbed off on his daughter. Her first husband died when she was just 43 and a mother of five. She went to college and became a nurse.

Since then, she's done volunteer work in war-torn areas around the world. Back in Labadie, she heads a nonprofit animal-rescue group, and her property on a rural hilltop is home to dozens of rescued animals, from cats and dogs to donkeys, geese and fish.

The new law may have arrived too late to recognize many Jewish heroes from World War I. They're all gone now ? the last surviving American World War I veteran died last year. Even many of their children have died or are well into their 80s and 90s, Burtnick said, making it less likely that surviving relatives will have enough documentation to prove worthiness of the Medal of Honor.

So far, Burtnick said, the only veteran whose case will be presented for review is William Shemin.

A decision could come by spring. If the Pentagon approves, the president would present the medal on Shemin's behalf to his daughter in a White House ceremony. Just the thought chokes her up.

"I try so hard to think of what my father would think of this," she said. "He was such a humble man. All I can see in my head is this big handsome man sitting down, tears in his eyes."

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