The evening World News Report of the Thirtieth of December 2011

Post World News: Vietnam sentences 5 to death, 3 to life in prison for trafficking heroin wapo.st/vZI6Lz

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AJEnglish: Video: DC reports lowest murder rate in decades aje.me/v4eFwq

BBC News (World): Chile nature park ravaged by fire bbc.in/tvTrZv

PressTV: Cyclone Thane kills 33 in southern #India dlvr.it/12tV4X

Reuters Top News: Myanmar sets April by-elections, Aung San Suu Kyi set to run reut.rs/vn2AtG

Breaking News: Earthquake with 5.3 magnitude strikes close to already rattled New Zealand city of Christchurch - Reuters bit.ly/uUE4yw

nytimes #worldnews: Kim Geun-tae, South Korean Democracy Activist, Dies nyti.ms/tc4vHX

Reuters Top News: Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels reut.rs/w25Lxi

The Associated Press: Oil prices up about 19 pct. in 2011; average gasoline price for the year was $3.52 per gallon, highest ever: apne.ws/n5gR3C -RAS

The Economist: Social Democrats were once the natural party of Sweden. But since losing power in 2006, the party has lost ground econ.st/uiO8vM

Press TV: UN deploys peacekeepers in South Sudan dlvr.it/12t1pm

The Associated Press: GOP presidential candidates ramp up get-out-the-vote operations as Tuesday's caucuses loom: apne.ws/udLn47 -RAS

Reuters Top News: Pro-Saleh protests in Yemen, seven militants killed reut.rs/vL8CjY

CNN International: Chinese man likely infected with bird flu goo.gl/fb/wWytp

Post World News: In Somalia, wounded Doctors Without Borders worker dies; Kenya reports deaths of 5 al-Shabab wapo.st/vvSoSe

HuffPostWorld: Jamaica's first female leader given second chance to govern the island huff.to/uEVJ5n

BBC News (World): VIDEO: New York prepares for New Year countdown bbc.in/tZEsLr

Reuters Top News: Third Kodak director resigns in a week reut.rs/tC1ntC

Reuters Top News:  S&P 500 ends year unchanged reut.rs/tf4Ulb

BreakingNews: Dow industrials close 2011 with 5.5% gain, while Nasdaq slips 1.8% on year - MarketWatch

Al Jazeera English: Explosion rocks Nigerian city of Maiduguri aje.me/tXFCvG

Wall Street Journal: Among Dow stocks, McDonald's was the year's top gainer, up 31%, and Bank of America was the biggest loser, down 58% on.wsj.com/uQC504

PostWorldNews: If you guessed a volcano eruption, you were correct! It was in Red Sea, west of Yemen. wapo.st/s7Qp4S

WSJ: Entering the last hour of trading in 2011, stocks are down, and the S&P 500 is clinging to a gain for the year on.wsj.com/uQC504

Breaking News: Oil futures end up 8% on year, with natural gas down 32% - @MarketWatch bit.ly/sHg0jD

PressTV: Deadline for Majlis registration expires dlvr.it/12rpD1

AJEnglish: Video: Child labour rampant in Afghanistan aje.me/tunSZD

HuffPostWorld: Rio's crack dens take a hit huff.to/t7jkNG

The Associated Press: Iraqi man arrested on suspicion of helping 5 Iraqis, al-Qaida members, hide in Romania: apne.ws/tsv8Ka -CJ

PressTV: Police clash with protesters in #Turkey dlvr.it/12rcYW

AP: Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrate around country, demanding president face trial in protester deaths bit.ly/tSSDyE

Reuters Top News: Wall Street near flat; S&P on track to end in black reut.rs/tf4Ulb