Evening World News of the first of January 2012

BBC News (World): Funeral in Bahrain sparks protest bbc.in/u36JvI

Reuters Top News: China dissident-lawyer Gao jailed in far west: brother reut.rs/uI5mJD

PressTV: Saleh forces kill 3 people across #Yemen dlvr.it/136vkB

BBC News (World): How the Amazon rainforest is being saved bbc.in/veBjCE

CNN International: Egypt moves up next round of elections goo.gl/fb/aRozW

PressTV: Police clash with protesters in #Turkey dlvr.it/135xgZ 

Reuters: Boat capsizes off Lamu in Kenya, at least 7 dead reut.rs/ssYCmj 

PressTV: Taliban strike #US Bagram Air Base dlvr.it/135XvZ

Park ranger shot at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington; park closed until further notice - thenewstribune bit.ly/uKgI8S

Reuters: U.S. consumer in the slow lane reut.rs/vtoFJ8

Breaking News: Egypt changes timeline for parliamentary elections; will be over by Feb. 28, meeting key demand of pro-revolutionary groups - @NBCNews

PressTV: DR Congo failed prison break kills 9 dlvr.it/1359VM

BBC News (World): Biker killed as Dakar rally opens bbc.in/tALc86

Telegraph #worldNews: Soldier killed in Afghanistan named as 19-year-old tgr.ph/uLZGGW

AP: Pakistan accuses Iranian forces of killing 1 man, wounding another on its territory: apne.ws/ua9PbY -CJ

Breaking News: Egypt's presidential elections process to begin April, says report - @DailyNewsEgypt bit.ly/slljSs

AP: 68 arrested as hundreds of Occupy protesters confront police in NYC on New Year's Eve: apne.ws/vcfXkC -CJ

Al Arabiya English: Coordination committees say 10 protesters were killed today across #Syria

Al Arabiya English: #Tunisia says four guards kidnapped at the #Libyan border, but three quickly escaped