The Nightly World News Report of the 20th of January 2012

Paul Danahar: #Egypt 's High Judicial Election Commission will announce final results of the parliamentary elections at 11GMT today

HuffPost #Worldnews: Thousands join mass protests against Syrian regime huff.to/xd52HW

PressTV: Militants blow up school in NW #Pakistan dlvr.it/16MdKG

AJEnglish: Feature: Brazil will spend $ 14bn building the world's third biggest dam, writes @elizondogabriel aje.me/xLIBJg

PressTV: Second Palestinian MP arrested dlvr.it/16M2nY

CBS News: Meet 84-year-old Virgil Harms, who has been mayor of Paoli, Colo. for 50 years ow.ly/8BbFs

The Associated Press: First big storm to hit Chicago this winter snarls rush-hour traffic, forces more than 700 flight cancellations: apne.ws/wVtAVY -RJJ

nytimes #worldnews: Somali and African Union Forces Strike Rebels in Mogadishu nyti.ms/wPptnA

Telegraph #Worldnews: Protests over corporate campaign spending outside Supreme Court tgr.ph/y4e9Zg

BBC Breaking News: British embassy in Baghdad has received body of hostage Alan McMenemy, who was kidnapped in 2007, UK PM says. More soon bbc.in/bsYxBA

MarketWatch: U.S. stocks close higher, capping third week of gains; Dow up 97, Google a drag on Nasdaq on.mktw.net/x3X1WJ

HuffPost #Worldnews: Gunmen kidnap American in Nigeria huff.to/y7BRmW

Reuters: GE revenue lower than expected reut.rs/xpDSMh

Al Arabiya English: At 8 least dead in Nigerian attacks, including bomber: witnesses, source #AlArabiya

PressTV: Zimbabwe teachers walk off in protest dlvr.it/16HnjQ

HuffPostWorld: Costa Concordia search resumes above water after ship shifts huff.to/wnULZR

#AlArabiya: Suicide attack on Nigerian police post kills 2 officers: police source

AJELive: Multiple explosions and gunfire have rocked the Nigerian city of Kano, targeting several police stations aje.me/wE20jj

AlArabiyaEng: 19 people have been killed by the fire of Syrian security forces across the country: Syrian activists

PressTV: 100,000 flee homes in DR Congo: UN dlvr.it/16H5q6

 cnni: Cuba dissident freed after activist dies goo.gl/fb/tWTvf