| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | GOP candidates hit homestretch in Iowa | | It may be New Year's Eve weekend, but with the Iowa caucuses closing in, there will be no holiday for all but one of the Republican presidential candidates. |
| Celebrations sweep across globe | | After a year marked by a wave of popular uprisings, deadly natural disasters and continued economic uncertainty, millions around the world are set to ring in 2012 with a party. |
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