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• Iranian officials are cracking down on dissidents, calling for the arrest of anti-government demonstrators.
• A pair of mass whale strandings in New Zealand has left 125 whales beached and killed.
• The federal budget rose by four percent under Obama's first year, but that's less than the double digit increases under Bush.
• Japanese Finance Minister Hirohijo Fujii has been hospitalized for high blood pressure.
• More Amazon.com e-books for the Kindle were sold on Christmas Day than physical copies according to the retailer.