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 Nation and world in brief January 4 (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Photo: Blast of frigid air stops India cold Workers warm themselves around a bonfire Saturday at a firewood market in Amritsar, India. The northern belt of India remained in the grip of an intense cold wave and heavy fog, disrupting air, rail and road transportation.
 Nine days from a wild world junior championship (Ottawa Citizen)
It's not often you get to cover your favourite sporting event in your hometown. So I've kept my first diary since ... uhh ... ever.
 My View: The great disconnect of technology (Gloucester Daily Times)
While stopped and waiting to merge into rotary traffic at Grant Circle during one busy morning rush hour, I happened to glance up at my rearview mirror. That's when I noticed that the small, foreign-made SUV directly behind me was rolling ever so slowly forward, and was about to make contact with my car.
 One Loudoun Puts Pavement In Place (Leesburg Today)
While much of the news in Loudoun recently has been of potential budget cuts and economic worries, at least one small piece of the county is continuing to tell a positive story.