Photos: 2012 top news stories from near and far
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DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: A visitor, at the request of the photographer, looks at the 12th-century Dresden Codex, also known as the "Codex Dresdensis", one of four historic Mayan manuscripts that still exist in the world and that together suggest modern civilization will come to an end on December 21, at the Saxon State Library on November 8, 2012 in Dresden, Germany. The documents enumerate the Mayan calendar, which will complete its 13th cycle on December 21, 2012 and many people across the globe are interpreting the calendar to mean impending global devastation and the birth of a new order are near. (Photo by Joern Haufe/Getty Images)
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