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60 journalists killed in 2014 —Report
The Punch
At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, and 44 per cent of them were targeted for murder, the Committee to Protect Journalists said, CBS reports. An “unusually high proportion,” or about one-fourth, ...

International journalist deaths soar in 2014   The Nation
At least 60 journalists killed in 2014, almost half in the Middle East   Los Angeles Times
'Sixty journalists killed in 2014'   Independent Online
Newsweek
The Express Tribune
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Ukraine Vote Takes Nation a Step Closer to NATO
New York Times
MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response.
Ukraine pokes Russia, makes move toward NATO. Was it really necessary? (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status   Times of India
Ukraine Parliament Votes to End Non-Aligned Status in NATO Move   Businessweek
Reuters
Zee News
Washington Post
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Why did North Korea's internet go down?
BBC News
On the one hand, the country is very tech-savvy (one in 12 North Koreans have smartphones) and computers are not uncommon. But, on the other, the great mass of the people are blocked from the world wide web. They can access the country's own intranet, ...

North Korea suffers second Internet outage   Fox News
North Korea Internet Partially Restored Following Outage   Voice of America
Who pulled the plug on North Korea`s Internet?   Zee News
Firstpost
AsiaOne
Sydney Morning Herald
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Sydney 'terror targets' identified in seized documents, two men arrested
ABC Online
Federal and state government "entities" in Sydney have allegedly been named as potential terror targets in documents seized during an AFP investigation which saw two men arrested. Australian Federal Police said members of the Joint Counter Terrorism ...

2 Arrested in Sydney in Counterterror Operation   ABC News
Australia anti-terror police arrest two in Sydney   BBC News
Australian police arrest two in anti-terror raids   Daily Mail
Firstpost
The Guardian
Lawyers Weekly
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Newly elected leader says Tunisia has 'turned page'
Ahram Online
Tunisia's new leader Beji Caid Essebsi said the country has turned the page on dictatorship after a presidential vote that European observers hailed on Tuesday as "credible and transparent". But outgoing president Moncef Marzouki, who lost the election, ...

Old guard victory dismays Tunisian revolutionaries   BDlive
Defeated Tunisia candidate starts new movement   Chron.com
Calm returns to Tunisia after post-election riots   STLtoday.com
Daily Mail
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Algerian Army Kills Militant Leader Linked to Beheading of French Hostage
New York Times
ALGIERS, Algeria — The leader of a militant group responsible for beheading a French hostage three months ago was reportedly killed Tuesday along with two associates in an ambush by the Algerian Army. The leader, Abdelmalek Gouri, also known as ...

Algeria 'kills top jihadist'   Gulf Daily News
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's murder   Channel News Asia
Algerian soldiers kill militant leader behind Frenchman's murder   Firstpost
Irish Independent
USA TODAY
BBC News
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ISIS makes gains in eastern Syria, Iraq
The Daily Star
An injured boy waits for treatment in a field hospital after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus December 23, 2014. REUTERS/ Mohmad Badra. Connect; Tweet; RSS ...

Women, girls captured by ISIS faced sex slavery, suicide: Report   Toronto Sun
From Iraqi Mountaintop, a Fierce Battle to Free IS-Held Town   New York Times
Sex slavery driving girls held by ISIS to suicide   Times of India
Los Angeles Times
The Times (subscription)
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Tanzanian housing minister sacked over scandal
News24
Dar Es Salaam - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has sacked his housing minister in connection with a corruption scandal that has rocked the government and prompted donors to cut aid to the East African country, Daily News reported Tuesday.
Tanzania's Kikwete sacks Tibaijuka amid corruption row   BBC News
Tibaijuka fired for graft   The Zimbabwe Dailt
Tanzania: Lands Minister, Energy Secretary Among Latest Casualties In $120 ...   SaharaReporters.com
Daily Mail
Press TV
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Abbas vows to win full recognition of Palestine state at UN bid
Xinhua
ALGIERS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Visiting President of the Palestinian Authority Organization Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday reiterated the will to make the state's bid at the United Nations to win full recognition of the Palestine. "Our state's bid at the UN Security ...

The logic of Abbas the monarch, subcontractor of the occupation   Haaretz
Abbas: Ties with Israel to be cut if UN resolution fails   The Daily Star
Mahmud Abbas says to cut ties with Israel if UN move fails   Times of India
3News NZ
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Cold wave claims many lives in UP
The Hindu
At least 50 people have died so far in Uttar Pradesh due to severe cold and fog-related accidents. With temperatures continuing to plummet and fog disrupting rail, air and road traffic, several district administrations have ordered closure of schools for the entire ...

Biting cold seen entering Gujarat as storm watch in Bay continues   Hindu Business Line
31 die due to cold in Uttar Pradesh   gulfnews.com
Cold kills 31 in north India, 200 trains delayed   Hindustan Times

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