Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

Time	Event
12:09a	Rio women shun topless ban protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25479789#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25479789 Less than a dozen women turn up at a planned mass protest on Rio de Janeiro's famous Ipanema beach against a decades-old legal ban on topless sunbathing.
3:07a	Cuba calls for better US relations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25479795#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25479795 Cuban President Raul Castro calls for "civilised relations" with the United States, but says both sides have to respect each other's differences.
8:44a	Mozambique plane crash 'intentional' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482083#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482083 Mozambique's civil aviation institute says a pilot deliberately crashed a passenger plane last month, killing all 33 people on board.
11:49a	Libya first suicide bomb kills seven http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482088#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482088 Seven people are killed at a security checkpoint near Benghazi in the first known suicide attack on Libya soil since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi.
1:16p	Australian plane to monitor whaling http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25485221#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25485221 Australia is to send a surveillance plane to the Southern Ocean in a bid to stop conflict between Japanese whaling vessels and environmentalists.
1:22p	Jewish champion Edgar Bronfman dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25485099#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25485099 Long-time head of the World Jewish Congress Edgar Bronfman - who helped force Swiss banks return over $1bn to Holocaust victims - dies aged 84.
3:04p	Afghan general warns over pact delay http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25486080#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25486080 A top Afghan general tells the BBC his country may be dangerously exposed if a security pact with the US on its military withdrawal is not signed soon.
3:26p	Egypt jails three leading activists http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25484064#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25484064 Three prominent Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners are sentenced to three years in jail for organising an unauthorised protest.
4:05p	Racist tweet costs PR officer job http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25484537#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25484537 US public relations executive Justine Sacco loses her job with the media company IAC, after tweeting a racist message about Aids in Africa.
6:12p	Ukraine opposition pursues protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25486887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25486887 Ukrainian opposition leaders vow to continue pro-EU protests over the holiday period, as tens of thousands rally in central Kiev.
6:30p	Assad aircraft pound Aleppo district http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25487091#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25487091 Syrian government helicopters bomb a district of Aleppo, killing at least 25 people, as fighting for the country's second city rages.
7:21p	Khodorkovsky vows to help prisoners http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25485746#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25485746 Pardoned former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he will do all he can to free political prisoners but will not enter politics.
7:38p	CIA 'helped Colombia Farc attacks' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25487854#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25487854 The CIA has provided intelligence and technology used by Colombia to kill at least two dozen Farc rebel leaders, the Washington Post alleges.
8:33p	South Sudan rebels control key town http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25487084#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25487084 South Sudan's army confirms that the capital of the oil-producing Unity State has fallen to rebels supporting former Vice-President Riek Machar.
8:58p	Kenya train crashes in Nairobi slum http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25483720#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25483720 A freight train crashes into homes in huge Nairobi slum of Kibera, injuring at least 10 people.

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