Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

Time	Event
9:30a	Kashmir rivals talk to ease tension http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25502850#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25502850 Top India and Pakistani military officials meet for the first time in 14 years to discuss ways to ensure peace on the de facto border in Kashmir.
9:34a	Hugh Jackman quits Houdini musical http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25504392#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25504392 X-Men star Hugh Jackman pulls out of an upcoming Broadway musical about Harry Houdini in which he was to have played the famed illusionist.
9:47a	Egypt security HQ hit by deadly bomb http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25501732#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25501732 A huge car bomb outside an Egyptian security building kills at least 12 people and wounds more than 100 in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo.
11:21a	Storms cut power in US and Canada http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25499753#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25499753 Hundreds of thousands of households in Canada and the northern US face Christmas without electricity after Sunday's ice storm.
11:38a	Branson calls for Uganda boycott http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25506754#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25506754 UK business tycoon Richard Branson calls on companies and tourists to boycott Uganda after its parliament approves a bill to toughen the punishment for homosexual acts.
11:53a	China probes baby 'vaccines deaths' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25505332#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25505332 Chinese health experts are investigating the deaths of eight babies who had been vaccinated against hepatitis B, state media report.
2:59p	Mandela royals back widow Machel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25506758#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25506758 The royal family to which Nelson Mandela belonged calls on his family not to undermine or intimidate his widow Graca Machel, amid reports of a feud.
3:21p	Deadly Aleppo air strikes continue http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25509933#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25509933 At least 15 people have died in air strikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say, as the government's assault on rebel-held areas continues.
4:08p	Two dead in Israel-Gaza violence http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25509644#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25509644 A Palestinian girl is killed in a series of retaliatory Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, after an Israeli civilian was shot dead by a sniper.
4:34p	Snowden says 'mission accomplished' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25504334#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25504334 Ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked details of US electronic surveillance programmes, says he achieved his aim.
5:25p	Russia drops first Greenpeace case http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25504016#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25504016 A British man arrested by Russia over Greenpeace protests in the Arctic has charges dropped, with the others expected to be freed soon.
5:46p	Khodorkovsky applies for Swiss visa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25509625#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25509625 Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has applied for a visa to travel to Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry says.
6:13p	Lampedusa migrant centre cleared http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25510864#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25510864 Italy begins clearing a notorious migrant reception centre on Lampedusa following a series of protests against unsanitary conditions and mistreatment.
9:06p	Thousands dead in S Sudan, UN says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25511595#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25511595 Thousands of people must have been killed in the past week of violence in South Sudan, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator there tells the BBC.
9:23p	Egypt police arrest former PM Qandil http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25512362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25512362 Egyptian police have arrested Hisham Qandil, the former prime minister who served under ousted President Mohammed Morsi, the interior ministry says.
10:16p	Christmas crowds gather in Bethlehem http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25505334#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25505334 Crowds gather in the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations, while in Rome, Pope Francis presides over his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff.
10:49p	Santa's helper shot giving out toys http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512594#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512594 A Santa's helper delivering toys in the US city of Washington is shot in the back with a pellet gun but vows to carry before being treated in hospital.
11:26p	Astronauts repair space station pump http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25512534#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25512534 Two US astronauts successfully repair a critical cooling system pump at the International Space Station, during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.

<< Previous Day

2013/12/24 [Calendar]

Next Day >>