Wednesday, December 25th, 2013

Time	Event
1:44a	'Obamacare' help offered amid rush http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512543#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512543 The US government offers help to anyone who missed the latest - 24 December - deadline to enrol for President Obama's health insurance scheme.
6:02a	S Sudan mediation efforts stepped up http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25513572#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25513572 International efforts are intensifying to end bloodshed in South Sudan, where thousands of people are feared to have died in the past 10 days.
12:09p	Kallis to retire from Test cricket http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25515374 All-rounder Jacques Kallis will quit the South Africa Test team after the Boxing Day match against India.
2:04p	Christian areas hit by Baghdad bombs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25514687#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25514687 Two bombs near a Catholic church and a market in Baghdad kill at least 35 people, as Iraqi Christians celebrated Christmas, officials say.
2:48p	Russia drops more Greenpeace charges http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25515528#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25515528 Russia is in the process of dropping charges against the remaining 29 Greenpeace crew members, arrested during a protest in the Arctic oil fields.
3:12p	Pope urges aid access to Syria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25514624#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25514624 Pope Francis tells thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican to pray for aid access and peace in Syria, in his first Christmas address as pontiff.
3:32p	Robbers pistol-whip Uruguay senator http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25515833#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25515833 Uruguayan presidential candidate Jorge Saravia sustains head injuries as armed robbers break into his home while he was dining with his family.
4:58p	End mass surveillance, says Snowden http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25516081#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25516081 Ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden delivers an "alternative" UK Christmas message, calling for an end to mass surveillance.
6:19p	Eighteen migrants drown in Caribbean http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25516175#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25516175 Eighteen migrants drown off the coast of the Turks and Caicos after their boat capsizes as it is being escorted to shore by police, officials say.
6:27p	Diabetes risk 'from Neanderthals' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25506198#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25506198 A gene variant that seems to increase the risk of diabetes in Latin Americans appears to have been picked up from Neanderthals, a study suggests.
6:54p	Egypt Brotherhood 'terrorist group' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25515932#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25515932 Egypt declares the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after blaming it for a deadly attack on a police HQ earlier this week.
8:27p	UPS and FedEx delays spark anger http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25516386#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25516386 Shipping giants FedEx and UPS apologise for delays to "a small share" of holiday shipments which left some customers without Christmas presents.
10:34p	Defiant Turkish PM in reshuffle http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25516449#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25516449 Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffles his cabinet after three ministers resigned over a corruption inquiry, with one of them urging the PM to quit.
10:55p	Anger over Ukraine activist's beating http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25515838#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25515838 Opposition politicians in Ukraine are demanding an investigation into the beating of investigative journalist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kiev.
11:01p	Heavy rain kills eight in St Vincent http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25516516#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25516516 Torrential rain has killed at least eight people and forced dozens out of their homes in the Caribbean islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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