Thursday, December 26th, 2013

Time	Event
1:14a	US and Canada suffer continuing cuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25517001#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25517001 More than 500,000 homes in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekend's severe ice storm.
9:24a	Entire prep school shipped to Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25444583#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25444583 The entire contents of a former prep school in Yorkshire is being shipped out to a primary school in Africa.
9:54a	China marks Mao's birth anniversary http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25518017#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25518017 Celebrations are being held in China to commemorate the 120th of the birth of Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China.
11:31a	China condemns Japan PM shrine visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25518166#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25518166 China and South Korea condemn Japan PM Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial shrine to war dead that includes hundreds of WW2 war criminals.
1:26p	Russia says Arafat was not poisoned http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25518813#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25518813 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, not radiation poisoning, Russian scientists who examined his remains have concluded.
2:04p	Thailand rejects election delay call http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25519328#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25519328 Thailand's government rejects calls to delay the forthcoming election, amid increasingly violent protests in which a policeman has been shot dead.
3:20p	Several hurt in Egypt bus bomb blast http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25518116#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25518116 Five people are hurt by a bomb near a bus in Egypt's capital, Cairo, as some 16 Muslim Brotherhood members are held on terrorism charges.
5:36p	Theatre director rams Elysee Palace http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25520914#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25520914 A man identified by police as a protesting theatre director rams his car into a gate of the French presidential residence in Paris.
5:56p	Carnivorous fish attack bathers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25522354#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25522354 A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha attacks bathers in an Argentine river, injuring dozens.
7:17p	UN renews South Sudan peace plea http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25520920#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25520920 The UN again urges rival forces in South Sudan to lay down their arms, and says the first UN reinforcements should arrive in the next 48 hours.
7:44p	LA airport attack: Not guilty plea http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523003#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523003 Paul Ciancia, charged with murdering a federal security officer in a rampage at LA International Airport in November, pleads not guilty.
8:35p	Dozens dead in latest CAR unrest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25520701#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25520701 Dozens of people are killed, including six peacekeepers from Chad, in the latest violence in the Central African Republic, officials say.
9:40p	US court quashes priest's conviction http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523221#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523221 A court in Pennsylvania in the United States reverses the conviction of Monsignor William Lynn for covering up sex abuse claims.
10:29p	Obama signs bipartisan budget bill http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523337#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25523337 US President Barack Obama signs a two-year bipartisan federal budget bill, averting the risk of a government shutdown in January.

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