Friday, December 27th, 2013

Time	Event
8:10a	Japan agrees Okinawa US airbase move http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25524007#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25524007 The government of Japan's Okinawa prefecture approves the relocation of a US military airbase, ending years of deadlock, officials say.
8:25a	VIDEO: Norway's 'Slow TV' attracts viewers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25524704#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25524704 Pioneered in Norway, so-called Slow TV has featured an eight-hour knitting epic and a six-day ferry journey through the fjords.
10:46a	Ocean currents may solve eel mystery http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25505612#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25505612 Scientists say that a new model of wind-driven ocean currents may explain large fluctuations in the numbers of European eels.
12:41p	Colombia military kills 10 Farc rebels http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25526831#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25526831 At least 10 Farc rebels, including a regional commander, are killed when their camp is bombed by the Colombian Air Force in central Meta province.
1:56p	Soldiers killed in Mogadishu blast http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25525907#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25525907 At least 11 people, including six soldiers, are killed by a remote-controlled bomb in a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses say.
2:40p	Deadly floods hit south-east Brazil http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25527542#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25527542 Dozens of people are killed after heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in the south-eastern Brazilian states of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais.
2:58p	Indian woman 'raped by two gangs' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25527401#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25527401 Police in India say 10 men are in custody, after a 21-year-old woman was abducted and raped by two apparently unconnected groups of men on Christmas Eve.
3:58p	Shells kill 13 at Yemen funeral http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25529232#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25529232 Artillery shells hit a funeral tent in the southern Yemeni province of Daleh, killing 13 people, reports say.
3:59p	Ambush kills dozens of Syria rebels http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25528505#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25528505 Dozens of Islamist rebels have been killed by a Syrian army ambush in a strategic area near the capital Damascus, activists and state media say.
4:42p	Kazakhs back in Italy after scandal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25528466#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25528466 The wife and daughter of a Kazakh dissident are allowed to return to Rome after a deportation case that caused a political storm in Italy.
4:55p	Three killed in fresh Egypt clashes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25528616#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25528616 Three people are killed in fresh clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police across Egypt.
6:23p	NSA surveillance lawful, judge says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/25529677#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/25529677 A US federal judge rules that mass government surveillance of the phone network is legal, a week after another court found the opposite.
6:45p	Zim envoy to Australia 'defects' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25528507#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25528507 The Zimbabwean ambassador to Australia has claimed asylum, branding President Robert Mugabe's government "illegitimate", local media report.
7:31p	US and Canada outage misery persists http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25528411#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25528411 More than 130,000 householders in parts of the US and Canada still have no electricity supply, after last weekend's ice storm.
7:35p	Freed Greenpeace activists back home http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25524589#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25524589 Five British Greenpeace activists, held in Russia for 100 days, are reunited with loved ones after being granted an amnesty from protest charges.
9:01p	Beirut blast kills Sunni politician http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25524729#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25524729 Top Sunni Lebanese ex-minister Mohamad Chatah, a staunch critic of Syria's government and its Hezbollah backers, is killed in a bomb blast.
11:23p	South Sudan rebels wary of truce http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25531089#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25531089 South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar says there must be proper talks before the rebels can agree to a truce, as UN reinforcements arrive in Juba.
11:54p	Turkey: Army will not get involved http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25525923#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25525923 The Turkish military releases a statement saying it does not want to get involved in political arguments, as a corruption scandal rages.

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