Sunday, December 29th, 2013

Time	Event
1:49a	Brazil police search Amazon reserve http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25538571#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25538571 More than 200 Brazilian police search an indigenous reserve in the Amazon region after allegations that a local tribe had abducted three contractors.
3:19a	Cuba eases restrictions on loans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25538564#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25538564 The Cuban government eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy.
9:57a	Portrait found to be Van Dyck work http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25535536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25535536 A painting bought for £400 is revealed to be a Van Dyck portrait worth around £400,000 after its owner showed it on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.
11:24a	Benghazi attack: 'No al-Qaeda role' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25540732#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25540732 Al-Qaeda had no direct involvement in the September 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador, the New York Times reports.
12:05p	Barrel bombs 'kill 517 in Aleppo' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25541726#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25541726 Barrel bombs dropped on the Syrian province of Aleppo have killed 517 since 15 December, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
12:34p	France's 75% tax rate gets approval http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25541739#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25541739 France's highest court approves a 75% tax on high earners that is one of President Francois Hollande's signature policies.
2:25p	Clashes at Bangladesh polls protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25543054#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25543054 Supporters of Bangladesh's opposition parties clash with security forces in Dhaka ahead of the country's general election next week.
3:56p	Thousands join fresh Ukraine protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25543067#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25543067 Tens of thousands of Ukrainians take to the streets of the capital Kiev, as protests continue amid anger at the beating of a journalist.
4:14p	Film composer Wojciech Kilar dies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25542530#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25542530 Polish pianist and composer Wojciech Kilar, who was Bafta-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist, has died aged 81.
9:13p	Saudi '$3bn grant' for Lebanon army http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25544352#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25544352 Lebanon's president announces a $3bn grant from Saudi Arabia, shortly after the funeral of a senior politician killed in a car bomb on Friday.
10:05p	'Suicide bomber' hits Russia station http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25541019#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25541019 A suicide bomber carried out an attack at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that killed 16 people, officials say.
10:09p	El Salvador volcano begins eruption http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25545555#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25545555 Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes as the Chaparrastique volcano spews hot ash and smoke into the air.

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