Monday, December 30th, 2013

Time	Event
12:41a	Schumacher critical after ski fall http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993 Michael Schumacher, seven-time Formula 1 world champion, is in a critical condition after a ski accident, says a Grenoble hospital.
12:56a	New rescue bid for Antarctic ship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25540040#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25540040 An Australian icebreaker reaches East Antarctica in a new bid to free a trapped scientific mission ship, but bad weather is slowing its progress.
1:42a	Fears for South Sudan children http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25546156#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25546156 Thousands of children are likely to have been separated from their families as a result of the latest violence in South Sudan, an aid agency warns.
8:55a	Hobbit beats Wolf at US Box Office http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25546989#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25546989 The second instalment of The Hobbit spends a third week at the top of the US box office, holding off Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf Of Wall Street.
1:35p	Tanzania elephant poaching 'rises' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25550722#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25550722 The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since a controversial anti-poaching operation was suspended, a deputy minister says.
6:37p	Egypt urged to free Al-Jazeera staff http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25553206#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25553206 Broadcaster Al-Jazeera demands the release of four journalists arrested in Egypt for allegedly holding illegal meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood.
8:17p	DR Congo 'repulses terror attacks' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25547424#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25547424 DR Congo's army repulses several attacks in the capital, Kinshasa, killing about 46 members of an "unknown terrorist group", the government says.
8:18p	IOC 'confident' despite Russia bombs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25551835#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25551835 The International Olympic Committee expresses confidence Russia will deliver a secure Games in Sochi, after two deadly bombings hit Volgograd.
8:20p	US announces six drone test sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25552825#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25552825 America's aviation agency announces the six states that will test commercial drones, a step towards unleashing the pilotless aircraft in US skies.
8:26p	S Sudan's Kiir rules out power share http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25554912#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25554912 South Sudan President Salva Kiir rules out a power-sharing deal with rebel leader Riek Machar to try to halt violence that has killed at least 1,000.
9:29p	Ten die as Iraq clears protest camp http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25548776#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25548776 At least 10 people are killed in violence as Iraqi security forces dismantle an anti-government protest camp in the city of Ramadi.
10:34p	Bombardier sells 10 jets for $259m http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25555320#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25555320 Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier says it has sold 10 Challenger jets for $259m (£157m) to an anonymous buyer.
11:48p	Huge fire after US oil train derails http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25556061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25556061 Wagons from a mile-long train carrying crude oil burst into flames as they derailed after a collision in the US state of North Dakota.
11:54p	Brazil tribe returns home after riot http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25556132#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25556132 Some 150 members of the Tenharim indigenous tribe in northern Brazil return to their lands nearly a week after seeking refuge in a military base.

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