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Thursday, December 26th, 2013
3:20 pm	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.
11:31 am	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.
1:26 pm	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.
10:29 pm	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.
7:17 pm	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.
9:54 am	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.
5:36 pm	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.
8:35 pm	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.
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013
1:44 am	'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.
6:19 pm	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.
2:04 pm	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.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
11:26 pm	Astronauts repair space station pump http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25512534#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25512534 Two US astronauts successfully repair a critical cooling system pump at the International Space Station, during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.
10:49 pm	Santa's helper shot giving out toys http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512594#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512594 A Santa's helper delivering toys in the US city of Washington is shot in the back with a pellet gun but vows to carry before being treated in hospital.
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013
4:58 pm	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.
2:48 pm	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.
10:34 pm	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.
11:01 pm	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.
10:55 pm	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.
12:09 pm	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.
6:02 am	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.