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Bitterly cold air from Siberia brings dangerously low and possibly record-setting temperatures to the eastern half of the US and Canada.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 20 people, including senior officials, are killed in an al-Shabab attack during Friday prayers in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses say.
BBC News – Africa

Russell Westbrook said it at shootaround on Thursday morning – if the Thunder plays its brand of basketball, it is a tough squad to beat,
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Additional funding will give Athens more breathing space to agree extension of its EU loan agreement.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s government is prepared to halt aerial attacks on Aleppo for six weeks as part of a local ceasefire plan, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says.
BBC News – Middle East

Hundreds of thousands attend marches in Argentina to mark the unresolved death one month ago of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

President Petro Poroshenko calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent to east Ukraine after his forces withdraw from the city of Debaltseve.
BBC News – Europe

The price the NHS agrees to pay for new medicines in England could cause more harm than good by depleting funds for other services, a report argues.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama tells a summit on violent extremism that the US is not at war with Islam, but with “terrorists who pervert it”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libya urges the UN Security Council at an emergency session to lift an arms embargo so it can deal with Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Africa

The All-Star Break was a welcome period of rest and relaxation for Thunder players and coaches.
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Of all the words to describe the Thunder’s defense against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, “suffocating” was the most apt.
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The rate of UK Consumer Prices Index inflation dropped to 0.3% in January, its lowest on record, as petrol prices continued to fall.
BBC News – Business

Jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS) have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, the local police chief says.
BBC News – Middle East

Haiti declares three national days of mourning after a power line fell on to a carnival float in the capital, Port au Prince.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece is set to request a six-month extension of its loan agreement on Wednesday, according to media reports.
BBC News – Europe

The Church of England urges politicians to deliver a “fresh moral vision” to tackle an “almost-moribund” political culture, in an unprecedented pre-election message.
BBC News – UK

A judge in Texas has temporarily halted a plan by US President Barack Obama to give a reprieve from deportation to millions of undocumented people.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s president calls for a UN resolution to authorise international intervention in Libya after its jets bombed Islamic State targets there.
BBC News – Africa

The world’s best were in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, and two Thunder players were amongst the brightest of all the stars.
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