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OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
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The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery.
BBC News – Business

A court in Egypt overturns former President Hosni Mubarak’s embezzlement conviction and orders a retrial, paving the way for his release.
BBC News – Middle East

Relatives of the 43 Mexican students who went missing on 26 September in Guerrero state clash with police as they try to enter an army base.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says Islamist gunmen who murdered 17 people in Paris wanted to kill the “spirit of France” – but have failed.
BBC News – Europe

The inflation rate dropped sharply to 0.5% in December, its joint lowest on record, as petrol prices fell.
BBC News – UK

A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former police chief who killed an unarmed black man after a jury deadlocked.
BBC News – US & Canada

Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen is to be sent to the International Criminal Court for trial, Uganda says.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Last Tuesday, after the Thunder traded for him, Dion Waiters was whisked across the country in what was a whirlwind of a 48 hours.
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The price of Brent crude oil drops more than 3% to below $ 49 a barrel, its lowest level since April 2009.
BBC News – Business

Lebanese security forces raid a prison after an investigation found detainees were connected to a suicide attack at the weekend, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Haitian lawmakers are due to vote on a deal between the government and the opposition to end a stalemate about delayed elections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France is to deploy 10,000 troops to boost security after last week’s deadly attacks, and will send thousands of police to protect Jewish schools.
BBC News – Europe

Prime Minister David Cameron and security chiefs have held a meeting to review the risk to the UK of a Paris-style attack.
BBC News – UK

Richard Linklater film Boyhood wins three prizes at the Golden Globes while Eddie Redmayne wins best actor for playing Stephen Hawking.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, accuses the West of ignoring the threat posed by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Pensioners could run out of cash by the age of 75, as a result of rule changes coming into effect in April, the charity Age UK has warned.
BBC News – Business

A suicide bomb attack in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has killed at least seven people, in the latest violence linked to Syria’s civil war.
BBC News – Middle East