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Cameroon has carried out air strikes against militant Islamist group Boko Haram for the first time, after it seized a military base, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

The Thunder has had a run of close games and come out on the high side and a little short, but is learning from each experience.
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UK house prices rose by an average of £16,000 – or 8.5% – in 2014, according to the mortgage lender Halifax.
BBC News – Business

A court in Egypt reduces to one year the three-year jail sentences given to eight men for appearing in a video alleged to show a gay marriage.
BBC News – Middle East

A Mexican priest who was kidnapped earlier this week is found shot dead in the south-western state of Guerrero.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Snow and ice strand 15,000 vehicles in the French Alps, snarling up holiday traffic to and from ski resorts.
BBC News – Europe

Reduced rail services are due to run from some London stations, after overrunning engineering works cause major disruption on Saturday.
BBC News – UK

Thousands of police officers from across America attend the funeral in New York of a fellow officer shot dead after weeks of anti-police unrest.
BBC News – US & Canada

Top al-Shabab militant Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, one of the US’s most wanted men, gives himself up, Somali officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Some nights in the NBA, it’s all about simply taking care of business.
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A union demands “urgent talks” with ministers and administrators about the collapse of the UK parcel delivery service City Link.
BBC News – Business

Syrian aircraft drop barrel bombs on Islamic State-held areas in the north-east, killing some 40 people, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Nicaragua launches the construction of a canal that aims to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and to rival Panama’s waterway.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Ukrainian government swaps scores of prisoners with rebels in the east while on the same day freezing vital bus and rail links with Russian-held Crimea.
BBC News – Europe

Snow, sleet and rain fall in parts of the UK with one airport diverting flights, and forecasters warning of further travel disruption.
BBC News – UK

A US city government is suing the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras over investor losses due to a corruption scandal.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ivory Coast’s ex-first lady, Simone Gbagbo, goes on trial for her alleged role in post-election violence which killed thousands five years ago.
BBC News – Africa

SAN ANTONIO – As families and friends gathered around living rooms across the country and the wor
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SAN ANTONIO – As families in Oklahoma and around the world gather together on Christmas Day, they’ll have a chance to jo
Oklahoma City Thunder

The number of people seeking work in France has risen to a record high, official figures show.
BBC News – Business