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The UN asks for $ 16.4bn for its aid operations in 2015, much of it for Syria, in its biggest-ever annual request.
BBC News – Middle East

Relatives demand justice after Alexander Mora, one of 43 Mexican students who went missing in Iguala on 26 September, is confirmed dead.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A call by German conservatives for immigrants to speak German in the home as well as in public triggers a political furore.
BBC News – Europe

An income squeeze, benefit delays and high utility bills are blamed by a cross-party committee of MPs for a rise in hunger in the UK.
BBC News – UK

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says there is no need for a review into operations to free Americans held by militants despite recent failures.
BBC News – US & Canada

The family of Anni Dewani believe they have been failed by the justice system after millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani is cleared of the honeymoon murder.
BBC News – Africa

DETROIT – Late in the second quarter, Kevin Durant was feeling it.
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DETROIT – Both at home and on the road, not a moment is wasted.
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Food giant Premier Foods has received millions of pounds from its suppliers in return for the chance to continue working with it, Newsnight learns.
BBC News – Business

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, detained in Iran for more than four months, is formally charged with unspecified crimes.
BBC News – Middle East

At least one of 43 Mexican students who went missing in Guerrero state has been identified from charred remains, an official says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s Vladimir Putin hopes a permanent ceasefire will soon be agreed in Ukraine, after Moscow talks with French counterpart Francois Hollande.
BBC News – Europe

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond is to stand for a seat at Westminster at next May’s General Election, the BBC understands.
BBC News – UK

The funeral of Akai Gurley, a New York man fatally shot by police last month, is held in Brooklyn, as protests continue around the country.
BBC News – US & Canada

US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie are killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a rescue attempt by special forces.
BBC News – Africa

PHILADELPHIA – On the opening possession, four crisp passes and a perfectly run offensive set resulted in a Russell West
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The US economy added 321,000 jobs in November, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Rights group Amnesty International criticises the world’s wealthiest nations for taking in a “pitiful” number of Syria’s most vulnerable refugees.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine campaign group says it has found another child snatched from political prisoners detained and killed under military rule in the 1970s.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Greek prime minister says the British Museum’s decision to loan one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia is “an affront” to the Greek people.
BBC News – Europe