Emily Taylor

The White House is hosting meetings with civil rights leaders and others to discuss “mistrust” between police and ethnic minorities, following unrest in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson.
BBC News – US & Canada

Yacine Brahimi is voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 and becomes the first Algerian to win the award.
BBC News – Africa

Head Coach Scott Brooks and his staff intently watched every second of
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After a schedule in early November that seemingly never gave the Thund
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Black Friday was the busiest ever day for online retailer Amazon UK, with sales that “surpassed all expectations”, the company says.
BBC News – Business

Fighting intensifies in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, as Islamic State launches at least four suicide attacks against Kurdish defenders.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Farc, says Gen Alzate and two other hostages it kidnapped earlier this month will be freed later.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Swiss are voting in a referendum to slash net immigration to a “sustainable” level of no more than 0.2% of the population, or 16,000 people.
BBC News – Europe

Chancellor George Osborne is to announce an extra £2bn in funding for the health service across the UK in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
BBC News – UK

The white policeman who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in the US, triggering nationwide riots, has resigned, his lawyer says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egyptian police break up a demonstration in Cairo over the dropping of charges against ex-President Mubarak for the killing of protesters in 2011.
BBC News – Africa

Slicing through the traffic of players switching ends of the floor, Russell Westbrook accelerated, hesitated then exploded through
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Retailers including John Lewis and Currys head for record online sales as frenzied shopping swamps websites.
BBC News – Business

At least two demonstrators die in Egypt as Islamist anti-government protesters clash with police in Cairo.
BBC News – Middle East

One of Latin America’s most beloved comic actors, the Mexican Roberto Gomez Bolanos, or “Chespirito”, dies at the age of 85.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pope Francis calls for all faiths to enter a dialogue to counter fanaticism and fundamentalism, at the start of a key visit to Turkey.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron urges EU leaders to back his “reasonable” plans to curb welfare benefits for migrants, saying he will “rule nothing out” if they fail.
BBC News – UK

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice can play again after winning his appeal against an indefinite ban issued for hitting his wife.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens are killed and many more hurt in a bomb and gun attack during prayers at one of the biggest mosques in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano.
BBC News – Africa

Over the last couple of weeks, the Thunder has lost some heartbreaking games at the buzzer.
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