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South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail while he awaits sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
BBC News – Africa

MEMPHIS – In an NBA world of teams at times playing four guards at the same time and no centers, the Memphis Grizzlies a
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Oakland’s front-office members had yet to touch down in Nashville by the time Day 1 of the Winter Meetings was coming to a close, instead prepared to enter the fray of wheeling and dealing on Tuesday with a […]

At one moment in the second half on Sunday night, the Thunder led by 17 points.
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The oil price is unlikely to recover next year, according to the boss of French energy giant Total.
BBC News – Business

The US-led coalition against Islamic State denies carrying out an air strike on an army camp in Syria that the government says killed three soldiers.
BBC News – Middle East

The opposition in Venezuela wins a majority of seats in the National Assembly, overturning nearly two decades of dominance by the governing Socialists.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The leader of France’s far-right National Front says voters rejected the “old political class” in regional elections that put her party top.
BBC News – Europe

Schools, hospital services and travel are disrupted after Storm Desmond brings flooding to parts of north-west England, while Cumbria Police say a man’s body has been found after a river search.
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme court has refused to take up a case brought by gun owners challenging an Illinois city’s ban on so-called assault weapons.
BBC News – US & Canada

A long-time US member of al-Shabab is arrested while trying to escape the group in Somalia, a local official tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s and right-handed reliever Ryan Madson have agreed to a three-year, $ 22 million deal, a source confirmed to MLB.com’s Jane Lee.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec.
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Greece’s parliament approves a budget for 2016 that includes sharp spending cuts and some tax increases amid economic recession.
BBC News – Business

Yemen: Aden Governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad is killed in a bomb attack on his convoy, security sources say.
BBC News – Middle East

The wreck of the San Jose, a treasure-laden Spanish galleon sunk by the British 300 years ago, has been found off the Colombian city of Cartagena, President Juan Manuel Santos announces.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French voters go to the polls in regional elections with the far-right National Front hoping to make gains three weeks after the Paris attacks.
BBC News – Europe

Flood waters are expected to reach their peak between 09:00 and 12:00 GMT after heavy rain from Storm Desmond hit northern England and southern Scotland.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama says the US “will not be terrorised” by the deadly San Bernardino shootings, which the FBI is treating as a terror act.
BBC News – US & Canada

Three suicide attacks have hit an island on Lake Chad, killing at least 27 people, security sources say.
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