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The suspended chief of Panama’s supreme court pleads guilty to charges of illicit enrichment and is sentenced to five years in detention.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Eurozone finance ministers have approved reform proposals submitted by Greece in order to gain an extension of its bailout, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

Three missing UK teenagers believed to be heading to join Islamic State militants are thought to have crossed into Syria, police say.
BBC News – UK

A commuter train and a truck have collided, causing three carriages to derail northwest of Los Angeles and injuring at least 28 people
BBC News – US & Canada

Suicide bombings at bus stations in two major commercial centres in northern Nigeria kill at least 27 people, police and hospital sources say.
BBC News – Africa

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HSBC has said 2014 was a “challenging year” after reporting a 17% drop in profit to $ 18.7bn, with chief executive Stuart Gulliver seeing his pay drop.
BBC News – Business

The Grand Sheikh of Egypt’s al-Azhar University calls for overhaul of Islamic religious teaching to tackle spread of extremism.
BBC News – Middle East

Birdman by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu wins the Oscar for best picture and best director
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece is preparing to present a list of reforms to international creditors in order to secure a bailout extension.
BBC News – Europe

Ex-Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind say they have broken no rules after being secretly filmed apparently offering their services to a private company for thousands of pounds.
BBC News – UK

The head of US homeland security urges vigilance after Somali-based militants call for attacks on shopping centres in the US, Canada and Britain.
BBC News – US & Canada

An Egyptian court jails Alaa Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 uprising, for five years at a retrial for breaking protest laws.
BBC News – Africa

When the ball is moving, the pace is high and all five men on the floor are playing for one another, basketball is an absolutely beautifu
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CHARLOTTE – Locked in a tie game at 94-94 with just over six minutes remaining, the Thunder was dealing with a massive a
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Greek anti-austerity PM Alexis Tsipras warns of “real difficulties”, as he faces a Monday deadline to submit a list of reforms to satisfy lenders.
BBC News – Business

Yemen’s ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has accused the Houthi militia that seized power last month of staging a coup.
BBC News – Middle East

Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma is indicted for plotting violence against Venezuela’s government – a move condemned by the opposition.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukrainian government and rebel forces exchange dozens of prisoners, in the first step successfully carried out under the Minsk agreements.
BBC News – Europe

Relatives of three London girls believed to be heading to Syria appeal to them to return, as the family of a Glaswegian woman express their horror at reports she may have recruited them.
BBC News – UK