Craig Taylor

HOUSTON – After a long, five-day hiatus, Thunder fans finally get to see their squad back in action.  
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New pensioner bonds paying an annual interest rate of up to 4% are now on sale but high demand has led to some website problems.
BBC News – Business

Five Yemeni men held at the US jail in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than a dozen years are transferred to Oman and Estonia, US officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says his government is for the first time prepared to begin talks on a bilateral ceasefire with Farc rebels.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French President Francois Hollande insists satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will grow stronger after the new edition sold out in hours.
BBC News – Europe

Retail giant H&M and service station operator Welcome Break are among 37 firms “named and shamed” for failing to pay the minimum wage.
BBC News – UK

The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly planning to bomb the US Capitol in an Islamic State-inspired attack, according to court documents.
BBC News – US & Canada

Satellite images of Nigerian towns attacked by Boko Haram earlier this month show widespread destruction and suggest a high death toll, Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
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The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery.
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A court in Egypt overturns former President Hosni Mubarak’s embezzlement conviction and orders a retrial, paving the way for his release.
BBC News – Middle East

Relatives of the 43 Mexican students who went missing on 26 September in Guerrero state clash with police as they try to enter an army base.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says Islamist gunmen who murdered 17 people in Paris wanted to kill the “spirit of France” – but have failed.
BBC News – Europe

The inflation rate dropped sharply to 0.5% in December, its joint lowest on record, as petrol prices fell.
BBC News – UK

A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former police chief who killed an unarmed black man after a jury deadlocked.
BBC News – US & Canada

Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen is to be sent to the International Criminal Court for trial, Uganda says.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
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Last Tuesday, after the Thunder traded for him, Dion Waiters was whisked across the country in what was a whirlwind of a 48 hours.
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The price of Brent crude oil drops more than 3% to below $ 49 a barrel, its lowest level since April 2009.
BBC News – Business

Lebanese security forces raid a prison after an investigation found detainees were connected to a suicide attack at the weekend, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East