Craig Taylor

Seleka rebels in the Central Africa Republic say they should be given the $ 5m US reward for capturing a Ugandan militia leader wanted for war crimes.
BBC News – Africa

The last two games haven’t started the way the Thunder wanted, and that has led to uphill battles for the rest of the contest.
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SACRAMENTO – It was an ice cold start for the Thunder and things never warmed up.
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Marks and Spencer reports a “difficult” festive trading period for clothing sales, with “unsatisfactory” online sales distribution performance.
BBC News – Business

Reports from Syria say some members of the religious police force set up by the militant group Islamic State have been kidnapped.
BBC News – Middle East

The leader of Paraguay’s ACA rebel group, Albino Jara, is killed in a clash with special security forces in the north, the authorities say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police in France make seven arrests as they hunt for two named suspects over the suspected Islamist attack on staff at a satirical magazine.
BBC News – Europe

The beleaguered supermarket Tesco has said it will close 43 unprofitable stores, and look to make cuts of £250m, despite enjoying better Christmas sales.
BBC News – UK

Temperatures across much of northern and eastern US are plunging to “dangerously cold” levels, the National Weather Service says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Uganda’s military confirms that a senior commander from the Lord’s Resistance Army has been taken into custody by US forces in the Central African Republic.
BBC News – Africa

SACRAMENTO – With a welcoming, positive environment that has been cultivated over the years by team leaders like K
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A month before the start of the financial crisis, the Bank of England was apparently unaware of impending trouble, new documents reveal.
BBC News – Business

An Israeli military court sentences a Palestinian man to three life terms for the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.
BBC News – Middle East

The Cuban government has released some of the 53 political prisoners on a US list, the state department says, amid a thaw in US-Cuban relations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A female suicide bomber blows herself up in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing one police officer and injuring another, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

Labour calls on the government to hold an urgent summit on how to alleviate pressure on A&E services in English hospitals.
BBC News – UK

The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, survives a conservative rebellion to win re-election as Speaker.
BBC News – US & Canada

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell agrees to a $ 84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two major oil spills.
BBC News – Africa

OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors came out smoking hot, but the Thunder, ice cold.
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