Craig Taylor

NEW ORLEANS – The diagnosis postgame on Tuesday was that Head Coach Scott Brooks’ team didn’t play Thunder basketb
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A package to boost bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses has been announced ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement.
BBC News – Business

Iran has made air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days, though not in co-ordination with the US, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East

More than half the carbon stored in the Amazon is on indigenous lands at risk of destruction which could threaten the climate, say scientists.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino says the manoeuvre that sank the cruise ship was carried out to impress passengers.
BBC News – Europe

More than 1,400 flood defence projects are chosen to receive £2.3bn funding over the next six years ahead of the Autumn Statement.
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US President Barack Obama is expected to nominate former Pentagon official Ashton Carter as the new US defence secretary.
BBC News – US & Canada

US President Barack Obama renews calls for Congress to approve $ 6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak.
BBC News – Africa

During the first month of the season, the Thunder was moving at a breakneck pace.
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US retailers report sluggish Black Friday spending, with sales falling 11% from the same period last year, according to an industry group.
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The UN’s World Food Programme suspends a critical food aid scheme for more than 1.6 million Syrian refugees because of a funding crisis.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos demands an explanation from Gen Ruben Dario Alzate about his kidnapping following his release on Sunday.
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The rouble suffered its biggest one-day decline since 1998 as oil prices continued to fall on Monday, escalating fears about the Russian economy.
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A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital is jailed for 22 years.
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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.
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Fighting intensifies in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, as Islamic State launches at least four suicide attacks against Kurdish defenders.
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