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Government negotiators and members of the Farc rebel group sign an agreement on reparations for victims of Colombia’s conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French police have arrested a man with suspected links to Paris attacks, sources say.
BBC News – Europe

Doctors and nurses are being urged to move away from a “tick-box approach” to end-of-life care, in new guidelines for England.
BBC News – UK

In the first debate since attacks in California and Paris, Republican candidates are sparring over national security issues and how best to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS).
BBC News – US & Canada

Shia Muslims in Nigeria protest against a military crackdown they allege killed hundreds their members and against their leader’s arrest.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder forward Steve Novak had a library full of second graders at Rockwood Elementary staring with rapt attention.
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Winter Meetings interview with Bob Melvin
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Not many people can do what Russell Westbrook does on the basketball court, but off of it, the Thunder point guard always tries to put hi
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Businesses face more than £1bn in costs from the launch of the National Living Wage next year, according to government advisors.
BBC News – Business

Egypt says it has not yet found evidence that terrorists caused a Russian jet to crash in Sinai in October, killing all those on board.
BBC News – Middle East

At least 41 people, most of them police officers, are killed after a bus falls off a bridge in north-west Salta province.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A teacher at a French school who said he had been stabbed by a man shouting “Islamic State” made the story up, prosecutors say.
BBC News – Europe

A man is convicted of preparing to carry out a knife attack in London, having been inspired by a fatwa issued by the leaders of so-called Islamic State.
BBC News – UK

US officials failed to detect jihadist social media posts on one of the San Bernardino killer’s accounts, during background checks when she moved to the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s former national security adviser appears in court, charged with fraud over the alleged disappearance of $ 2bn (£1.3bn) meant to buy arms to fight Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

Bob Melvin has the qualities you look for in a contemporary manager, and the record to prove it. Melvin has been Manager of the Year in both Major Leagues. And he had three straight seasons– 2012-14– in which he […]

The Thunder’s core of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison have been through many playoff series over the
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The A’s endured a busy Wednesday at the Winter Meetings, swinging a deal with the White Sox that netted them two pitching prospects for infielder Brett Lawrie, while further bolstering their bullpen with the […]

One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, described as the country’s equivalent of Warren Buffett, has been detained by police.
BBC News – Business

A woman wins a seat on a municipal council for the first time in Saudi Arabia, after the kingdom lifted its bar on women taking part in elections.
BBC News – Middle East