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Nigerian troops repel a Boko Haram attack on the north-east city of Gombe, officials say, after the group’s first frontal assault on the state capital.
BBC News – Africa

The alarm clocks went off early on Friday morning in New York, as Kevi
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The eurozone economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.3% in the last three months of 2014, helped by rapid growth in Germany.
BBC News – Business

Egypt says it is ready to evacuate its citizens from Libya after IS militants release images apparently showing Egyptian Christians seized there.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s left wing Farc guerrillas announce that they will no longer look to recruit soldiers below the age of 17.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

New fighting is reported in eastern Ukraine despite a new ceasefire deal that is due to come into force at midnight on Saturday.
BBC News – Europe

Ex-TV weatherman Fred Talbot is found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys when he was a teacher.
BBC News – UK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises US President Barack Obama for his silence over the murder of three Muslim students in the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram militants from Nigeria attack a village on the shores of Lake Chad overnight, the first such attack on Chadian soil, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

The Thunder touched down in the Big Apple on Thursday morning, kick-starting what will be an exciting and eventful 2015 All-Star Weekend.
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Greek and eurozone officials have left a seven-hour meeting without even basic agreement on how to proceed in talks over the country’s debt crisis.
BBC News – Business

The US, UK and France are closing their embassies in Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation and political crisis in the country.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, releases a Dutch citizen who had been held in captivity for more than a year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Urgent talks on ending the conflict in Ukraine – brokered by Germany and France – last all night in Minsk, as fighting rages in the east.
BBC News – Europe

Class sizes for five, six and seven year-olds in England will be no larger than 30 under Labour, Ed Miliband is to say.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama has said Islamic State (IS) militants “will lose” as he asks Congress to formally authorise military force against them.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than 300 migrants are feared dead after trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa just days after a similar tragedy.
BBC News – Africa

In the NBA, particularly when it comes to April and May, teams have to be able to play multiple different styles and be adaptable to matc
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On Saturday afternoon, as soon as Oklahoma City Blue Head Coach Mark Daigneault got the word from his Thunder colleagues, he knew he only
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Sky and BT Sport pay a record £5.136bn to show live Premier League football between 2016 and 2019 – 71% above the current deal.
BBC News – Business