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If this is the debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, what happens next? – CNN
Venezuela’s growing middle-class revolt – CBC.ca
CBC.caOn Monday, Venezuelans woke up to find barricades of pipes, trash and branches burning in the streets. Improvised roadblocks, cutting off neighbourhoods from each other and from the central core of certain cities, appeared simultaneously…
Myanmar orders Doctors Without Borders to cease operations – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesDoctors Without Borders has been ordered to cease activities in Myanmar, leaving tens of thousands of patients without medical care, the Nobel Prize-winning aid group said Friday. Doctors Without Borders did not give…
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Under House Arrest – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalMOSCOW—A Moscow court has put Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest, forbidding him from using the Internet or communicating with anyone outside his family. The house arrest is for two months…
Real routs Schalke 6-1; Chelsea ties Galatasaray – Washington Post
Washington PostGELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — With an overwhelming offensive display, Real Madrid became the first road team to score six goals in a knockout-stage game of the Champions League and put itself in position for its…
Philip Seymour Hoffman prize springs from libel settlement – CBC.ca
CBC.caA close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman is establishing a new theatre prize in memory of the late actor, funded by a legal settlement with The National Enquirer. David Katz has set up the American…
Venezuela: Are cracks starting to show in Maduro’s backing? (+video) – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorA daily roundup of terrorism and security issues. Skip to next paragraph. Whitney Eulich. Latin America Editor. Whitney Eulich is the Monitor’s Latin America editor, overseeing regional coverage for CSMonitor.com and the weekly…
3 Ways Social Media Is Driving A Business Revolution – Forbes
ForbesIt’s hard to imagine a life before social media, even though sites like Facebook and Twitter have been around for less than a decade. As businesses look back over that decade, they can easily see…
Ukraine parliament pushes back deadline to form new government – Fox News
Fox NewsUkraine’s interim leaders pushed back their self-imposed deadline to form a unity government Tuesday, while the whereabouts of the country’s fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, remained unknown. Members of the Ukrainian parliament had set a…
How Mexico’s police caught ‘El Chapo’ – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorDubbed the most powerful drug trafficker in the world and eluding arrest for more than a decade, police finally got the man known as ‘El Chapo’ over the weekend. Take a look at…
3 dead in weekend attacks on Thailand protests – USA TODAY
USA TODAYBANGKOK (AP) — An apparent grenade explosion at an anti-government protest site in Thailand’s capital killed two people on Sunday, a day after an attack at a similar demonstration in an eastern province killed…
Ukraine Presidency: Deal Ending Crisis to Be Inked – TIME
TIME(KIEV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian president’s office says a deal intended to end violent battles between police and protesters is to be signed later Friday, but European mediators involved in talks wouldn’t confirm it. Yanukovych’s office…
Pussy Riot band members released after being detained in Sochi – USA TODAY
USA TODAYSOCHI — Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have been released by police after they were questioned about a theft. Nadezha Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina walked out of the police station singing…
Jimmy Fallon powers ‘Tonight Show’ debut with stars like Tina Fey, U2 – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesNEW YORK — Heeeere’s Jimmy! Jimmy Fallon made his debut Monday as the new host of “The Tonight Show” in an inaugural broadcast that was heavy on star power and sought to capitalize…
JK Rowling to publish second novel as Robert Galbraith – The Guardian
The GuardianRowling news … A second novel is due under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters. The new novel from JK Rowling, written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith, will feature a novelist who is…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘in village massacre’ – BBC News
BBC NewsThe gunmen reportedly rounded up a group of men in Izge village and shot them, before going door-to-door and killing anyone they found. Officials said they suspected the Boko Haram group was behind the…
Egypt tourist bus blast kills three – BBC News
BBC NewsAn explosion on a tourist bus has killed at least three people in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian police say. The bus blew up after it entered Egypt from Israel. South Korean tourists were said…
Ralph Waite dies: Friends, co-stars react to death of ‘Waltons’ actor – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesRalph Waite, best known for starring in the CBS series “The Waltons” from 1972 to 1981, died Thursday at his home in Palm Desert, Calif., at the age of 85. The actor played…
200000 told to evacuate as Indonesia’s Mount Kelud erupts – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukA volcano erupted on the heavily populated Indonesian island of Java, sending a huge plume of ash and sand 10 miles into the air and forcing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people and closure…
Yemen prison bombing, gun assault kills 11 in Sanaa – CBC.ca
CBC.caEleven people were killed when attackers mounted a bomb, grenade and gun assault on the main prison in Yemen’s capital on Thursday to try to free inmates, security sources and witnesses said. Explosions and gunfire…
Syria conflict: Homs aid convoy comes under fire – BBC News
BBC NewsAn aid convoy bringing supplies into the besieged district of the central Syrian city of Homs has come under fire, leaving at least one person hurt. Renewed fighting in the city had already slowed…
Thai Elections Fail to Resolve Political Stalemate – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalThai Prime Minister and Pheu Thai Party leader Yingluck Shinawatra poses before casting her ballot in the general election at a polling station in Bangkok on Sunday. Associated Press. BANGKOK—Thailand’s election Sunday was…
Mayor says no gay residents in Sochi – ESPN
ESPNESPN The Magazine’s Brett Forrest discusses the reaction in Russia to President Barack Obama sending openly gay athletes such as Billie Jean King to represent the United States in Sochi. Tags: Winter Olympics, Russia, Sochi,…
Mike Tolbert conversion seals Team Rice’s Pro Bowl win – USA TODAY
USA TODAYHONOLULU (AP) — Dallas running back DeMarco Murray caught a 20-yard pass for a touchdown and Carolina running back Mike Tolbert plunged into the end zone for a 2-point conversion with less than 1…
Foxworth: Players concerned about injuring teammates in Pro Bowl – USA TODAY
USA TODAYDomonique Foxworth isn’t in Honolulu, but he’s monitoring Pro Bowl festivities closely from home, hoping the all-star game he played a large role in saving gets the jolt of life it needs. Foxworth, the…
Women and children ‘to be given passage’ from Homs in first Syria deal – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukSyrian negotiators have reached their first deal in peace talks in Geneva, an agreement to allow women and children to escape the siege of rebel-held districts of the city of Homs. A relief corridor will…
Protesters Block Early Voting in Thai Capital – New York Times
New York TimesAn antigovernment protester waved a flag in front of the locked gates of a polling station after it was forced to close. Damir Sagolj/Reuters. BANGKOK — Hundreds of thousands of Thais were blocked…
Ducks beat LA Kings 3-0 on Dodger Stadium ice – ESPN
ESPNLOS ANGELES — Corey Perry and Matt Beleskey scored first-period goals, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night in the NHL’s first warm-weather outdoor game. Jonas…
Dodgers’ Stadium Series tweet unwittingly offends hockey fans – CBSSports.com
CBSSports.comIt probably sounded like a good idea at the time. That is probably the kind of language every social medial manager will utter at some point in their careers and may be uttered in a…
Ducks, Kings thrilled to play at Dodger Stadium – CBC.ca
CBC.caTeemu Selanne skated off the ice and walked to the visitors’ dugout at Dodger Stadium, rubbing the eye black on his cheekbones in disbelief beneath the Southern California sky. ”If somebody would tell me 10…
Syrian foes set agenda at Geneva talks – CBC.ca
CBC.caSyria’s civil war foes held their first meeting in the same room in the presence of international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi on Saturday after a day’s delay and fierce recriminations. The talks in Geneva aimed to…
Grammys ready to award year’s best music – CBC.ca
CBC.caThe Grammy Awards, dubbed “music’s biggest night” by organizers, are set for a massive celebration of the past year’s best in North American music on Sunday. Heading into the 56th annual celebration, rap heavyweight Jay-Z…
Kiev Truce Falls Apart, And Unrest Resurges – New York Times
New York TimesOrthodox priests pray as they stand between protesters and the police in Kiev early Friday. Sergei Grits/Associated Press. KIEV, Ukraine — With President Viktor F. Yanukovych and antigovernment demonstrators at an impasse here,…
Philadelphia abuzz over possible 2015 visit by Pope Francis – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesThough the Vatican hasn’t made an official announcement, news that Pope Francis may visit Philadelphia in 2015 has generated buzz among the Catholic community and city residents. Vatican officials told the National Catholic…
L’Isle-Verte seniors residence fire haunts survivors, families – CBC.ca
CBC.caResidents of the tiny Quebec village of L’Isle-Verte woke to what will be another excruciating day of sifting through charred, frozen debris at the Résidence du Havre seniors home for any sign of the 30…
UPDATE 7-Canada police search for 30 missing elderly in retirement home fire – Reuters
Reuters(Updates death toll to five from three). By Matthieu and Belanger. L’ISLE-VERTE, Quebec, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Police were sifting overnight through burned remains of a wooden, three-story old-age home in the eastern Canadian province…
American snow storms: Bad weather in New York continues to cause travel … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail… whether flights will go ahead. British Airways has cancelled three of today’s flights from London Heathrow to New York’s John F. Kennedy International airport, although flights to Philadelphia and Washington DC appear to…
Rangers, Predators swap defensemen – USA TODAY
USA TODAYThe New York Rangers traded potential for steadiness when they moved puck-moving defenseman Michael Del Zotto to the Nashville Predators for dependable defenseman Kevin Klein. Del Zotto, 23, is six years younger than Klein,…
Kobe Bryant and Lakers still have no timetable for return – USA TODAY
USA TODAYCHICAGO (AP) — Kobe Bryant is riding a bike. That’s about all he can do right now, so he’s trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the…
Mumbai stampede kills 18 people, injures 40 – CBC.ca
CBC.caA pre-dawn stampede killed 18 people Saturday as tens of thousands of people gathered to mourn the death of a Muslim spiritual leader in India’s financial capital, police said. At least 40 other people were…
Canadians Peter McSheffrey, Martin Glazer among 21 killed in Taliban attack in … – CBC.ca
CBC.caThe death toll from a Taliban attack on a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and affluent Afghans has risen to 21 people, officials said Saturday, in the deadliest violence against foreign civilians in the country…
Novak Djokovic’s winning streak since getting engaged continues at the … – Mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.ukThe world No.2 has not lost a match since the US Open final in September or since proposing to Jelena Ristic. And the defending champion has now won 27 matches in a row after beating…
Google’s Next Wearable Device-Smart Contact Lens – USA TODAY
USA TODAYGoogle is working on a smart contact lens prototype that monitors glucose levels in tears. The technology could end finger pricks for diabetics. It still needs to be tested and proved accurate and safe…
Who’s gonna get picked? Predicting the 2014 Oscar nominations – CNN
CNN(CNN) — There are a lot of factors to take into account when trying to determine the Oscar nominations. Take, for example, diet. Did the star gain or lose much weight to better perform the…
The 34th Annual Razzie Awards Pick (on) Grown Ups 2 – Crave Online
Crave OnlineLady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan, Tyler Perry and Kim Kardashian round out the Razzies’ list of easy targets. January 15th, 2014 William Bibbiani. Grown Ups 2 Cast. The 34th Annual Razzie Award nominations are here,…
‘Lone Survivor’ a Box Office Success But Is It a Great Movie? – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty VoiceThis is neither the website of, nor affiliated in any way with, Guardian News and Media. Lone Survivor has everything going for it to make it a Hollywood success. It is a gritty,…
US Says Iran Won’t Attend Peace Talks on Syria – New York Times
New York TimesWASHINGTON — Iran will not participate in peace talks on Syria that are to be held this month in Switzerland, a senior State Department official said Friday. “No, they’re not coming,” said the…
What’s new from Google and GM at CES 2014 – USA TODAY
USA TODAYYou definitely aren’t missing a thing by not attending the latest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas. It is, put plainly, 10,000 dog-and-pony shows staged all at the same time in…
Raptors-Heat Preview – CBC.ca
CBC.caThe Miami Heat may own 13 straight wins over the Toronto Raptors, but they know two November victories in the series don’t mean much now. The Heat will be out to end the new-look Raptors’…
Al Qaida linked militants seize Fallujah, Iraq – Fox News
Fox News…. >> ALSO IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW, THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ FOLLOWING A STUNNING VICTORY FOR MILITANTS LINKED TO AL QAEDA.Iraq…
Twin Cities pol fights his ‘inner’ Rob Ford – USA TODAY
USA TODAYOne of R.T. Rybak’s last tweets as mayor of Minneapolis poked fun at an easy municipal and political target: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Rybak, who stepped down as new Mayor Betsy Hodges was sworn…
‘Downton Abbey’ tours and teas timed for series’ return – USA TODAY
USA TODAYIt’s not just the characters who develop when the fourth season of Downton Abbey debuts in the U.S. Jan. 5. The popular series has proved fertile ground for a growing cottage industry of getaways,…
RAW: Cambodian Garment Workers Clash with Police – USA TODAY
USA TODAYPolice wounded several striking Cambodian garment workers on Friday when they opened fire to break up a labor protest, witnesses said. The chaos comes a day after police soldiers forcefully ended a demonstration by…
Mrs. Patmore’s kitchen nightmares – USA TODAY
USA TODAYActress Lesley Nicol, who plays ‘Downton Abbey’ cook Mrs. Patmore, reveals changes for the kitchen staff in the fourth season of the show and confesses to her own personal kitchen nightmares. (Jan. 3). Loading……
Ford more years as Toronto Mayor announces plans to stand for re-election – euronews
euronews“Ford more years”. That’s the campaign slogan of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford who has announced his intention to run for office again. He was the first candidate to put his name to the ballot when…
Maple Leafs win Winter Classic in shootout – USA TODAY
USA TODAYANN ARBOR, Mich. – Tyler Bozak scored the game-winning shootout goal to turn the Winter Classic into a Winter Wonderland for jubilant Toronto Maple Leafs fans. The crowd was announced at 105,491, which would…
UPDATE 5-South Sudan rebels agree to talks as fighting rages – Reuters
Reuters… slideshows. * Rebel delegation expected in Ethiopia on Tuesday. * Government forces, rebels clash again in Bor. * African Union threatens targeted sanctions. * Conflict risks sucking in South Sudan’s neighbours (Recasts with peace…
South Sudan forces battle “White Army” – Reuters
ReutersJUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army fought on Sunday with “White Army” ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country. Two…
Freed Greenpeace ship captain back home from Russia – CNN
CNN(CNN) — The captain of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise returned home to Maine on Saturday after an absence of more than three months that included time in one of Europe’s oldest prisons. “I’m going…
