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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

TTP militants storm Peshawar school, 104 killed

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants have entered an army-run school on Warsak road, taking students and teachers hostage. Five to six terrorists have entered the Army Public School 104 including 84 children killed, scores injured Firefight, evacuation underway About 500 students and teachers are believed to be inside 2:11 pm - PM Nawaz leaves for Peshawar Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves for Peshawar to supervise the ongoing operation against Taliban. "I have decided to proceed to Peshawar and I...

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UN urges debt relief for Ebola-hit nations Al Jazeera

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Suspect in five killings barricaded in Philadelphia house The Irish Times

A suspect in five killings has barricaded himself in a home outside Philadelphia, local media outlets reported. Police had discovered the bodies of five people, all shot at close range, in three separate locations in suburbs northwest of Philadelphia, WPVI...

Burkina Faso's former ruling party suspended U~T San Diego

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Transitional authorities in Burkina Faso have suspended the political party of the president who was forced from power earlier this year. Monday's decision came a day...

Denmark Claims Part Of The Arctic, Including The North Pole National Public Radio

1:39 PM ET Krishnadev Calamur Twitter i i An iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. Denmark, together with Greenland, will claim around 350,000 square miles of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean, in an area around the North Pole. John McConnico/AP hide caption itoggle...

France Urges African Nations to Take Charge of Security Voa News

Reuters DAKAR— France urged African nations on Monday to step up cross-border cooperation to tackle security challenges from Islamist groups in southern Libya to Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, as it seeks to scale back its military commitments on the continent. Amid budgetary pressures at home,...

Families of Newtown victims sue rifle manufacturer Philadelphia Daily News

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher wounded two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, filed in...

17-year-old high school senior reportedly makes $72m in financial markets The Guardian

17-year-old Mohammed Islam is the founder of his high school’s investing club and has made $72m in trading oil and gold futures before even graduating high school. ...

ECOWAS Retains Prez Mahama As Chair Peace FM Online

His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama has been retained as the chairman of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) till May 2015, as reported earlier by Peacefmonline.com. This is...