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Dozens killed by Islamic State in 'massacre' in Syrian city of Deir Ezzor

The Guardian | 2016-01-17

Iran frees American prisoners as international sanctions to end

Deccan Chronicle | 2016-01-16

Taiwan's first female leader, shy but steely Tsai Ing-wen

BBC News | 2016-01-16

Usain Bolt found WADA IAAF report 'shocking'

RTE | 2016-01-16

Police confirm Syrian link to terror attacks

Jakarta Post | 2016-01-16

Another Oscar year, another all-white ballot

Las Vegas Sun | 2016-01-16

What to expect from Obama's plan to close Guantanamo

Al Jazeera | 2016-01-16

John Cale: ‘Rock’n’roll is a rumpus house. You can do anything you want’

The Guardian | 2016-01-17

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Inquisitr | 2016-01-17

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Deccan Chronicle | 2016-01-15

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TMZ | 2016-01-15

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Business Insider | 2016-01-15

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Dozens killed by Islamic State in 'massacre' in Syrian city of Deir Ezzor

The Guardian | 2016-01-17

Dozens killed by Islamic State in 'massacre' in Syrian city of Deir Ezzor

UK-based monitoring group claims 85 civilians have been killed while state media says as many as 300 died in Isis onslaught...

photo: AP / Hassan Ammar

Iran frees American prisoners as international sanctions to end

Deccan Chronicle | 2016-01-16

Iran frees American prisoners as international sanctions to end

Vienna: Iran freed four Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday in a prisoner swap, as diplomats gathered to announce the lifting of international sanctions and bring the country of 80 million people...

photo: US DoS

Taiwan's first female leader, shy but steely Tsai Ing-wen

BBC News | 2016-01-16

Taiwan's first female leader, shy but steely Tsai Ing-wen

With slightly hunched shoulders and an unassuming manner, 59-year-old Tsai Ing-wen doesn't look like a threat to Beijing. But she has just won Taiwan's presidency and is steely in her belief that Taiwan's future should...

photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

Usain Bolt found WADA IAAF report 'shocking'

RTE | 2016-01-16

Usain Bolt found WADA IAAF report 'shocking'

Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt said he felt shocked and let down by the scandal-hit IAAF, but the Jamaican sprinter was against resetting athletics world records as the sport attempts to move on from the doping...

photo: Creative Commons / J. Brichto

Police confirm Syrian link to terror attacks

Jakarta Post | 2016-01-16

Police confirm Syrian link to terror attacks

National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has confirmed that investigators strongly believe that orders and funding to commit the terrrorist attacks in Central Jakarta on Thursday came directly from the Islamic State...

photo: AP / Dita Alangkara

Another Oscar year, another all-white ballot

Las Vegas Sun | 2016-01-16

Another Oscar year, another all-white ballot

Is it the members who vote on the Oscars, the films, the campaigns behind them or something else? ......

photo: AP / Jeff Haynes

What to expect from Obama's plan to close Guantanamo

Al Jazeera | 2016-01-16

What to expect from Obama's plan to close Guantanamo

We are starting to hear leaks about the US President Barack Obama's latest effort to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In Washington speak that means the new plan should be released soon. Obama signed an...