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Muslim Politicians Push Alcohol Ban in Indonesia

A group of political parties in the Indonesian parliament are seeking an all-out ban on alcohol, including the production, distribution and sale of it in the country, which has the largest Muslim population in the world.

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Battered Bitcoin Slides Another 12% After China Warning

(Reuters) — Bitcoin plunged by as much as 12 percent on Friday after China’s central bank urged investors to take a rational and cautious approach to investing in the digital currency, which is on track for its heaviest two-day drop in two years.

Members of the Syrian Red Crescent escort Syrians and aid supplies from a rebel-controlled area to a regime held area of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 10, 2015 through the Garage al-Hajz crossing in the Bustan al-Qasr district. / AFP / KARAM AL-MASRI (Photo credit should read KARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands Return to Ruins of Aleppo

Thousands of people are starting to return to formerly rebel-held east Aleppo despite freezing weather and destruction “beyond imagination”, a top U.N. official told Reuters from the Syrian city.