uk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-26 U.K. World

Father of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release
Fox News
AMMAN, Jordan – The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son's release on Thursday, reminding militants that his son shared the same faith as the ultraconservative group. So far, there has been silence from ...

Father of pilot captured by IS pleads for release   Daily Mail
Treat Jordan captive pilot well, father urges IS   BBC News
Jordan Warns Militants Against Harming Pilot   New York Times
Jerusalem Post
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Tsunami anniversary: Rebuilding lives in Aceh
BBC News
At first glance, Rina looks like any other 14-year-old Indonesian girl. Shy and cherubic, she's yet to lose the child-like innocence that comes with the territory of teen-hood. We meet on a Sunday because she's busy studying for exams. Her father Mustafa tells ...

Indonesia's Aceh Marks 10 Years Since Tsunami   Wall Street Journal
Asia Marks 10 Years Since Indian Ocean Tsunami   New York Times
Boxing Day tsunami: Aceh's Baiturrahman Mosque stands as testament to ...   ABC Online
The News International
The Guardian
GMA News
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Swedish mosque attacked on Christmas Day amid national immigration debate
ABC Online
An arsonist has set fire to a mosque in a town in central Sweden on Christmas Day, an incident which comes amid an intense debate over immigration. Emergency services in Eskilstuna, west of the capital Stockholm, were called to the scene of the fire early in ...

Sweden: Arson Attack on Mosque Injures 5, Police Say   New York Times
Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five   The Nation
Arsonist sets fire to mosque in Sweden   DAWN.com
International Business Times
Sky News
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Pope condemns Taliban attack on Pak students
The Nation
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis issued a strident call in his Christmas day message to safeguard children who are victims “under our very eyes” of violence and trafficking, while also demanding an end to “brutal persecution” worldwide. Killings and ...

Francis, in Christmas Day Message, Focuses on Children in Peril   New York Times
Pope Francis Singles Out Iraq and Syria in Christmas Prayer for Peace   TIME
Pope condemns 'brutal persecution' by militants in Christmas address   The Globe and Mail
Mirror.co.uk
The Guardian
CNN
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Queen's Christmas message pays poppy and Ebola tribute
BBC News
The Queen's Christmas Day message will highlight the ceramic poppy tribute to World War One casualties and people dealing with the Ebola disease. The hugely popular poppy installation at the Tower of London was "a reminder of the grief of loved ones left ...

The Scotsman cartoon: Queen seeks reconciliation   Scotsman
Courage of Ebola workers is praised in Queen's speech   Irish Independent
Queen Elizabeth urges reconciliation in post-referendum Scotland   Brisbane Times
Daily Mail
ITV News
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Pro-democracy protesters return to Hong Kong streets for second night, 37 ...
The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong police say they have arrested 37 people as pro-democracy protesters return to the city's streets for a second night in a row. The police said in a statement Thursday that protesters blocked five roads overnight in the Mong Kok neighbourhood and ...

Armoured van spills $2.4 million on Hong Kong highway sparking cash grab   Sydney Morning Herald
2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear   USA TODAY
More than 30 protesters arrested in second night of Christmas protests in Hong ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Voice of America
Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal
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China Voice: No need to poop China's Christmas party
Xinhua
BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The jingling bells of China's Christmas celebrations bring little cheer to some diehard proponents of traditional culture. As young Chinese swarmed to shopping malls, cinemas and restaurants on Christmas Eve, some were ...

Xinhua Voice: No need to poop China's Christmas party   ecns
China city bans Christmas in schools, warns over 'Western' culture   GMA News
Chinese Hit Back Against a Foreign Intrusion: Christmas   New York Times (blog)
Economic Times
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Somalia: Four dead as militants attack African Union base
Sydney Morning Herald
Mogadishu: Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union base in Mogadishu and killed three peacekeepers and a civilian contractor, the African Union mission in Somalia said. Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, ...

10 Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in Mogadishu clash   Business Standard
Militants Attack African Union Base; 9 Dead   ABC News
Al-Shabaab attacks AU base in Mogadishu   Xinhua
Telegraph.co.uk
CNN
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Boko Haram escapees to start education in the US
BBC News
In April almost 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in northern Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram. In the days after the kidnapping some of the girls managed to escape. Now, thanks to the kindness of a Nigerian couple, some of them have travelled to the ...

Nigeria is worth saving   Daily Times Nigeria
Teenage girl arrested with suicide bomb strapped to her says she was handed ...   Daily Mail
Girl Refuses To Explode Bomb Belt In Market   Sky News
Aljazeera.com
Ynetnews
Fox News
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Tsunami Survivors Overcome Grief With Charity
Yahoo News UK
Many survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 have spent the last decade struggling to deal with grief and trauma, but some chose to channel it into helping others. In a new documentary to be shown on Sky One this evening, Sky News has spoken to ...

The British girl, 5, whose memory lives on: Fund raised in honour of young ...   Daily Mail

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