Thursday, December 26, 2013

Overview

2013/12/26 Headlines: U.N. Doubles Peacekeeping Force in South Sudan as Fighting Rages; Dozens Killed, Wounded in Iraq Bombings; U.S. Sends Military Aid; Egypt Intensifies Crackdown by Deeming Muslim Brotherhood a "Terrorist Group"; Israel to Announce New Settlements; Violence Kills 2 in Gaza; 18 Haitian Migrants Die at Sea; Russia Drops Charges Against Greenpeace Arctic 30; Chilean Officers Found Guilty for "Caravan of Death" Murders; Pope Francis: Protect Environment from "Human Greed"; Appeals Court Upholds Rejection of Habeus Corpus Rights for Bagram Prisoners; Daughter of NYC Mayor-Elect Discusses Clinical Depression, Substance Abuse; Snowden: Mass Surveillance Undermining Fundamental Privacy