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Dream on Me playpen recall over strangulation hazard
Baby products company Dream On Me is recalling about 10,000 Incredible playpens because their rails can collapse and become a strangulation hazard for children

Eric Garner death: 'I can't breathe' say protesters
Anger mounts as campaign against police violence gathers pace.

End of the line for Hong Kong protests? Court orders sites cleared
Pro-democracy campaigners are facing defeat as authorities move against them.

Rescue workers struggle in aftermath of Typhoon Hagupit
The storm has devastated the central Philippines.

Group claiming Sony hack demands 'Interview' not be released
A group that claimed to be responsible for the massive computer hack at Sony Pictures Entertainment demanded the company cancel the release of "The Interview," a film comedy that depicts an assassination plot against North Korea's leader.

Cameron to fly to Turkey to discuss IS foreign fighter problem
Prime Minister David Cameron will travel to Turkey on Tuesday to meet President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss how to stop Britons crossing into Syria and Iraq to join up with Islamic State (IS) fighters via the Turkish border, his spokesman said.

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'strongly' rejects Islamic State beheadings; suggests they are not kind
An al Qaeda leader in Yemen has suggested in a new online video that the beheading and filming of prisoners is un-Islamic because it does not meet Muslim standards of kindness.

'Unbroken', 'The Imitation Game' and 'Interstellar' are among the American Film Institute's top picks for 2014
From "Birdman" to "Unbroken," the American Film Institute (AFI) selected an eclectic range of films already gaining momentum in the Hollywood awards race as its top picks for 2014, the organisation said on Monday.

Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, attacks have more than doubled
Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.

Analysis: How students are being radicalised by Islamic State
Islamic State doesn't have a strong presence in Afghanistan but, among the student population in particular, desire to join is growing.

200 inmates released in Nigerian prison raid
Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said.

'Today we choose to forgive. We choose to love,' says wife of hostage killed in failed rescue mission
The Christian wife of a man killed during a US-led hostage rescue mission says her husband is "alive in our hearts".

Typhoon Hagupit: At least 21 reported dead
At least 21 people were reported dead, many of them drowned as flood waters rose in Borongan, the main town in Eastern Samar, where typhoon Hagupit made first landfall.
Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, says minister
Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.

Arabs moving in to Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem are lured by cheaper rents and greater convenience
Little noticed amid the furor over one of Israel's most contentious policies, a small but growing number of Arabs are moving into Jewish settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem, drawn by cheaper rent and better services.

Boat carrying illegal migrants capsizes in Red Sea; 70 Ethiopians dead
A boat carrying illegal migrants to Yemen has sunk in the Red Sea, killing at least 70 Ethiopians.