Turkey - relations with Gaza's Hamas have grown closer with visit by Ismail Haniyeh

Published on Jan 2, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Turkey's relations with Gaza's Hamas leadership have grown closer with a visit by the Palestinian territory's prime minister Ismail Haniyeh.

In Istanbul he toured the ship on which nine Turkish activists were shot dead by Israeli commandos trying to prevent an aid flotilla from reaching Gaza. The Israelis feared it was transporting arms.

Chile - elderly man killed when home is engulfed by flames as fires rage in south

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An elderly man is killed when his home is engulfed by flames as fires rage in southern Chile, destroying homes, a wood mill and forcing hundreds to evacuate.

Syria - Nabil Elaraby says military has withdrawn from residential areas from country's cities

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Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby says Syria's military has withdrawn from residential areas and is on the outskirts of the country's cities as footage from Homs reveals the wreckage left after months of fighting.

Iraq - Fears for country´s minority Christians which has more than halved since

Published on Jan 2, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The number of Christians in Iraq has more than halved since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, according to UN figures. The amount is now down to around half a million.

In Baghdad Iraqi soldiers patrol the largest Christian neighbourhood. Over the past 9 years its estimated that over 900 Christians have been killed and 54 churches attacked, and sectarian tensions are heightened at Christmas.

Britain - Man charged with Salford murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve

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A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day.

Kiaran Stapleton, from Ordsall, was charged on Sunday.

Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service's Chief Prosecutor, told a news conference: "There is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction."

Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley, who has overall command of the inquiry, said: "This remains a complex investigation and the fact we have charged someone does not mean the investigation is complete."

Denmark - says it is determined to bring unity to the European Union as it takes over presidency.

Published on Jan 2, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Denmark says it is determined to bring unity to the European Union as it takes over the bloc's rotating presidency.

In her New Year address, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said she was committing to cultivating consensus among all 27 EU members to solve the crisis in the 17-member eurozone.

Denmark is one of nine non-euro EU countries that agreed to support the euro club in drafting a new pact on fiscal responsibility to overcome the crisis, while Britain refused.

Egypt - Ailing Hosni Mubarak back in court

Published on Jan 2, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been back in court after a two month delay in his trial over the deaths of hundreds over anti-government protestors. The ousted leader, whose doctors claim is suffering from heart problems, arrived at the Cairo tribunal on a stretcher.

He is accused of corruption and complicity in the killings of opponents during the uprising against his rule.

Britain - Four dead after shooting in Peterlee house County Durham.

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Four people have been found dead at a house in Peterlee, County Durham.

The man and three women were shot and police have confirmed that a resident of the house held a firearms licence.

Police also confirmed that a teenage woman escaped through an upstairs window and that there were also other people in the house at the time.

Assistant Chief Constable Michael Banks gave an update on the police investigation.