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Jordan vows 'all efforts' to save pilot seized by IS
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» Jordan vowed Thursday to make every effort to save a pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria as Washington denied claims the jihadists had shot down his warplane.
Shebab stage daring attack on AU Somalia base, 4 injured
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» MOGADISHU - Three African Union soldiers and a civilian were injured Thursday after the Shebab staged a brazen attack on the heavily-fortified headquarters of the force in Somalia.
World Cup winner White set for Montpellier role: L'Equipe
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» PARIS - South Africa's 2007 World Cup winning coach Jake White is set to be named manager of Top 14 side Montpellier according to L'Equipe on Thursday.
Conflict-hit east Ukraine struggles for festive joy
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» The big tree with the glimmering holiday lights is up but the festive spirit is missing on Lenin Square in the heart of east Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
Trott and Kenny to become cycling's golden couple
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» LONDON - British cycling Olympic gold medallists Laura Trott and Jason Kenny are engaged to be married, she tweeted on Thursday.
Indonesia begins tsunami memorials
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» BANDA ACEH - Thousands of people held a memorial Thursday in Indonesia's Aceh province, the epicentre of the Indian Ocean tsunami, as the world prepared to mark a decade since a disaster that took 220,00 lives and laid waste to coastal areas in 14 countries.
Three AU soldiers, civilian killed in Shebab attack on base
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» Three African Union soldiers and a civilian were killed Thursday after Shebab militants staged a brazen attack on the force's heavily fortified headquarters in Somalia.
Windies cricket captain calls on players to believe in themselves
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH AFRICA) - West Indian captain Denesh Ramdin said on Thursday he believed his team's problems against South Africa was a lack of self-belief although he stressed several times they were up against the number one team in the world.
Ivory Coast set fair for CAN after budget approved
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» ABIDJAN - African football giants Ivory Coast will travel to next month's Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea having secured the budget their federation had demanded after it was approved by the government on Thursday, the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) announced.
Record-breaker McCullum gifts N.Z. 'special day' in Sri Lanka Test
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» New Zealand's big-hitting skipper Brendon McCullum was hailed on Friday for his rollicking 195 to dramatically turn the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka.