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• Exclusive: Dashcam shows truck speed into Berlin Christmas market
• Germany says Tunisian's fingerprints found in Christmas market crash truck
• Syrian army announces victory in Aleppo in boost for Assad
• Snowden still has contacts with Russian intelligence: U.S. House report
• Monitoring group says Islamic State video shows two Turkish soldiers burned alive
• Chinese island engulfed in waste after garbage dumped in Yangtze River: media
• Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing
• UFC star "Cyborg" Justino has potential failed doping test
• New Mexico officials approve re-opening of nuclear waste site
• Five good news stories you might have missed in 2016
• Chelsea cleared by EPL for not reporting abuse claims
• Trump: US must 'greatly strengthen' nuclear capability
• Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100% effective': WHO
• A look at some of 2016's most inspiring sports moments
• Final test results confirm Ebola vaccine highly effective
• Top Asian News 12:01 a.m. GMT
• Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing
• Islamic State video shows Turkish troops 'burned alive'
• Death toll rises to 35 in Mexico fireworks blasts
• Bas Dost scores late to grab win for Sporting
• Prosecutors: Man fondled woman in air, apologized in notes
• Christmas Day terror plot foiled in Australia: police
• Espanyol eliminated by 2nd division Alcorcon in Copa del Rey
• Mexican president pledges to rebuild fireworks market
• Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl
• Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl
• Syrian government takes full control of Aleppo after 4 years
• Security Council to vote Friday on South Sudan arms embargo
• The Latest: Berlin attack suspect reported videoed at mosque
• In Aleppo, Assad supporters shout their joy after regime victory
• Mertens saves Napoli from defeat in 3-3 draw at Fiorentina
• Moon rising? South Korea presidential hopeful quietly takes stage
• Nigeria in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls, official says
• Argentine court to try Bieber for photographer assault
• UN Security Council delays vote on Israeli settlements
• Obama administration intended to abstain from U.N. vote on settlements: Western officials
• Panama urges punishment of those who took Odebrecht bribes
• EPA denies automakers' request for more time on fuel economy review

Exclusive: Dashcam shows truck speed into Berlin Christmas market Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:25 PM PST A video clip from a car-mounted dashcam appears to show the moment a truck drove into a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed 12 people. The video, obtained exclusively by Reuters, was taken by a taxi driver who was waiting for customers just outside the Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. In the video, the truck is seen speeding from left to right into Breitscheidplatz, where the Christmas market is at the foot of the church.

Germany says Tunisian's fingerprints found in Christmas market crash truck Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:28 PM PST By Paul Carrel and Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Fingerprints from a Tunisian suspect have been found inside the truck that smashed through a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed 12 people, and investigators assume the migrant was at the wheel, officials said. A hunt is underway across Europe for Anis Amri, 24, as Germany reels from its worst attack in decades. A video clip from a car-mounted dashcam obtained exclusively by Reuters appears to show the truck driving into the market at speed, immediately after which people run away from the scene.

Syrian army announces victory in Aleppo in boost for Assad Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:34 PM PST By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army said it had retaken complete control of Aleppo on Thursday after the last rebel fighters were evacuated from the battered city, handing President Bashar al-Assad his biggest victory of the nearly six-year-old war. The military said it had brought "the return of safety and security to the city of Aleppo", ending four years of rebel resistance in the northern Syrian city. The recapture of Aleppo is Assad's most important gain so far in a war that has claimed 300,000 lives.

Snowden still has contacts with Russian intelligence: U.S. House report Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:58 AM PST By Mark Hosenball and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden "has had and continues to have contact" with Russian intelligence services, according to a newly declassified U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee report released on Thursday. The Pentagon found 13 undisclosed "high risk" security issues caused by Snowden's release to media outlets of tens of thousands of the U.S. eavesdropping agency's most sensitive documents, the report said. Snowden criticized the report on Twitter, saying it was "rifled with obvious falsehoods" and presented no evidence that his disclosures were made "with harmful intent, foreign influence, or harm.

Monitoring group says Islamic State video shows two Turkish soldiers burned alive Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:20 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Islamic State in Syria released a video on Thursday purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned to death, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group which monitors militant groups online. Reuters was not able to verify the report and no comment was immediately available from Turkish officials. Late last month, Turkish military officials said they had lost contact with two soldiers in northern Syria, where the army is waging an offensive against Islamic State. (Reporting by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Catherine Evans)

Chinese island engulfed in waste after garbage dumped in Yangtze River: media Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:07 PM PST A massive load of garbage, including needles and broken bottles, has washed ashore on an island close to Shanghai, after two ships allegedly dumped more than 100 tonnes of waste in the Yangtze River, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday. China's speedy industrial development has seen it struggling to regulate waste disposal, leading to toxic waterways and cities blanketed in smog. The waste has been floating onto Chongming island since early November, collecting near Dongfengxisha Reservoir, one of Shanghai's four major water sources and which supplies drinking water to 700,000 residents on the island, said the paper.

Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:50 PM PST Australian police said on Friday they had foiled a plot to attack prominent sites in the city of Melbourne with a series of bombs on Christmas Day that authorities described as "an imminent terrorist event" inspired by Islamic State. Six men and a woman, all in their twenties, were arrested in dawn raids across Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, Victoria state police said in a statement. "This is a significant disruption of what we would describe as an imminent terrorist event in Melbourne," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters in Sydney.

UFC star "Cyborg" Justino has potential failed doping test Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:41 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Standout UFC fighter Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino has potentially violated the mixed martial arts promotion's anti-doping policy.

New Mexico officials approve re-opening of nuclear waste site Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:35 PM PST New Mexico has given its approval to resume operations at the nation's only permanent nuclear waste disposal site after state inspectors found the facility safe to reopen for the first time since a radiation leak there nearly three years ago, officials said on Thursday. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico has been shut down indefinitely since February 2014, when a barrel of plutonium-contaminated debris entombed half a mile beneath the desert floor ruptured, spewing radiation that leaked to the surface. The site, privately operated under contract for the U.S. Department of Energy, was built for the disposal of radioactive refuse generated for decades by the DOE's network of nuclear weapons laboratories and development facilities.

Five good news stories you might have missed in 2016 Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:28 PM PST By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 2016 draws to a close with news dominated by bloodshed, disasters and disease from the Middle East to Africa and Latin America, it may seem there wasn't much to be happy about this year. Despite continued violence in Syria and Yemen, severe drought in Africa and the outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin America, there have been events worth celebrating in 2016. PEACE COMES TO COLOMBIA In November, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono signed a modified peace deal, cobbled together after the first version was rejected in a public vote in October, to end 52 years of war.

Chelsea cleared by EPL for not reporting abuse claims Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:27 PM PST The present Chelsea regime did not break any rules in keeping quiet about allegations of sex abuse suffered by former youth player Gary Johnson, the English Premier League said. "After careful consideration, the board has determined that no Premier League rules were broken by the club not reporting this matter to them in 2014," the Premier League said in a statement Thursday. The Premier League said it has insisted that Chelsea -- whose present owner Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich took over years after the abuse -- have an independent expert carry out a full safeguarding audit.

Trump: US must 'greatly strengthen' nuclear capability Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:21 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability" until the rest of the world "comes to its senses" regarding nuclear weapons.

Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100% effective': WHO Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:12 PM PST A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be "up to 100 percent effective" in protecting against the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. If all goes well, the vaccine could become available in 2018 under a fast-track approval process, it said. In a major clinical trial, nearly 6,000 people in Guinea were given the test vaccine last year, at the tail end of a lethal epidemic of Ebola.

A look at some of 2016's most inspiring sports moments Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:07 PM PST We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired — and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by empathy for a visiting NHL goalie.

Final test results confirm Ebola vaccine highly effective Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:04 PM PST GENEVA (AP) — Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa.

Top Asian News 12:01 a.m. GMT Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police in Australia have detained five suspects who were allegedly planning a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks in the heart of the country's second largest city, officials said Friday. The suspects had been inspired by the Islamic State group and planned attacks on Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, neighboring Federation Square and St. Paul's Cathedral, Victoria state Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said. The arrests came after a truck smashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people. Two of seven people initially arrested in raids Thursday night and Friday morning in Melbourne — 26-year-old man and 20-year-old woman — were released without being charged, a police statement said.

Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:56 PM PST Australian police said on Friday they had foiled a plot to attack prominent sites in the city of Melbourne with a series of bombs on Christmas Day that authorities described as "an imminent terrorist event" inspired by Islamic State. Six men and a woman, all in their twenties, were arrested in dawn raids across Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, Victoria state police said in a statement. "This is a significant disruption of what we would describe as an imminent terrorist event in Melbourne," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters in Sydney.

Islamic State video shows Turkish troops 'burned alive' Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:49 PM PST The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group on Thursday released a video purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive. The video, showing two uniformed men being hauled from a cage before being bound and torched, was posted on jihadist websites. The 19-minute footage was purportedly shot in the IS-declared "Aleppo Province" in northern Syria.

Death toll rises to 35 in Mexico fireworks blasts Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:43 PM PST The death toll in a fiery wave of blasts at Mexico's largest fireworks market has risen to 35, authorities said Thursday as mourners held funerals for people killed in the tragedy. The toll rose as two females, a woman and a minor, died in the hospital, the government of the state of Mexico said. Of the 60 hurt in the explosions Tuesday in Tultepec outside Mexico City, some remain in critical condition.

Bas Dost scores late to grab win for Sporting Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:41 PM PST LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Dutch striker Bas Dost scored in the 90th minute as Sporting Lisbon defeated Belenenses 1-0 Thursday to avoid losing ground to the leaders in the Portuguese league.

Prosecutors: Man fondled woman in air, apologized in notes Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:38 PM PST NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say an Indian citizen living in New Jersey who's accused of fondling a passenger on a flight from India to Newark wrote notes to the victim apologizing for a "moment's stupidity."

Christmas Day terror plot foiled in Australia: police Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:36 PM PST A "significant" Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot targeting central Melbourne has been foiled after a series of arrests in raids across the city, police said Friday. Victoria Police chief commissioner Graham Ashton alleged those detained planned to use explosives, knives and guns to attack busy locations including Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral. "Over the last fortnight... we have had to conduct a criminal investigation relating to the formation of what we believe was a terrorist plot," he told a news conference.

Espanyol eliminated by 2nd division Alcorcon in Copa del Rey Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:31 PM PST MADRID (AP) — Second division Alcorcon eliminated top-tier Espanyol from the Copa del Rey with a 4-3 victory in a penalty shootout on Thursday.

Mexican president pledges to rebuild fireworks market Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:20 PM PST TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged on Thursday to help rebuild a fireworks market where explosions killed at least 35 people and reopen it next year, while a Roman Catholic church held funeral Masses throughout the day.

Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:17 PM PST Eastern Michigan (7-5, Mid-American Conference) vs. Old Dominion (9-3, Conference USA), 1 p.m. EST

Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion meet in Bahamas Bowl Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:16 PM PST NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Eastern Michigan is playing in its first bowl since 1987. Old Dominion earned its first bowl bid in school history just two years after becoming postseason-eligible in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Syrian government takes full control of Aleppo after 4 years Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:15 PM PST BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts, sealing the end of the rebellion's most important stronghold.

Security Council to vote Friday on South Sudan arms embargo Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:13 PM PST The UN Security Council will vote Friday on whether to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan, but the measure is expected to fail amid divisions over how to pressure leaders to end the three-year war. The council will meet at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) to decide on the US-drafted resolution calling for a one-year ban on weapons sales and sanctions on rebel leader Riek Machar, the army chief and a minister. The United States, backed by Britain and France, has argued that cutting off the arms flow was urgently needed following UN warnings of a risk of mass atrocities.

The Latest: Berlin attack suspect reported videoed at mosque Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:08 PM PST BERLIN (AP) — The latest on the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local):

In Aleppo, Assad supporters shout their joy after regime victory Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:06 PM PST Thousands of people in western Aleppo took to the streets Thursday, rejoicing in the Syrian regime's operation to retake the eastern side of their city from rebels after a years-long battle. Celebratory gunfire began to erupt and crowds began to fill the streets as soon as the army announced the last rebels had left east Aleppo. The western side of the city had been under the control of President Bashar al-Assad's forces throughout the conflict, and also suffered heavy shelling and loss of life.

Mertens saves Napoli from defeat in 3-3 draw at Fiorentina Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:04 PM PST ROME (AP) — Federico Bernardeschi did his best impression of Lionel Messi and it still wasn't enough for Fiorentina to beat visiting Napoli and the seemingly unstoppable Dries Mertens.

Moon rising? South Korea presidential hopeful quietly takes stage Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:03 PM PST By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - As hundreds of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets every weekend for two months to call for President Park Geun-hye to resign, the opposition's leading contender to replace her appeared reluctant to seize the moment. Like many on the left, he calls for sweeping reform of the chaebol - the big conglomerates that dominate the economy and have been at the heart of the current political crisis - calling them a "source of unfairness" in South Korea. "The people who are angry in Korea want regime change, and the most realistic option and most probable person to do that is Moon Jae-in," Yang Jung-chul, a close aide to Moon, told Reuters.

Nigeria in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls, official says Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:01 PM PST Nigerian authorities are involved in negotiations aimed at securing the release of some of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the president's spokesman said on Thursday. "The negotiations are ongoing and the Department of State Service, DSS is full of optimism that they will be successful," Garba Shehu, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, said in a tweet. "To my friends spreading the news of a further release of Chibok Girls, we are not there yet," he tweeted.

Argentine court to try Bieber for photographer assault Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:56 PM PST An Argentine court has ruled that pop star Justin Bieber must face trial for allegedly assaulting a photographer outside a nightclub in 2013, according to a decision published Thursday. Judge Alberto Banos ordered Bieber to go on trial on charges of robbery, attempted robbery and assault with minor injuries, according to the decision. The case dates to a stop in Buenos Aires on the Canadian heartthrob's Believe tour.

UN Security Council delays vote on Israeli settlements Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:54 PM PST The UN Security Council on Thursday delayed a contentious vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt settlements as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure. Egypt requested that the vote be postponed, one day after submitting the draft text to the council, a move that triggered immediate calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a US veto to block the resolution. A similar resolution was vetoed by the United States in 2011, and it remained unclear whether Washington would shift stance this time, possibly abstaining to allow the measure to pass, although without US support.

Obama administration intended to abstain from U.N. vote on settlements: Western officials Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:35 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration intended to abstain from a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution critical of Israel settlement-building, Western officials told Reuters on Thursday. Egypt earlier postponed the vote and diplomats said Cairo had acted under pressure from Israel and to avoid alienating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton and Arshad Mohammed; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Panama urges punishment of those who took Odebrecht bribes Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:31 PM PST Panama's government on Thursday warned of punishment for public employees who took any of the more than $59 million in bribes paid by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for contracts. The Odebrecht conglomerate pleaded guilty to bribing government officials and political parties to the tune of $788 million to secure business on three continents -- mostly in Brazil, but also in 11 other countries in Latin America and Africa. Under the plea agreement, Brazil will receive 80 percent of Odebrecht's fines, while the United States and Switzerland will garner 10 percent each.

EPA denies automakers' request for more time on fuel economy review Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:27 PM PST The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday told an automaker lobbyist group that it would not extend the deadline for a review of strict fuel economy standards through the 2025 vehicle model year, indicating the agency would push ahead with a plan to make the rules final before the Obama administration leaves office Jan. 20. Acting EPA Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe informed the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which includes most major automakers in the U.S. market, in a letter dated Thursday. The auto manufacturers group had also requested that the EPA withdraw its plans to finalize the new standards.

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