World News Briefs -- January 8, 2015

Thursday 8 January 2015





Reuters: French police converge on small town after Paris attack suspects seen



MIDDLE EAST



U.S.-led airstrikes continue in Iraq and Syria; civilian deaths probed . Islamic State targeted in 13 strikes by U.S., allies -U.S. military .



Islamic State attacks checkpoints in Iraq's Samarra .



String of attacks leave many dead in Iraq .



Medical aid unable to enter Syrian rebel-held Aleppo: WHO .



Winter storm brings misery to Middle East refugees . 'We are slowly dying here': Syrian refugees suffer in storm-hit Lebanon .



Syrians largest refugee group after Palestinians: U.N ..



In Washington, Gantz warns against concessions with Iran .



ASIA



AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather prevents tail retrieval . AirAsia plane's tail may be lifted to retrieve black boxes .



Sri Lanka on edge as voting ends in tight presidential election .



Seven dead in Bangladesh's election anniversary protests .



US group: NKorean sub equipped to fire missiles .



Kim Jong Un celebrates (unknown) birthday .



China woos Latin America with promises of investments . China to invest $20bn in struggling Venezuela.



Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal restarts genocide trial .



AFRICA



Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's Baga town hit by new assault. Nigeria's Boko Haram killed more than 100 during weekend attack .



Egypt to hold parliamentary election starting March 22-23 .



Egypt Army doubling size of Gaza buffer by demolishing 1,220 homes, evicting residents .



From Egypt's leader, an ambitious call for reform in Islam .



Nigerian leader launches re-election bid amid troubles .



Rights groups urge United States to seek U.N. arms embargo on South Sudan .



Suspected Islamist car bombing badly injures Somali lecturer .



Niger delta communities to sue Shell in London for oil spill compensation .



EUROPE



Francois Hollande leads a minute of silence for a nation in mourning .



France hunts for 2 suspects; Nation mourns their victims .



French mosques attacked amid fear of reprisals .



Charlie Hebdo: UK steps up security after Paris attack .



Russian, French FMs reaffirm necessity of joint efforts to fight terrorism .



Merkel: sanctions to be lifted from Russia when causes are eliminated . Russia sanctions can only be lifted if Minsk fully implemented: Merkel .



EU offers 1.8 billion euros for Ukraine as Germany seeks reform .



Serb war crimes prosecutor: 'We stirred up hornet's nest' .



Scottish separatists 'not pushing for second referendum' .



Attacked satirical French weekly to print a million copies next week .



AMERICAS



Slump in New York arrests, fines hits traffic lawyers, bail bondsmen .



Dissidents free but questions hang over US-Cuba deal . Cuba frees five more political prisoners, dissidents say.



Uruguay: Seeming explosive device found near Israel Embassy .



Mexico police held over abduction of journalist Sanchez . Mexico holding 13 police officers in journalist's kidnapping .



Haiti political crisis stalls homebuilding for quake survivors .



Colombia’s ELN guerrillas inch toward peace talks .



Argentina faces tampon shortage as defiance of debts causes import trouble .



Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, cancels flights .



TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR



EU lawyers checking legality of terror finance deal with US .



Female Guantanamo guards barred from moving 9/11 defendants .



Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists destroy 13th century Muslim shrine in Syria .



ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



Samsung forecasts a 37% drop in quarterly profits.



US stocks gain, recovering losses from first days of year .



No chance of OPEC output cut, even after oil dips below $50: Gulf delegates .

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