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AirAsia QZ8501: Search efforts to find flight data recorders resume
BBC News
The search mission to find the flight data recorders from the crashed AirAsia passenger plane has resumed, as weather conditions improve over the Java Sea.
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo dies
BBC NEWS
Three-time Democratic Governor of New York Mario Cuomo has died just hours after his son Andrew was inaugurated for a second term as governor, his family says.
Ebola outbreak will end in 2015 - UN's Anthony Banbury
BBC NEWS
The deadly Ebola outbreak will be ended in 2015, the outgoing head of the UN team fighting the disease has said.
Florida man decapitates mother on New Year's Eve
BBC NEWS
US police say they have charged a man with first-degree murder after he decapitated his mother on New Year's Eve.
AirAsia QZ8501: Search for plane focuses on seabed
BBC NEWS
The search for AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the sea on Sunday has moved underwater, with the arrival of specialist equipment.
Three dead in Suffolk after 'taking ecstasy from dangerous batch'
BBC NEWS
Three men have died and another is in hospital after taking drugs from a suspected dangerous batch of ecstasy.
Suffolk Police were called to reports that a man was found seriously unwell in Rendlesham at 07:10 BST.
Shanghai crush: Xi Jinping orders new year investigation
BBC NEWS
China's President Xi Jinping has demanded an investigation into Shanghai New Year's Eve crush that killed 36 people and injured 47. The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district, where thousands of people had gathered to countdown to the new year.
Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year - activists
BBC NEWS
The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria's four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17,790 of the dead were civilians, including 3,501 children.
Meanwhile more than 15,000 died in conflicts in Iraq in 2014, making it that country's worst year since 2007.
AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 to Singapore missing
BBC NEWS
An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing.
Australia commandos end Sydney cafe siege
BBC NEWS
Two people have died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe held under siege for 16 hours in Sydney, police say.
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