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Gold Coast siege ends peacefully
Brisbane Times
A Christmas Day siege on the Gold Coast has ended peacefully with a gunman giving himself up to police. Police said a unit complex on White Street at Southport was locked down about 2am after the man barricaded himself inside one of the apartments.
Gold Coast siege with armed man ends peacefully   ABC Online
Siege ends after shots fired   NEWS.com.au
Man surrenders peacefully after Gold Coast siege   New Zealand Herald

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Voice of America

Islamic State Holds Jordanian Pilot; US Denies IS Claim F-16 Jet Shot Down
Voice of America
A captured Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot is the first casualty of the U.S.-led coalition airstrike operation against the hard-line Islamic State group known as ISIS or ISIL. Islamic State extremists claimed to have shot down the the Jordanian F-16 fighter jet over ...

2014-12-25 Australia Health

Daily Mail

Passenger returns negative results for Ebola at Sydney Airport
Daily Mail
A person has returned negative results for Ebola, after being put in isolation at Sydney Airport when they came back from West Africa and reported having a low-grade temperature. The person - who has not been identified by name, age or gender - flew into ...

2014-12-25 Australia Science

Los Angeles Times

Rosetta postcard: Could you jump from these cliffs?
Los Angeles Times
While Philae rests quietly on the dark surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter is continuing to snap amazing images of the comet's nucleus and beam them back to Earth. lRelated For Rosetta mission's ...

2014-12-25 Australia Sports

Daily Mail

Debutant Burns to bat at six, Harris to play for Australia
Daily Mail
Debutant Joe Burns will bat at number six and paceman Ryan Harris returns for Australia in the third Boxing Day Test against India, skipper Steve Smith said on Thursday. Smith, who won his first Test as captain as a replacement for the injured Michael Clarke ...

2014-12-25 Australia Entertainment

Hollywood Reporter

Theater Owner Breaks Silence on Sony's Wild Week: "I Was Irritated"
Hollywood Reporter
While still reeling from the massive cyber attack that hit the studio last month, Sony Pictures has managed to retool the release of The Interview in a matter of days. Having said on Dec. 17 that it had "no further release plans" for the hot potato of a movie ...

2014-12-25 Australia Technology

PerformanceDrive

2015 Skoda Superb previewed again, rear end revealed
PerformanceDrive
Skoda has released another teaser of the all-new Superb sedan, this time giving us all a decent look at the shape of the rear and some of the main body structure. 2015 Skoda Superb design sketch. This is now the third preview the Volkswagen-owned ...

2014-12-25 Australia Business

TheBull.com.au

ASX responds to the Christmas spirit on short day of trades
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian shares closed a short session ahead of the Christmas holidays in positive territory, as optimism about improving economic growth in the United States outweighed the gloom of further falls in iron ore and oil markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...

2014-12-25 Australia Australia

Brisbane Times

Perth Now

Cocos Islands brace for Christmas cyclone
Perth Now
The category one cyclone is estimated to be 140 kilometres northeast of the islands and is moving towards it at 11km/h. PERTHNOW WEATHER. “As the system approaches the Cocos Keeling Islands seas will become rough with the possibility of flooding of ...

2014-12-25 Australia World

The Indian Express

Islamic State shoots down warplane in Syria, captures Jordanian pilot
The Indian Express
Islamic State militants, IS shoots warplane, IS Jordan warplane, IS Jordan airstrikes, This image posted by the Islamic State group, a militant extremist group shows militants with a captured pilot, center, wearing a white shirt in Raqqa, Syria. (Source: AP photos).
Islamic State Holds Jordanian Pilot; US Denies IS Claim F-16 Jet Shot Down   Voice of America
Islamic State did not shoot down Jordan plane, says US   BBC News
ISIS's armaments in question after reports Jordanian plane shot down   CBC.ca
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Daily Mail
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New York Times

Antonio Martin's Death Is Investigated in Missouri
New York Times
A few miles from the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown died in August, another black teenager was fatally shot by a police officer on Tuesday night, setting off a flurry of tense confrontations between protesters and the police before dawn on Wednesday.
Missouri: Another black teen shot by police   Hindustan Times
Officer kills armed 18-year-old in suburb near Ferguson   Washington Post
Police Officer Who Shot Man in Missouri Did Not Have Body Cam Activated   ABC News
NBCNews.com
The Guardian
WZVN-TV
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Wall Street Journal

Pope Francis, at Christmas Eve Mass, Calls for Tenderness
Wall Street Journal
Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Wednesday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Zuma Press. Associated Press. Dec. 24, 2014 10:10 p.m. ET. 0 COMMENTS. VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass ...

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