One of the four cops who gunned down unarmed 22-year-old Amadou Diallo in 1999 is getting promoted to sergeant today. The Daily News reports that Kenneth Boss, who fired five of the 41 shots that took down the Guinean immigrant as he reached for his wallet in the vestibule of his apartment building, is clear of any disciplinary holds and is receiving the promotion after passing a civil service exam. [ more › ]
UN adopts resolution to disrupt IS group funding
The UN Security Council warned on Thursday that some countries are failing to implement long-standing sanctions against Islamic State, as a meeting of finance ministers put the focus on cutting off the militant group’s funds.
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Outrage at Danish plan to strip refugee valuables
The Danish government’s plan to strip asylum seekers of money and valuables has sparked outrage across the world after an article in a Turkish newspaper, which wrongly claimed the proposal had become law, went massively viral.
Salmon counted at Central Valley hatcheries are below 2014 numbers
Salmon counted at Central Valley hatcheries are below last year’s numbers
by Dan Bacher
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Preliminary figures from Central Valley fish hatcheries reveal that the numbers of salmon that have returned to Sacramento River tributaries to date are below the large numbers projected by the federal government earlier this year.
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Rohingya refugees vanish from Indonesia
| JAKARTA, 14 December 2015 (IRIN) – Hundreds of Rohingya refugees have vanished from camps in the northern reaches of the Indonesian island of Sumatra in recent months, raising concerns that they are once again turning to dangerous smuggling rings in a bid to reach Malaysia. |

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