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| On Sandy Hook anniversary, U.S. activists call for gun restrictions | |  U.S. gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists on Monday, in a protest marking the third anniversary of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Speakers including U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, and survivors of recent U.S. mass shootings made their call outside the Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters of the National Rifle Association lobbying group. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, an attack that stands as one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
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| Obama calls Xi to praise China's role in climate talks - White House | |  U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone Sunday night with Chinese President Xi Jinping to express appreciation for the important role China played in securing a historic climate agreement in Paris, the White House said. "The president emphasized the importance of continuing close U.S.-China cooperation on climate change issues into the future," the White House said.
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| Decision to bar Nakhid from FIFA election is upheld | | | Former Trinidad and Tobago player David Nakhid cannot run for the presidency of football's scandal-plagued governing body FIFA, said the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS explained in a statement on Monday that it had dismissed his appeal against a decision taken by FIFA's electoral committee on Oct. 28 during which his candidacy was refused. The Trinidadian was barred from registering by FIFA's electoral committee because one association had signed letters of support for Nakhid and a rival candidate. |
| Burundi starts trial of May coup plotters, days after fighting | |  More than two dozen generals and senior army officers accused of being behind a failed coup went on trial in Burundi on Monday amid heightened tensions in the capital after attacks last week by insurgents in which about 90 people were killed. Former defence minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye and five other generals are among the 28 people standing trial for their role in the attempted coup in May, launched when President Pierre Nkurunziza was abroad.
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| Former Honduran president travels to U.S. to face charges in FIFA case | |  Rafael Callejas, the former president of Honduras, on Monday flew to the United States where he has been indicted for alleged links to a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme at the world soccer governing body FIFA. Callejas, 72, who was named in an indictment earlier in December, is accused of taking bribes for marketing and broadcasting rights alongside 15 other high-ranking world football officials. "Former president Rafael Callejas decided to present himself to U.S. authorities and will now travel on a private plane to the United States," Foreign Minister Arturo Corrales said on local radio.
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| Forces armed with guns and arrows kill girl bombers in Cameroon - sources | | | By Josiane Kouagheu DOUALA (Reuters) - Security forces armed with guns and arrows killed two young women wearing explosive vests in a north Cameroon town on Monday, the second raid there in days by suspected Boko Haram militants from neighbouring Nigeria, witnesses said. The would-be suicide bombers, described as adolescent girls, entered Kolofata just before dawn, residents and officials told Reuters. "The first kamikaze (suicide bomber) exploded near my house ... When she entered, the local vigilance committee fired an arrow at her head and she set off her bomb," said resident Bahoua, who declined to give his full name. |
| Touring play says Germany no paradise for migrants | | | By Michelle Martin STRALSUND, Germany (Reuters) - A satirical play touring Germany aims to debunk any suggestion that the million migrants who entered Germany this year have made it to paradise. Heiko Ostendorf, director of "Asylant im Wunderland" ("Asylum Seeker in Wonderland"), said many Germans harboured the suspicion that the new arrivals were living the high life here at their expense. "They think the refugees who come to Germany had nothing back home, lived in corrugated iron huts and should be thankful to have running water here. |
| Turkey could hold separate referenda on constitution, presidential system - PM | |  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey may hold two separate referenda on whether to adopt a new constitution, and a proposed move to an executive presidential system, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday. Speaking on A Haber TV, Davutoglu said he would begin talks with the opposition next week on a new constitution and a possible move away from the current parliamentary system, and that the government would provide a peaceful environment for discussions. ...
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| From Snowpocalypse to trigger-happy dog, no shortage of American oddness in 2015 | |  By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wacky weather, animal antics and outrageous human behavior made headlines in 2015, with America's quirky tales ranging from a Florida man arrested for landing a small helicopter on the U.S. Capitol grounds to a dog named Trigger who shot his owner in Indiana. While there were many tragic instances of gun violence in 2015 in the United States, with the highest gun ownership rate in the world, firearms also played a leading role in the year's oddest stories. In neighboring Arkansas, a hungry dog known to enjoy illicit snacks including a television remote, a lawn-mower gas filter and bras, feasted on 23 rounds of ammunition in May. The hound named Trigger was simply stretching his legs during an October waterfowl hunt when he stepped on his owner's 12-gauge shotgun and shot her in the foot.
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| Swiss examine 133 suspicious transactions linked to 2018 and 2022 World Cups | | | Swiss authorities are reviewing 133 reports of suspicious financial activity linked to the decisions by soccer's ruling body to let Russia and Qatar host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals, the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Monday. Russia and Qatar, a small desert country with no real soccer tradition and where daytime temperatures can top 40 degrees Celsius (104F), have denied wrongdoing. An OAG spokeswoman said by email in response to a Reuters query that the suspicious activity reports came from a Swiss financial intelligence unit called the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS). |
| French teacher attacked by man claiming Islamic State link | | | A hooded man claiming to be acting for Islamic State attacked a nursery school teacher with a knife-like weapon as he prepared for classes in a school north of Paris, French officials said on Monday. According to one judiciary official, the assailant slashed at the teacher's neck and said the act was a signal from the Islamic State group, also referred to in France by the name Daesh. "This is Daesh, it's a warning," the attacker told his victim, the official said, adding the victim's life was apparently not in danger. |
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