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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 31st, 2014

This season’s flu activity has reached the epidemic threshold, the CDC says
This year's flu season has officially crossed the epidemic threshold, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fifteen children have died across the country from influenza, as the number of states reporting a "high" level of influenza activity jumped from 13 to 22 in one week.

Leading Publishing House Wipes Israel Off Its Map
HarperCollins' subsidiary remove Israel from school atlases for Middle Eastern countries to appease 'local preferences.'

UN rejects Palestinian resolution
A draft resolution calling for Israel's withdrawal from Palestinian territory and establishment of a Palestinian state is rejected by the U.N. Security Council.

Oil falls below $56, heads for biggest annual drop since 2008
Oil dropped below $56 a barrel on Wednesday and was heading for its biggest annual decline since 2008, pressured by weakening demand and a supply glut prompted by the U.S. shale boom and OPEC's refusal to cut output.

GREEN COMET IN BRIGHT MOONLIGHT
The visibility of Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) continues to improve. Currently shining at magnitude +5.0 underneath the feet of Orion, it is expected to more than double in brightness by mid-January 2015. This puts it just above the threshold for naked-eye visibility and allows photographers to record the comet using only a camera--no telescope required.

First Ebola boy likely infected by playing in bat tree
The Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak - a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea - may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of bats.

Russia threatens to change Iran stance over US sanctions
Russia-US ties have plunged to post-Cold War lows over Ukraine as Washington has introduced economic sanctions against Moscow for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and support for a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

Small earthquake in south of Los Angeles
-A magnitude-3.9 earthquake shook an area south of Los Angeles on Tuesday, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The small quake hit at 3:26 pm (2326 GMT) about 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of San Pedro.

5.5 magnitude quake jolts Taiwan
The quake struck at 3.54pm with its epicentre 87.5km southeast of the northeastern city of Yilan at a depth of 83.1km, the central weather bureau said.

5.4-magnitude quake jolts Batangas
A MAGNITUDE 5.4 jolted Batangas on Wednesday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) said the tremor occurred at 5:26 p.m. with its epicenter located at 17 kilometers (km) southwest of Calatagan in Batangas.

Tropical Storm's Floods, Landslides Kill 21 in Philippines
hilippine officials said Tuesday that Tropical Storm Jangmi had triggered floods and landslides, killing at least 21 people in the central and southern parts of the country, many in areas not yet fully recovered from last year's Typhoon Haiyan.

Ebola wrecks years of aid work in worst-hit countries
Ebola is wrecking years of health and education work in Sierra Leone and Liberia following their civil wars, forcing many charity groups to suspend operations or re-direct them to fighting the epidemic.

Sonar finds location of downed AirAsia Flight 8501
Indonesia's search and recovery agency says a sonar image appears to have found the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 upside down on the floor of the Java Sea, CBS News has confirmed. It is unclear whether or not the plane has been found intact.

Mass protests in Moscow as leading Putin critic is jailed
Police in Moscow arrested more than 100 people outside the Kremlin last night after protests at the jailing of the brother of Russia's most prominent opposition leader. Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption campaigner and one of the most vociferous public critics of President Vladimir Putin's government, was given a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for fraud yesterday.

U.S. is in an oil war with Russia and OPEC: Katusa
Oil prices have tanked this year. Oversupply and diminishing consumption have resulted in oil falling to its cheapest price since May of 2009. “It’s a three-way oil war between OPEC, Russia and North American shale,” says Marin Katusa, author of “The Colder War,” and chief energy investment strategist at Casey Research.

UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel's occupation
The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late Tuesday, a blow to an Arab campaign to get the U.N.'s most powerful body to take action to achieve an independent state of Palestine.

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