U N halts food aid to million in Somalia
The United Nations World Food Program suspended food aid in southern Somalia due to staff attacks, affecting up to one million people. The move follows escalating violence, kidnappings, and demands to remove women from aid teams amid a broader humanitarian crisis.
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Somalia
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U.N. Food Agency
Horn of Africa
U.N. Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Jilib
Abdullahi Awwar
Awwar
Mogadishu
The
World Food Program
London Zoo Completes Annual Animal Stocktaking
Mammal keeper Lucy Smith tallies coatis at London Zoo as part of the annual census. The tally lists more than 750 species and totals over 14 500 animals, including thousands of insects, with keepers expecting about a week to finish. Lynsey Ford counts moon jellyfish in a tank during the same stocktaking.
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Lucy Smith
Coatis
London Zoo
Lynsey Ford
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Family of Osama bin Laden details surface in Saudi Iran affair
Omar bin Laden reveals that his siblings fled Afghanistan for Iran after 2001 and remain in a walled compound under Iranian guard. Eman bin Laden seeks asylum in Tehran's Saudi Embassy as Saudi officials negotiate her return. Bakr left Iran on December 25.
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Iran
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Afghanistan
Eman bin Laden
Tehran
Eman
Associated Press
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bin Laden
Bakr
Najwa bin Laden
Saud
Hamza
al-Qaida
Elud
Abdullah
Sudan
Alsabah
Middle East
Weather service to issue hurricane warnings earlier
The National Hurricane Center will start watches 48 hours before landfall and warnings 36 hours ahead, a major change aimed at improving evacuation decisions. Center officials say forecast accuracy has improved due to better computer models and satellites, though intensity forecasts remain challenging.
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Miami
National Hurricane Center
James Franklin
Franklin
Hurricane Center
California proposes revisions to lethal injection procedures
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation released proposed revisions to lethal injection rules, launching a 15 day public comment period as the state inches toward resuming executions after a four year halt. The plan faces months of court review to test conformance with law and the Constitution.
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
U.S
Jeremy Fogel
San Jose
Xvov
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Marin County
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