Christmas bus attack in Honduras kills 28
Assailants claiming to oppose the death penalty ambushed a Cha melecon bus returning from gifts, killing 28, including six children. The attackers fired from two cars, wounding many others, and left a note denouncing President Maduro and other officials. Police detained a suspect tied to violent gangs amid an escalating gang crackdown.
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Congress
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Oscar Alvarez
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Swedish children reunite with mother after custody saga
Five Swedish children returned home to Kungsbacka after more than six months in Gaza with their Palestinian father. The family had endured a high profile custody dispute after the father removed the children from Sweden. The children, aged 6 to 16, were escorted by their father via Copenhagen and Tel Aviv before arriving in Sweden for Christmas Day.
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Denmark
Soldier sentenced in Musharraf assassination plot case
In Islamabad a military court sentenced one soldier to passing and another to 10 years in prison for involvement in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf. The Dec 14 2003 attack on Musharraf's motorcade in Rawalpindi injured 17 police and prompted arrests across the service branches. The Libyan Al Qaeda link was cited by officials, with further trials ongoing for other personnel.
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Shaukat Sultan
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Police raid IRA strongholds in Belfast
Police searched Belfast properties tied to the IRA in Ardoyne and west Belfast as they hunted for the 42.5 million stolen from the Northern Bank vault. Officers took four cell phones and other items while Eddie Copeland, a reputed IRA commander, said the raid was politically motivated and he was innocent.
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