Key figure in Pakistan school attack killed: officials
Assault left 148 dead -- mostly kids; separately, suspected U.S. drones kill at least 7 alleged militants
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Remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami
Ten years after a tsunami killed more than 200,000 people, the areas affected remember and forge ahead
Asia marks 10 years since Indian Ocean tsunami
Tsunami triggered by massive earthquake hit a dozen countries, leaving nearly a quarter of a million people dead
No Christmas for Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone
The country's government banned all public holiday celebrations as it struggles to control the deadly outbreak
Saudi women drivers referred to terrorism court
Activists said it's the first time women drivers have been sent to a court created for terrorism cases
Christmas around the world
People mark the holiday in many different ways
Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for son's release
"We are all Muslims," the pilot's father says, pleading for captors in Syria to set him free
Queen Elizabeth II delivers Christmas message
In her annual broadcast, the queen praised "selfless" workers fighting Ebola and recalled lessons of WWI's Christmas Truce
Pope Francis' Christmas message of peace
The pope makes an emotional appeal to thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square and millions around the world
U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan
Some coalition troops will remain as advisors, but many are heading home as the year comes to a close
Hong Kong protesters back on the streets
Arrests as pro-democracy demonstrators return to one of the sites police kicked them out of earlier this month
Tsunami 10 years later: Are we better prepared?
The Indian Ocean tsunami came without warning in 2004; now a mix of technology and outreach has helped make the world safer
Holiday decorations around the world
Christmas decor across the continents
Ireland debates rights of dead woman versus fetus
Woman clinically dead for three weeks has 17-week-old fetus inside her; court to decide whether she should be kept alive till baby can be born
Cuban cigars and Havana Club rum for the holidays?
U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties are opening, but it is a long legal and legislative journey before full trade can begin
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Mamdani says Democrats must keep their "foot on the gas"
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