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In the News After the Swiss National Bank ends its cap on the exchange rate to the euro,

the franc increases in value significantly.

Giorgio Napolitano, the longest-serving President of Italy, resigns due to age. Seventy-two people die after drinking contaminated beer at a funeral in

Mozambique. More than three million people, including dozens of world leaders, march for

unity in France following the Charlie Hebdo shooting. A new antibiotic for drug-resistant infections, teixobactin, is extracted from

soil bacteria using a novel technique. Ongoing: Ebola outbreak – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Deaths Francesco Rosi, Italian film director Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress

Film 72nd Golden Globe Awards- Winners include Boyhood, The Grand Budapest

Hotel, The Theory of Everything, Still Alice, Birdman, Big Eyes, Whiplash, Selma, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Leviathan, The Affair, Transparent, House of Cards, Jane the Virgin, Fargo, The Honorable Woman, The Normal Heart and, Downtown Abbey.

20th Critics' Choice Awards- Winners include Boyhood, Birdman, Still Alice, Whiplash, Gone Girl, The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, American Sniper, Edge of Tomorrow, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Obvious Child, Interstellar, Forge Majeure, Life Itself and, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Blackhat Spare Parts The Wedding Ringer Films on DVD- Gone Girl, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Identical, Men

Women & Children, The Two Faces of January, Jessabelle, Love is Strange, Revenge of the Green Dragons, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

TV seasons on DVD- The Tom and Jerry Show, Boardwalk Empire, Dallas, Episodes, House of Lies, Tyrant

Music Dan Mangan- Club Meds DMX- Redemption of the Beast Guster- Evermotion Jazmine Sullivan- Reality Show Kat Dahlia- My Garden Mark Ronson- Uptown Special Panda Bear- Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Marilyn Manson- The Pale Emperor Mikky Ekko- Time Charts Hot 100- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Billboard 200- 1989- Taylor Swift Artist 100- Taylor Swift Radio- Blank Space- Taylor Swift Digital- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Streaming Songs- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Twitter Top Tracks- Elastic Heart- Sia Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists- It's True- BJ The Chicago Kid Featuring

ScHoolboy Q On-Demand Song- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Top Album Sales- 1989- Taylor Swift Digital Albums- 1989- Taylor Swift Independent Albums- Old Boots, New Dirt- Jason Aldean Social 50- Taylor Swift Catalog Albums- Back In Black- AC/DC Tastemaker Albums- 1989- Taylor Swift Pop- Blank Space- Taylor Swift Country- Something In The Water- Carrie Underwood Rock- Take Me To Church- Hozier Dance/Electronic- Waves- Mr. Probz Latin- Bailando- Enrique Iglesias Featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona Christian/Gospel- Something In The Water- Carrie Underwood Holiday- Santa Tell Me- Ariana Grande Japan- Kaguya- NEWS UK- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Canada- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Germany- Walk- Kwabs France- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars 16 January - Sound of Song, presented by Neil Brand

Words of the Week Totidem verbis- with just so many words; in these word. Astir- moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement

Internuncial- serving to announce or connect. Mackle- to blur, as from a double impression in printing. Periphrasis- the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of

expression; circumlocution Catchpenny- made to sell readily at a low price, regardless of value or use Glut- an excessive supply or amount; surfeit. Cicerone- a person who conducts sightseers; guide Dowie- dull; melancholy; dismal.

TV Ohio State defeats Oregon in the first College Football Playoff National

Championship. ESPN's broadcast of the game attracts 33.4 million viewers, which is the largest audience in cable television history and tops the previous records set by ESPN's broadcasts of the CFP semifinals on January 1, when OSU beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (28.27 million viewers) and UO beat Florida State in the Rose Bowl (28.16 million viewers).

Nearly three years after being removed from her role as Today co-host, Ann Curry announces she is leaving NBC News altogether to develop a new company that will deliver news content to various platforms, including NBCUniversal, who will fund the startup.

TVGN, the CBS/Lions Gate-owned entertainment network, rebrands as Pop. Discovery Fit & Health rebrands as Discovery Life Channel. On four separate occasions, Fox News Channel offers retractions on

inaccurate reports made throughout the week regarding Muslims in Europe, primarily locations in England and France avoided by non-Muslims because Islamic law supposedly supersedes the local laws. "There is no formal designation of these zones in either country, and no credible information to support the assertion there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion," anchor Julie Banderas said during one of the on-air apologies.

CBS and the National Football League announce that the network will again produce for the full season and carry half of the NFL Network's Thursday Night Football rights package on the CBS broadcast network in a simulcast arrangement during the 2015 NFL season.

TV Guide pays tribute to those lost in the January 7 terror attack at the Paris, France offices of Charlie Hebdo with the inclusion of the "Je suis Charlie" button (French for "I am Charlie") next to its logo on the front cover.

Debuting Programs- Numb Chucks-Boomerang, Togetherness- HBO, Little Charmers- Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Eye Candy- MTV, Wrestling with Death- WGN America, Big Giant Swords- Discovery Channel, Jack Vale Offline- HLN, Man Seeking Woman- FXX, The Story Behind- Pop, 12 Monkeys-Syfy, The Adventures of Puss in Boots- Netflix, World's Funniest Fails- Fox, Bella and the Bulldogs- Nickelodeon, K.C. Undercover- Disney, Star vs. the Forces of Evil- Disney

Made-for-TV movies and miniseries- Whitney- Lifetime, Bridal Wave- HallmarkVideo Gaming

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk Brandish: The Dark Revenant Super Mario Galaxy 2 WWE Immortals

Elections Croatia, President (2nd round)- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Aviation The first major piece of wreckage from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, a piece

of the Airbus A320-216's tail section, is brought to the surface from the bottom of the Java Sea.

SpaceX 's attempt at the world 's first upright landing of a recoverable rocket booster aboard a barge at sea fails when the grid fins of its Falcon 9 rocket  's first stage run out of hydraulic fluid just before landing and the booster breaks up upon striking the barge. The rocket had been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX announces plans to make another attempt in February 2015 using a larger amount of hydraulic fluid.

Divers retrieve the flight data recorder from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501’s wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea.

Divers retrieve the cockpit voice recorder from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501’s wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea.

A remotely operated vehicle from the Singapore Navy submarine support and rescue ship MS Swift Rescue locates and photographs the fuselage of Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 on the bottom of the Java Sea two kilometers (1.25 statute miles; 1.1 nautical miles) from the area where the tail section had been found.

An American unmanned aerial vehicle conducts an air-to-ground missile strike against a compound in Wocha Darra in South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing five Islamic militants and fatally injuring two others.

Pro-Russian separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine announce that they have captured the main terminal of Sergei Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, from Ukrainian Army forces after months of fighting. The Ukrainian Army claims that it still holds part of the terminal.

Science The first lab-grown, contracting human muscle is announced by Duke

University NASA and ESA celebrate 10 years since the Cassini-Huygens probe landed on

Titan, largest moon of the planet Saturn. By the year 2050, almost nobody under the age of 80 will die of cancer,

according to a study by University College London. The acceleration in global sea level during recent decades has been

significantly underestimated, according to a new Harvard study.

Researchers have extended the lifespan of fruit flies by 60 percent, using a method that could one day lead to anti-aging treatments for humans.

A series of 24 global indicators, published in the journal Anthropocene Review, show how the impact of humans is now the primSA reports the Beagle 2, built by the United Kingdom, thought to be lost on the planet Mars since 2003, has been found on the surface in Isidis Planitia High-resolution images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identify the lost probe, which appears to be intact. ary driver of the Earth system.

NASA and NOAA confirm that 2014 was the hottest year on record globally.Sports

2015 Dakar Rally 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix 2015 European Allround Speed Skating Championships 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship 2015 OFC U-17 Championship 2015 South American Youth Football Championship FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015 2015 World Men's Handball Championship 2015 FIL Junior World Luge Championships 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

International Eastern Belgium police kill two suspected terrorists in an anti-terrorism raid

near Verviers. Target Corporation announces they will discontinue operations in Canada.

Over 130 stores and over 17,000 workers are affected. In Xinjiang, Chinese police kill six militants. Egypt's highest court overturns the only remaining conviction against former

President Hosni Mubarak (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement)

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili joins world leaders in the Paris "unity rally" in solidarity of France after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

An arson attack on the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published Charlie Hebdo cartoons, leads to two arrests.

Indian Railway introduced a train that can run both on diesel and CNG. It was reported that defense co-operation between the Irish and British

armies is to be formalized and increased in scope when the Irish Minister for Defense and the British defense secretary sign a historic memorandum of understanding at a ceremony in Dublin by the end of January. New developments will include the Irish Army training British soldiers in peacekeeping operations, and surplus British Army equipment being donated to the Irish.

A red alert weather warning is issued by Met Eireann as Storm Rachel strikes the country.

The cabinet of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe approves a record defense budget with plans to buy surveillance aircraft and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to improve security of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China.

Big storm left 15,000 people without electricity, mostly in Klaipeda County. Launch of Malaysia Year of Festival 2015 at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur A three minute and 21-second video of a Korean pop (K-pop) band member,

B1A4 hugging three fans wearing tudung (headscarf) on stage has gone viral on internet. Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) investigate the event following the band's inappropriate behaviour during the event.

Major Zaidi Ahmad, A Royal Malaysian Air Force officer was found guilty of breaching two standing orders and breaking protocol in revealing problems with the indelible ink used in the Malaysian general election, 2013. He was sacked from his job in Malaysian Armed Forces by military court.

Human rights lawyer, Eric Paulsen is arrested in sedition probe. Two former police commandos, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal

Sirul Azahar Umar were sentenced to death after the Federal Court allowed the government's appeal over the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.

Eight people, including the driver of a tour bus, died while 21 others were injured when the vehicle burst into flames after crashing into a car at KM366 on the southbound lane of the North-South Expressway near Tapah interchange, Perak.

A suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Rawalpindi kills at least seven people.

A traffic accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, results in at least 57 dead and scores injured.

A magnitude-6 earthquake jolted Luzon at 3:31 a.m.[12] According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 85 km. No damages and injuries were recorded

Sandiganbayan had found former Board of Nursing member Virginia Diodola-Madeja guilty of violating the Anti-Corrupt Practices Act and the PRC Modernization Act of 2000 and was sentenced to 7 years in prison for leaking questions in the June 2006 Nursing Licensure Examinations. In addition to her imprisonment, she was also ordered to pay a fine of 100 thousand pesos and was barred from holding any public office

A bomb destroys a transmission tower in Pagalungan leaving much of the provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato without power.

Three people die and 14 others are hospitalized, including seven in coma, after drinking smuggled alcohol in Dragalina, Călărași County.

Six children and their father die intoxicated with carbon monoxide in a studio apartment from Rovinari

First SMRT train service disruption east-bound train travelling from Joo Koon to Dover.

The new Sri Lankan government announces that it will investigate allegations of a coup attempt by Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a bid to retain power after being defeated at the polls.

Major London landmarks, including Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge, are lit in the colors of the French national flag in tribute to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

19-year old Lewis Daynes who murdered 14-year old Breck Bednar after meeting him online in February 2014, is sentenced to life in prison

Security chiefs meet with David Cameron to review the risk of a terrorist attack, similar to the recent attacks in Paris, as the likelihood of such an event becomes greater.

David Cameron brands Fox News' terror expert a "complete idiot" after he claims that Birmingham is "totally Muslim" and "non-Muslims just simply don't go in".

Figures show that inflation rates fell to 0.5% in December, the joint lowest on record, mainly due to the drop in fuel prices.

The Met Office warns that a storm, dubbed "Storm Rachel", will bring snow, ice, rain, floods and gale force winds to the UK. It's after severe heavy snow and gales hit Scotland, and a tornado struck homes in Wales the previous night.

Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, the three respective leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party, have written to Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron to say that they will still take part in the planned pre-election televised debates even if he is not present. Cameron had said he would not take part unless the Green Party was included, but the other leaders will call for the various broadcasters holding the debates to include an empty podium, enabling Cameron to be included if he changes his mind.

A set of council offices, a funeral parlour, and a thatched cottage are extensively damaged after they are set ablaze due to a spate of arson attacks in South Oxfordshire. A suspect is arrested.

Ethel Lang, the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria, dies at the age of 114.

UK counter-terrorism police have warned that members of the Jewish community could be at risk following the recent terror incident in Paris.

The FBI arrests a man in Ohio for threatening to stage an ISIL-inspired attack on the United States Capitol.

A collision between a train and a prison transport bus near Penwell, Texas leaves at least eight prisoners and two corrections officers dead.

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TravelDestination of the Week- Cuba

Walk around in Havana Vieja, especially in the early mornings when the city wakes up. You can also take what is probably the best (and most extensive) walking tour on the island with "Havana Frans", a Dutch jazz photographer who lives in Havana.

If you have the money (usually about $60 USD or the euro equivalent), go to the Tropicana, which is an ex-Mafia hangout owned and operated by the state. The Tropicana is located, as it has always been, deep within a strategically tree-heavy area with a narrow road within the city, back behind the trees, and since its admission price is far too expensive for any average Cuban to afford, the people who go there are almost all international tourists. The club still has old-style traditions such as table service, lavish costumes, dazzling lights, a coat check area, etc. Real (but quite small) cigars are also available and can be smoked inside the venue, including near the stage. The Tropicana is so well-kept that it is almost a time warp (with the exception of the modern stage-equipment and the lack of a dress code) and, so long as you can forgive yourself the fact that most Cubans cannot afford what you are doing, and that the people who work there could not be there if they were not employed there, your night is sure to be extremely enjoyable.

Go see a neighborhood performance of Afro-Cuban dance, which exists in almost every neighborhood.

Go see local music, which exists in almost every neighborhood. Go to the clubs, all of which heavily play things like Cuban reggae and Cuban

rap, as well as more traditional-sounding Cuban music with modern lyrics. Go to the beaches Don't stay at a resort, unless you don't want to experience the local culture.

You will probably be bored and things around you will feel fake, gaudy and overdone — because they are.

Go out in the countryside and talk with farmers. Check out the area markets. There are two types of markets-- state-run markets, which give food very cheaply and for which Cubans keep ration books (and that you probably can't shop at because you won't have a ration book of your own), and profit-oriented markets where farmers sell their produce directly, which of course, is quite a bit more expensive.

Expect to hear a lot of Carlos Santana blaring out of windows at odd times of the day.

Drink lots of fresh fruit juice, which basically flows like water in Cuba due to the abundance of fresh fruit.

Colon Cemetery, Very interesting cemetery with many Cuban personalities If you want to experience something of the real life of Cubans, the best

places to stay are casas particulares (private houses licensed to offer lodging services to foreigners). They are cheaper than hotels and the food (breakfast CUC 3-4, dinner CUC 7-10) is almost always better than you would get in a

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hotel. Casas particulares are plentiful even in small towns; they are somewhat more expensive in Havana than elsewhere.

Havana – cosmopolitan capital with a swinging nightlife Baracoa – a quaint beach-side town, and Cuba's first capital. Pinar del Rio – centre of the cigar industry Santa Clara – Home of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's most successful battle during

the Revolution. A mausoleum is erected on the outskirts of town and now holds his remains, recovered from Bolivia in the 1990s.

Santiago de Cuba – coastal city rich in Caribbean influence Trinidad – World Heritage Site with charming, colonial-era buildings Varadero – popular beach area, east of Havana, filled mostly with tourists. Viñales – A national park in Pinar del Rio province, with mountains and caves.

It has the best-developed tourist facilities of Cuba's national parks. Parque Nacional La Güira (La Güira National Park) – Another national park in

Pinar del Rio province, with mountains and caves, but without many tourist facilities.

Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario – A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Sierra del Rosario mountains of Pinar del Rio province. The principal sites are Soroa and Las Terazzas.

Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata (Ciénaga de Zapata National Park) – A national park in Mantanzas province, similar to Florida's Everglades National Park, with vast swamps and world-famous birdwatching, scuba diving, and beaches; and the site of the 1961 American Bay of Pigs invasion.

Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes (Topes de Collantes National Park) – A national park in the Sierra del Emcambray mountains, straddling Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, and Sancti Spiritus provinces.

Parque Allejandro de Humboldt (Guantanamo province) approx 40km from baracoa, offers walking, and conservation m ovements

Jose Martí International Airport outside Havana is the main gateway into Cuba There are also flights available to Antonio Maceo Airport Car rental starts from CUC 65 per day (including insurance) plus the cost of a

full tank of gasoline The main train line in the country runs between Havana and Santiago de

Cuba, with major stops at Santa Clara and Camagüey. Trains also run to other cities such as Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, Morón, Sancti Spiritus, and Pinar del Rio.

The best times to go are between December and April, to avoid the horrendous storms and hurricanes before December and the sticky heat of the Cuban summer which can be unbearable for some. This is also the high season so expect a price increase during this period.

Cuba is generally a very safe country; strict and prominent policing, combined with neighborhood-watch-style programs (known as the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, or C.D.R.) are officially there to keep the streets safe from violent crime, however in reality it is a secret police network. Therefore, a certain degree of common-sense and caution is

advisable, especially in major cities. Visitors should avoid coming to the attention of the Cuban police and security services.

Cubans are generally friendly and helpful people. Keep in mind that they make about US$15 a month; if they can help you, they probably will, but they may expect you to return the favor. If you are invited into a Cuban's home for supper, take the invitation. You will really be treated like a guest of honor. It is a great way to get a feel for the culture. Of course, ordinary Cubans are not permitted to host this type of event, but it goes on as a matter of course.

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