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December 22, 2014 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan
- 2014 Peshawar school attack
  - Following the December 17 announcement that it would lift its moratorium on terror-related death penalty cases, Pakistan announces that it will execute 500 militants in the coming weeks. (AFP)
North Korea experiences severe internet outages. (AP)
Bombings hit the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi, killing at least 26 people. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

An out-of-control dustbin lorry in the Queen Street and George Square areas of Glasgow, Scotland, kills at least six people. (BBC)

International relations

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Kazakhstan renews its military cooperation with Ukraine, to which it promises vital supplies of coal, following a visit to Kiev by the Kazakh leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev. (Fox News)
Human rights in North Korea
- Eleven (11) of 15 United Nations Security Council members approve placing North Korea's human rights record on the Council's agenda. Russia and China oppose the decision while Chad and Nigeria abstain. This is the first time this issue has been debated by the Security Council. Procedurally, once a topic makes the agenda, that issue can be brought up again at any time. (Business Insider) (The Chosun Ilbo)

Law and crime

The US CFTC fines Deutsche Bank $3 million over customer fund flaws. (Reuters via FOX Business)

Politics and elections

A federal land swap in Arizona green lights the US's deepest (1.3 miles) and largest (1.6b tons) copper mine. (FOX News)

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 **[[Kazakhstan]] renews its military cooperation with [[Ukraine]], to which it promises vital supplies of coal, following a visit to [[Kiev]] by the Kazakh leader, [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]. [http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/12/22/top-russian-allies-distance-themselves-from-putin-support-ukraine/ (Fox News)]
 *[[Human rights in North Korea]]
-**Eleven (11) of 15 [[United Nations Security Council]] members approve placing [[North Korea|North Korea's]] [[human rights]] record on the Council's agenda. [[Russia]] and [[China]] oppose the decision while [[Chad]] and [[Nigeria]] abstain. This is the first time this issue has been debated by the Security Council. Procedurally, once a topic makes [[Agenda (meeting)|the agenda]], that issue can be brought up again at any time. [http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-china-fails-in-bid-to-block-un-meeting-on-n.-korea-2014-12 (Business Insider)] [http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/12/24/2014122400608.html (The Chosun Ilbo)]
+**Eleven (11) of 15 [[United Nations Security Council]] members approve placing [[North Korea|North Korea's]] [[human rights]] record on the Council's agenda. [[Russia]] and [[China]] oppose the decision while [[Chad]] and [[Nigeria]] abstain. This is the first time this issue has been debated by the Security Council. Procedurally, once a topic makes [[Agenda (meeting)|the agenda]], that issue can be brought up again at any time. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150713074735/http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-china-fails-in-bid-to-block-un-meeting-on-n.-korea-2014-12 (Business Insider)] [http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/12/24/2014122400608.html (The Chosun Ilbo)]
 ;Law and crime
-*The US [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission|CFTC]] fines [[Deutsche Bank]] [[United States dollars|$]]3 million over customer fund flaws. [http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/12/22/us-cftc-fines-deutsche-bank-3b-over-customer-fund-flaws (Reuters via FOX Business)]
+*The US [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission|CFTC]] fines [[Deutsche Bank]] [[United States dollars|$]]3 million over customer fund flaws. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141227080820/http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/12/22/us-cftc-fines-deutsche-bank-3b-over-customer-fund-flaws/ (Reuters via FOX Business)]
 ;Politics and elections