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As we do every week, we’ve collected the top news stories and compiled them on one page. Digital Journalists this week reported on crime news, religious news, took photo essays and more.

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Review: Dylan Scott rocks on new lyric video for ‘Lay It On Me’ (Includes first-hand account) by Markos Papadatos

Country singer Dylan Scott is back with “Lay It On Me,” which is perhaps his greatest single and lyric music video to date.

Jimmy Smits on the bloody end of the road for ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Earl Dittman

As the body count continues to rise on the final episodes of ‘Sons Of Anarchy,’ the character of Nero remains one of the last outlaws standing. Jimmy Smits talks about the #FinalRide for his character as the neo-Shakespearean biker tragedy concludes.

Catching up with Marshall Tucker Band: B.B. Kings Blues Club, NYC (Includes interview) by Markos Papadatos

Doug Gray, the lead singer of the iconic southern rock group Marshall Tucker Band, chatted about their forthcoming show at B.B. Kings in New York City this weekend.

Advent, wine, chocolate: New tourism ideas in Osijek, Croatia (Includes first-hand account) by Paul Bradbury

Far from the fashionable Adriatic coast, the Croatian city of Osijek is working hard to attract tourists throughout the year.

Croatian Elections: Interview with President Dr. Ivo Josipovic (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Paul Bradbury

Presidential elections are due in Croatia at the end of December and Digital Journal meets incumbent President Ivo Josipovic, who is seeking a second term.

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People's Liberation Army soldiers attend a memorial ceremony  on China's first National Me...

People's Liberation Army soldiers attend a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing city on December 13, 2014
Johannes Eisele, AFP


Police officers attend a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing M...

Police officers attend a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing city on December 13, 2014
Johannes Eisele, AFP


People attend a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre V...

People attend a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing city on December 13, 2014
Johannes Eisele, AFP


Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Xia Shuqin  a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre  attends a memor...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Xia Shuqin, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, attends a memorial ceremony on China's first National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims in Nanjing on December 13, 2014
Johannes Eisele, AFP


Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in Friday prayers at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala  50 ...

Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in Friday prayers at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Baghdad on December 12, 2014, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival
Mohammed Sawaf, AFP


Shiite Muslim pilgrims  one of them holding a white banner with the name of al-Mahdi  Shiite Islam&a...

Shiite Muslim pilgrims, one of them holding a white banner with the name of al-Mahdi, Shiite Islam's 12th Imam, walk through a main road in Baghdad on their way to the shrine central city of Karbala on December 9, 2014
Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP/File


Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in Friday prayers at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala  50 ...

Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims take part in Friday prayers at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad on December 12, 2014, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival
Mohammed Sawaf, AFP


Shiite Muslims gather outside the Imam Hussein shrine on December 11  2014  in the central Iraqi cit...

Shiite Muslims gather outside the Imam Hussein shrine on December 11, 2014, in the central Iraqi city of Karbala in preparation for the the Arbaeen religious festival
Mohammed Sawaf, AFP


A damning report on the United States' brutal treatment of War on Terror detainees has triggere...

A damning report on the United States' brutal treatment of War on Terror detainees has triggered worldwide condemnation and calls for CIA agents and senior officials to face justice
Jewel Samad, AFP/File


Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (C) speaks to reporters about the committee's r...

Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (C) speaks to reporters about the committee's report on CIA interrogations at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 9, 2014
Saul Loeb, AFP


Senator John McCain speaks to reporters about the release of a report on CIA interrogations of high-...

Senator John McCain speaks to reporters about the release of a report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, while walking from the subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on December 9, 2014
Jim Watson, AFP


Demonstrators hold a mock waterboarding torture of a prisoner in Times Square  New York  on January ...

Demonstrators hold a mock waterboarding torture of a prisoner in Times Square, New York, on January 11, 2008
Timothy A. Clary, AFP/File


Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein (left)  in charge of the issue of Israeli settlements for the Pale...

Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein (left), in charge of the issue of Israeli settlements for the Palestinian Authority, argues with Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the village of Turmus Aya near Ramallah, on December 10, 2014
Abbas Momani, AFP


An Israeli border guard grabs Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein (L)  in charge of the issue of Israe...

An Israeli border guard grabs Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein (L), in charge of the issue of Israeli settlements for the Palestinian Authority, during a demonstration in the village of Turmus Aya, on December 10, 2014
Abbas Momani, AFP


Palestinian security staff carry the coffin of Ziad Abu Ein during his funeral in Ramallah on Decemb...

Palestinian security staff carry the coffin of Ziad Abu Ein during his funeral in Ramallah on December 11, 2014
Abbas Momani, AFP


The confrontation erupted as Abu Ein took part in a march of some 300 Palestinians who intended to p...

The confrontation erupted as Abu Ein took part in a march of some 300 Palestinians who intended to plant olive trees as a symbolic act of protest against Israeli settlements
Abbas Momani, AFP


Prince William  Duke of Cambridge  and Catherine  Duchess of Cambridge  arrive at the Carlyle Hotel ...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Carlyle Hotel on December 7, 2014 in New York
Neilson Barnard, Pool/AFP


Prince William  Duke of Cambridge  and Catherine  Duchess of Cambridge  arrive at the Carlyle Hotel ...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Carlyle Hotel on December 7, 2014 in New York
Neilson Barnard, Pool/AFP


Prince William and Catherine  the Duchess of Cambridge  attend the St. Andrews 600th Anniversary Din...

Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, attend the St. Andrews 600th Anniversary Dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art December 9, 2014 in New York City
Richard Perry, POOL/AFP


Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate  Duchess of Cambridge visit the National September 1...

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge visit the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York on December 9, 2014
Robert Sabo, Pool/AFP


Prince William (2nd-L)  Duke of Cambridge and Catherine (2nd-R)  Duchess of Cambridge  arrive at the...

Prince William (2nd-L), Duke of Cambridge and Catherine (2nd-R), Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to attend the St. Andrews 600th Anniversary Dinner on December 9, 2014 in New York City
Neilson Barnard, Pool/AFP


Britain's Prince William (2nd-R) shakes hands with Chelsea Clinton (2nd-L)  as Princess Kate (R...

Britain's Prince William (2nd-R) shakes hands with Chelsea Clinton (2nd-L), as Princess Kate (R) greets Hillary Rodham Clinton during a reception at British Consul General's Residence in New York, December 8, 2014
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool/AFP/File


Prince William  Duke of Cambridge  and Catherine  Duchess of Cambridge  pose with LeBron James (R) b...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pose with LeBron James (R) backstage at the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Brooklyn Nets basketball game on December 8, 2014 in New York
Neilson Barnard, Pool/AFP/File


Nobel Peace Prize 2014 laureates Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai (L) and India's Kailash Satya...

Nobel Peace Prize 2014 laureates Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai (L) and India's Kailash Satyarthi wave to people holding torches in Oslo on December 10, 2014
Torstein Boe, POOL/AFP


Nobel Peace Prize laureates  Malala Yousafzai delivers her speech during the Nobel Peace Prize award...

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai delivers her speech during the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2014
Odd Andersen, AFP


Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai vowed to struggle for every child's right to go to school as she be...

Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai vowed to struggle for every child's right to go to school as she became the youngest ever Nobel laureate on December 10, 2014
Odd Andersen, AFP


Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai's pairing had the extra symb...

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai's pairing had the extra symbolism of linking neighbouring countries that have been in conflict for decades
Cornelius Poppe, NTB SCANPIX/AFP


Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai wait at the start of the Nobel Pe...

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai wait at the start of the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo on December 10, 2014
Odd Andersen, AFP


Security blocks a man holding a Mexican flag on the stage next to Nobel Peace Prize laureates  Malal...

Security blocks a man holding a Mexican flag on the stage next to Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai (L) and Kailash Satyarthi (R) during the award ceremony in Oslo on December 10, 2014
Vegard Wivestad Grott, AFP/File


Thorbjoern Jagland (L)  chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee  and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ma...

Thorbjoern Jagland (L), chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (R) look on as a man displays the flag of Mexico during the awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 2014
Cornelius Poppe, Scanpix/AFP/File


Security staff blocks a man holding a Mexican flag on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in...

Security staff blocks a man holding a Mexican flag on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo on December 10, 2014
Odd Andersen, AFP/File


Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi (L) and Malala Yousafzai look at her blood stained schoo...

Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi (L) and Malala Yousafzai look at her blood stained school uniform at the opening of the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition on December 11, 2014 in Oslo
Fredrik Varfjell, Scanpix/AFP


More than 350 fire fighters  a quarter of the city s fire fighting force  were battling a pair of ma...

More than 350 fire fighters, a quarter of the city’s fire fighting force, were battling a pair of massive fires in Los Angeles, December 8, 2014
Frederic J. Brown, AFP/File


The Uber smartphone app  used to book taxis using its service  is pictured in the Indian capital of ...

The Uber smartphone app, used to book taxis using its service, is pictured in the Indian capital of New Delhi on December 7, 2014
Tengku Bahar, AFP/File


Indian residents take part in a protest against the alleged rape of a passenger by a driver working ...

Indian residents take part in a protest against the alleged rape of a passenger by a driver working for the Uber taxi company in New Delhi on December 7, 2014
, AFP


Police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearanc...

Police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014
Chandan Khanna, AFP/File


Pope Francis speaks with Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino after a prayer at the statue of Virgin Mar...

Pope Francis speaks with Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino after a prayer at the statue of Virgin Mary during the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Spanish Steps in Rome, on December 8, 2014
Tiziana Fabi, AFP


Pope Francis (centre) prays to a statue of the Virgin Mary during the annual feast of the Immaculate...

Pope Francis (centre) prays to a statue of the Virgin Mary during the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Spanish Steps in Rome, on December 8, 2014
Tiziana Fabi, AFP


A soldier with the Donestk People's Republic stands guard beside the damaged Savur Mogila monum...

A soldier with the Donestk People's Republic stands guard beside the damaged Savur Mogila monument to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhnee, on December 7, 2014
Eric Feferberg, AFP


Donestk People's Republic fighters stand by their tank on December 7  2014 in the eastern Ukrai...

Donestk People's Republic fighters stand by their tank on December 7, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian region
Eric Feferberg, AFP


Pro-Russian soldiers with the Donestk People's Republic near the eastern Ukrainian city of Sniz...

Pro-Russian soldiers with the Donestk People's Republic near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhnee, on December 7, 2014
Eric Feferberg, AFP


Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko walks along the Roll of Honour during a visit to the Australian W...

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko walks along the Roll of Honour during a visit to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on December 12, 2014
Lukas Coch, POOL/AFP


Lorries carrying the wreckage of the passenger airplane MH17 that crashed in Ukraine arrive at Gilze...

Lorries carrying the wreckage of the passenger airplane MH17 that crashed in Ukraine arrive at Gilze-Rijen airbase on December 9, 2014
Robin van Lonkhuijsen, ANP/AFP


Trucks carrying the wreckage of the passenger airplane MH17 that crashed in Ukraine drive near De Lu...

Trucks carrying the wreckage of the passenger airplane MH17 that crashed in Ukraine drive near De Lutte on December 9, 2014
Vincent Jannink, ANP/AFP


Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko  pictured on December 6  2014 in the eastern region of Kha...

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, pictured on December 6, 2014 in the eastern region of Kharkiv, is targeting the defence ministry in his drive to root out graft
Sergey Bobok, AFP/File


Ukrainian soldiers stand beside tanks during a ceremony near the northeastern city of Chuguiv  on De...

Ukrainian soldiers stand beside tanks during a ceremony near the northeastern city of Chuguiv, on December 6, 2014
Sergey Bobok, AFP


Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) shakes hands with a soldier near the northeastern city ...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) shakes hands with a soldier near the northeastern city of Chuguiv, on December 6, 2014
Sergey Bobok, AFP


A man makes his way through the rubble of his house that was destroyed during clashes in the Kuibish...

A man makes his way through the rubble of his house that was destroyed during clashes in the Kuibishevskiy district of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on December 9, 2014
Eric Feferberg, AFP


Members of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil  demonstrate for their cause during the U...

Members of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, demonstrate for their cause during the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences in Lima on December 8, 2014
Cris Bouroncle, AFP/File


Workers clean a muddy street after heavy rains at Itaquera neighborhood in Sao Paulo  Brazil on Dece...

Workers clean a muddy street after heavy rains at Itaquera neighborhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 10, 2014
Miguel Schincariol, AFP


View of a street after heavy rains at Itaquera neighborhood in Sao Paulo  Brazil on December 10  201...

View of a street after heavy rains at Itaquera neighborhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 10, 2014
Miguel Schincariol, AFP


Demonstrators march through downtown Sao Paulo against government corruption and the recent re-elect...

Demonstrators march through downtown Sao Paulo against government corruption and the recent re-election of President Dilma Rousseff, on December 6, 2014
Miguel Schincariol, AFP


People hold a sign reading

People hold a sign reading “The largest fraud in history” as they take part in a protest demanding the impeachment of re-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 1, 2014
Miguel Schincariol, AFP


Acitivists from different organizations demonstrate on the side-lines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 clim...

Acitivists from different organizations demonstrate on the side-lines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima on December 12, 2014
Cris Bouroncle, AFP


Protesters take part in the People's Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 clim...

Protesters take part in the People’s Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima on December 10, 2014
Eitan Abramovich, AFP


Thousands participate in the People's Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 cli...

Thousands participate in the People’s Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima on December 10, 2014
Eitan Abramovich, AFP


A boy carries a symbolic box representing 2.2 million signatures of people who call for environmenta...

A boy carries a symbolic box representing 2.2 million signatures of people who call for environmentally friendly attitudes during the COP20 and CMP10 climate conferences in Lima on December 10, 2014
Cris Bouroncle, AFP


Thousands participate in the People's Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 ...

Thousands participate in the People's Climate March on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima on December 10, 2014
Eitan Abramovich, AFP/File


A man with his face painted as the Brazilian national flag takes part in a protest demanding the imp...

A man with his face painted as the Brazilian national flag takes part in a protest demanding the impeachment of re-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 1, 2014
Miguel Schincariol, AFP


Police wait for baliffs to arrive to put up injunction notices at the main Admiralty pro-democracy p...

Police wait for baliffs to arrive to put up injunction notices at the main Admiralty pro-democracy protest site in Hong Kong on December 9, 2014
Isaac Lawrence, AFP


A bailiff (R) reads out an injunction notice for the clearance of the main pro-democracy protest sit...

A bailiff (R) reads out an injunction notice for the clearance of the main pro-democracy protest site in Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Isaac Lawrence, AFP


An injunction notice is placed on a barricade at the main Admiralty pro-democracy protest site in Ho...

An injunction notice is placed on a barricade at the main Admiralty pro-democracy protest site in Hong Kong on December 9, 2014
Isaac Lawrence, AFP


Pro-democracy protesters gather and chant slogans next to a highway that police had cleared them fro...

Pro-democracy protesters gather and chant slogans next to a highway that police had cleared them from occupying in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Alex Ogle, AFP


Workers sweep a road after police cleared the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty distr...

Workers sweep a road after police cleared the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district in Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Dale de la Rey, AFP


A line of Hong Kong police dismantles the remains of the pro-democracy protest camp in the Admiralty...

A line of Hong Kong police dismantles the remains of the pro-democracy protest camp in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Pedro Ugarte, AFP


Hong Kong police dismantle the remains of the pro-democracy protest camp in the Admiralty district o...

Hong Kong police dismantle the remains of the pro-democracy protest camp in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Pedro Ugarte, AFP


A protester in a skull mask and riot gear sits in a chair at the main pro-democracy protest site in ...

A protester in a skull mask and riot gear sits in a chair at the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Isaac Lawrence, AFP


A pro-democracy protester sits inside his tent with suitcase ready  before the police arrive to clea...

A pro-democracy protester sits inside his tent with suitcase ready, before the police arrive to clear Hong Kong's main protest site on December 11, 2014
Pedro Ugarte, AFP


The clearance of Hong Kong's main pro-democracy camp started after more than two months of rall...

The clearance of Hong Kong's main pro-democracy camp started after more than two months of rallies on December 11, 2014
DALE de la REY, AFP


Vehicles drive along the roads previously occupied by the main pro-democracy protest site in the Adm...

Vehicles drive along the roads previously occupied by the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 11, 2014
Isaac Lawrence, AFP


People hold signs reading

People hold signs reading “Bye Pena” referring to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as they demonstrate demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, on December 6, 2014 in Mexico City
Yuri Cortez, AFP


Protesters march demanding justice and answers over the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa...

Protesters march demanding justice and answers over the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, on December 6, 2014 in Mexico City
Yuri Cortez, AFP


Rit police stand guard during a demonstration demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing studen...

Rit police stand guard during a demonstration demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, on December 6, 2014 in Mexico City
Yuri Cortez, AFP


Protesters march in a demonstration demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ay...

Protesters march in a demonstration demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, on December 6, 2014 in Mexico City
Yuri Cortez, AFP


Demonstrators burn a banner bearing the image of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a prote...

Demonstrators burn a banner bearing the image of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a protest in Mexico City demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, on December 1, 2014
Yuri Cortez, AFP/File


Protesters demonstrate in Mexico City demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from ...

Protesters demonstrate in Mexico City demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, on December 1, 2014
Alfredo Estrella, AFP/File


Peasants from El Barzon movement protest in front of the Interior Ministry in Mexico City on Decembe...

Peasants from El Barzon movement protest in front of the Interior Ministry in Mexico City on December 5, 2014 demanding the truth about the disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa in September
Yuri Cortez, AFP


Relatives of 43 missing students hold portraits during a protest on December 6  2014  demanding just...

Relatives of 43 missing students hold portraits during a protest on December 6, 2014, demanding justice and clarification of the disappearance of their loved ones, in Mexico City, Mexico
Yuri Cortez, AFP


People attend a vigil for Alexander Mora  one of the 43 missing students  whose remains where found ...

People attend a vigil for Alexander Mora, one of the 43 missing students, whose remains where found in a landfill in Cocula, in the Tecuanapa municipality, Guerrero State, Mexico, on December 7, 2014
Pedro Pardo, AFP


Ezequiel Mora sits near a vigil for his son Alexander  one of the 43 missing students whose remains ...

Ezequiel Mora sits near a vigil for his son Alexander, one of the 43 missing students whose remains where found in a landfill in Cocula, in the Tecuanapa municipality of Mexico, on December 7, 2014
Pedro Pardo, AFP


Rally for the resignation of the Mexican President.

Rally for the resignation of the Mexican President.


Rally calling for the resignation of the President of Mexico.

Rally calling for the resignation of the President of Mexico.


Demo calling for the resignation of the President of Mexico.

Demo calling for the resignation of the President of Mexico.


Rally to for the Government Support Refugee Claimants. Yvonne Chiu  Multicultural Health Brokers.

Rally to for the Government Support Refugee Claimants. Yvonne Chiu, Multicultural Health Brokers.



Protesters from the group BlackOutHollywood Against Police Brutality march in Hollywood  California ...

Protesters from the group BlackOutHollywood Against Police Brutality march in Hollywood, California, on December 6, 2014 to protest against the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police
Frederic Brown, AFP


Protesters march in Hollywood  California  on December 6  2014 to protest against the deaths of unar...

Protesters march in Hollywood, California, on December 6, 2014 to protest against the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police
Frederic Brown, AFP


A group of protesters create a

A group of protesters create a “die-in” at the Westfield shopping mall in West London on December 10, 2014, in support of protests in the US over the killings of black suspects by white police officers
Leon Neal, AFP


A group of protesters demonstrate during a

A group of protesters demonstrate during a “die-in” at the Westfield shopping mall in West London on December 10, 2014
Leon Neal, AFP


Protesters hold placards as they walk around the Westfield shopping mall in West London on December ...

Protesters hold placards as they walk around the Westfield shopping mall in West London on December 10, 2014, in support of protests in the US over the killings of black suspects by white police officers
Leon Neal, AFP


A protester holds a placard on December 6  2014 in Athens  during clashes at the end of a youth prot...

A protester holds a placard on December 6, 2014 in Athens, during clashes at the end of a youth protest to commemorate the six-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos by a police officer
Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP


Greek police take position during clashes with protesters commemorating the six-year anniversary of ...

Greek police take position during clashes with protesters commemorating the six-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos by a police officer on December 6, 2014 in Athens
Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP/File


High waves pound the seawall hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near Legazpi  Philippines on Decemb...

High waves pound the seawall hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near Legazpi, Philippines on December 7, 2014
Ted Aljibe, AFP


Residents living along coastal areas take shelter in an unfinished building hours before Typhoon Hag...

Residents living along coastal areas take shelter in an unfinished building hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near Legaspi, Philippines on December 7, 2014
Ted Aljibe, AFP


Residents living along coastal areas take shelter in an unfinished building hours before Typhoon Hag...

Residents living along coastal areas take shelter in an unfinished building hours before Typhoon Hagupit passes near Legaspi on December 7, 2014
Ted Aljibe, AFP


Residents try to salvage recyclable materials from their homes destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit at a vil...

Residents try to salvage recyclable materials from their homes destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit at a village in San Julian town, Eastern Samar province, on December 9, 2014
Ted Aljibe, AFP


A resident carries a religious icon  saved from her house destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit at a village ...

A resident carries a religious icon, saved from her house destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit at a village in Sulat town, Eastern Samar province, on December 9, 2014
Ted Aljibe, AFP


A group of activists from different NGO's participate in a spontaneous rally to call for assist...

A group of activists from different NGO's participate in a spontaneous rally to call for assistance to victims of typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines, on December 8, 2014, at the UN COP20 and CMP10 grounds in Lima
Cris Bouroncle, AFP


A woman hangs laundry in front of destroyed houses in Borongan  in the Philippines' Samar provi...

A woman hangs laundry in front of destroyed houses in Borongan, in the Philippines' Samar province, a day after typhoon Hagupit hit the country on December 8, 2014
Vincent Go, AFP


A resident stands in front of houses destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit in Borongan City  central Philippi...

A resident stands in front of houses destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit in Borongan City, central Philippines, on December 8, 2014
Vincent Go, AFP



Polish deputy Robert Biedron (C) is applauded during a ceremony of his investiture as Mayor of Slups...

Polish deputy Robert Biedron (C) is applauded during a ceremony of his investiture as Mayor of Slupsk, northern Poland, on December 6, 2014
Piotr Wittman, AFP


Visitors look at the sculpture of the Greek river god Ilissos at the State Hermitage Museum on Decem...

Visitors look at the sculpture of the Greek river god Ilissos at the State Hermitage Museum on December 5, 2014 in St. Petersburg
Olga Maltseva, AFP


December 6  2014 saw the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their  Ghost Stories Tour 2014  ...

December 6, 2014 saw the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their ‘Ghost Stories Tour 2014’ at the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany.
BMW Welt


Chris Martin of the Cold Play pop group performs at the end of their  Ghost Stories Tour 2014  at th...

Chris Martin of the Cold Play pop group performs at the end of their ‘Ghost Stories Tour 2014’ at the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, December 6, 2014
BMW Welt


Chris Martin  Jonny Buckland  Will Champion and Guy Berryman  of the British band Coldplay celebrate...

Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman, of the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their ‘Ghost Stories Tour 2014’ at the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, on December 6, 2014.
BMW Welt


Chris Martin  Jonny Buckland  Will Champion and Guy Berryman  of the British band Coldplay celebrate...

Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman, of the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their ‘Ghost Stories Tour 2014’ at the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, on December 6, 2014.
BMW Welt


Chris Martin of the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their  Ghost Stories Tour 2014  at th...

Chris Martin of the British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their ‘Ghost Stories Tour 2014’ at the BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, on December 6, 2014
BMW Welt


View of the Bridge of Lions over Matanzas River.  St. Augustine  FL

View of the Bridge of Lions over Matanzas River. St. Augustine, FL


Interior view of Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine.  St. Augustine  FL

Interior view of Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine. St. Augustine, FL


Flagler College  once the Hotel Ponce de Leon.  St. Augustine  FL

Flagler College, once the Hotel Ponce de Leon. St. Augustine, FL


Chelsea Welch puts a stop to Olivia Bresnahan s drive to the basket.  Steve Pope/Digital Journal

Chelsea Welch puts a stop to Olivia Bresnahan’s drive to the basket. Steve Pope/Digital Journal


Duquesne s jose-Ann Johnson defends againist a layup by Panther s Monica Wignot.  Steve Pope/Digital...

Duquesne’s jose-Ann Johnson defends againist a layup by Panther’s Monica Wignot. Steve Pope/Digital Journal


Shane Koyczan performing at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver

Shane Koyczan performing at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver
Courtesy Vancouver Poetry House


Sony's Hi-Res Walkman NWZ-A17 and Sony MDR-1A Hi-Res headphones.

Sony’s Hi-Res Walkman NWZ-A17 and Sony MDR-1A Hi-Res headphones.
Digital Journal


Timeless Baranja in north-eastern Croatia  where traditional life is upheld.

Timeless Baranja in north-eastern Croatia, where traditional life is upheld.
@ Romulic and Stojcic


The Osijek skyline is dominated by the 90-metre high cathedral  which is made from three millions br...

The Osijek skyline is dominated by the 90-metre high cathedral, which is made from three millions bricks and is the second tallest church in South-East Europe, after Zagreb Cathedral.
Mario Romulic


Manon Ossevoort of the Netherlands poses in her tractor at a workshop outside Malmesbury in the Sout...

Manon Ossevoort of the Netherlands poses in her tractor at a workshop outside Malmesbury in the South African Western Cape on November 9, 2014
Lawrence Bartlett, AFP/File


Uighur women shop at a bazaar in Hotan  Xinjiang region on November 6  2013

Uighur women shop at a bazaar in Hotan, Xinjiang region on November 6, 2013
Carol Huang, AFP/File


Chinese paramilitary police stand guard in the Uighur minority area of Urumqi in Xinjiang Province o...

Chinese paramilitary police stand guard in the Uighur minority area of Urumqi in Xinjiang Province on June 30, 2013
Mark Ralston, AFP/File

In the Media

Mother of 8-year-old girl found dead in trunk charged with murder by Marcus Hondro

The mother of an eight-year-old girl found dead in the trunk of a car in Surrey, near Vancouver, yesterday, has been charged with second-degree murder. The woman was charged in the morning Thursday after being taken into custody Wednesday afternoon.

First ‘spark of life’ recreated by scientists by Stephen Morgan

Using a superpower laser, scientists have for the first time recreated the process which probably kick started life on Earth.

Dead child found in trunk of car near Vancouver, woman arrested by Marcus Hondro

RCMP are giving out few details tonight in the case of a child found dead in the trunk of a car Wednesday in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey. They have said, however, that a woman they believe to be the mother has been placed under arrest.

Pope Francis declares that animals go to heaven by JohnThomas Didymus

Pope Francis declared recently in his regular weekly address at St. Peter’s Square that animals go to heaven. He made the statement while trying to comfort a boy who was upset about the death of his pet dog.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. must fight Moseley tragedy before Pacquiao by Marcus Hondro

The man considered the best pound for pound boxer in the fight game may have a bigger obstacle than fists to overcome when, and if, he fights Manny Pacquiao next year. Floyd Mayweather Jr. witnessed a shooting Monday and the death of two friends.

Canada to connect with Zagreb, Croatia with direct Toronto flight by Paul Bradbury

Croatian tourism is becoming more accessible internationally, and inaugural direct flights from Canada is the latest piece of good news.

Op-Ed: Fight deal with Mayweather would allow Pacquiao to retire early by Leo Reyes

A fight deal with unbeaten American champion Floyd Mayweather that binds him to face Manny Pacquiao in the ring early or mid next year would allow the Filipino boxing star to retire in less than a year.

Will the newly discovered mountain size asteroid hit Earth? by Micki Hogan

Russian scientists recently announced the discovery of a new asteroid that may collide with Earth. The scientists estimate the asteroid is the size of a mountain.

Canadian man convicted of sexual assault on 103-year-old woman by Marcus Hondro

A man in Canada, was convicted by a court in Winnipeg of sexually assaulting a 103-year-old woman in a nursing home. He had an excuse, it was just a hug, he said, but witnesses say they saw him stick a hand down her top and pants.

Op-Ed: Mayweather, Pacquiao last bouts have little bearing on next fight by Leo Reyes

Judging or predicting the outcome of the proposed Mayweather-Pacquiao fight based on their past performance against common opponents won’t be a fair gauge of how they will perform when they finally face each other in the ring.

Roach, Arum believe Pacquiao will knock out Floyd Mayweather by Leo Reyes

Right after Manny Pacquiao’s sterling performance over former WBO light welterweight champion Chris Algieri in Macau, China last Nov. 22, Pacquaio’s trainer Freddie Roach predicted a knockout win for Pacquiao in a possible clash with Mayweather next year.

Philae finds organic matter on comet by Tim Sandle

Philae, the sophisticated comet lander, only maintained active life for a few days. However, it has confirmed what many had suspected: organic molecules are present on the surface of the comet.

Op-Ed: Why Mayweather-Pacquiao super fight won’t happen outside US by Leo Reyes

The reported Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao super fight happening in Dubai or Abu Dhabi early next year won’t happen unless the sponsors are doing it to promote investments or tourism in their country and not to profit from it.

Man who shot RCMP officer convicted killer, long history of crime by Marcus Hondro

The 36-year-old man who shot and critically injured a Mountie Wednesday morning, and who is now in custody in Kamloops and charged with attempted murder, is a convicted killer. Kenneth Michael Knutson was also banned from possessing a firearm.

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