FRIDAY ROUND-UP: See our round-up of content from some of the main news stories of the last 24-hours. DEATH OF SAUDI KING ABDULLAH: Saudi state television announced Abdullahs death in the early hours of Friday morning, Saudi time. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842517059119750 US WINTER STORMS: est Texas and south central New Mexico were under a winter storm warning on Thursday, with some areas expecting up to 10 inches, the National Weather Service said. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/841950802509709 EGYPT PROTESTS: Dozens of protesters clashed with security forces in Talaat Harb Square in central Cairo on Thursday, January 22, according to local reports. The demonstration, organized the Ahrar youth movement, was held just days ahead of the four-year anniversary of the January 25 revolution that toppled the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842304825807640 DONETSK UKRAINE: At least one person was killed and six people injured after a shell hit a bus stop in the Kyivs’kyi district of Donetsk, on Tuesday. According to reports, heavy shelling and gunfire were heard throughout the city shortly after 9.30am local time, with the Kuibyshev, Kalinin and Lenin districts also affected. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/841304849240971 FLORIDA SMALL PLANE CRASH: Firefighters battled flames in Lakeland, Florida on Thursday, after a small plane crashed into a plastics factory. Two people on the plane were believed to have been killed, according to a local report. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842359595802163 CAMERON ON SCOTLAND: UK Prime Minister David Cameron travelled to Scotland on Thursday to announce greater devolution of powers to the Scottish government. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the announcement as a “significant watering down” of the powers promised, according to The Guardian. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842442412460548 DRC PROTESTS: Clashes continued between protesters and security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, over controversial legislation that would see President Joseph Kabila’s term in office extended. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842449082459881 SHINAWATRA IMPEACHMENT: Former Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been impeached by an army-appointed legislature, over alleged corruption in a scheme which subsidised rice farmers. Authorities have banned Shinawatra from office for five years, and a legal case has been mounted against her. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842616755776447 PHILIPPINES EXPLOSION: An explosion at a bar in the Philippine city of Zamboanga left one person dead and several more injured on January 23. According to reports, authorities were investigating whether the explosion was caused by a gas tank, or an improvised explosive device. https://facebook/FBNewswire/posts/842641559107300
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