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Police present recaptured Mexican drug lord El Chapo to media

Mexico recaptured the worlds top drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman with US help after a pre-dawn shootout on 8 January, six months after he humiliated the government with his second jaw-dropping escape from a maximum security prison. Guzman, head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, was presented to the media and bundled into a Marines helicopter in the evening, to be flown to the same prison from which he escaped. Jan 9, 2016

Syria: Starving residents issued salt packets in besieged town

Amateur video released on a social media website appears to show residents in the Syrian town of Madaya being handed packets of salt. Warnings of widespread starvation are growing as pro-government forces besiege the opposition-held town and winter bites, darkening the already bleak outlook for peace talks the United Nations hopes to convene this month. Jan 8, 2016
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