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Oxfam says inequality has gotten even worse in the world.  The group's latest report released before the World Economic Forum in Davos said that billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year, which comes out to about US$2.5 Billion a day.  Meanwhile, the 3.8 billion people who make up the world's poorest half saw their wealth decline by eleven percent.  "This is not inevitable, this is unacceptable," said Oxfam International's executive director Winnie Byanyima, who noted: "While corporations and the super-rich enjoy low tax bills, millions of girls are denied a decent education and women are dying for lack of maternity care."  Raising taxes on the super-rich just 0.5 percent would raise more than enough funds to educate the 262 million children out of school, and provide lifesaving health care for 3.3 million people.

At least eleven to 14 people are dead in a ship fueling accident in the Kerch Strait, disputed waters in the Black Sea where Russia and Ukraine have mixed it up in recent months.  This involved two Tanzanian-flagged vessels, a gas tanker that was fueling a cargo vessel; the explosion from one spread the fire to the other.  Dozens of crew members jumped into the sea to escape the flames, and at least 14 were rescued by Russian ships.  The injured were being brought to hospital in the Crimean city of Kerch.

A court in Egypt has jailed a TV host for a year because he interviewed a gay man, whose identity was kept a secret in the increasingly authoritarian country's crackdown on human rights.  The court also fined Mohamed al-Ghiety about $180 for allegedly "promoting homosexuality", whatever that means.  The same prosecuting attorney is known for filing morals cases against celebrities, including one last year against a singer whom he alleged wore too-revealing clothes on TV.

Israel's military says it launched several aid raids on Iranian positions in Syria, targeting the elite Quds force of the Revolutionary Guard.  Syria claims it shot down most of the missiles, but its clear that many made it to ground and at least eleven people were killed.  Israel says it acted because the Quds force launched a missile at the Israel-occupied Golan Heights.

Venezuela claims to have foiled a rebellion, arresting 27 members of the national guard and charging them with seizing weapons from a National Guard command post  in Caracas.  The rebels posted social media videos and took four fellow officers hostage, before making their way to Cotiza in the early hours of Monday.  But when they arrived, they found no friends - just "strong resistance" from the overwhelming majority of the National Guard that supports the Democratically-elected government of President Nicolas Maduro.  The government blamed unspecified "obscure interests of the extreme right" for instigating the incident.  

A strike by auto workers in Matamoros, Mexico threatens to impact North American auto industry.  From 40,000 to 70,000 workers at 50 auto parts plants are demanding a 20 percent pay hike and a compensation bonus.  These factories feed parts to GM and Ford plants in the US, and labor organizers warn that plants further down the supply chain could face shut downs.