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A teenager who attacked several people on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio is identified as a Somali refugee and US permanent resident who was deeply troubled by the treatment of Muslims in the world - reportedly, the Rohingya minority in Myanmar in particular.  Police say 18-year old Abdul Razak Ali Artan rammed his car into a crowd at the largest university in the state, and got out to stab people.  A police officer was already there investigating an unrelated gas leak shot and killed the suspect at the scene.  Nine people were injured, none life-threateningly. 

It comes at a time of increasing violence and vandalism from Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the US.  Mosques in California are asking for police protection after anonymous threats were mailed by some low-life chicken-shyte coward who praised US president-elect Donald Trump.  Synagogues are also getting threatens and and vandalism from trump-loving punks.

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is calling off her planned trip to Indonesia after protests there over her country's renewed crackdown on its Rohingya minority.  The United Nations has accused MYanmar of "ethnic cleansing" when it comes to the Muslim group, which many in Myanmar consider to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh - which is refusing to accept them.  Suu Kyi's trip to Jakarta was further complicated by growing tensions with Muslim nationalists who have their undies in a bind because the Christian governor used the wrong word.

Syrian government troops made further gains in Aleppo, taking about one-third of the territory formerly controlled by rebels.  It could be a turning point in the nearly 6-year-old conflict, as the armed opponents of President Bashar Assad are on the verge of being dislodged from their last major urban stronghold.  However, Islamic State still holds Raqqa and has shown that it can continue to cause trouble even without holding any territory.

Moroccan broadcast Channel 2M is apologizing for airing a segment about how to use make up to cover up the bruises from domestic abuse.  The segment sparked international outrage.

The UK charity Doctors of the World is provoking discussion with its line of Holiday cards showing Biblical scenes "corrected" with images of modern war.  For instance, the Three Magi are pictured pointing at a drone launching a missile instead of the Star of Bethlehem.  You get the idea.  Find them on social media by searching the hashtag #realityxmas.  "We've launched this campaign in the first week of Advent to shine a light on the realities of life in the Middle East at Christmas," said Doctors of the World UK Executive Director Leigh Daynes.

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans are paying tribute to the late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro who died on Friday at age 90.  They stood in line for hours to get to the capital city's Plaza of the Revolution to file past Castro's ashes in a typically austere and humble setting beneath the statue of Latin American independence leader Jose Marti.  Hundreds of other tribute sites were set up around the country for those who can't get to Havana.  Later on, the ashes will be taken across the country to Santiago to be interred near Marti's grave.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now says he won't attend the memorial for Fidel Castro, because of scheduling conflicts.  Earlier, Mr. Trudeau caught a lot of flack for tweeting about his "family friend, calling Fidel "a controversial figure" while praising "a legendary revolutionary and orator" and "a remarkable leader".  Conservatives and US Cubans (including two failed presidential candidates who can't win contests outside of their home districts) were outraged.  Justin's father, the late former PM Pierre Trudeau, was very proud to call the Cuban leader a friend and outraged many Americans when he visited Havana in the 1970s and shouted during an outdoor rally, "Viva Cuba, Viva Fidel Castro".  Or maybe this demonstrates why the US shouldn't be considered the world's arbiter of freedom and democracy anymore.

The World Trade Organization ruled that Washington state in the far northwest US broke the rules by giving Boeing US$5.7 Billion in tax breaks to keep its operations in the region - tax breaks that amount to illegal subsidies.  The European Union - which backs Boeing's competitor Airbus - claimed the ruling as a victory, as did US officials who pointed out that the ruling could have including $3 Billion more tax breaks for the plane maker.  The WTO is giving US federal authorities a few months to end those subsidies. 

A 20-year old Russian chess grandmaster is dead after a reported Parkour accident.  Young Yuri Yeliseyev tried to jump from balcony to balcony from a building on Moscow's Pyatnitskoye Avenue, in an area dominated by decrepit, mid-Soviet-era high-rise housing.  Authorities say he plunge twelve storeys to the ground.