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American officials say the trainees will be ready to take on ISIS by mid-February. from NYT > World http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/41e59c7c/sc/1/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Cworld0Cus0Etroops0Eback0Ein0Eiraq0Etrain0Ea0Eforce0Eto0Efight0Eisis0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

A team of curators for the app, whose messages are meant to disappear, will stitch together photos and videos from users at celebrations in cities around the world to create a documentarylike presentation. from NYT > Business Day http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640316/s/41e5811f/sc/4/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Cbusiness0Cmedia0C31snapchat0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

A team of curators for the app, whose messages are meant to disappear, will stitch together photos and videos from users at celebrations in cities around the world to create a documentarylike presentation. from NYT > Technology http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640387/s/41e546c9/sc/4/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Cbusiness0Cmedia0C31snapchat0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

Three detainees from Yemen and two from Tunisia were transferred. With the move, 28 prisoners have been transferred in 2014. from NYT > World http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/41e58c4b/sc/30/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Cworld0Cmiddleeast0Cfive0Eguantnamo0Eprisoners0Eare0Ereleased0Eto0Ekazakhstan0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

Activity in China's factory sector shrank for the first time in seven months in December, a private survey showed on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency behind a series of surprise easing moves by Beijing in the past two months. from NYT > Business Day http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640316/s/41e57c44/sc/24/l/0L0Snytimes0N0Creuters0C20A140C120C30A0Cbusiness0C30Areuters0Echina0Eeconomy0Epmi0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

Brook Lopez scored 29 points, a season best, and Joe Johnson had a double-double in Brooklyn’s victory in Chicago. from NYT > Sports http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640382/s/41e51f6b/sc/13/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Csports0Cbasketball0Cnba0Eroundup0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

Cleveland faded to 18-13 without James, who rested a sporadically sore knee and may be unavailable for Wednesday’s game against Milwaukee. from NYT > Sports http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640382/s/41e51f67/sc/13/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C120C310Csports0Cbasketball0Chawks0Espoil0Eparty0Eas0Elebron0Ejames0Eturns0E30A0Eand0Ecavaliers0Efall0Ewithout0Ehim0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm