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Current events of December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25) (Thursday)

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Law and crime

President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan is being investigated over allegations of illegal political donation from Ting Hsin International Group, a disgraced conglomerate in the center of the 2014 Taiwan food scandal. (Central News Agency)

Arts and culture

Urbi et Orbi
- Pope Francis condemns the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria for violence against women, children, and ethnic minorities. (CNN)
Iraqi Christians defy persecution and celebrate Christmas in Baghdad. (The New York Times)
2014 Ebola epidemic
- In her Royal Christmas Message, Queen Elizabeth II praises aid workers for fighting ebola in West Africa. (CBS)
United States President Barack Obama praises U.S. troops and reflects on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during his annual Christmas message in Hawaii. (Toronto Star)

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