World News Roundup Today - 15/12/2015

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**LOCAL NEWS**

GUARDIAN

*Stiffer penalties await rapists, says SENATE President Bukola Saraki says convicted rapists would be made to face stiffer sanctions in the new laws to be enacted by the Eighth Assembly.

*Presidency eyes Ethiopia's model for agric business

*Rome to host Ryder Golf Cup median edition in 2022

*Serena hosts Charity fund Ultimate Run

*Barca draw Arsenal in Champions League last 16

*U.S. equities drop to two-month lows

*Dogara decries non-execution of NAssembly resolutions

*Minister laments poor use of hydropower to boost electricity

*Lagos community laments poor roads, seeks governments intervention

*Visa agent docked over alleged N502,000 fraud

*Ajimobi challenges influential indigenes on rural development

*Edo budgets N111.5b for 2016

*Suspected Fulani attackers kill 14 in Plateau community

*4000 benefit from free HIV/AIDS medical treatment in Benue community

*EFCC arraigns Dasuki, Baba Kusa NNPC ex-director, Shuaibu

*Cancerous growth on wrist threatens 24-year-olds life

*Law officers begin indefinite strike over eight months salary arrears

*Harder economic times coming, says govt

*Espanyol part ways with Coach Sergio Gonzalez

*Governors Cup Lagos Tennis: Nigerian players sent packing as final leg begins

*Our chance to progress against Juventus is 50-50, Guardiola claims

*Median African Basketball league set for launch in Lagos

*Siasia: We didnt deserve to win U-23 trophy

*FC Taraba players protest unpaid salaries, relocate to Govt House

*Roma has what it takes to cause Madrid upset, Butragueno warns

*Oil prices fall below govts 2016 budget benchmark

*SAfrican firm sells Nigerian business to Dangote for N10b

*Chinas steel output drops with more cuts on the way

*Empowerment of private sector key to economic development in Nigeria

*No military panel can remove me, says Fayose

DAILY TIMES

*Dasuki, four others docked

*Why we arrested Shiite leader El-Zakzaky ' Army

*When students go berserk

*CACOL ' stages protest against infrastructural deficiency, corruption

*173 ex-corp member rececived employment letters from FG

*Dasuki, three others, arraigned in Court

*FG to create ICT hubs across Nigeria

*Abuja: Increasing challenge of insecurity

*Dasuki should be innocent until proven guilty

NATIONAL MIRROR

*Nigeria's abysmal doctor'population ratio

*Nigeria's future depends on agriculture 'Nkem-Abonta

*Lagos reviews pension payment to deceased employees' families

*Airports' infrastructure projects to gulp $30bn 'Stakeholders

*Stakeholders chart roadmap to aviation sector's sustainable growth

*Glo-CAF Awards: Amuneke guns for Coach of the Year

NIGERIAN PILOT

*FG to implement technology transfer initiative in 2016 ' Minister

*Sanction: Court dismisses Stanbic IBTC, suit against FRCN

*2016: FG reduces personnel cost from N1.8trn to N100bn

*Nigeria's infrastructure finance gap

*ITU awards would strengthen empowerment of women, girls

*NIStuctE/BCPG call on professionals to tackle building collapse

*Return of toll gates: Time for business unusual

*Insecurity: Senate urges FG to revive CCTV in public places

*Biafra: Igbo urged to embrace dialogue

*Senate will not censor media, says Saraki

*Executive, legislature poised to improve Nigerians' living standard

**WORLD NEWS**

BBC

*US-Russia try to narrow Syria divisions

*Thai king makes rare appearance

*Ceasefire due in Yemen ahead of talks

*Bergdahl to face general court-martial

*Tribute marks Sydney siege anniversary

*Argentina drops grain export taxes

*Trump in 'excellent' health - doctor

*Kosovo parliament in tear-gas protest

*'We are hitting IS harder than ever

*Delhi gang rape: Second chance for teenage rapist

*Nigerian Shia leader's wife 'alive

*IS 'moving to access Libya oil' - France

*Gulf commanders killed in Yemen attack

*Siasia: Nigeria U23 must improve

*Medics sentenced for boy's death

*Nurses jailed over faked results

*Websites offline after cyber-attack threat

*The computer virus that blackmails you

*Leicester City 2-1 Chelsea

*Man Utd will recover, insists Mata

ABC NEWS

*Coach Who Told Players to Hit  Referee Pleads  Guilty to Assault

*Girl Who Lost Family in Fire  Receives 195,000 Cards in a  Day

*Childs named the cottage La Pitchoune, or "The Little Thing."

*Baby Born With Partially Developed Brain  Beats Odds to Meet Santa

*Jill and Jessa Duggar Open Up About Life After Brother's Scandal

*Bill Cosby Sues 7 Accusers for Defamation - His lawyer called their statements "malicious, opportunistic and false."

*Joey Feek Walks After Being Bedridden for  Weeks

*In the Airline Industry, Cats Now Love Dogs

*Melanie Griffith Fires Back at Online Trolls

*Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria  Shriver Reunite for Daughter's Birthday

*Why Will Smith's Character Not in  'Independence Day' Sequel

*Century-Old NJ Shipwreck Believed to Be 1 of  3 Sunken Barges

*'Star Wars' Fans Prepare for Episode VII  Release

*Terminally Ill 4-Year-Old Gets Early Christmas  in Virginia (Virginia Rose's hometown brought the holiday to her front yard).

*'Miracle Baby' Born Without  Most of His Brain Defying  Odds

•Ted Cruz Takes the Lead in Iowa Polls, Donald  Trump Calls Him 'A Maniac'

•Trump Climbs to 35 Percent Support in New  National Poll

•Mourners Gather for 1 Month Anniversary of  Paris Attacks

•FBI: Maryland Terror  Suspect Claims He Was  Scamming ISIS

•Memory Lapse? Trump Seeks Distance From  'Advisor' With Past Ties to Mafia

ROUND UP

*20th Number One Song And Grammy Nods Mark Memorable Week For Songwriter Luke Laird - Forbes

6 ways to make your money work for you - Business Insider

*725,000 were evacuated as a typhoon slammed into the Philippines - Business Insider

*A majority of Republicans support Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from the US - Business Insider

*Accion MFB Records N57bn Loan Disbursement - Thisday

*Adele announces her North American tour - CNN

*Adele kills it on 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon - CNN

*Africa needs $100bn annually to close infrastructure-financing gap ' AfDB - BusinessDay

*Amazon's newest content streaming strategy could change the pay-TV industry in a big way - Business Insider

*An Open Letter to Caitlyn Jenner - Huffington Post

*AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves - Business Insider

*Argentina drops grain export taxes - BBC

*Argentine president eliminates some taxes on agricultural - Business Insider

*Arsenal faces Barcelona, Bayern plays Juventus - CNN

*Astonishingly excellent': Donald Trump releases report saying he'd be the healthiest president 'ever - Business Insider

*Baltimore jury mulls officer's fate in Freddie Gray's death - Yahoo

*Bitcoin Hits Highest Levels Since Late 2014 - Techcrunch