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	*Political activists ] and ], of the ]n band ], are given amnesty less than three months before the end of their sentences. They had been convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred".		*Political activists ] and ], of the ]n band ], are given amnesty less than three months before the end of their sentences. They had been convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred".
	*Former ] MP ] is sentenced to six months in jail for expenses fraud after he admitted to submitting 19 false receipts totaling £12,900.		*Former ] MP ] is sentenced to six months in jail for expenses fraud after he admitted to submitting 19 false receipts totaling £12,900.

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Current events of December 23, 2013 (2013-12-23) (Monday)

War in North-West Pakistan:
- The Pakistani army launches a military offensive against Taliban insurgents near the Afghan border. There are accusations that dozens of civilians are killed. (Reuters)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A mortar attack kills four Iraq army officers and two soldiers in an army base west of Baghdad. (Al Arabiya Team)
Syrian Civil War:
- Russia sends 25 armored trucks and 50 other vehicles to Syria to help transport toxins that are to be destroyed under an international agreement to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal. (Reuters)

Today is the deadline to sign up without penalty for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). (FOX News)
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada visits former President Gloria Arroyo in the hospital where she is currently detained. (The Philippine Star)

Political activists Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, of the Russian band Pussy Riot, are given amnesty less than three months before the end of their sentences. They had been convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". (The Guardian) (BBC) (New York Times)
Former UK MP Denis MacShane is sentenced to six months in jail for expenses fraud after he admitted to submitting 19 false receipts totaling £12,900. (BBC)

The designer of the AK-47 assault rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov passes away at the age of 94. (The Irish Times)