In Rovinari, Romania, a father and 6 siblings, aged from 6 months to 7 years, die after a gas water boiler emits carbon monoxide. (Nation.com)
Law and crime
Chinese police kill six attacking militants wearing explosive devices in Xinjiang. (Reuters) (Naharnet)
A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, Valeri Permyakov, kills six members of an Armenian family, including a two-year-old child, and, in addition, wounds a six-month-old child, in Gyumri, Armenia, initiating a manhunt by the Armenian security services until his capture. (ArmeniaNow) (News.Armenia)
The death toll from poisoned beer in the Mozambique rises to at least 69 with 169 in hospital. Further, medical experts begin to question if the source of the contamination was the deliberate addition of crocodile bile or instead the often used foxglove flowers (which contain digitalis) for homebrewing locally-derived Pombe beer. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia) (Forbes)
Science and technology
The SpaceX CRS-5 supply ship arrives at the ISS with groceries and Christmas gifts. (AP)