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The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:

Pakistan mourns after Taliban kill 132 students in school massacre, Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal, and drug-resistant malaria - is it the world's next big health crisis?

AFRICA

Ghana must cut "ghost workers" from payroll before aid resumes - EU

UN, aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo's mining heartland

France urges closer regional collaboration against Nigeria's Boko Haram

A million displaced Nigerians unable to vote unless law changed - INEC

Kenya shuts down 500 groups in anti-terrorism crackdown

INTERVIEW-Shock treatment: what's missing from Sierra Leone's Ebola response

Mali ends last quarantines, could be Ebola-free next month

Ethiopian health workers arrive in Liberia to help fight Ebola

Saudi King gives $35 mln grant for Ebola fight

Red Cross urges vigilance to avert holiday spike in Ebola cases

Sierra Leone diamond zone hit by largely hidden Ebola outbreak

SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Libya's rival parliament says open to U.N.-sponsored peace talks

Threatened African nations urge western action on Libya crisis

SPOTLIGHT: Libya conflict

U.N. says forces in Sudan's Darfur won't leave amid rising violence

SPOTLIGHT: Darfur conflict

U.N. brigade will need to "neutralise" Congo rebels- chief

SPOTLIGHT: Congo (DR) conflict

Warring faction chiefs in Central African Republic must be arrested-rights group

SPOTLIGHT: Central African Republic troubles

Sudan govt forces accused of gang rape in Blue Nile state

Sudan ceasefire talks end without deal as violence increases

SPOTLIGHT: Sudan conflicts

ASIA AND PACIFIC

Pakistan in mourning as parents bury children after school attack

Taliban go on killing spree at Pakistan school, 132 students dead

Pakistani pupils recall narrow escapes, carnage in Taliban slaughter

Thailand fails to clean lead-poisoned creek despite court order - rights group

Philippines calls one-month ceasefire with Maoists for Xmas, Pope

SPOTLIGHT: Philippines-Mindanao conflict

Indonesia rescuers use earth-movers in landslide rescue as toll rises to 32

SPOTLIGHT: Natural disasters

Unable to pay salaries, Afghanistan asks donors for more money

SPOTLIGHT: Afghanistan turmoil

MIDDLE EAST

FEATURE-Female fighters battle for freedom and equality in Syria

European Union backs UN plan for Syrian truce

Washington undecided on U.N. resolution for Palestinian state

SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

LATIN AMERICA

Nine FARC members killed by army raid in Colombian jungle

SPOTLIGHT: 50 years of Colombia's rebel fighters FARC

Tolerance of child sex crimes in Latin America thwarts convictions - rights group

EUROPE

Three arrested in northern England, suspected of enslaving Slovakians

GLOBAL

FEATURE: Drug-resistant malaria: The world's next big health crisis?

Developing nations losing record $1 trillion a year in dirty money-report

One in 500 people living with no nationality - report

SPOTLIGHT: Can we end statelessness in a decade?

Unchecked superbugs could kill 10 million people a year

End poverty? Sometimes it really may take a village

CLIMATE

Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal

Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights

U.S.'s Kerry tells rich and poor to make climate deal to avoid 'tragedy'

SPOTLIGHT: Lima climate talks

Indonesia lax when illegal loggers clear forests for palm plantations - report

Cyclone with a catch: Indian fishermen enjoy bountiful haul

SPOTLIGHT: Fisheries and climate change

Vulnerable nations urged to craft climate migration policy

SPOTLIGHT: Migration and climate change

Peru's melting glaciers a deadly threat as temperatures rise

Protecting mangroves can lower disaster risks, offer cash - experts

Migration stripping Pacific Islands of climate change know-how

BUILDING PEACE

Hiroshima survivor shifts search for victims from U.S. to Europe

Sworn enemies make peace in Colombia after putting down their guns

INTERVIEW-"We must negotiate with Islamic State" - senior mediator

SPOTLIGHT: Conflict resolution

INTERVIEW-How do you successfully end wars? Academics seek an answer

SPOTLIGHT: War and conflict

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