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Australian donors sent $500,000 to arm and train extremists and support their families - although many may not have known their cash was going to support terrorism.  Agus Santoso of the Indonesian government's financial tracking watchdog told the ABC that Australia's counter-terrorism financing watchdog AusTrac provided the information that led to the uncovering of the financing network.  Indonesia hunts down and arrests members of extremist cells, but so far more than 200 Indonesians have gone to the Middle East to fight - around 60 have been killed.

US Coalition air strikes in Syria have killed at least ten Islamic State commanders, including some linked to last month's attacks in Paris and planning further attacks on the West.  US Army spokesman Colonel Steve Warren identified one killed on 24 December as Charaffe al-Mouadan, who was in direct contact with Paris attack cell leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud.  The US-led coalition has been targeting IS in Iraq and Syria for more than a year.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rode into Ramadi in a helicopter, a day after the army claimed the city was finally liberated from Islamic State's control.  Abadi said recapturing Iraq's second city Mosul would be the "final blow" to the terrorist group - but that battle will require the help of the Kurdish Peshmerga. 

Russia will likely not return to international athletics before next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - according to European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen.  The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned the Russians for alleged involvement in widespread doping, and will send an inspection committee to Russia next month, but the report won't be complete until March at the earliest - just a few months before the games.  "They must have a cultural change," Mr. Hansen told Athletics Weekly magazine. "They must get rid of all those people from before,"he said, referring to those suspected of running the doping operation.

Taiwan is asking Japan to extend its compensation fund for former "comfort women" to those who came from countries other than South Korea.  Tokyo and Seoul recently announced a deal to pay reparations to the surviving Korean women who were forced into service in Japan's World War II-era brothels.  But victims of this despicable practice also were kidnapped from Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.  "We hope the Japanese government can do better and take better care of the comfort women's welfare and dignity," said Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou.

The Chicago police officer seen on video shooting a teenager 16 times has pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder.  Hecklers greeted Jason Van Dyke as he arrived at court.  The video showing Van Dyke pumping bullet after bullet into the body of Laquan McDonald caused outrage in the city, and sparked a federal investigation of police racism.  The teen was carrying a knife, but was walking away from officers.

The "Affluenza Teen" held a farewell party before fleeing to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with his mother, according to the cops who finally caught him.  Ethan Couch dyed his hair black and fled the country because he had been caught on video at a party where other minors had been drinking alcohol.  That's a violation of his ten year parole sentence, in lieu of jail time for the 2013 drunk driving crash in which he killed four people.  A psychologist at the trial successfully argued that his over-privileged upbringing led to a bullshyte, made-up condition called "affluenza" - meaning, his parents didn't teach him to be responsible for his own actions.  Now, Couch and his mother face prison.

Police in Michoacan, Mexico say the body of one of the worst drug lords was among four found dumped on a highway.  All four had been shot dead.  Carlos Rosales Mendoza founded La Familia Michoacana cartel, and orchestrated a mass jail break of gangsters that resulted in him being sent to prison for a decade.  Many of his underlings went on to form their own gangs, including the Knights Templar cartel.