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December 23, 2013 (Monday)

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)

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 imprisoned for what Russian authorities called "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". (The Guardian) (BBC) (New York Times)

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+*[[Maria Alyokhina]] and [[Nadezhda Tolokonnikova]], of the [[Russia]]n band [[Pussy Riot]], are given amnesty less than three months before the end of their sentences. They had been imprisoned for what Russian authorities called "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". [http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/23/pussy-riot-maria-alyokhina-released (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25490067 (BBC)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/member-of-russian-punk-band-freed-under-amnesty-law.html?_r=0 (''New York Times'')]
-*[[Maria Alyokhina]] and [[Nadezhda Tolokonnikova]], of the [[Russia]]n band [[Pussy Riot]], are given amnesty less than three months before the end of their sentences. They had been imprisoned for what Russian authorities called "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". Alyokhina called the amnesty a "PR stunt". [http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/23/pussy-riot-maria-alyokhina-released (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25490067 (BBC)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/member-of-russian-punk-band-freed-under-amnesty-law.html?_r=0 (''New York Times'')]
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