News Headlines - 01 January 2015

▽Egyptian Court Orders New Trial for Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists

An Egyptian court has ruled that three jailed Al Jazeera journalists will get a new trial. The Court of Cassation in Cairo announced the decision after a brief hearing Thursday, but did not set a date for the retrial.

▽BBC News - Bloody Sunday: PSNI unit takes over investigation

A new PSNI legacy unit has taken over the Bloody Sunday investigation, and a review of letters sent to about 200 so-called republican On the Runs. The unit was set up to replace the Historical Enquiries Team (HET).

▽As Early Elections Near, Greek Legislators Disband - NYTimes.com

Greece dissolved its Parliament on Wednesday, preparing for early general elections this month that could provoke a showdown with its creditors and cause turmoil in financial markets.

▽New Year's Stampede Leaves 36 Dead, 47 Injured in Shanghai - ABC News

Grieving relatives identified the bodies of loved ones a day after a stampede during New Year's celebrations along Shanghai's historic waterfront area killed 36 people. Some families lashed out at authorities, accusing them of being unresponsive to their plight and failing to prevent the disaster.

▽BBC News - Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year - activists

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria's four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say... Meanwhile more than 15,000 died in conflicts in Iraq in 2014, making it that country's worst year since 2007.