News Headlines - 21 January 2015

▽Japan sends team to negotiate 'early release' of Isil hostages - Telegraph

Tokyo sends 30-strong team to Jordan embassy to emphasise that aid package to Middle East is non-military and designed to help refugees

▽N.S.A. Breached North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say - NYTimes.com

The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled to break into the computer systems of a country considered one of the most impenetrable targets on earth.

▽Russia's AK-47 Kalashnikov to be made in the US after sanctions import ban | City A.M.

The infamous AK-47 assault rifle, also known as the Kalashnikov, will begin production in the US for the first time after imports of the weapon were banned under sanctions imposed on Russia by the US government.

▽Agent: Woods' Front Tooth Knocked out by Videographer - ABC News

Woods made a surprise visit to Italy on Monday to watch girlfriend Lindsey Vonn capture her record 63rd World Cup race. The photo that generated all the buzz was Woods missing his front tooth.
The culprit, according to his agent, was a camera.

▽BBC News - Anne Kirkbride, Coronation Street's Deirdre Barlow, dies aged 60

Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride, who played the character Deirdre Barlow in the long-running television soap, has died aged 60 after a short illness.