World in brief: December 23nd 2014
Nuke power firm tests safety drill
South Korea: The country’s monopoly nuclear power company began drills yesterday against cyber-attacks following online threats against its plants.
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Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers kill at least five Palestinians, including a nine-year-old girl, in Gaza
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention



