Nigeria orders release of detained activist Omoyele Sowore

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Omoyele Sowore, a jailed Nigerian activist who'd stood as a presidential candidate has been released on bail, after the government accepted a court ruling. Police in Hong Kong have battled pro-democracy protesters with tear gas in some of the most sustained unrest seen in the Chinese territory in weeks. Pope Francis has ushered in Christmas for more than a billion Catholics by celebrating midnight mass at the Vatican, calling on the faithful not to abandon God’s love because of the Church’s failings.