Facebook Hiring Spree Hints At Ambitions In Virtual Reality And Beyond – Virtual reality goggles, drones and data centers are all driving a hiring spree at Facebook Inc (FB.O) that is set to swell its ranks as much as 14 percent in the near term, according to a review of job listings on the company’s website. [reuters]

Paris Gunman Given Secret Burial – Saïd Kouachi, one of the two gunmen who attacked the offices of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo earlier this month, was buried last night in an unmarked grave in the city of Reims, where he had lived. [gawk]

Rabbi Predicts Jewish Exodus From France – The terror threat level in France will most likely cause thousands of fearful Jewish people to flee, a rabbi tells Sky News. [sky]

MK Veterans Cause Chaos On Train After ANC Party – A group of Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association members beat up and terrorised ANC party supporters on a train trip from Cape Town to Johannesburg after the party celebrated its 103rd anniversary in the Mother City. [n24]

Zuma Blessed With Saint Order – The Pope and Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa: Theodoris II on Sunday bestowed President Jacob Zuma with the highest honour the church can give to a foreign national. [iol]

Winnie Faces Fraud Charge For Forged Affidavit – The war between the Mandelas is intensifying, with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela facing possible criminal charges over fraudulent court papers. [tlive]

The EFF Forges On With The Invasion Of Unoccupied Land – The EFF announces their land occupation programmes calling those who have lodged land claims to occupy the claimed land. [m&g]

AB De Villiers Sets New Record – AB de Villiers ripped up the record books with the fastest century in ODIs, off just 31 balls to beat the previous quickest set by Corey Anderson off 36 balls little more than a year ago, as South Africa beat their own record at the Wanderers and racked up 439, four shy of the world record total of 443. [espn]

N.S.A. Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say – 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. [nyt]

Confessions of a Putin Strategist – Officials on both sides of the Ukraine conflict agree “full-scale, continental war” is a growing possibility. [beast]

Listen To Women More, Don’t Be So Macho, Pope Tells Men – “(We) don’t allow room for women but women are capable of seeing things with a different angle from us, with a different eye,” Pope Francis said. [jpost]

Plane Accident On Runway After Pope Departs – Minutes after the Pope’s plane left for Manila today, a jet carrying 11 people, including Philippine Cabinet members, overshot the runway at Tacloban because of a storm. [tom]

Box Office: ‘American Sniper’ Shatters Records With $90.2 Million Weekend – “American Sniper” hit the bullseye, earning an astonishing $90.2 million in its debut weekend in wide release. It is now on pace to upend records for the month of January, pulling in roughly $105 million over the four-day period. [variety]

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Loses Earring, Asks Twitter For Help – Julie Bishop, foreign minister of Australia and noted emoji enthusiast, has asked Twitter users for help finding her lost pearl earring. [upi]

Led Zep’s Jimmy Page (71) Dating 25-Year-Old – For sheer generation-busting unlikeliness, the blossoming love affair between white-haired rock dinosaur Jimmy Page, 71, and actress and poet Scarlett Sabet, 25, takes some beating. [dm]

Teen ‘Sex Slave’ Diary: Epstein Didn’t Want ‘Black Girls’ – Prince Andrew’s freaky ­financier pal Jeffrey Epstein was not only a pedophile but a bedroom bigot, too, according to a woman who claims she was his teen “sex slave.” [p6]

Zanzibar: Seven-Night Bed and Breakfast Stay Per Person Sharing, Including Flights at Reef & Beach Bungalows – For Just R8,999 – get the deal [here]

Photographer Captures Rare, Breathtaking Images Of Recently Flipped Iceberg – Icebergs are pretty standard when it comes to appearance: They can be bold and beautiful, sure — but for the most part, they’re white, snowy and generally look the same. [mash]

 

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