VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – December 29, 2014

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Indian government promises to monitor sale of acid following increase in attacks on women, Hamas bans Palestinian children’s trip to Israel, snow and ice strands thousands in the French Alps, and Monday marks one year since Egyptian authorities detained three Al Jazeera journalists. INDIA Government Vows to Monitor Sale of Acid Following Recent Attacks A new web-based application promises to regulate purchases, but campaigners are skeptical it will have any real impact. GAZA Hamas Bans Children’s Trip to Israel Israeli activists organized a week-long tour for dozens of Palestinian kids orphaned by the recent war, but Hamas officials declared the itinerary ‘suspicious.’ FRANCE Days of Heavy Snow Leave Thousands Stranded in Alps Up to 15,000 people spent part of the weekend in shelters or stuck in their cars and unable to safely leave the roads. EGYPT One Year Since Imprisonment of Al Jazeera Journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are serving between seven and 10 years each on terrorism-related charges. Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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