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U.S. federal law enforcement officials believe both shooters involved in the Dec. 2 attack in San Bernardino, California, had been radicalized for a long time before they opened fire on the city's Inland Regional Center. With 22 races still to be called, the Venezuelan opposition coalition has won 99 of the 167 seats in the legislature and is 12 seats away from a two-thirds majority. Cuba's $16 billion debt incurred from a 1986 default will be restructured under an expected deal with 15 creditor nations of the Paris Club. Russia is responsible for an airstrike on a Syrian army camp Dec. 6 that killed three soldiers and wounded 13 others, according to a U.S. military official. Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is rumored to be visiting Libya and may have arrived in Sirte on Dec. 3. Violence in the Pacific region of western Colombia has increased since the National Liberation Army and President Juan Manuel Santos failed to formalize peace talks in June. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that most oil smuggled by the Islamic State is being transported through Turkey and that it must be stopped. Syrian authorities in the city of Homs released 35 prisoners ahead of a deal that is expected to bring about a cease-fire. Dozens of Jewish extremists protected by Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The joint commission tasked with monitoring the implementation of the draft nuclear resolution that Iran and world powers reached in July met in Vienna for a second round of talks.