2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.S. World

  CBS News   
Pentagon considers air drops to 15000 Iraq refugees fleeing ISIS  CBS News
Last Updated Aug 7, 2014 1:52 PM EDT. The Pentagon is looking at conducting emergency air drops to the estimated 15,000 stranded ethnic minority Yazidis in northern Iraq, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin,. A decision is ...

US Plans Aid Airdrops in Iraq   Wall Street Journal
Islamic State grabs more territory in Iraq, reportedly seizes major dam   Los Angeles Times
Militant takeover of Iraq's largest Christian city, mountaintop siege fuel calls for aid   Fox News
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  Haaretz   
LIVE UPDATES: Hamas vows to target Ben Gurion Airport if incursion resumes  Haaretz
Israel to declare Gaza 'enemy territory' to avoid payouts to Gazans; Egypt seeking to soften Hamas demands; Defense min.: Hamas forced Israel into ground op; Israel refusing to budge on Gaza demilitarization, sources say. By Haaretz | Aug. 7, 2014 | 9:50 ...

Negotiators Scramble to Extend Gaza Cease-Fire   Wall Street Journal
Hamas: Ready for long war unless Israel accepts truce demands   Jerusalem Post
Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas poised to renew fighting as peace talks falter   Telegraph.co.uk
Financial Times   
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  NDTV   
Russia hits back on sanctions; bans food from West  MiamiHerald.com
MOSCOW -- Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to ...

US STOCKS-Wall Street dips as investors eye Russia tensions   Reuters
Will Russia's Western sanctions hit shoppers?   BBC News
US: Russia impeding own people's access to food   Daily Mail
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Prosecutor says Pistorius lied on stand  MiamiHerald.com
PRETORIA, South Africa -- The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial said Thursday in closing arguments that the athlete repeatedly lied during testimony in a crude attempt to defend himself against a murder charge for killing girlfriend Reeva ...

Final arguments begin in Oscar Pistorius trial   Businessweek
Prosecutor: Pistorius 'Appalling,' 'Vague,' and 'Argumentative'   NBCNews.com
Oscar Pistorius trial: Recap updates after prosecution says shooting that killed ...   Mirror.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Times (subscription)   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
What the Duke of Cambridge's air ambulance work will involve  Telegraph.co.uk
The Duke of Cambridge will clock on for eight-hour day or night shifts with East Anglian Air Ambulance, working on a four days on, four days off system. While on duty he could take part in anything from no operations to nine or 10 flights a day, according to ...

Prince William Takes New Job as Air-Ambulance Pilot   Wall Street Journal (blog)
What will Prince William's duties as an East Anglian air ambulance pilot be?   The Guardian
William signs up for heir ambulance   The Times (subscription)
Express.co.uk   
Grough   
Gloucester Citizen   
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  Reuters   
Colombia's president to start new term, faces fierce opposition  Reuters Africa
By Helen Murphy. BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos will be sworn in for his second term on Thursday to face the formidable task of clinching peace with Marxist FARC rebels as a hostile opposition seeks to hobble any accord that ...

President Humala is off to Colombia for Santos inauguration   Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias

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  The Hindu   
Volunteers step up in China's response to quake  seattlepi.com
LONGTOUSHAN, China (AP) — Minutes after a deadly earthquake shook western China, disaster teams were on the move. Within hours, food, tents, and even a 4G cellphone network were in place, showing how a fast-developing China can bring its plentiful ...

Xinhua Insight: Disaster prevention key to economy of China's poor west   Xinhua

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  Metro   
Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity  Metro
Two senior figures in the Khmer Rouge were sentenced to life in prison today for their part in Cambodia's genocide 35 years ago. Nuon Chea, 88, and Khieu Samphan, 83, were convicted of crimes against humanity – one prosecutor described them as ...

Khmer Rouge conviction: 4 questions about Cambodia's historic ruling   Christian Science Monitor
Meet the two-faced smartphone   Edmonton Journal
Neither truth nor justice   The Economist
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  RT   
Snowden granted 3-yr residence permit in Russia - lawyer  RT
Edward Snowden has received a residence permit in Russia, which is valid for three years, starting on August 1, the former NSA contractor's lawyer announced. Snowden's life in Russia: 'Much happier than be unfairly tried in US'. “On the first of August he ...

Snowden gets three-year Russian residence permit   Times of India
Moscow grants Edward Snowden three-year residency permit   Financial Times
Russia Grants Edward Snowden Residency Permit   Wall Street Journal
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The Australian   
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  Toronto Star   
Afghan troops' rocky past offers clues into shooting that killed US general  Washington Post
KABUL — Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer killed in a war zone in four decades, died not at the hand of a sworn enemy but from a burst of gunfire by a soldier in an allied army who had been largely paid, trained and ...

US General Killer Seen as Afghan Loner Hating Occupiers   Businessweek
Afghan Officers, Said to Be Working for Taliban, Kill 11 of Their Police Colleagues   New York Times
General's killer hid in bathroom, Afghan official says   Fox News
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