2014年8月17日 星期日

2014-08-18 U.S. World

  Wall Street Journal   
Kurds, With US Aid, Push to Take Mosul Dam  Wall Street Journal
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on Sunday head to the Mosul Dam, which they retook from Islamic State militants. Kurds have gained ground in recent days with the help of U.S. airstrikes and guerrillas linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, ...

Intensified US bombing in Iraq appears to give Kurds boost at dam   Los Angeles Times
Kurdish militants train hundreds of Yazidis to fight Islamic State   Reuters
Kurds push to drive militants from Mosul Dam with US air support   Reuters India
NDTV   
New Zealand Herald   
Toronto Star   
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  USA TODAY   
Clashes on second night of Ferguson curfew  USA TODAY
FERGUSON, Mo. — Protests in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown continued Sunday as police for the second night imposed a curfew on this St. Louis suburb. More than two hours before the curfew was set to begin late Sunday, police fired tear ...

Police Face Off With Protesters as Night Falls in Ferguson   ABC News
Cops fire tear gas in Ferguson as peaceful protest takes a turn   Chicago Sun-Times
Tear gas fired on a new round of protests in Ferguson   Los Angeles Times
Huffington Post   
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New York Times   
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Letters: This time, we would be right to act in Iraq  The Independent
From Vietnam through many subsequent wars – Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria – many of us who read The Independent have opposed intervention by the US and UK. But we need to cut the Prime Minister and President Obama some slack in dealing with ...


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  Haaretz   
Palestinians: Egypt seeking extension of cease-fire for talks  Haaretz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel would only accept a proposal for a long-term cease-fire if Israel's security needs were met. By Jack Khoury and Barak Ravid | Aug. 18, 2014 | 1:47 AM | 4 ...

Israel partially lifts Gaza fishing ban   The Hindu
Palestinian divisions emerge in truce talks   Fox News
Netanyahu says undeterred by Hamas warnings in talks on ending Gaza war   Reuters
Jerusalem Post   
Gulf Daily News   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Crisis talks on Ukraine prove difficult but 'some progress' made, says German ...  Telegraph.co.uk
Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin Sunday were "difficult" but made "some progress", German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting with his Ukrainian, Russian and French counterparts. "Difficult talks, but I think and I hope that we have made ...

Progress in 'difficult' Ukraine talks, says Germany   BBC News
Ukraine's Foreign Chief Calls Four-Way Talks With Russia, Germany, France 'Hard'   RIA Novosti
NATO would respond militarily to Crimea-style infiltration: general   Daily Times
Reuters Africa   
Xinhua   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Another 13 Rescued from Sunken Indonesian Boat  Wall Street Journal
Survivors rescued after a tourist boat sank rest at a house near the Indonesian town of Bima on Aug. 17. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. JAKARTA, Indonesia—Eight foreign tourists and five Indonesians were rescued from eastern Indonesian waters ...

15 tourists missing, 10 rescued after boat capsizes in Lombok of Indonesia   Xinhua
DFAT to confirm if Australians among missing   Sky News Australia
Indonesia boat with foreigners sinks; 15 missing   MiamiHerald.com
BBC News   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Belfast Telegraph   
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  Wall Street Journal   
A Path to Democratic Compromise in Hong Kong  Wall Street Journal
The bitter dispute over who will be allowed to run for head of the government may soon come to a head. Email; Print; Comments. Facebook. Share. 0. Twitter. Google+. LinkedIn. smaller; Larger. By. Richard Bush. Aug. 17, 2014 7:16 p.m. ET. Hong Kong is the ...

World news briefs - August 18   Times of Oman

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Unidentified war planes, explosions heard in Libyan capital  Zee News
Tripoli: Unidentified war planes flew over the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Monday and explosions could be heard, residents said. A Libyan TV channel said planes targeted positions in Tripoli where militias have been fighting for control for over one month.

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  Fox News   
Pope Francis preaches forgiveness, reconciliation at South Korea mass  Fox News
August 18, 2014: Pope Francis is helped to wear a pin of a butterfly which was given to him by a woman who was forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II prior to the start of a Mass of reconciliation at Seoul's main cathedral.
Pope Francis closes Korea trip with olive branch for Pyongyang   Boston Globe
Pope Francis Wraps Up Inaugural Asian Trip   Wall Street Journal
Second World War sex slaves seek comfort from Pope decades after they were ...   National Post
Jakarta Post   
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  Daily Mail   
UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Iran  Daily Mail
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog organization has arrived in Iran for talks with President Hassan Rouhani, state TV reported Sunday. The report said Yukiya Amano, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy ...


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