2014年8月18日 星期一

2014-08-19 U.S. World

  New York Times   
Missouri Tries Another Idea: Call In National Guard  New York Times
President Obama said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will go to Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday to monitor the ongoing investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown. Video Credit By Christian Roman on Publish Date August 18, 2014. Image ...

Protesters, police in riot gear brace for tense night in Ferguson   CNN
Curfew Lifted in Ferguson as National Guard Arrives   Wall Street Journal
President Obama chooses his words carefully on Michael Brown   Los Angeles Times
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  Christian Science Monitor   
As US steps up air campaign in Iraq, Kurdish forces seize strategic dam  Christian Science Monitor
The dam had been in the hands of Islamic State militants. The role of US warplanes in the offensive raises questions over mission creep in Iraq. By Dominique Soguel, Correspondent August 18, 2014. close. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter patrols near the Mosul ...

Obama hails important progress against Islamic State as Mosul Dam is retaken   Washington Post
Obama urges Iraqis to unite because 'the wolf's at the door'   Reuters India
Troops in Iraq Rout Sunni Militants From a Key Dam   New York Times
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  NDTV   
Cease-fire talks to continue in Cairo  Jerusalem Post
Israeli and Palestinian delegations in Cairo agree to extend the ceasefire for an additional 24 hours; 'We are prepared for any scenario,' Netanyahu says. Cairo negotiations. Cease fire talks in Cairo Photo: REUTERS. Negotiations to reach a permanent ...

Israelis and Palestinians Agree to Lengthen Cease-Fire   New York Times
Israeli offensive cost Gaza billions: Palestinian official   The Hindu
Thousands of West Bank Palestinians denied exit since Gaza conflict   Haaretz
New York Daily News   
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  Reuters   
Asian shares, dollar rise on hopes of Ukraine progress  Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday, while the dollar got some help from a rebound in U.S. Treasury yields and hopes of some easing of tensions in the Ukraine crisis. Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and ...

Ukraine claims advances in east as rebels' ranks churn (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Ukraine says separatists' rockets incinerated civilian convoy   Los Angeles Times
Ukraine refugee convoy hit by rockets, says military   BBC News
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  Daily Mail   
Ecuador bids to end Assange impasse  Daily Mail
The Ecuador government is to make a fresh attempt to break the deadlock over the future of Julian Assange, after it was made clear there is no immediate prospect of ending the impasse surrounding his case. Foreign minister Ricardo Patino revealed during a ...

I'll leave the Ecuadorean embassy soon, says Assange, but not just yet   The Times (subscription)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to end exile 'soon'   TVNZ
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange set to leave London embassy 'soon'   Irish Independent

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  BBC News   
Iceland raises Bardarbunga volcano alert to orange  BBC News
The risk of an eruption at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has increased, with signs of "ongoing magma movement", Iceland's meteorological office says. The risk level to the aviation industry has been raised to orange, the second-highest level, the met office ...

Same Volcano, More Problems in Iceland   TIME
Chances of Eruption Increasing at Iceland Volcano   Discovery News
Iceland Sees a Potential Volcanic Eruption, and Airlines Cower   Businessweek
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  Hindustan Times   
Why Modi decided to call off the Indo-Pakistan meeting  Hindustan Times
Drawing a new red line, India called off foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan — scheduled in Islamabad on August 25 — after Pakistani high commissioner to India Abdul Basit met Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah on Monday. The decision ...

India calls off secretary-level talks with Pakistan   The News International
India Calls Off Talks; Meeting With Pakistan Envoy Stands, Says Separatist   NDTV
India calls of foreign-secy level talks with Pak   Moneycontrol.com
Times of India   
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  The News International   
Pakistan parties isolate Imran  Gulf Daily News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's opposition parties distanced themselves yesterday from Imran Khan's call for mass civil disobedience to unseat the government, as talks began to try to end a destabilising five-day political standoff. Khan, the former cricket star who ...

Pakistan opposition party to resign from Parliament   Press TV
For news details visit : http://www.nation.com.pk/islamabad/19-Aug-2014/pti ...   The Nation
Rs500bn lost so far due to PTI's protest: PML-N   DAWN.com
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  NBC Montana   
Syria's worst chemical arms neutralized: Pentagon  Times of India
WASHINGTON: A specially equipped US ship has finished neutralizing all 600 metric tonnes of the most dangerous of Syria's chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened air strikes, the Pentagon ...

US completes task of destroying Syrian chemical agents   Los Angeles Times
Syria's chemical arsenal fully destroyed, U.S. says   Dallas Morning News
Declared Syrian chemical weapon stockpile now completely destroyed   Washington Post
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  The Guardian   
Pope: I have only two or three years left to live  The Australian
Pope Francis has publicly broached the prospect of his own death for the first time, giving himself “two or three years” but not ruling out retirement before then. Talking to reporters on a flight back to the Vatican after his successful inaugural trip to Asia, the ...

Pope: 'Two or three years' then off to my Father's house   New Zealand Herald
Pope says legitimate for world to stop Islamist aggression in Iraq   Reuters

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