2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 U.S. World

  Wall Street Journal   
Russia-Ukraine Talks Yield Little Progress on Ending Conflict  Wall Street Journal
From left, presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus and Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine meet in Minsk on Tuesday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. Face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents failed to ...

Wide gaps remain as Putin and Poroshenko discuss Ukraine crisis (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Putin and Poroshenko set out different paths to peace in Ukraine   Daily Times
Putin, Poroshenko hold bilateral meeting in Minsk   The Hindu
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  BBC News   
Rotherham child abuse: Commissioner faces calls to resign  BBC News
South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner is facing calls to resign after the publication of a report into widespread child abuse in Rotherham. The study, published on Tuesday, found at least 1,400 children in the town were sexually exploited by ...

1400 Children in Rotherham, England, Were Sexually Abused, Report Says   New York Times
1400 girls abused by sex gangs as social workers and police feared racism ...   Daily Mail
UK Report Details Widespread Child Sex Abuse in Rotherham, England   Wall Street Journal
Hindustan Times   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Finally a real cease-fire between Hamas and Israel?  Christian Science Monitor
An agreement to stop the fighting was apparently reached in Cairo. But there are differences between the claims that Hamas and Israel are making for the contents of the agreement. By Christa Case Bryant, Staff writer August 26, 2014. close. Palestinians ...

Gaza conflict: Israel and Palestinians agree long-term truce   BBC News
What's in the Israeli and Palestinian peace deal?   Daily News & Analysis
New Gaza peace deal unveiled   Independent Online
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Times of India   
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  USA TODAY   
Islamic State holds US woman, seeks ransom  USA TODAY
The Islamic State wants more than $6 million to free an American woman the Muslim extremists kidnapped a year ago while she did humanitarian work in Syria, according to her family, U.S. officials and news reports. Citing concern for her safety in the wake of ...

ISIS Demands $6.6M Ransom for 26-Year-Old American Woman   ABC News
American who joined ISIS killed in Syria gunfight, relative says it was 'his destiny'   New York Daily News
American Fighting for ISIS Is Killed in Syria   New York Times
Daily Mail   
Los Angeles Times   
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  DAWN.com   
UPDATE 2-Libyan raids could herald bolder Arab action as US wavers  Reuters Africa
... * Some Arab states willing to police the region themselves. * Raids seen as message to Qatar to stop backing Islamists. * Arab states increasingly active in each others' crises. * UAE and Egypt deny involvement, U.S. backs off statement (Adds State ...

US backs off statement that Egypt, UAE were behind Libya air strikes   Reuters
Libya: Did Arab airstrikes quell US hopes of stability in the region?   Firstpost
Egypt and UAE launched secret strikes against militants in Libya   The Australian
The Nation   
DAWN.com   
Times of India   
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  National Post   
South Sudan: UN Helicopter Goes Down, Killing Three in Crew  New York Times
A United Nations helicopter carrying cargo in South Sudan crashed on Tuesday, killing three of its four Russian crew members, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan reported. The aircraft, a Russian Mi-8 used by the United Nations under a contract with ...

UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan, 3 killed, Russian owner says   Firstpost
Three killed in UN helicopter crash in South Sudan   Business Standard
South Sudan crisis: UN helicopter crashes near Bentiu   BBC News
Voice of America   
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  The Straits Times   
Air rage over the Knee Defender: 6 things about the device  The Straits Times
The Knee Defender, a set of plastic wedges that slip onto the legs of your tray table and physically prevent the seat in front of you from reclining. -- PHOTO: 1.BP.BLOGSPOT.COM. On August 26, it was reported that a United States plane had to be diverted ...

8/26: American Douglas McCain killed fighting alongside ISIS; Knee Defender ...   CBS News
Knee defender or knee offender?   WKBT La Crosse
The etiquette of reclining seats on flights   BBC News
Sydney Morning Herald   
AZFamily   
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  IBNLive   
This polish nails date-rape drug by changing hue  Times of India
A group of university students in the US have come up with a unique way of helping to protect women from sexual assault on nights out - a nail polish that changes colour when it comes into contact with date-rape drugs. Four undergraduates in the Materials ...

Now, nail polish to help women 'detect date drug'   Hindustan Times
How Nail Polish May Fend Off Sexual Assault   ABC News
New nail polish could detect date rape drugs   TVNZ
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  New York Times   
Afghan Candidate Threatens to Quit the Presidential Race  New York Times
Abdullah Abdullah, center, at a rally last week. An aide said Tuesday that the campaign would pull out of an internationally monitored vote audit unless changes to the process were made. Credit Massoud Hossaini/Associated Press. Continue reading the ...

Afghan candidate threatens to shun vote audit   Aljazeera.com
Afghan poll descends into disarray   Herald Scotland
Pundits Split Over Long-Term US Role in Afghanistan   Voice of America
Daily Times   
Los Angeles Times   
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Mexico officials pull CentAm migrants from trains  Monterey County Herald
Central American migrants walk along overgrown train tracks several kilometers outside Arriaga in Chiapas state, Mexico, as they wait for a northbound freight train, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. A Mexican federal official says the government plans to improve ...


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