2014年8月27日 星期三

2014-08-28 U.S. World

  NBCNews.com   
Obama and Congress Play Hot Potato with War Powers in Syria  TIME
President Barack Obama delivers a statement from Martha's Vineyard, Mass. during his vacation on Aug. 20, 2014. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters. Few savor the idea of voting for military action with the midterm elections looming. Shirley Sotloff Michael Sotloff ...

Obama to convene UNSC meeting on foreign fighters: White House   The Hindu
US seeks coalition against Islamic State, but military partners no sure bet   Reuters India
Islamic State commits war crimes, Syrian government using poison gas: UN   Reuters
Reuters Africa   
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  Reuters   
Gaza truce holding but Israel's Netanyahu under fire at home  Reuters
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An open-ended ceasefire in the Gaza war held on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong criticism in Israel over a costly conflict with Palestinian militants in which no clear victor has emerged.
Media are Hamas's main strategic weapons, says visiting US historian   Jerusalem Post
Tank serves as backdrop for wedding photo on Israeli Gaza border   USA TODAY
Gaza ceasefire splits Israel govt   The Nation
News24   
Times of India   
Irish Independent   
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  Reuters India   
Syrian planes bomb border post near Israel captured by rebels  Reuters India
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian jets shelled rebel positions near a border crossing close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that was seized by rebels in some of the heaviest clashes in the strategic area this year, rebels and residents said on Thursday.
Syrian rebels capture sole border crossing between Israel and Syria in Golan ...   Washington Post
Syrian Rebels Take Control of Crossing in the Golan   New York Times
Israel shells Syria as rebels take border crossing   Irish Independent
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  BBC News   
Rotherham child abuse: Police commissioner quits Labour  BBC News
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright: "I won't resign but I regret that more wasn't done at the time." Continue reading the main story. Rotherham abuse. Easton: When we look, we find · Key dates in abuse scandal · Race, fear and ...

UK child abuse study finds some 1400 victims in one town   CBC.ca
Child abuse: British police commissioner''s resignation demanded   The Hindu
Report reveals the horrors of 1400 sexually abused children in a British town ...   Washington Post
Firstpost   
Christian Science Monitor   
Irish Independent   
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  Wall Street Journal   
Accidental Fatal Shooting of Gun Instructor by 9-Year-Old Girl Sparks New Debate  Wall Street Journal
Shooting instructor Charles Vacca stands next to the 9-year-old girl. Mohave County Sheriff Office/Reuters. The death of a shooting instructor at an Arizona gun range when a 9-year-old girl lost control of a powerful automatic weapon has raised the issue of ...

In 30 states, a child can still legally own a rifle or shotgun   Chicago Tribune
Guns still plague America like an incurable social disease – and Congress does ...   New York Daily News
In America, children come to guns early   BBC News
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  BBC News   
Ukraine crisis: T-72 tank shoots hole in Russian denial  BBC News
Russian soldiers unload T-72 tanks from a train near the Crimean capital Simferopol, Russian T-72 tanks were a regular sight in Crimea after it was annexed, but are they in eastern Ukraine too? Continue reading the main story ...

10 Things to Know for Thursday   Atlanta Journal Constitution
Fighting moves to south-east Ukraine as Kiev suggests new road map   The Hindu
Ukraine Reports Russian Invasion on a New Front   New York Times
Los Angeles Times   
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  Reuters   
Ex-Minister Fires Back After Ouster in France  New York Times
PARIS — Arnaud Montebourg, ousted this week as President François Hollande's economy minister after bucking the French government's line on austerity, warned on Wednesday that Europe was headed for serious economic problems unless officials ...

France's New Minister Emmanuel Macron Raises Ire on Left   Wall Street Journal
French PM, on charm offensive with business, says to speed up reforms   Reuters
Merkel Urges France Reforms Suggesting Lower Deficit Will Follow   Businessweek
MarketWatch   
The Australian   
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  Reuters   
China urges Japan to break from aggressive past after Abe honors war criminals  Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China called on Japan to break from its aggressive past and win the trust of its Asian neighbors on Thursday, a day after news Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had honored Japanese World War Two war criminals as "martyrs". Abe sent a ...

China urges Japan to abandon militarism   Korea Times
Shinzo Abe Sent Note to Ceremony Honoring War Criminals   The Diplomat
Japan PM Shinzo Abe marks war criminal ceremony   BBC News

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  Times of India   
Beheadings in Syria Now Routine, UN Panel Says  New York Times
GENEVA — Public executions, often beheadings, are becoming a “common spectacle” in parts of Syria controlled by Islamic militants, and government forces there continue to massacre and torture civilians, a United Nations panel said in a report released on ...

Both state, non-state actors committing atrocities in Syria: UN committee   DAWN.com
U.N. finds brutality, depravity on all sides in Syrian carnage   News & Observer
Executions a 'common spectacle' in jihadist-held Syria: UN   Business Recorder

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  Capital FM Kenya   
Iran modifies Arak reactor over nuclear concerns  Capital FM Kenya
TEHRAN, August 7- Iran said Wednesday it has started to modify its Arak heavy water reactor and limit plutonium output, a cause of Western concerns over the country's nuclear programme. “Modification of the heart of the Arak reactor is in the process of ...


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