us-hotdailynews: 2014-11-27 U.S. World

White House turkey pardon: Did John F. Kennedy start the tradition? (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Kennedy didn't actually pardon the turkey, he merely extended its life, producing some great photo ops. It was George H. W. Bush who first offered an actual pardon. By Peter Grier, Staff writer November 26, 2014. About video ads. WASHINGTON — Was John ...

Obama Pardons Mac and Cheese for Thanksgiving   New York Times
Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkeys Mac and Cheese   BBC News
Obama pardons national turkey   Xinhua
Washington Post
Al-Arabiya
NDTV
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7 Hong Kong police officers arrested for alleged assault on protester HK police ...
CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Seven Hong Kong police officers have been arrested for assault over an alleged case of police brutality at pro-democracy protests last month which shocked residents of the Chinese territory. Footage of the alleged assault, taken by a TV ...

Hong Kong Police Block Protesters to Keep Mong Kok Streets Open   Businessweek
What we can learn from Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement   The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong Protest Site in Mong Kok Cleared   Wall Street Journal (blog)
NBCNews.com
Stuff.co.nz
Channel News Asia
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North Korea reveals rank of leader Kim's sister
Daily Mail
North Korea revealed Thursday the official title of Kim Jong-Un's younger sister, who is widely tipped to become a close and influential aide to the young leader. Kim Yo-Jong, believed to be 26, made her first public appearance during the funeral of her father ...

North Korea reveals official title of Kim Jong Un's sister   The Australian (blog)
Young sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes senior party post —KCNA   GMA News
N. Korea unveils title of leader's younger sister   The Korea Herald

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Special Report: How China's shadowy agency is working to absorb Taiwan
Reuters Canada
TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ever since a civil war split the two sides more than 60 years ago, China has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province that needs to be absorbed into the mainland. To that end, the legion of Taiwanese businessmen working in ...

Taiwan vote tests waters for pro-China government ahead of presidential polls   Yahoo News
Taiwan election: Wild, wooly, and partly a referendum on China   Christian Science Monitor
2014 ELECTIONS: Lien's wife touts his surviving shooting in KMT video   Taipei Times

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British brothers jailed for training at Syria terror camp
BBC News
Two brothers have become the first Britons to be jailed for terrorism training in Syria. Mohommod Nawaz, 30, and Hamza Nawaz, 24, both from Stratford, east London, were sentenced to four-and-a-half years and three years respectively. They had admitted ...

Young brothers are jailed for training at jihadist camp   The Times (subscription)
British brothers jailed for Syria terror training, first to be sentenced for such ...   ABC Online
UK jails two brothers for attending militant training camp in Syria   Haaretz
Metro
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Germany to Require 30 Pct Women in Top Boardrooms
ABC News
Germany's leading companies will need to have at least 30 percent women on their supervisory boards from 2016, according to a new directive being adopted by the government, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday. The leaders of Germany's Social ...

Angela Merkel uses strongest language yet about Putin   Irish Times
Germany to introduce quotas for women in top boardrooms   New York Daily News
Germany Prepared for Long-Term Dispute With Russia Over Ukraine   Businessweek
The Daily Star
TIME
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Egypt jails 78 teenagers for joining pro-Morsi rally
ABC Online
An Egyptian court has sentenced 78 teenage boys to between two and five years in prison for taking part in protests demanding the return of the ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources said. The authorities have been cracking down on the ...

Egypt jails dozens of teenage boys for pro-Morsi rallies   Deutsche Welle
Egypt jails 78 teenage boys for taking part in protests   Sydney Morning Herald
Egypt court sends 78 youths to jail for pro-Morsi protests   BBC News
The Punch
Reuters
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Attack in Pakistan underscores ongoing threat to polio workers (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Gunmen killed four health workers and wounded three in Quetta. Polio cases are at a 15-year high in Pakistan, where suspicion of vaccination programs has run high. By Michael Holtz, Staff writer November 26, 2014. About video ads. Gunmen killed four ...

Polio Crisis Deepens in Pakistan, With New Cases and Killings   New York Times
Militants kill three polio vaccination workers and their driver in Pakistan   ABC Online
Gunmen Kill four polio vaccinators in Quetta   The Nation
DAWN.com
Daily Times
Sky News Australia
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UN humanitarian aid official Valerie Amos to step down
The Straits Times
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos pauses during a news conference on Ebola at the United Nations in Geneva in this file photo from Sept 16, 2014. Amos plans to step down at the end of March after more than four years in the position, UN ...

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos to step down   STLtoday.com

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Rescuers in Yemen Sought American, Officials Say
New York Times
WASHINGTON — An American journalist held hostage in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda's affiliate there was one of the main targets of a predawn raid carried out this week by United States Special Operations commandos and Yemeni troops, ...

Al-Qaida escapes with British and American hostages before US special forces ...   The Guardian
American Among Hostages Targeted in Yemen Raid   ABC News
U.S. commandos join Yemen in hostage rescue, kill al Qaeda fighters   Washington Times
Daily Mail
Christian Science Monitor
Voice of America
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