2014年12月15日 星期一

2014-12-16 U.S. World


BBC News
   
Sydney siege: Australia begins investigation into deaths   
BBC News
An investigation has been launched into the police operation which ended a siege in a cafe in Sydney, Australia. Two people died, along with the gunman, as police commandos stormed the cafe in Martin Place in the heart of Sydney early on Tuesday ...

Sydney siege gunman was known to Australian authorities   Los Angeles Times
Sydney Cafe Siege Ends; 3 Dead, Including Gunman   ABC News
Sydney siege: Man behind Martin Place stand-off was Iranian Man Haron Monis ...   ABC Online
Washington Post   
Reuters   
New York Times   
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Fox News
   
Dems, GOP press Obama to back Russian sanctions   
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats spoke with one voice on Monday in pressing President Barack Obama to sign legislation that would slap new sanctions on Russia while providing weapons and other assistance to Ukraine. The widely popular ...

White House Still Deciding Whether to Approve Russian Sanctions Bill   Sputnik International
UPDATE 3-White House has not yet decided on Russia sanctions bill   Reuters
UN rights watchdog accuses Kiev forces of torture, inhumane treatment of civilians   RT
Voice of America   
AsiaOne   
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Times of India
   
Tens of thousands dead in South Sudan conflict: UN   
Times of India
NAIROBI, Kenya: Tens of thousands of people have died in South Sudan during one year of warfare and the country's leaders are putting their "personal ambitions" ahead of the young nation's future, the UN secretary-general said on Monday. A year ago ...

John Kerry and Susan Rice: South Sudan's leaders need to set aside their dispute   Washington Post
South Sudan: Two million displaced and risk of famine   BBC News
UN: Tens of thousands dead in S Sudan war   Aljazeera.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune   
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TIME
   
Hong Kong's protests are over, but the fight over free speech has just begun   
Quartz
The Umbrella Movement's pro-democracy protests have only widened the divide between Hong Kong's largely pro-Beijing local news coverage and a few pro-democracy media outlets. The protests have also shown that many of the city's citizens—particularly ...

Hong Kong police clear a few final protesters from streets   Los Angeles Times
Police clear final Hong Kong protest site at Causeway Bay   BBC News
China 'voids' Hong Kong rights   The Australian
Xinhua   
Washington Post   
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Fox News
   
Man arrested in Belgium for false claims in Ghent hostage case   
Zee News
Brussels: An 18-year-old man has been detained on charges of filing a false report over an alleged hostage situation in the northern Belgian city of Ghent Monday. Police were called to the scene of the alleged hostage situation Monday morning following a ...

Belgian police detain 3 after apartment siege   Businessweek
Hostage released unharmed as Belgian police detain three men   New York Daily News
Belgian police storm apartment to end Ghent siege   Reuters
Xinhua   
Economic Times   
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BBC News
   
Anti-Islam 'Pegida' march in German city of Dresden   
BBC News
About 10,000 people have taken part in a march against "Islamisation of the West" in the east German city of Dresden. A large counter-demonstration of more than 5,000 people was also held. No major incidents were reported. Dresden is the birthplace of a ...

German Leader Denounces Anti-Immigrant Surge   New York Times
Merkel warns Germans not to be duped by far right rhetoric   Irish Independent
15000 join anti-Islam protest in Germany   Inquirer.net
Times of India   
The Times (subscription)   
Reuters UK   
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BBC News
   
US marine charged with murder in Philippines transgender death   
BBC News
Prosecutors in the Philippines have charged a US marine with murder in connection with the death of a Filipina transgender woman. Pte First Class Joseph Pemberton is suspected of killing Jennifer Laude, who was found dead in a hotel bathroom in the port ...

Philippines murder could complicate Obama's big plans for Asia (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Philippine prosecutors charge US Marine with murder   DAWN.com
U.S. Marine charged with murder of woman in Philippines   Atlanta Journal Constitution
NBCNews.com   
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Wall Street Journal   
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Voice of America
   
Ukraine PM: $10B Needed to Avoid Bankruptcy   
Voice of America
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country urgently needs $10 billion to avoid bankruptcy. After meeting with European Union ministers in Brussels Monday, reporters asked Yatsenyuk when he needs the money. He replied "yesterday.".
EU urges rapid reforms in Ukraine in return for new financial aid   Xinhua
What is Vladimir Putin doing in the skies of the Baltics?   Telegraph.co.uk
Ukrainian PM appeals for help from NATO, EU   Deutsche Welle
Daily Mail   
Forbes   
NDTV   
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CBC.ca
   
Canada stays mum on controversial Israeli bill   
CBC.ca
It's a bill that's caused consternation among Israel's closest allies and drawn condemnation from within Israel. "We expect Israel to stick to its democratic principles," said U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke. "Does this bill not in fact play into the ...

Israeli Arabs, don't give the Jewish State your vote   Haaretz
More Israeli teens encounter hate on Internet   Ynetnews

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Fox News
   
Venezuela Wants to Take the US to Court Over War Crimes   
teleSUR English
The President of Venezuela proposed the creation an international committee of lawyers to charge the U.S. government for the wars in the Middle East and the deaths of black civilians by police. The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, proposed on ...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-leader-blasts-us-over-new-sanctions ...   Wall Street Journal
Venezuelans march against United States sanctions   BBC News
Venezuelan leader says Spain's Aznar is a war criminal   Fox News Latino
Reuters   
Washington Post   
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