us-hotdailynews: 2014-12-17 U.S. World

Funerals Begin for 141 Slain in Taliban Attack on Pakistan School
Voice of America
The first funerals are being held for the victims of a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan on Tuesday that left at least 141 people dead, most of them young students. Wearing military uniforms and strapped with explosives, seven assailants attacked the ...

Death 'All Around Me': Victims Relive Pakistan School Massacre   NBCNews.com
In Pakistan, Taliban massacre of schoolchildren fuels broad outrage   Washington Post
Pakistan massacre: Taliban blowback against all-out Army offensive? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Hindustan Times
Times of India
Reuters
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TIME

Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton: Who would win in 2016? (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
With Jeb Bush's Tuesday announcement that he is actively exploring a run for the White House in 2016, the prospect of another Bush v. Clinton matchup grows. What do the polls say about who would win?
Jeb Bush Takes a Step Toward a Presidential Run   New York Times
Rand Paul hits Jeb Bush on support for Common Core   Politico
How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 ...   Daily Beast
Boston Globe
MSNBC
Washington Post
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Obama Signals Support for New US Sanctions to Pressure Russian Economy
New York Times
WASHINGTON — With Russia already staggering under the weight of one of its worst financial crises in years, the United States signaled on Tuesday that it would further increase the economic pressure with a new raft of sanctions targeting the Russian ...

Obama will sign Russia sanctions bill despite reservations   BBC News
Obama Favors Bill to Strengthen Sanctions on Russia, but...   TheBlaze.com
Plunging Ruble Unsettles Russians, Poses Test for Putin   Wall Street Journal
Herald Sun
euronews
The Globe and Mail
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NDTV

The A-10 jet carries out its first airstrikes against the Islamic State
Washington Post
The A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet has been carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State since late November on a near-daily basis, a U.S. military official said Tuesday. It marks the first time the use of the pugnacious plane against the militant group has ...

ISIS broadens recruitment beyond fighters   The Daily Star
India bans ISIS after 'recruiting' Twitter account scandal   RT
Video Feature: The Story of ISIS   New York Times
Fox News
The Hindu
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System failed to track Sydney siege gunman, Abbott says
Fox News
SYDNEY – Australia's prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the nation's security system failed to keep track of a gunman responsible for a deadly siege at a Sydney cafe, and promised a transparent investigation into why the man was not on any ...

In Australia, Sydney siege inquiry continues amid grief, questions   Los Angeles Times
Sydney siege: Siege site Martin Place deluged with flowers and other tributes   ABC Online
'Lone wolf' Australian hostage-taker had violent, unsettled past   Reuters
BBC News
Chron.com
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Haaretz

Benzi Gopstein, head of the anti-Arab group Lehava, in court, December 16 ...
Haaretz
A worker cleans up in a torched classroom in an Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem November 30, 2014. Photo by Reuters. related articles. Jerusalem court indicts 3 for arson at Jewish-Arab school. By Haaretz and Or Kashti. Dec. 16, 2014 | 12:27 PM | 1.
Russia Hints at US Effort to Avoid a UN Showdown Over a Palestinian State   Newsweek
US Tries to Calm Latest Israeli and Palestinian Strife   New York Times
Will U.S. Jewish groups pivot left if Herzog wins?   Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Reuters
Jerusalem Post
Xinhua
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Violence against media in vogue as 66 journalists killed in 2014
The Australian
ATTACKS on journalists have grown more barbaric and kidnappings have soared, Reporters Without Borders says, after a year when violence against the media took centre stage and 66 reporters were killed. The beheading of James Foley and Steven Sotloff ...

A most dangerous profession: Reporters without Borders' 2014 annual report ...   euronews
Number Of Journalists Killed Worldwide Down, But Nature Of Killings May Be ...   Huffington Post
Ukraine Ranked 3rd Deadliest Country for Journalists   The Moscow Times

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Vatican Ends Six-Year Investigation On US Nuns, Seeks To Bury The Hatchet
Huffington Post
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican ended a six-year inquiry into U.S. nuns with a report designed to bury their differences and celebrate their contribution to the Catholic Church. Known as an Apostolic Visitation, the inquiry took place between 2009 and 2012 ...

Vatican offers olive branch to US nuns after doctrinal crackdown   The Globe and Mail
Vatican extends olive branch to American nuns   Chicago Tribune
Vatican extends olive branch to US nuns in conciliatory report   Al Jazeera America
Newsday
Fox News
U-T San Diego
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25 killed in car bombings
Gulf Daily News
SANA'A: Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a rebels' checkpoint and a house south of the Yemeni capital yesterday as a school bus was travelling nearby, killing at least 25 people including at least 15 primary school students, according to ...

15 schoolgirls killed by 'al Qaeda' car bomb   Inquirer.net
Two car bombings kill 40 in central Yemen   Xinhua
2 Bombers Kill 26 Including 16 Students in Yemen   ABC News
Times of India
The Express Tribune
Al-Bawaba
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Putin Discusses Donbas Situation With Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko: Kremlin
Sputnik International
Kremlin's press service announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, discussing the situation in ...

General Staff: Up to 10000 Russian troops deployed in Donbas conflict zone   Kyiv Post

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