2014年12月17日 星期三

2014-12-18 U.S. World


BBC News
   
Cuba's Raul Castro urges US to lift trade embargo   
BBC News
Cuban President Raul Castro has urged the US to end its trade embargo after the two countries opened formal talks on restoring diplomatic relations. He said the five-decade embargo "caused enormous human and economic damage". But only the US ...

Miami reacts to Obama's Cuba move: Tears of joy, cries of 'traitor'   Los Angeles Times
Cuba deal throws Obama foreign policy beliefs into sharp relief   Washington Post
Deal between US, Cuba culminated 18 months of secret talks   MiamiHerald.com
NBCNews.com   
New York Times   
The Hindu   
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Washington Post
   
Pakistan to pursue terrorists even outside its borders   
Washington Post
KABUL — As the death toll rose to 148 from Tuesday's massacre at a military-funded high school, the crisis sent Pakistani leaders rushing to Kabul on Wednesday to make a rare request for Afghanistan's help in fighting Islamist terrorism on both sides of their ...

Pakistani gravedigger weeps over Taliban schoolkid victims   New York Daily News
No distinction between good Taliban and bad Taliban: Sharif   Times of India
Rage, tears and broken childhoods as Pakistan reels from massacre   Hindustan Times
BBC News   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Irish Times   
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New York Times
   
Journey to Rapprochement Visited Worlds of Presidents, Popes and Spies   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The historic deal that freed an American jailed in Cuba and ended 53 years of diplomatic estrangement between the United States and Cuba was blessed at the highest levels of the Holy See but cut in the shadowy netherworld of espionage ...

Pope's Intervention Helped Break Logjam   Wall Street Journal
US-Cuba deal: a marriage 18 months in the making, blessed by Pope Francis   The Guardian
Pope Francis takes a public role in US-Cuba relations   Washington Post
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Huffington Post   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
European Parliament supports recognition of Palestine in principle   
Irish Times
The European Parliament voted to recognise the statehood of Palestine “in principle” yesterday, despite the reservations of a large bloc of European People's Party (EPP) MEPs. The vote, which was carried by 498 votes to 88 with 111 abstentions, took place ...

Is Europe really making things better for Palestinians? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Palestinians get backing from EU court ruling, proposed UN measure   Los Angeles Times
Europeans for Hamas   Wall Street Journal
Tehran Times   
The Globe and Mail   
DAWN.com   
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ABC Online
   
Sydney siege: AFP admits misinforming PM that Lindt cafe gunman Man Haron ...   
ABC Online
The Australian Federal Police have taken responsibility for inaccurate information about whether Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis had a firearms licence. Yesterday during a media conference Prime Minister Tony Abbott repeatedly said Monis had a ...

Australian PM says cafe siege 'horrific wake-up call'   Daily Mail
Sydney siege: Bail of Monis' partner questioned   BBC News
AFP wrongly briefed Prime Minister Tony Abbott that Man Haron Monis had gun ...   Sydney Morning Herald
The Straits Times   
The Australian   
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Fox News
   
Palestinians buck US, put UN resolution before Security Council demanding ...   
Fox News
Arab nations backed Palestinians Wednesday, putting a resolution before the UN Security Council Wednesday that would demand an Israeli pullout from the West Bank and East Jerusalem within two years in a bid that could complicate U.S. efforts to broker ...

Palestinians Present UN Draft on Israeli Withdrawal   Voice of America
Palestinian UN draft calls for Israel occupation end by 2017   Reuters
Jordan Presents Resolution for Palestine Statehood to UN   Businessweek
The Guardian   
MiamiHerald.com   
Charlotte Observer   
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CTV News
   
Mocking Kim Jong Un, a Serious Matter   
Voice of America
SEOUL—. After major American theater chains decided not to run a new Hollywood comedy about a U.S. plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, its financial backer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, decided not to release it. The decision follows a ...

U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack   Daily Beast
N.Korea Marks 3rd Anniversary of Kim Jong-il's Death   The Chosun Ilbo
A Happy Anniversary for Sony-Slayer Kim Jong Un   Businessweek
The Times (subscription)   
Bangkok Post   
Hamilton Spectator   
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Voice of America
   
Dalai Lama: China Hardliners Hold Xi Back on Tibetan Autonomy   
Voice of America
BEIJING—. The Dalai Lama says Chinese President Xi Jingping may be willing to consider more autonomy for Tibet but is being held back by Communist Party's hardliners. The Tibetan spiritual leader told France 24 television in an interview Wednesday that ...

Dalai Lama says his role should cease after his death   Reuters

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Kathimerini
   
Greek poll shows anti-bailout leftists hold 3.6-point lead over conservatives   
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's radical leftist Syriza party holds a 3.6-percentage-point lead over the ruling conservatives, a poll published after the first round of a presidential vote on Wednesday showed. The poll was published hours after Prime Minister ...

Greek PM Falls Short in First Round Presidential Vote   Voice of America
Greek political crisis: Huge amount at stake for Greece and EU   BBC News
Numbers tight for Greek PM Samaras ahead of crucial vote   Daily Times
Los Angeles Times   
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NDTV
   
UPDATE 1-Iraq Kurds launch Sinjar offensive after coalition air strikes   
Reuters
(Adds details and Bakir's comments). ARBIL, Iraq Dec 17 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces launched an operation to retake the town of Sinjar in northwest Iraq on Wednesday after coalition planes pounded Islamic State positions overnight, Kurdish officials said.
German Soldiers May Help Train Forces in Iraq   New York Times
Iraqi Kurdish forces launch offensive to recapture Sinjar   Los Angeles Times
US-Led Aircraft Carry Out 61 Raids in Iraq Since Monday: Military   NDTV

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