2014年12月20日 星期六

2014-12-21 U.S. World


Fox News
   
Australian woman charged with murder of 8 children   
Fox News
Dec. 19, 2014: Emergency services workers cover off the perimeter fence of a house where eight children have been found dead in a Cairns suburb in far north Queensland, Australia. (AP). SYDNEY – An Australian woman was charged with murder on ...

Woman Charged With Murder After Eight Children Die in Australia   Businessweek
In Australia, 8 Youths Die in Mass Stabbing   Voice of America
Cairns stabbings: Family of eight killed children visit memorial, attend church ...   ABC Online
The Globe and Mail   
Sky News Australia   
Stuff.co.nz   
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USA TODAY
   
White House 'pleased' Sony is looking for ways to distribute movie after cyberattack   
Fox News
The White House on Saturday said it was “pleased” that Sony is looking at ways to distribute the movie “The Interview,” after company executives cancelled cinema showings in the wake of a massive and damaging cyberattack. "We are pleased to hear that ...

Sony Hack Reveals US Can't Protect Business From Attack   Businessweek
North Korea calls for joint inquiry over Sony Pictures film   BBC News
Obama: US to Respond to N. Korea Sony Attack   Voice of America
Reuters UK   
Fortune   
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TIME
   
For some Cuban exiles, the old toast 'Next year in Cuba!' is suddenly more ...   
Washington Post
MIAMI — For so long, many of the exiles believed they would go back to Cuba in battle gear. They would vanquish Fidel Castro by any means necessary. “Next year in Cuba!” they would say when making a toast. Some trained in the Florida Everglades for the ...

What Cuba's new friendship with US means for everyday life   BBC News
In Miami, Cuban Americans protest President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy   MiamiHerald.com
Hands off our Communism: Cuba tells US to respect its governing principles   Haaretz
New York Times   
GMA News   
Voice of America   
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Times of India
   
Pentagon returns four Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan   
Fox News
The Pentagon said Saturday it has released four Afghan detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to their home country, President Obama's most recent effort to reduce the detainee population toward his goal of closing the facility. They will be given ...

US transfers four Guantanamo prisoners to Afghanistan   Washington Post
U.S. sends 4 Afghans home from Guantanamo   New York Daily News
US frees four Afghan Guantanamo detainees   DAWN.com
Xinhua   
Fox News Latino   
Chicago Sun-Times   
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BBC News
   
Voices of grief and determination in Peshawar   
BBC News
Taliban gunmen killed 141 people - most of them children - at a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar earlier this week. There are many emotions among the bereaved and the survivors. You didn't need to see the pools of blood in every corner of the school ...

Pakistan to execute more militant prisoners   ABC Online
Amir Khan wants to help rebuild Pakistan school attacked by terrorists   Telegraph.co.uk
Pakistan aftermath: There is a genuine sense of anger against Islamic extremism ...   Daily Mail
Irish Independent   
Times of India   
The Nation   
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Voice of America
   
Kurdish Forces Press Sinjar Offensive Against IS Extremists   
Voice of America
Thousands of Kurdish peshmerga fighters advanced on Islamic State extremists Saturday in the Sinjar Mountains of northwestern Iraq, two days after breaking a months-long siege that trapped thousands of persecuted Yazidi minorities. Kurdish leaders and ...

Kurds press Sinjar operation in north Iraq   The Daily Star
Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siege   Reuters
Kurds Advance Against IS Group in Syria, Iraq   ABC News

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USA TODAY
   
Presidential fumble: It's Franco, not Flacco   
USA TODAY
BALTIMORE (AP) — Call it a Presidential fumble: Barack Obama mistakenly used the last name of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco when referring to actor James Franco in a speech Friday. Lashing out at Sony Pictures for its decision to halt the ...

President Obama confuses Joe Flacco and James Franco, gets James Flacco   CBSSports.com

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Salon
   
In Wake of Hong Kong, Chinese Leader Warns Macau   
New York Times
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping urged the semiautonomous former Portuguese colony of Macau on Saturday to guard against interference by what he called hostile external forces, following the prolonged pro-democracy protests in nearby Hong Kong.
Xi defends 'one China' policy in Macau   DAWN.com
China's Xi preaches diversification in gambling hub Macau   Daily Times
Macau still part of 'one China', says President Xi Jinping   The Independent
BBC News   
euronews   
Chron.com   
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North Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking   
Salt Lake Tribune
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of ...


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The News International
   
Colombia's FARC rebels announce unilateral ceasefire   
Firstpost
Bogota, Dec 21 (IANS/EFE) The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began a unilateral and indefinite ceasefire Saturday, an unprecedented step in the history of Colombia's oldest insurgent movement. "We've received with satisfaction the ...

Colombia: A Clash Before a Truce   New York Times

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