2014年12月23日 星期二

2014-12-24 U.S. World


BBC News
   
Why did North Korea's internet go down?   
BBC News
On the one hand, the country is very tech-savvy (one in 12 North Koreans have smartphones) and computers are not uncommon. But, on the other, the great mass of the people are blocked from the world wide web. They can access the country's own intranet, ...

FM: N. Korea's cyber attacks underscores its threat to peace   Jerusalem Post
North Korea suffers second Internet outage   Fox News
North Korea Internet Partially Restored Following Outage   Voice of America
Firstpost   
ZDNet   
AsiaOne   
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TIME
   
Life in Prison for Murderer Who Sent Victim's Limbs to Schools   
TIME
A Canadian jury sentenced a 32-year old former porn actor to life in prison Tuesday for a grisly murder that shocked the nation. Luka Magnotta was convicted of killing and dismembering his Chinese lover, Jun Lin, 33, and shipping his body parts to Canadian ...

Luka Magnotta trial: Jun Lin's family still haunted by horrific death   CBC.ca
"Canadian psycho" ex-porn actor Luka Magnotta convicted of murder in Canada   Sydney Morning Herald
Luka Magnotta given life imprisonment for first-degree murder   The Globe and Mail
Irish Independent   
Toronto Star   
New York Daily News   
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Daily Mail
   
Japan PM set for re-election after 'Abenomics' poll win   
Daily Mail
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resume office on Wednesday with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph. Abe's incumbent cabinet resigned en masse ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be reappointed to role; new Cabinet expected   The Japan Times
Abe to be reappointed as Japan's PM   Irish Independent
Japan PM set to launch new government, defense minister may rile China   Reuters Canada
Chron.com   
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9news.com.au
   
2 Arrested in Sydney in Counterterror Operation   
ABC News
Two men were arrested as part of an ongoing counterterrorism investigation into a group that officials have accused of plotting to kill a random member of the public in Sydney, police said Wednesday, one day after the nation's prime minister warned of ...

Sydney 'terror targets' identified in seized documents, two men arrested   ABC Online
Australia anti-terror police arrest two in Sydney   BBC News
Australian police arrest two in anti-terror raids   Daily Mail
Business Standard   
Deutsche Welle   
Firstpost   
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U-T San Diego
   
From Iraqi mountaintop, a fierce battle to free IS-held town   
U-T San Diego
MOUNT SINJAR, Iraq (AP) — The road to the battlefront plunges straight down the steep face of Mount Sinjar, whipped by a fierce wind. It is littered with trucks and cars that couldn't get up that incline, abandoned by their owners months ago as they fled the ...

Yazidi women tell of sex-slavery trauma   BBC News
Women, girls captured by ISIS faced sex slavery, suicide: Report   Toronto Sun
Sex slavery pushes Iraq's ISIS victims to suicide   The Daily Star
ABC Online   
Times of India   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Belarus's Russian Problem   
Wall Street Journal
The Russian ruble's downward spiral has claimed a new casualty: neighboring Belarus and its heavily Russia-dependent economy. The regime of Alexander Lukashenko, one of Moscow's closest allies, has begun blocking independent news sites and ...

Ukraine Vote Takes Nation a Step Closer to NATO   New York Times
Ukraine pokes Russia, makes move toward NATO. Was it really necessary? (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
Naftogaz Transfers $1.65 To Gazprom   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Times of India   
Businessweek   
Reuters   
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The Guardian
   
Algerian Army Kills Militant Leader Linked to Beheading of French Hostage   
New York Times
ALGIERS, Algeria — The leader of a militant group responsible for beheading a French hostage three months ago was reportedly killed Tuesday along with two associates in an ambush by the Algerian Army. The leader, Abdelmalek Gouri, also known as ...

Algeria 'kills top jihadist'   Gulf Daily News
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's murder   Channel News Asia
Army kills man behind beheading   Irish Independent

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Newsweek
   
60 journalists killed in 2014 —Report   
The Punch
At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, and 44 per cent of them were targeted for murder, the Committee to Protect Journalists said, CBS reports. An “unusually high proportion,” or about one-fourth, ...

International journalist deaths soar in 2014   The Nation
At least 60 journalists killed in 2014, almost half in the Middle East   Los Angeles Times
Report: 60 Journalists Killed in 2014, Syria Deadliest Country   Newsweek
Reuters   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Israel's 'other Bethlehem': have Christians celebrated Jesus's birth in the wrong ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Nobody pays much attention to Christmas in Bethlehem. There are no stalls selling toffee apples, no gaudy lights or decorations. Instead of a nativity play, posters advertise a pantomime by 'Kofiko the monkey and friends'. This is the small village of Bethlehem ...

WATCH: Palestinian protesters dressed as Santa Claus clash with IDF   Jerusalem Post

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Irish Independent
   
U.S. strikes in Syria ease Islamic State pressure on moderate rebels   
Charlotte Observer
ISTANBUL Assisted by intelligence from moderate rebel fighters on the ground, the U.S. carried out remarkably accurate airstrikes against Islamic State targets north of Aleppo over the weekend that destroyed bases hidden in farm buildings and killed dozens ...

More than 1100 jihadists killed in US-led Syria strikes: Monitor   Zee News
Search is on for diplomatic solution to Syria war   Washington Post
More than 1000 jihadis killed in US-led Syria strikes: activists   The Daily Star

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