2014年12月27日 星期六

2014-12-28 U.S. World


Reuters
   
North Korea blames US for Internet outages, calls Obama a "monkey"   
Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages that it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.
Sony row: N Korea compares Obama to monkey   Hindustan Times
North Korea's Internet down again. US spooks at work? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Sony hack: North Korea blames President Obama for internet outage   BBC News
Business Standard   
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TODAYonline
   
Int'l coalition launches 12 attacks against jihadists in Iraq, Syria   
Fox News Latino
The United States and the other countries that make up the international coalition against the jihadist Islamic State, or IS, launched Saturday a total of 12 air strikes against its positions in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force said. Six bombings ...

Islamic State's tyranny strikes all religions   Toronto Star
McCain: 'We are literally doing everything the Iraqi government has requested.'   Washington Post (blog)
US, allies conduct 12 air strikes against Islamic State: Task Force   Reuters
Haaretz   
Stuff.co.nz   
Irish Times   
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Kansas City Star
   
Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish Gunman Who Shot Pope John Paul II, Lays Flowers ...   
Huffington Post
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded John Paul II in 1981 laid white flowers Saturday on the saint's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican officials said. The surprise visit by Mehmet Ali Agca, believed to be his first time in the ...

Pope John Paul's shooter pays respects at saint's tomb   Irish Independent
Pope John Paul II gunman Agca lays flowers on tomb   BBC News
John Paul II gunman lays flowers at Vatican tomb   Washington Post
Slate Magazine (blog)   
TIME   
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Daily Times
   
US, Pakistani Strikes Kill 62 Islamic Militants   
Voice of America
Pakistan's military says security forces ambushed "a large assembly of terrorists" near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 16 of them and wounding 20 others. A brief military statement issued Saturday says an overnight "intense battle" took place in a ...

The lesson of Peshawar   The News International
Pak-Afghan relations key to fighting Taliban   The Nation
Pakistan air strikes kill 55 militants   Gulf Daily News
Toronto Star   
Herald Scotland   
The Hindu   
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BBC News
   
Malaysia flooding: PM Najib Razak pledges extra funds   
BBC News
Malaysia has announced an extra 500m ringgit ($142m; £92m) to help victims of the country's worst flooding in decades. At least five people have been killed in the floods along Malaysia's east coast, with over 120,000 displaced. Prime Minister Najib Razak ...

Anger as Malaysian Prime Minister plays golf with Barack Obama while ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Malaysia floods: PM Najib Razak cuts short holiday to tour devastated areas   ABC Online
Number of Malaysians displaced by worst-ever floods reaches 160000   IBNLive
The Independent   
Voice of America   
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Kansas City Star
   
Americans are eager to visit Cuba, but changes to US rules may come slowly   
Washington Post
MEXICO CITY — There are the people who want to honeymoon on the same beaches their grandparents did. Those who want to extend their Florida vacations with a quick jaunt to the island 90 miles south. Those who want to buy the Havana Club rum and ...

Embrace this chance   Gulf Daily News
Generation gap: Renewed ties expose painful Cuban-American rift   CNN
Parents of Cuban who spied for US say they only hope he's well   Daily Times
National Post   
Hamilton Spectator   
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MiamiHerald.com
   
Somali Islamist with $3m US bounty on head surrenders   
Sydney Morning Herald
Mogadishu: A leader of Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million US bounty on his head, has surrendered, a Somali government official and local media said on Saturday, although the militants said he had long left their organisation. Zakariya ...

Wanted Islamic extremist leader surrenders in Somalia   Times of India
Somalia: A senior Intelligence Cheif of Al-Shabaab Captured in Gedo Region   Geeska Afrika
Senior Al-Shabaab commander detained   Xinhua
Herald Scotland   
ABC Online   
Toronto Star   
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Macro Insider
   
Syria to Discuss Russia Peace Plan Talks   
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria said Saturday that it was willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Russia aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its civil war. But members of the Western-backed Syrian opposition dismissed the Russian plan ...

​Syria "ready to participate" in Moscow peace talks, opposition unsure   CBS News
Syria willing to participate in peace talks organized by Russia   Los Angeles Times
Syria dismisses foreign role in Russian-led peace talks   Irish Independent
Reuters   
Telegraph.co.uk   
euronews   
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MiamiHerald.com
   
Ukraine: Mass prisoner exchange following peace talks   
euronews
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met some of the freed prisoners, who were exchanged with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, at a military airport near Kyiv. There have been conflicting reports of the total number of prisoners ...

Ukraine secures cheap coal, power supplies from Russia   DAWN.com
Russia-EU relations to remain future priority for Moscow   Xinhua
Pro-Russian Separatists Release 8 More Ukrainian Prisoners   Voice of America
Business Standard   
Arab News   
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Zee News
   
Swedish centre-left in 8-year deal with opposition to avert snap election   
Sydney Morning Herald
Stockholm: Sweden's three-month-old minority centre-left government has announced a deal with the opposition to sideline the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, who hold the balance of power in parliament, and avert a fresh election. Sweden's normally ...

Sweden's centre-left parties agree deal to keep minority government in office   The Independent
Swedish centre-left do eight-year deal with opposition to avert snap election   Reuters
Sweden avoids snap poll in deal that counters far right   Arab News
BBC News   
Bloomberg   
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