us-hotdailynews: 2015-01-01 U.S. World

35 killed, 43 injured in Shanghai stampede
Chron.com
SHANGHAI (AP) — Thirty-five people died in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in Shanghai's historic waterfront area, city officials said Thursday — the worst disaster to hit one of China's showcase cities in recent years. A Shanghai government ...

World welcomes 2015 with celebrations, prayer, hope   CBS News
Shanghai new year crush kills 35   BBC News
Moments after police warning, stampede at Shanghai gathering kills 35   Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Hindustan Times
The News International
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Crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Spotlights Indonesia's Poor Air Safety Record
New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia — When a team of United Nations auditors visited Jakarta in May to rate the country's aviation safety, they came to a troubling conclusion: Indonesia was well below the global average in every category, and scored just 61 percent in ...

Indonesia Hopes to Find AirAsia Plane's Black Box as Skies Clear   Businessweek
AirAsia QZ8501: Surabaya vigil held for victims   BBC News
Break in poor weather allows AirAsia search to intensify   Fox News
Telegraph.co.uk
New York Daily News
The Hindu
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Spectacular Drone Video Captures Sydney New Year's Fireworks
ABC News
Sydney was among the first to celebrate New Year's 2015 and its spectacular fireworks display was caught on video for the first time by a drone at 1,000 feet. The eye-popping images take you inside what has become one of the world's most elaborate New ...

New Year 2015: Millions of people celebrate with fireworks, parties   ABC Online
Sydney New Year's Eve: crowd estimates down on last year   Sydney Morning Herald
Revellers praised for peaceful NYE   Daily Mail
Mirror.co.uk
RT
Irish Independent
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Palestinians Sign Treaty to Join International Criminal Court
Wall Street Journal
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gestures as he delivers a speech during a ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. By. Nicholas Casey And. Joshua Mitnick. Joshua Mitnick. The Wall Street ...

Palestinians Join International Criminal Court, Despite Israeli and US Warnings   New York Times
Palestinians join war crimes court after UN rejection   Reuters
Palestine takes steps to join International Criminal Court   Sydney Morning Herald
Jerusalem Post
Daily Caller
RT
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Kim Jong Un Says Open to 'Highest-Level' Talks With South Korea
Businessweek
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to “the highest-level talks” with South Korea, raising the possibility of a summit with President Park Geun Hye even as relations remain chilled by his pursuit of a nuclear arsenal. “There is no reason why the ...

N. Korean Leader Says Open to Summit with South   Voice of America
North Korea's Kim Jong-un says open to 'highest-level' talks with South during ...   ABC Online
Kim Jong-un says open to 'highest-level' talks with South   Telegraph.co.uk
Reuters UK
Yonhap News
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Suicide bomber at Yemen ceremony kills at least 24
San Francisco Chronicle
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked a ceremony Wednesday hosted by Shiite rebels commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 24 people and wounding 48 in a country plagued by militants, authorities said. No group ...

Cross-dressing suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite celebration   Inquirer.net
At least 33 killed in Yemen suicide bombing   The Hindu

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Fears grow for 98 missing after Greek ferry disaster
The Times (subscription)
Fears were growing last night for 98 passengers on board a burning car ferry amid fresh claims of chaos and negligence from the crew of the stricken vessel. Almost 100 people remained unaccounted for, according to Giuseppe Volpe, the chief public ...

Italy Ferry fire: 98 people 'still unaccounted for' after Norman Atlantic blaze   Mirror.co.uk
Italy: 98 still unaccounted for from fire-ravaged ferry   Newsday
Georgian Priest Reported Dead After Greek Ferry Fire   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
BBC News
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Afghanistan: Many Are Killed When Rocket Hits Wedding Party
New York Times
At least 26 people were killed late Wednesday when their wedding party was struck by a rocket in Helmand Province, the Afghan police said. A police spokesman said that at least 45 people were wounded when the rocket struck a house in the southern ...

Rocket kills 26 at Afghan wedding party: Police   Times of India
Rocket 'kills 15' at Afghan wedding   BBC News
Rocket Kills 15 at Afghan Wedding Party   Voice of America
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Toronto Sun
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Suspect in Edmonton killings was known to police, had criminal history
The Globe and Mail
Edmonton police say their investigation “on the ground” is complete as new details emerge of the gunman behind the worst mass murder in the city's modern history. The probe into the gruesome slayings of eight people – including two children – centred on ...

Phu Lam, 53, was shooter in Edmonton mass murder   CBC.ca
Edmonton man fatally shot seven first, then left to kill woman and later take his ...   National Post
Call to Edmonton police about gun set off grim discoveries   Toronto Star
CTV News
ABC Online
Los Angeles Times
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Saudi king hospitalised
DAWN.com
RIYADH: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul aziz was admitted to a hospital for medical check-ups on Wednesday. The Saudi Press Agency, citing a royal statement, said the king was undergoing tests at the National Guard's King Abdulaziz Medical City hospital ...

Region fears for Saudi king's health   The Times (subscription)
Saudi succession plan about continuity: Experts   CNBC
Saudi Arabia's national airline plans to keep men and women apart   Haaretz
Reuters Africa
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