us-hotdailynews: 2015-05-22 U.S. World

Islamic State says it has full control of Syria's Palmyra
Reuters
BEIRUT Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday and overran Iraqi government defences east of Ramadi, the provincial capital that they seized five days earlier. The twin successes not only pile pressure on ...

Islamic militants tighten their grip of cities in Iraq, Syria   The Seattle Times
Frantic Message as Palmyra Fell: 'We're Finished'   New York Times
IS Tops Off Gains With Takeover Of Last Iraq-Syria Border Crossing   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Washington Post
NDTV
Irish Times
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Report: China Warns US Spy Plane
Voice of America
China's navy is reported to have issued eight warning messages to a U.S. military surveillance plane that passed over a group of man-made islands Beijing is using to secure its sweeping territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. "This is the Chinese ...

Pentagon goes public with latest dust-up in South China Sea   Los Angeles Times
China has sovereign right to build in south sea   CCTV
UPDATE 3-US vows to continue patrols after China warns spy plane   Reuters
NDTV
Brisbane Times
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CNN

Former Korean Air exec gets suspended sentence in 'nut rage' incident
CNN
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) Seoul's High Court has suspended the one-year jail sentence for Heather Cho, the daughter of Korean Air's chairman, who threw a fit on a flight over how she was served nuts. Cho will be on probation for two years. Prosecutors ...

South Korea 'nut rage' executive Heather Cho freed   BBC News
Jailed 'Nut Rage' Korean Air Executive to Be Released on Appeal   Bloomberg
Court frees ex-Korean Air executive in 'nut rage' case   Reuters
Wall Street Journal
CBC.ca
ABC News
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Colombia mudslide: Thousands attend mass funeral
BBC News
A mass funeral has taken place in the Colombian town of Salgar for victims of a devastating mudslide on Monday. Burials were held for 33 of the 84 people whose bodies have been recovered. Several local people are still missing. Thousands of people ...

Dog saved from raging river and given mouth-to-mouth (+video)   TVNZ
Dog saved from Colombian landslide   Chicago Tribune
Policeman does mouth-to-mouth on dog after pulling it from landslide   New Zealand Herald
Chron.com
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REFILE-A year after Thai coup, stability trumps growth for business
Reuters
(Refiles to fix dateline). By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat. BANGKOK May 22 (Reuters) - When Thailand's army seized power in a bloodless coup, much of the business establishment quietly cheered them on. A year on, the captains of Thai ...

A year after Thai coup, stability trumps growth for business   Zee News
One year of Thai military rule passes with a whisper   Yahoo! Maktoob News
Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, Thailand coup leader, tightens grip amid turmoil one ...   Washington Times
Dalje.com
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There's No Chance That the Rohingya People Will End Up in the Gambia
VICE News
The thousands of migrants fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh could find an unlikely safe haven in the Gambia, after the small West African nation announced it would welcome all the Rohingya and so-called "boat people" interested in resettling there.
Blinken urges South East Asia to tackle root causes of migrant crisis   Channel News Asia
Gambia offers to resettle all Rohingya boatpeople   The Star Online
In Reversal, Myanmar Agrees to Attend Meeting on Migrant Crisis   New York Times
Toronto Star
BBC News
Chron.com
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Volatile Burundi seeks a new politics
BBC News
"There are politics and politics, different kinds of politics." So goes the chorus to one of the Burundian protesters' favourite songs. They say it was invented on the first day of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office, and ...

Burundi crisis: President Nkurunziza plays football as two protesters die in ...   The Independent
Deadly Burundi protests as police try to crush demos   The Daily Star
Burundi: 2 Killed in Protests Against President's 3rd Term   ABC News
Al Jazeera America
Daily Mail
euronews
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North Korea Escapes Slashed Under Kim Jong-Un
Sky News
Reinforced barbed wire fencing and an increase in phone tapping is preventing people from making the hazardous journey to freedom. 03:37, UK, Friday 22 May 2015. North Korean border security. Border security has been tightened since Kim Jong-Un ...

Bugged phones and double barbed wire: far fewer North Koreans defect   Reuters
Kim Jong-un Acts Out Again   The New Yorker
North Korean purges suggest Kim's hold on dictatorship is under strain   The Australian

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Leaders of EU, Eastern Partnership states arrive for Riga Summit
Xinhua
RIGA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the European Union and Eastern Partnership countries gathered in Riga on Thursday for the 4th Eastern Partnership Summit. The two-day summit, hosted by Latvia that is the current EU presidency, intended to bring the ...

Merkel lays out EU's eastern aims for partnership summit   Irish Times
EU defies Russian "bully" but disappoints ex-Soviets   Reuters Africa
EU seeks to keep partnership with ex-Soviet nations on track   The Daily Star
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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US and Cuba Extend Talks on Reopening Embassies
New York Times
Despite a wave of optimism, United States and Cuban negotiators meeting in Washington on Thursday could not reach an accord on re-establishing long-fractured diplomatic ties but agreed to keep talking on Friday. Representatives from both nations met all ...

US, Cuba talks on normalising relations extended into Friday   Business Standard
US, Cuba appear close to finish line in negotiations   Minneapolis Star Tribune
A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end   Washington Post
Fox News Latino
Reuters
Christian Science Monitor
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