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2015-05-25 U.S. World


Voice of America
   
US Defense Secretary: Iraqi Forces Lack 'Will to Fight'   
Voice of America
U.S. officials on Sunday blamed Iraqi forces for Islamic State advances in the country in recent days, as reports emerged that the militant group has seized another border post and killed hundreds in Syria. Syrian state media say IS fighters executed at least ...

Defense Secretary Carter: Iraqis lack 'will to fight' to defeat Islamic State   Washington Post
US Defense Secretary Blames Iraqi Forces for ISIS Victory in Ramadi   New York Times
'No will' to fight ISIS? US Defense Sec blasts Iraqi troops   RT

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New York Times
   
John F. Nash Jr., Math Genius Defined by a 'Beautiful Mind,' Dies at 86   
New York Times
John F. Nash Jr., a mathematician who shared a Nobel Prize in 1994 for work that greatly extended the reach and power of modern economic theory and whose long descent into severe mental illness and eventual recovery were the subject of a book and a ...

John Nash, mathematician who inspired 'A Beautiful Mind,' killed in car crash   Reuters
Famed 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife, killed in N.J. Turnpike ...   NJ.com

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Fox News
   
Polish president concedes election defeat to right-wing opponent   
Fox News
May 24, 2015: Opposition candidate Andrzej Duda celebrates with supporters as the first exit polls in the presidential runoff voting are announced in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski). WARSAW, Poland – Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski ...

Polish president concedes election defeat to conservative challenger   Reuters
Poland's new president Andrzej Duda signals shift to the right   Brisbane Times
Andrzej Duda to be new Polish president, exit polls suggest   Krakow Post
euronews   
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BBC News
   
Spain enters a new political era   
BBC News
As expected, in the wake of the economic crisis and high-profile corruption scandals which have tarnished the reputation of the traditional political parties in Spain, the country has now entered a new political era. Anti-austerity parties, linked to the Podemos ...

Spain's ruling party punished in local and regional elections   The Globe and Mail
New parties shake Spain's political system in local vote   Times of India
Ruling Party Loses Hold as Leftists Surge in Spain   New York Times
Wall Street Journal   
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Fox News
   
Hezbollah says it will step up presence in Syria as needed   
Reuters
BEIRUT Hezbollah is fighting across all of Syria alongside the army of President Bashar al-Assad and is willing to increase its presence there when needed, the leader of the Lebanese Shi'ite movement said on Sunday. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told ...

Hezbollah vows to step up involvement in Syria's civil war   Fox News
Nasrallah vows to oust jihadis from Arsal outskirts   The Daily Star
Hezbollah Fast Losing Popularity – OpEd   Eurasia Review

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NBCNews.com
   
Women's activists cross from North to South Korea, say divide can be bridged   
Washington Post
PAJU, South Korea — A group of international women's activists made a rare crossing from North Korea into South Korea on Sunday, hailing the trip as a “first step in the right direction” toward bridging divisions between the estranged countries. But the ...

Women activists cross DMZ between North and South Korea   CNN
Gloria Steinem's peace marchers reduced to tourists in Korea's DMZ by bitter ...   The Independent
Activists cross border of North, South Korea   MarketWatch

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Wall Street Journal
   
Afghan Peace Envoy Met Taliban in Secret China Talks   
Wall Street Journal
KABUL—Afghanistan's most prominent peace envoy held secret talks with former Taliban officials in China last week, accelerating regional efforts to bring the insurgency to the negotiating table, according to individuals briefed on the matter by the warring ...

Afghans Form Militias and Call on Warlords to Fight Taliban   New York Times
IS recruiting militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Nato general   DAWN.com
Afghans, Taliban met in secret China talks   MarketWatch

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Sky News Australia
   
PM ups counter-terrorism commitment   
Sky News Australia
On Monday former ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty was confirmed as Australia's first anti-terrorism coordinator. Mr Moriarty now deputy secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spent four years in Jakarta and three years as Australia's ...

Same-sex marriage debate must be this year, Australian Liberal party figures say   The Guardian
Opposition slam Australian PM for dismissing idea of referendum on same-sex ...   Irish Independent

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BBC News
   
Asia migrant's story of four months at sea   
BBC News
Indonesian fishermen rescued 400 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh off the coast of Indonesia last week. Kasuma Hatu, a Rohingya Muslim refugee from Myanmar, was one of them. She fled her country after her village was burnt down and her ...

Burma's birth control law exposes Buddhist fear of Muslim minority   The Guardian
Regional approach can end boat exodus   Bangkok Post

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Firstpost
   
Thousands flee after landslide blocks Nepal river   
DAWN.com
KATHMANDU: Thousands of panic-stricken villagers fled their homes fearing flash floods after an overnight landslide blocked a river in quake-hit Nepal's mountainous northwest, officials said on Sunday. The landslide at around midnight sent mud and rocks ...

Fears of flash floods fears as blocked Nepalese river flows again   Irish Times
Blocked Kali Gandaki river flows again (with photos)   E Kantipur

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