us-hotdailynews: 2015-11-04 U.S. World

China lobbying to drop South China Sea from defense forum statement: US
Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR China is lobbying Southeast Asian nations to drop any reference to concerns over the South China Sea in a statement to be issued after regional defense talks in Malaysia, a diplomatic push that reflects growing tension over China's ...

China, US Officials Tussle Over Territorial Disputes in South China Sea   Wall Street Journal
JAMES LYONS, RICHARD FISHER: A new armed peace in the South China Sea   Washington Times
No joint declaration at Asia defense meet amid sea tensions   seattlepi.com
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China, Taiwan and a Meeting After 66 Years
New York Times
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China, and the leader of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, will meet on Saturday in Singapore, the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist revolution of 1949 and the retreat of the Chinese nationalists across the Taiwan ...
Taiwan, Chinese presidents to meet for first time since '49   USA TODAY
Taiwan, China leaders to hold historic meeting in Singapore   Reuters
Presidents of Taiwan, China to hold historic meeting   CNN
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Russian Plane Crash: Probe Turns Toward Who Had Access to Jetliner
NBCNews.com
Investigators probing what caused a passenger plane to crash Saturday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have turned their attention to who was on board — and who would have had access to the doomed jetliner before takeoff. An airport source told NBC News ...
Clues in the Russian Plane Crash   ABC News
Scraps of Inconclusive Evidence Surface in Russian Airliner Crash   NDTV
ISIS releases video claiming revenge 'downing' of Russian passenger jet over Sinai   RT

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Uber driver reportedly gets life sentence for rape on passenger in India
CNET
Uber has been under pressure to implement features to improve passenger safety. Uber. An Uber driver in India was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for the rape last year of a female passenger, according to Reuters. Shiv Kumar Yadav was given the ...

World Watch   Wall Street Journal
Uber driver gets life term for rape, survivor has 'moved on', says father   Firstpost
Uber driver gets life sentence for rape in Delhi   Reuters
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New Crop of Immigrants in Parliament Is Seen as Reflection of Canada
New York Times
OTTAWA — He was a teenage refugee, fleeing civil war in Somalia, when he came to Canada 22 years ago. Now, after completing high school and earning degrees in history and law, Ahmed Hussen is about to be sworn in as a member of Parliament — one ...

(Another) Trudeau takes office, and takes Canada in a new direction   Washington Post
John Ivison: Where will Trudeau's foreign policy lead us? Even the Liberals ...   National Post
What CBC readers want to see from the new Liberal government   CBC.ca
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The Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
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Ahmad Chalabi dies at 71; former Iraqi exile was leading advocate of 2003 war
Los Angeles Times
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Ahmad Chalabi, shown in 2005, and his London-based political exile faction funneled intelligence to Bush administration neoconservatives eager to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The reports — later discredited ...
Ahmed Chalabi, strong advocate of 2003 Iraq invasion, is dead at 71   CNN

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Appeal of Oscar Pistorius' murder acquittal centers on intent to kill
Los Angeles Times
Oscar Pistorius sits in court on May 13, 2014, during his original trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Oscar Pistorius sits in court on May 13, 2014, during his original trial in Pretoria, South Africa. (Daniel Born / AFP/Getty Images). Robyn DixonContact ...

Oscar appeal: 'Both sides had valid arguments'   News24
Supreme Court Considers if Pistorius Guilty of Murder   New York Times
Oscar awaits decision from court   Independent Online
Irish Independent
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