au-hotdailynews: 2014-11-18 Australia World

Beyond the G20: rolling coverage of Modi, Xi, Hollande in Australia
The Australian
12.56pm: Mr Modi's address to parliament is captured here. Cannot Contact Server. Please upgrade your browser to view HTML 5 content. Modi praises Australia as great democracy 6:35. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. Indian PM Narendra ...

RPT-UPDATE 2-Australian, Indian leaders target free trade pact, economic boost   Reuters
Indian Firms Pursue Deeper Australian Ties During Modi Visit   Wall Street Journal
Sydney: PM Narendra Modi presents himself as a 'man of action'; links NRIs with ...   Indian Express
The Hindu
Daily News & Analysis
ABC Online
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Apec summit in Beijing dominated by climate change and trade
Irish Times
Leaders pose for a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the International Convention Center in Yanqi Lake, Beijing. Photograph: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan. Clifford Coonan. Topics: Business · Economy · World · Asia Briefing ...

FactCheck: does the new climate deal let China do nothing for 16 years?   Business Spectator
Tony Abbott needs to shift his stance on climate change to work with China   The Age
Everyone's a winner in Xi Jinping's 'virtuous cycle'   Sydney Morning Herald
The Nation
TODAYonline
New Zealand Herald
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Enthusiasm for Hong Kong-Shanghai Trading Link Fades on Second Day
Wall Street Journal
Enthusiasm for China's much-heralded trading link between Shanghai and Hong Kong diminished, with early orders placed on its second day falling far short of Monday's launch. Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a program allowing wealthy individuals ...

Japan shares rally ahead of election decision   Financial Times
China Stocks Drop for Fourth Day as Data Shows Home-Price Slump   Businessweek
Lopsided Link Shows Chinese Rejection of Hong Kong Stocks   Bloomberg
THE BUSINESS TIMES
AsiaOne
ecns
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Highest number of modern slaves found in India: Report
Zee News
Paris: Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy -- some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, a new report said Monday. The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI), in its second ...

Almost 36m people live in modern slavery - report   BBC News
India tops global slavery index with 14.3 mn people enslaved   Financial Express
India has over 14 mn people trapped in slavery, says survey   Business Standard
The Australian
Channel News Asia
Businessinsider India
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Russian espionage at Cold War levels
Sydney Morning Herald
Warsaw: Russian and Polish officials have confirmed they carried out tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in an espionage affair that highlights intensified efforts by Moscow to penetrate NATO countries and a new determination by the West to fight back.
Russia expels Polish, German diplomats   Firstpost
Russia orders Polish diplomats out in tit-for-tat expulsions   Irish Times
Russia kicks out Polish 'spies' in tit-for-tat expulsion   Telegraph.co.uk
New Zealand Herald
Reuters
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Setting Usual Caution Aside, Merkel Issues a Stern Rebuke to Russia
New York Times
LONDON — Tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats. Russian naval ships showing up as world leaders meet in Australia. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany telling Russia sternly to play by 21st-century rules — and President Vladimir V. Putin practically spitting ...

Russia threatening peace in Europe, warns Angela Merkel   Irish Independent
Merkel issues stark warning to Russia over Ukraine   Irish Times
Putin says he will not let Ukraine rebels be beaten   Herald Scotland
TIME
Daily Times
Wall Street Journal
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Gymkhana 7: Ken Block tears up LA
Stuff.co.nz
Stunt driver and viral YouTube sensation Ken Block has taken his "Gymkhana" online short series of action videos to Paris, San Francisco and the backlot of a movie studio. Now, for "Gymkhana 7," he's destroying the streets of Los Angeles. Block, the lifestyle ...

Stunt Driver Does Crazy Tricks Through Los Angeles In Adrenaline-Pumping ...   LAist
Ken Block's Gymkhana 7 released - will the Internet survive?   Fox News
Gymkhana 7: Ken Block Thrashes LA with an 845 HP AWD Mustang   Action Hub
Transworld Business
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Islamic State: What the Kassig murder video tells us
BBC News
By now it is well known that Islamic State (IS) produces propaganda videos of exceptional quality. They are slick, smart and incredibly powerful. It is no exaggeration to say they are the best-produced videos to have ever emerged from the global jihad ...

White House reviewing policy toward US hostages held by militants   Reuters
Islamic State beheading videos might now be backfiring (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Kassig's parents: Hearts 'battered, but they will mend'   USA TODAY
The Nation
Daily Mail
Columbus Dispatch
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Rampaging elephant kills handler and charges off with Russian tourists during trek
Telegraph.co.uk
An elephant trampled its handler to death and ran off with two Russian tourists - a mother and her 9-year-old daughter - who were riding on it during a trek in southern Thailand. Rescue teams tracked down the male bull elephant and tranquilised it to rescue ...

Tourists rescued after elephant kills handler and runs off with them on board   The Independent
Elephant tramples Thai handler to death, flees with 2 Russian tourists   Fox News

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Peter Stefanovic filmed in possible encounter with ISIL executioner 'Jihadi John'
Sydney Morning Herald
Footage has emerged of a possible encounter between Australian Nine News reporter Peter Stefanovic and the notorious British-born ISIL executioner known as "Jihadi John" four years ago. Stefanovic was in Tottenham, North London, interviewing a group ...

Nine News appearance of 'Jihadi John'?   The Canberra Times
Video: Did Peter Stefanovic interview 'Jihadi John'?   The New Daily
Jihadist was filmed in police rant during riots   The Times (subscription)
The Independent
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