au-hotdailynews: 2014-12-18 Australia World

Change in US policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War
Washington Post
The Cold War died Wednesday. Its death was foretold, yet somehow it still came as a shock. It didn't expire on a bayside battlefield in the Caribbean or with a mushroom cloud or even with an exploding cigar. It perished at a White House podium. The prisoner ...

Cuba's Raul Castro urges US to lift trade embargo   BBC News
US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility   New York Times
US-Cuba ties: From revolution and Bay of Pigs to rapprochement   The Hindu
The Globe and Mail
The Age
Daily Mail
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European Parliament supports recognition of Palestine in principle
Irish Times
The European Parliament voted to recognise the statehood of Palestine “in principle” yesterday, despite the reservations of a large bloc of European People's Party (EPP) MEPs. The vote, which was carried by 498 votes to 88 with 111 abstentions, took place ...

Is Europe really making things better for Palestinians? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Europeans for Hamas   Wall Street Journal
EU removes Hamas from terror blacklist   The Australian (blog)
DAWN.com
Haaretz
The Globe and Mail
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Abbott slams Lindt Cafe gunman's legal aid funding for High Court challenges
9news.com.au
The prime minster has hit out at the new that taxpayer funds are being used to challenge government laws after it was revealed Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis' High Court challenges were likely funded through legal aid. Monis and his partner ...

Aussie leader: Siege gunman dropped off watch list   New Zealand Herald
Man Haron Monis not a licensed firearms holder   The Australian
AFP wrongly briefed Prime Minister Tony Abbott that Man Haron Monis had gun ...   Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au
The Age
CTV News
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Communist 'hardliners' holding back Xi Jinping on Tibet issue, says Dalai Lama
Daily News & Analysis
The Dalai Lama today conceded that he may be the last one to hold the top spiritual title in Tibetan Buddhism, even as he blamed "hardliners" in Beijing for holding back President Xi Jinping from taking an objective look at his demand for genuine autonomy ...

Dalai Lama says world must push for democracy in China   Daily Mail
Dalai Lama: British government needs Chinese money   Telegraph.co.uk

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Greek poll shows anti-bailout leftists hold 3.6-point lead over conservatives
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's radical leftist Syriza party holds a 3.6-percentage-point lead over the ruling conservatives, a poll published after the first round of a presidential vote on Wednesday showed. The poll was published hours after Prime Minister ...

Nerves as Greek election faces second round of voting   BBC News
Greek PM Samaras falls short in first round presidential vote   AsiaOne
Greek parliament tries to avert disaster in second-round presidential ballot   Deutsche Welle
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Kathimerini
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Mocking Kim Jong Un, a Serious Matter
Voice of America
SEOUL—. After major American theater chains decided not to run a new Hollywood comedy about a U.S. plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, its financial backer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, decided not to release it. The decision follows a ...

N. Korea marks end of mourning for late leader Kim Jong-Il   Bangkok Post
Kim Jong Un looks to complete nuclear legacy left by father   Hamilton Spectator
North Korea marks three years since Kim Jong Il's death   Telegraph.co.uk
Brisbane Times
The Guardian Nigeria
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MH370 Families, Nine Months On: 'I Still Have Hope, Maybe 1%'
malaysiandigest.com
His mother's clothes still hang in the wardrobe; no one wants to move them. “We still hope she'll be back and everything will be just like before,” says Steve Wang. “I still have hope. Maybe 1% – maybe half a per cent – but I still keep the hope.” More than nine ...

Possible MH370 debris found in South West   Busselton Dunsborough Mail
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Poll: 10 Percent Of Americans Believe Plane ...   The Inquisitr
Technical setback in MH370 search   Yahoo!7 News

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