2014年12月25日 星期四

2014-12-26 Australia World


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Tranquil and isolated for centuries, until the big waves came   
Sydney Morning Herald
Boxing Day tsunami 2004: survivor remembers 10 years on · Boxing Day tsunami 2004: The sound of roaring thunder. Port Blair: The December 26 tsunami killed almost a quarter of the indigenous communities of India's remote Nicobar Islands at the southern ...

Boxing Day tsunami: Tranquil, isolated for centuries   Stuff.co.nz

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BBC News
   
Queen's Christmas message pays poppy and Ebola tribute   
BBC News
The Queen's Christmas Day message will highlight the ceramic poppy tribute to World War One casualties and people dealing with the Ebola disease. The hugely popular poppy installation at the Tower of London was "a reminder of the grief of loved ones left ...

British Queen emphasizes "reconciliation" in Christmas message   Xinhua
Courage of Ebola workers is praised in Queen's speech   Irish Independent
The Scotsman cartoon: Queen seeks reconciliation   Scotsman
Sydney Morning Herald   
Daily Mail   
ABC Online   
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The Hindu
   
Asia Marks 10 Years Since Indian Ocean Tsunami   
New York Times
KHAO LAK, Thailand — Beachside memorials and religious services were planned across Asia to mark 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami slammed into a dozen nations and killed nearly a quarter million people. Survivors, government officials ...

Boxing Day tsunami: Aceh's Baiturrahman Mosque stands as testament to ...   ABC Online
Tsunami anniversary: Rebuilding lives in Aceh   BBC News
Dec. 26, 2004: Indian Ocean Tsunami   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Firstpost   
The Guardian   
Bangkok Post   
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MiamiHerald.com
   
Israel: Plans for More Settler Homes Move Forward   
New York Times
Israel has given preliminary approval for the construction of 243 homes on West Bank land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem, and it advanced plans for 270 more homes in the same area, officials said Thursday. Such moves run counter to calls by the United ...

End the blockade of the Gaza Strip   Haaretz
Palestinians vow retaliation in face of Israeli aggression   Press TV
Threats to artists raise fears of Islamic State coming to Gaza   The Australian (blog)
Voice of America   
Firstpost   
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The Sun Daily
   
Pro-democracy protesters return to Hong Kong streets for second night, 37 ...   
The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong police say they have arrested 37 people as pro-democracy protesters return to the city's streets for a second night in a row. The police said in a statement Thursday that protesters blocked five roads overnight in the Mong Kok neighbourhood and ...

Armoured van spills $2.4 million on Hong Kong highway sparking cash grab   Sydney Morning Herald
2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear   USA TODAY
Hong Kong police arrest 2 for grabbing cash that spilled out of armoured van ...   The Straits Times
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Wall Street Journal   
Daily Mail   
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BBC News
   
Somalia: African Union troops killed in al-Shabab attack   
BBC News
The African Union (AU) force in Somalia says three of its peacekeepers and a civilian contractor have been killed in an attack on its headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu. An AU statement said al-Shabab gunmen had entered the base disguised as Somali ...

Somalia: Four dead as militants attack African Union base   Sydney Morning Herald
Nine killed in attack on AU base   Irish Independent
Al-Shabaab attacks AU's Somalia base, claims 14 dead   Times of India
Sky News Australia   
ABC News   
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CBS News
   
George HW Bush 'doing well' in Houston hospital: spokesman   
Xinhua
HOUSTON, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush spent his Christmas day in a Houston hospital and is in good spirits, his spokesman said Thursday. The 90-year-old ex-president was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist ...

Former President George HW Bush won't be home for Christmas   CBS News
Former president George HW Bush to spend another night in hospital   CBC.ca
Hospitalized George HW Bush in 'great spirits'   CNN
Los Angeles Times   
Daily Mail   
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Hindustan Times
   
Host him with hospitality: Father of captured Jordanian pilot appeals to IS   
Hindustan Times
The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son's release on Thursday, asking the group to treat him well in captivity as a fellow Muslim. So far, there has been silence from the extremists about the fate of their ...

Father of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release   Fox News
Treat Jordan captive pilot well, father urges IS   BBC News
Father of pilot captured by IS pleads for release   Daily Mail
New York Times   
Washington Post   
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NDTV
   
Chinese Hit Back Against a Foreign Intrusion: Christmas   
NDTV
Shoppers pose for selfies near Christmas themed decorations at a shopping mall in Beijing on Thursday. (Associated Press). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. email. Beijing: There may be no exact translation for "humbug" in Chinese, but ...

China Voice: No need to poop China's Christmas party   Xinhua
Christmas is cancelled for Chinese university students in effort to 'resist the ...   The Independent
Chinese city, university ban Christmas celebrations   Times of India

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ABC Online
   
Swedish mosque attacked on Christmas Day amid national immigration debate   
ABC Online
An arsonist has set fire to a mosque in a town in central Sweden on Christmas Day, an incident which comes amid an intense debate over immigration. Emergency services in Eskilstuna, west of the capital Stockholm, were called to the scene of the fire early in ...

Sweden: Arson Attack on Mosque Injures 5, Police Say   New York Times
Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five   The Nation
Swedish mosque hit by arson in Eskilstuna, injuring five   BBC News
DAWN.com   
International Business Times   
Irish Independent   
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