au-hotdailynews: 2014-12-28 Australia World

People screamed: 'Tsunami, run away' most didn't understand the meaning
Irish Independent
Sam the Tailor, his wife Sao and tourist Pascal Leloup in front of Sam's totally devastated shop for which he, like so many others, has no insurance. Barry Murphy and Eilis Finnegan. IT started as a typical tropical day at our home on a hillside in Kata, five ...

10th anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami marked   Daily Times
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami now helping to save lives   CBC.ca
Grateful escape   The Star Online
BBC News
Daily News & Analysis
ABC News
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Sony row: N Korea compares Obama to monkey
Hindustan Times
North Korea has compared US President Barack Obama to a monkey and blamed the United States for shutting down its internet amid the hacking row over the movie "The Interview." The North has denied involvement in a crippling cyberattack on Sony ...

North Korea's Internet down again. US spooks at work? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Sony hack: North Korea blames President Obama for internet outage   BBC News
Racist jibe at Obama in North Korea row   Herald Scotland
ABC Online
Economic Times
The Australian (blog)
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Malaysia flooding: PM Najib Razak pledges extra funds
BBC News
Malaysia has announced an extra 500m ringgit ($142m; £92m) to help victims of the country's worst flooding in decades. At least five people have been killed in the floods along Malaysia's east coast, with over 120,000 displaced. Prime Minister Najib Razak ...

Anger as Malaysian Prime Minister plays golf with Barack Obama while ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Malaysia floods: PM Najib Razak cuts short holiday to tour devastated areas   ABC Online
Number of Malaysians displaced by worst-ever floods reaches 160000   IBNLive
The Independent
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Angry Police Shun NYC Mayor at Funeral for Slain Officer
Voice of America
Midway through one of the most heavily attended funerals in the New York Police Department's history, Mayor Bill de Blasio walked past U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and other dignitaries to give his eulogy Saturday for Officer Rafael Ramos. As the mayor ...

De Blasio speaks at funeral; officers turn their backs   USA TODAY
Thousands gather for slain New York police officer's funeral   Irish Times
NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos: 'He loved God and he loved humanity' (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
CBC.ca
Times of India
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Somali Islamist with $3m US bounty on head surrenders
Sydney Morning Herald
Mogadishu: A leader of Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million US bounty on his head, has surrendered, a Somali government official and local media said on Saturday, although the militants said he had long left their organisation. Zakariya ...

Somalia: A senior Intelligence Cheif of Al-Shabaab Captured in Gedo Region   Geeska Afrika
Senior Al-Shabaab commander detained   Xinhua
Senior al-Shabab leader surrenders   Herald Scotland
ABC Online
Daily Times
The Independent
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Ukraine secures cheap coal, power supplies from Russia
DAWN.com
KIEV: Moscow promised on Saturday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev's failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin's unexpected ...

Russia-EU relations to remain future priority for Moscow   Xinhua
Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian separatists free four more captives   The Independent
Pro-Russian Separatists Release 8 More Ukrainian Prisoners   Voice of America
South China Morning Post (subscription)
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US, Pakistani Strikes Kill 62 Islamic Militants
Voice of America
Pakistan's military says security forces ambushed "a large assembly of terrorists" near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 16 of them and wounding 20 others. A brief military statement issued Saturday says an overnight "intense battle" took place in a ...

The lesson of Peshawar   The News International
Pak-Afghan relations key to fighting Taliban   The Nation
Pakistan's challenge in attack response to root out 'good' Taliban   Toronto Star
Gulf Daily News
Herald Scotland
Washington Post
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N. Korea denies involvement in hacking of South's nuclear power operator
Yonhap News
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea again denied its involvement in the hacking of South Korea's nuclear power station operator Sunday, calling the allegation "a trumped-up plot against the communist country." The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear ...

Three killed at South Korean nuclear reactor days after hackers target country's ...   The Independent
Nuclear reactors halted following deadly chemical leak   Korea Times

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Indonesia arrests six heading to Syria
The Age
Jakarta: Indonesian police have arrested six people attempting to fly to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group, officials say, the latest in a wave of potential sympathisers emerging from the world's most populous Muslim nation. Those arrested at ...

7 detained over link to Islamic State   Bangkok Post
ISIS suspicions trigger detentions in Indonesia   CBC.ca
Indonesia detains terrorists boarding Syrian plane   Press TV
Mirror.co.uk
NDTV
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Pope John Paul's shooter pays respects at saint's tomb
Irish Independent
Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II (pictured) made a surprise visit to the saint's tomb in St Peter's Basilica. The Vatican says the Turk who shot and wounded John Paul II in 1981 has laid flowers on the saint's tomb in St ...

Pope John Paul II gunman Agca lays flowers on tomb   BBC News
John Paul II gunman lays flowers at Vatican tomb   Washington Post
Assassin who tried to kill Pope John Paul II puts roses on his tomb...and says he ...   Daily Mail
ABC Online
Voice of America
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