2015年2月4日 星期三

2015-02-05 Australia World


BBC News
   
Footage shows TransAsia Airway plane crash in Taipei   
BBC News
A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people. Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport.
Taiwan Plane Crash: TransAsia Flight Loses Control, Plunges Into River   Wall Street Journal
Death toll rises to 31 in Taiwan plane crash; 12 missing   Hindustan Times
Death Toll in Taiwan Plane Crash Climbs to 31   Voice of America
New York Times   
New Zealand Herald   
Stuff.co.nz   
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BBC News
   
Peter Greste: How I coped in Egypt prison   
BBC News
Al-Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste, who was freed on Sunday after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, has held his first news conference since arriving back in Australia. Speaking in Brisbane, Mr Greste told reporters how he and his colleagues, who ...

Wait goes on for Al-Jazeera reporters after colleague freed   New Zealand Herald
Peter Greste wants to enjoy beach, sunsets, stars   Sydney Morning Herald
Greste wants to get back to work   9news.com.au
Sky News Australia   
Irish Independent   
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The Australian
   
Coalition ally UAE halts air strikes in Islamic State over fears for its pilots   
The Australian
THE United Arab Emirates has suspended air strikes against Islamic State after the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot who was captured by the extremist group, amid a row with Washington over rescue missions. The decision removes a key military partner ...

UAE Pulled Out Air Strikes Against Islamic State After Pilot Capture: US Officials   NDTV
Islamic State: UAE withdrew from air war after Jordanian pilot Maaz al ...   ABC Online
UAE suspends airstrikes against 'Islamic State'   Deutsche Welle
9news.com.au   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Cat on the menu: outrage at Vietnamese trade in felines   
Sydney Morning Herald
They like their cats fried with garlic and washed down with beer in Vietnam's specialist restaurants. Some diners even falsely believe that by eating a cat's spine they will gain the feline's agility. Although no official statistics are available, eating cat meat in ...

Paw things: '3 tons' of smuggled cats buried alive in Vietnam   RT
Thousands of seized cats feared buried alive in Vietnam   Hindustan Times
Thousands of cats smuggled from China buried in Vietnamese cull   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Mirror.co.uk   
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BBC News
   
Moussaoui claims Saudi royals 'funded 9/11 attacks'   
BBC News
Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui has claimed members of the Saudi royal family helped fund the 9/11 attacks. Moussaoui, imprisoned in Colorado for his role in the attacks, gave testimony in October to lawyers for 9/11 victims suing the country.
Zacarias Moussaoui claims members of Saudi royal family supported 9/11 attacks   Daily Mail
Al Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui claims Saudi royals helped fund 9/11 attacks   ABC Online
9/11 Plotter Says Saudi Royal Family Funded al-Qaida   Voice of America
Huffington Post   
Firstpost   
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Gulf Daily News
   
Egypt jails 230 for life   
Gulf Daily News
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 230 people, including one of the leading activists behind the country's 2011 uprising, to life in prison after finding them guilty yesterday of taking part in clashes between protesters and security forces later that year.
Prominent Egyptian Youth Activist Gets Life In Prison   Voice of America (blog)
Egypt sentences 230 anti-Mubarak activists to life   AsiaOne
Prominent Egyptian activist among 230 sentenced to life   Al Jazeera America
Reuters Africa   
Los Angeles Times   
Christian Science Monitor   
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New York Times
   
Man Behind Silk Road Website Is Convicted on All Counts   
New York Times
A California man behind the website Silk Road, once a thriving online black market for the sale of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other drugs and illicit goods, was convicted on Wednesday of all seven counts related to the enterprise. The verdict against the ...

The Silk Road Defendant Didn't Stand a Chance. Would He on Appeal?   Bloomberg
Ross William Ulbricht, Silk Road operator, convicted on 7 charges   CBC.ca
Ross Ulbricht: Silk Road creator convicted on drugs charges   BBC News
USA TODAY   
Daily Beast   
Reuters   
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Channel 4 News
   
Muslim outrage grows against Islamic State but questions linger over next steps ...   
Washington Post
BAGHDAD — Declarations of outrage swept the Middle East on Wednesday as a region already steeled to the brutality of the Islamic State expressed horror at the group's killing of a Jordanian pilot by setting him on fire. The region's leaders have denounced ...

Jordan's King Vows 'Relentless' War Against IS   Voice of America
Islamic State's burning of Jordanian pilot draws Arab condemnation   Los Angeles Times
Islamic State's Killing of Jordanian Pilot Sparks Outrage   Wall Street Journal
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Fox News   
Firstpost   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Piranhas kill six-year-old girl in Brazil   
Sydney Morning Herald
A six-year-old girl has died after piranhas devoured the flesh from her legs following a boating accident in Brazil, according to local media. Adrila Muniz was with her grandmother and four other children on the Maicuru river in the northern state of Para, near ...

Piranhas devour six-year-old girl's legs in Brazil   Stuff.co.nz
Brazil: Piranhas Eat Flesh From 6-Year-Old Girl's Legs In Fatal Attack   Headlines & Global News
Brazilian girl dead after piranha attack   3News NZ

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Voice of America
   
Nuclear Issues, Russia-Ukraine on NATO Ministers' Agenda   
Voice of America
BRUSSELS—. NATO defense ministers will meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss nuclear issues, the conflict in Ukraine and the threat of Russian aggression near NATO's eastern border. Also on the agenda are Georgia's aspirations to join the 28-member ...

Pentagon 2008 study claims Putin has Asperger's syndrome   USA TODAY
Proposed US weapons deliveries to Ukraine raise fears of further escalation   Deutsche Welle
NATO to strengthen its presence in eastern Europe   Reuters
Los Angeles Times   
BBC News   
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