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Nigeria postpones elections due to Boko Haram uprising
Fox News
Feb. 7, 2015: Nigerian Police provide security in Abuja, Nigeria as people demonstrate against the possible postponement of the Nigerian elections. (AP). ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria is postponing presidential and legislative elections until March 28 because ...

Nigeria Postpones Elections, Saying Security Is a Concern   New York Times
Nigeria delays elections as Boko Haram conflict spirals   Daily Mail
Nigerian presidential election postponed until March 28   Times of India
New Vision
ABC Online
Reuters
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Baghdad residents are relieved following the end of their city's curfew after a ...
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Residents of Baghdad enjoyed the first curfew-free night in over a decade as authorities on midnight at Sunday finally lifted restrictions on movement that had been synonymous with instability and a lack of security. A large crowd gathered at Baghdad's central ...

Footage shows aftermath of Baghdad blasts   BBC News
Curfew's End Brings Hope and Fear to Baghdad   New York Times
Iraqis Fete Curfew End With Flags, Horns and Tyre Smoke   NDTV
Washington Post
ABC News
Herald Scotland
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Prince Charles says radicalisation of young people 'alarming'
BBC News
The Prince of Wales has described the extent to which young people are becoming radicalised as "alarming" and one of the "greatest worries". In an interview with Radio 2's The Sunday Hour, Prince Charles spoke of his hopes to "build bridges" between ...

Charles' alarm at radicalisation   Belfast Telegraph
Prince Charles says he fears for Christians in Middle East   New Zealand Herald
Prince Charles: My fears of radicalisation of young British Muslims   Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail
Times of India
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Jordan Hits Islamic State With 3rd Day of Airstrikes
Voice of America
Jordanian fighter jets struck Islamic State targets for a third straight day Saturday, as the militants' claim that a Jordanian airstrike killed an American hostage remained unconfirmed. Jordan launched the raids to avenge the killing of a Jordanian pilot the ...

Islamic State hostage Kayla Mueller: Parents kept excruciating secret   Los Angeles Times
IS stronghold in Syria is bombed   Gulf Daily News
American Hostage's Mother: US Failed Our Children   ABC News
CBS News
Ynetnews
The Independent
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Biden says Ukrainians 'have right to defend themselves,' mum on US sending ...
Fox News
Vice President Joe Biden, in Germany this weekend to help reach a diplomatic solution to Russian aggression in Ukraine, said Ukrainians “have a right to defend themselves" but did not address the possibility of the United States sending weapons to them.
Putin's next challenge: propping up Russia's troubled banks   DAWN.com
Unipolar world unacceptable to Russia   Xinhua
Biden to Putin: 'Don't Tell Us, Show Us'   ABC News
euronews
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Wall Street Journal
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Saudis Unswayed by Houthi Rebels' Overture in Yemen
New York Times
SANA, Yemen — Leaders of the Houthi rebels announced on Saturday that they had appointed four key ministers from the recently ousted government to a national security committee, part of their efforts to begin building institutions to replace those ...

Shia militia tightens grip on Yemen after 'coup'   DAWN.com
Protests against rebels in Yemen   Gulf Daily News
Yemen's Houthi leader reassures public after takeover   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Xinhua
Voice of America
South China Morning Post (subscription)
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Judge against Bali 9 death sentence
NEWS.com.au
ONE of the Judges who sentenced Myuran Sukumaran to death by firing squad has told how she disagreed with the verdict, tried to talk her fellow Judges out of it and to this day feels regret. Speaking exclusively to News Corp Australia, Judge Roro Suryowati, ...

Archbishop, mufti plead for Bali Nine pair   The Australian (blog)
Charles Waterstreet: The death penalty is a burden on the world   Sydney Morning Herald
Former Bali Nine lawyer to reveal evidence that could form basis of new legal ...   The Age
SBS
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North Korea test-fires new anti-ship cruise missile
Daily Times
SEOUL: North Korea has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, images released by state media on Saturday showed, demonstrating the increased capability of the secretive state's outdated navy. The images were released in the lead-up to US-South ...

North Korea says it has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile   National Post
North Korea Says It Tested New Missile With Success   New York Times
North Korea test-fires 'intelligent' anti-ship rocket: KCNA   Economic Times

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Famy's lawyer Clooney pushes for release of jailed Canadian journalist in letter
Toronto Star
Lawyer Amal Clooney is requesting a meeting with Egypt's president and foreign minister to discuss the status of her client, detained Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy. Clooney is pushing for the release of Fahmy, who has been jailed in Cairo ...

Amal Clooney requests meeting in Egypt to discuss Fahmy case   Macleans.ca
Amal Clooney to head to Egypt to push for Mohamed Fahmy's release   CBC.ca
Amal Clooney in bid to free Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy   NEWS.com.au
The Globe and Mail
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Taiwan: Pilots Begin Tests
New York Times
The dozens of pilots who operate the ATR propeller-jets of TransAsia Airways began proficiency tests on Saturday, three days after one of the carrier's planes crashed into a river, killing at least 40 people. The airline said it had canceled 90 flights over the next ...

Flights cancelled as TransAsia enacts pilot training following crash   India Gazette
Both TransAsia plane engines lost power   Jakarta Post
TransAsia flights cancelled to train pilots   Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
Christian Science Monitor
Times of India
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