au-hotdailynews: 2015-02-25 Australia World

Shooter opens fire in restaurant in eastern Czech town leaving nine dead
Sydney Morning Herald
Prague: A man shot dead eight people in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday and then killed himself, the town's mayor said. "I have been given information that it was a 60-year-old local man, probably mentally unstable," the mayor, Patrik ...

'Nobody believed anything like this could happen'   Irish Independent
Nine dead in Czech restaurant shooting   Irish Examiner
Nine killed in Czech restaurant shooting   DAWN.com
Times of India
9news.com.au
BBC News
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Islamic State abducts more than 100 Christians in Syria: reports
Sydney Morning Herald
Amman: Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in north-eastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday. A Syrian Christian group representing several NGOs inside and outside the ...

Scores of Syrian Christians Kidnapped by Islamic State   New York Times
Islamic State said to abduct at least 70 Christians in Syria   Washington Post
ISIS abducts scores of Christians in northeastern Syria, groups say   CNN

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Sinkhole swallows two pedestrians in Seoul, pair survive fall with only minor ...
ABC Online
Two pedestrians in South Korea have been rescued after falling into a sinkhole on a footpath. The pair can be seen on CCTV getting off a bus and then suddenly disappearing into the hole in Seoul's Yongsan district next to a high rise construction site.
Sinkhole swallows Seoul pedestrians on sidewalk   The Australian (blog)
Seoul sinkhole swallows two   Sydney Morning Herald
Two pedestrians fall into 3m-deep sinkhole in Seoul   The Straits Times
National Post
Stuff.co.nz
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Australia and New Zealand poised to partner on Iraq training mission
Sydney Morning Herald
The Chief of the Defence Force Mark Binskin has confirmed he has worked with his Kiwi counterpart on a further training mission to Iraq but says "no final decision" has been made by the Abbott government. As Fairfax Media reported on Saturday, the Abbott ...

No word from Australia on more troops to work with NZ in Iraq   TVNZ
Tony Abbott set to send 200 extra troops to Iraq   The Australian Financial Review
Nine disciplined over spy drinking drama   Daily Mail
The Australian (blog)
3News NZ
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Amnesty International Report Chronicles 'Catastrophic' Year
Voice of America
The year 2014 was a "catastrophic" one for millions of people around the world, a human rights watchdog group said Wednesday. Amnesty International released its annual report accusing world governments of failing to protect civilians from violence by ...

Amnesty calls on UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes   BBC News
Amnesty International condemns Australia's asylum seeker policies, labels ...   ABC Online
2014 — a catastrophic year for millions caught up in violence: Amnesty ...   Times of India
Herald Sun
Radio New Zealand
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FBI offer largest ever $3m cyber bounty for capture of hacker who allegedly stole ...
Daily Mail
The US State Department and FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian hacker, the highest bounty U.S. authorities have ever offered in a cyber case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

FBI says sixty different hacker groups linked to nation-states   Stuff.co.nz
US offers $3m reward for information on Russian hacker   Aljazeera.com
US offers highest ever reward for Russian hacker   The Star Online
Salon
Los Angeles Times
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Mom charged with child abuse after her daughter's T-shirt raises questions
fox4kc.com
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa mom's plan to publicly shame her daughter backfired and landed her behind bars. The shirt she allegedly made for punishment ended with 31-year-old Melany Alexander charged with child abuse according to FOX 13. Part of the shirt ...

Florida Mom Arrested For Beating Child, Sending Her To School In Grade ...   Headlines & Global News
Woman accused of beating, shaming middle school student   Tampabay.com
Share this story   Herald Sun
FoxFM (blog)
Washington Post
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Chicago police deny British paper's claims about beatings, illegal detentions
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Police Department in a statement Tuesday night denied accusations in a story by a British newspaper that alleged people have been illegally detained, beaten and denied access to counsel in a Homan Square facility. Judge increases bail for ...

Chicago Police deny report of secret interrogation compound at Homan Square ...   Chicago Sun-Times
Cops' alarming secret 'black site'   NEWS.com.au
Chicago police allegedly run domestic 'black site' for interrogation   RT
The Guardian
Business Insider Australia
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NC considers exempting some from performing gay weddings
seattlepi.com
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some North Carolina lawmakers are convinced that court officials should be exempt from having to perform same-sex weddings or issue marriage licenses to gays because of the workers' religious beliefs. A Senate committee on ...

Same sex marriage: captain's pick   Sydney Morning Herald
N.C. Bill Allowing Magistrates To Opt-Out Of Marrying Gay Couples Moves Forward   WUNC

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Old man with hands up tasered by US police
9news.com.au
February 25, 2015: A Florida Highway Patrol officer was filmed appearing to taser an elderly man with his hands up, after asking him to step out of his vehicle during a traffic stop. ninemsn. Authorities in Florida are investigating an incident where an elderly ...

Crackdown call as police Taser 400 children - some as young as 11 - with 50000 ...   Daily Mail
Police use Tasers against children on a daily basis   The Times (subscription)
WATCH: Florida police use stun gun on elderly man who has his hands up   Q13 FOX
Sputnik International
State College News
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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