2015年5月5日 星期二

2015-05-06 Australia World


Financial Times
   
Isis claims responsibility for Texas exhibition attack   
Financial Times
A radio programme linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) said the world's most notorious jihadi group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a “Muhammad art exhibit” in Texas. A statement on al-Bayan, a new Isis-linked online radio ...

Texas gunman 'just had a normal American upbringing' says mother   Sydney Morning Herald
Islamic State probably didn't plan scary Garland attack   San Francisco Chronicle
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Texas Attack   BuzzFeed News

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New York Times
   
Mediterranean Shipwreck Kills 40 Before a Rescue   
New York Times
ROME — A rubber boat crowded with migrants deflated and foundered in the Mediterranean, and as many as 40 people apparently drowned before an approaching merchant ship could reach them, witnesses told the humanitarian group Save the Children on ...

Forty migrants reported drowned in Mediterranean   Irish Independent
Italy again calls for EU help as 40 more migrants die   DAWN.com
A one-sided look at Libyan crisis   Washington Post
The Local.it   
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The Australian Financial Review
   
Putin's weapons to outclass the West   
The Australian Financial Review
Russian servicemen operate a "Armata" main battle tank during a rehearsal for the Victory parade on Moscow's Red Square May 4, 2015. Reuters. by Roland Oliphant and Matthew Day. Russia's ministry of defence has revealed a new line of war machines ...

Russian WW2 parade: A tank-spotter's guide   BBC News
Russia Will Unveil 'Next Generation' Armata T-14 Tank on Victory Day   Newsweek
Photos – Russia's new Armata tank appears in public for the first time   Ottawa Citizen
The Chosun Ilbo   
RT   
AsiaOne   
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RT
   
EU to stand by Ukraine trade deal at summit despite Russia-draft   
Reuters
... * EU, six eastern partners to hold summit on May 21-22. * Ambitions scaled back due to Russia tensions. By Robin Emmott. BRUSSELS, May 5 (Reuters) - The European Union will implement a free-trade pact with Ukraine from next year despite Russian ...

Russia rattles sabres to keep Ukraine from the west   Financial Times
Russian Missile Sale to Iran Involves Unseen Deals With Israel   Bloomberg

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Saudi Arabia's King Salman sacks senior aide for photographer 'slap'   
Sydney Morning Herald
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's King Salman sacked a senior aide on Tuesday, shortly after a video posted online appeared to show the official slapping a photojournalist, state media said. King Salman replaced the head of royal protocol Mohammed al-Tobayshi with ...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman sacks senior aide for 'slapping' a journalist behind ...   The Independent
This Saudi official slapped a journalist. Now he's out of a job.   Washington Post (blog)
Salman's first 100 days see stellar achievements   Arab News

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Hidden camera catches student 'pouring glass cleaner' into roommates' food ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
After weeks of intense fighting, Hayley King's roommates tried to kick her out of their off-campus apartment near the University of South Carolina in the US. When that did not work, they told police later, the roommates grew increasingly nervous about what Ms ...

Hidden camera catches student 'pouring glass cleaner' into roommates' food   The Age
Student caught poisoning flatmates' food   Stuff.co.nz
Student caught by hidden camera putting glass cleaner in roommate's food   Daily News Biotech Wired
ABC News   
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ABC Online
   
UN peacekeepers killed in ambush in Democratic Republic of Congo   
ABC Online
An unknown number of peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni, according to the United Nations mission head Martin Kobler. "It is with sadness and anger that I have just learned of the deaths ...

UN: Peacekeepers Ambushed in Congo; 2 Dead, 13 Wounded   ABC News
UN peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo ambush   The Sun Daily
Two Tanzanian UN peacekeepers killed in Congo ambush   Reuters Africa

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Lawmakers want to protect the online freedom to Yelp   
Good Gear Guide
If the waiter was rude, your hotel room dirty or the plumber sloppy, you should be able to say so online without fear of getting slapped with a lawsuit. So said a group of lawmakers who want to make it illegal for U.S. businesses to use contracts to preemptively ...


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Firstpost
   
The use of Mx: A step forward for gender neutrality or a leap into confusion?   
Economic Times
Mx — a gender-neutral prefix for those who do not want to use Mr, Mrs or Ms — was bound to be adopted sooner or later as its imminent inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary and various official forms in the UK and Australia implies. The question was ...

The Gender-Neutral Prefix "Mx." Has Been Added To The Oxford English ...   Bustle
'Mx' Could Be Oxford English Dictionary's First Trans-Affirming Honorific   Advocate.com
Mx flagged as possible title for transgender and other gender neutral people   ABC Online
NEWS.com.au   
Mashable   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Shanghai officials' spouses barred from entering private sector   
China Economic Review
Shanghai's government has announced rules barring spouses of top local officials from going into private business and forbidding both spouses and children from going into business in Shanghai, The New York Times reported, citing an announcement on the ...

The trouble with China's anti-corruption campaign   BBC News
Shanghai Enacts Curbs on Business Dealings of Officials' Relatives   New York Times
Shanghai bans leaders' family members from business   The Star Online

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