2015年5月15日 星期五

2015-05-16 Australia World


Sky News Australia
   
Migrant survivors land in SE Asia   
Sky News Australia
More than 1000 people fleeing persecution in Myanmar (Burma) and poverty in Bangladesh have come ashore around Southeast Asia, describing killings, extortion and near-starvation after surviving a harrowing journey at sea. An increasingly alarmed ...

Myanmar threatens boycott of boat-people summit as crisis escalates   Sydney Morning Herald
'Migrants are on their way to Australia, not Indonesia'   BBC News
PhuketWATCH Thailand's Tourism Boost; Hell at Sea (Cont'd); Naked Bungee ...   Phuketwan

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Voice of America
   
Islamic State Raises Flag Over Ramadi   
Voice of America
CAIRO—. Islamic State militants took over the local government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday, raising their black flag in the Anbar province capital, after months of protracted conflict. Displaced civilians from Ramadi live in a camp set up for ...

Islamic State seizes Ramadi's local government headquarters in Iraq   The Globe and Mail
Riley: Latest ISIS advance in Iraq 'a huge setback'   Fox News
US 'expedites' weapons shipments to Iraq in wake of ISIS advances   CNN
New York Times   
Rudaw   
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The Globe and Mail
   
The unlikely site of Palestine's battle for recognition: the soccer field   
The Globe and Mail
Palestinians have resorted to various means in their struggle for recognition by Israel and the creation of their own state – armed resistance, peaceful protest, acts of terrorism and negotiations. They've accepted Israel's existence and sought recognition as a ...

The Vatican, 'Palestine'–and Perils of International Campaigns for Statehood   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Israeli soldiers shoot 3 Palestinian children, detain 6 in West Bank   Press TV

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Sky News Australia
   
Burundi president calls for end to protest   
Sky News Australia
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has thanked loyalist forces for crushing a coup attempt and warned demonstrators to end their protests. After two days of heavy battles, the attempt by high-ranking security and defence figures to seize power ended in ...

PM Narendra Modi in China, Rahul Gandhi in Parliament: Best pictures of the ...   The Indian Express
African Regional Leaders Urged to Press Nkurunziza   Voice of America

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New York Times
   
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Given Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing   
New York Times
BOSTON — Two years after bombs in two backpacks transformed the Boston Marathon from a sunny rite of spring to a smoky battlefield with bodies dismembered, a federal jury on Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 attack.
'He wanted to go to hell; he will get there early'   NEWS.com.au
Why families condemned to new struggle after Tsarnaev sentence   CNN
Tsarnaev jurors reach verdict in penalty phase   Boston Globe (subscription)

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NDTV
   
John Kerry in Beijing With Island-Building on Agenda   
NDTV
Beijing, China: Top US diplomat John Kerry was to meet Chinese leaders on Saturday with State Department officials saying he would take a tough line over Beijing's island-building in strategic but disputed waters. The US is weighing sending warships and ...

Pentagon clarifies statement on US bombers being sent to Australia   Brisbane Times
US looking at strategy for countering China's moves in South China Sea   Los Angeles Times
UN law could resolve US-China sea contest   The Straits Times
US Department of State (press release)   
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The Indian Express
   
Gay PM Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg marries partner   
The Indian Express
The prime minister of Luxembourg has married his partner, a year after the tiny Roman Catholic nation approved a law allowing same-sex marriage. Xavier Bettel did so five years after Iceland's prime minister married her partner in the first same-sex wedding ...

Luxembourg PM first gay EU leader to marry   Times of India
Luxembourg Premier Is First EU Leader to Marry Same-Sex Partner   New York Times
Gay leader of Catholic Luxembourg marries partner   New Zealand Herald
The Guardian   
Luxemburger Wort - English Edition   
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New York Times
   
Yemen: Aid Coordinator Asks Saudis to Simplify Restrictions   
New York Times
Scrambling to bring emergency aid into Yemen during a five-day humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led bombing of Houthi rebels and their allies, the United Nations said Friday that the relief effort was still encumbered by Saudi Arabia's stringent import ...

Morocco: body of downed pilot found in Yemen   Washington Post
THE SAUDI-LED BLOCKADE IS DEVASTATING YEMEN   Yemen Post
Houthi agrees to resume talks if bombing halts   Xinhua

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ABC Online
   
Baghdadi purportedly reaffirms IS leadership in message   
ABC Online
The Islamic State group says it has released an audio message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reaffirming his leadership following a six-month silence and rumours over his health. In a half-hour speech posted on jihadist forums, Baghdadi called for a general ...

Islamic State against the ropes   Toronto Sun
Why the Leader of ISIS Sounds Like a Republican Presidential Candidate   Slate Magazine
ISIS Releases Message From Its Leader Calling for Muslims to Join Him or Fight ...   TIME
Rudaw   
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BBC News
   
North Korea: What should we make of latest 'execution'?   
BBC News
Information about what's really happening in North Korea should always be taken with a bucket of salt. Inside the country, the regime is as secretive as any regime gets. And outside, many people from all sides have an interest in misstatements. Intelligence ...

South Korean spy body faces close scrutiny   The Straits Times
Kim Jong-un visits fish farm without defense chief   Korea Times
Andrei Lankov: What happens when Kim runs out of generals and relatives to ...   National Post

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