2015年5月18日 星期一

2015-05-19 Australia World


New York Times
   
EU Agrees to Naval Intervention on Migrant Smugglers   
New York Times
BRUSSELS — European leaders agreed on Monday to use naval forces to intercept and destroy ships used by smugglers of migrants from North Africa, a far more assertive attempt to combat the swelling migration crisis that has led to thousands of deaths at ...

EU approves military plan to target traffickers   The Daily Star
European Union backs unprcedented naval mission to end migrant crisis   The Straits Times
EU agrees Mediterranean naval mission to tackle people smugglers   Reuters Africa
Arab News   
RT   
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Irish Examiner
   
Flood, Mudslide Sweep Away Homes in Colombia, Killing 58   
New York Times
SALGAR, Colombia — An avalanche of mud and debris roared through an alpine town in western Colombia before dawn Monday, killing at least 58 people in a flash flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains. Residents were stirred from bed in the dead of ...

Mudslide that killed dozens 'wiped town from map'   The Times (subscription)
More than 50 dead, dozens injured in Colombia landslide   Sydney Morning Herald

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USA TODAY
   
Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton jab president on Twitter   
USA TODAY
Yes, it has come to this. President Obama tweeted: "Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account." Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account. — President Obama ...

Six years in, they are finally giving me my own account, says Barack Obama on ...   Daily News & Analysis
Obama Joins Twitter Universe (But He's Not Following You)   NDTV
Six Years in, Obama Joins Twitter Universe (but He's Not Following You)   New York Times
Stuff.co.nz   
cleveland.com   
Washington Post (blog)   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners   
NEWS.com.au
SAUDI Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners to cope with the increasing number of death sentences. The advertisement says the job of executioner does not require any special qualifications but could also involve performing amputations on people ...

Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners to carry out public ...   Daily Mail
Saudis procuring nukes from Pak: US officials   Times of India
Wanted in Saudi Arabia: Executioners   New York Times
The Independent   
Haaretz   
Washington Post (blog)   
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Fox News
   
Organized crime charges filed against 170 motorcycle gang members after ...   
Fox News
Approximately 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after nine people were killed and 18 others injured in a shootout at a Texas restaurant. A Waco judge set bond at $1 million for many of the ...

Rivalry Leads to 9 Deaths and 170 Bikers Charged in Waco   New York Times
Bandidos: 5 things about second-most dangerous motorcycle gang   USA TODAY
Texas Authorities Had Warned About Biker Gang Rivalry Before Gunfight That ...   ABC News
Washington Post   
Voice of America   
Daily Mail   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Why do extreme athletes like Dean Potter risk their lives?   
Los Angeles Times
It's hard for many people to comprehend the risks athletes take for the sake of extreme sports. BASE jumping, for instance, is inherently dangerous — skydiving from a fixed object instead of an aircraft, with little time to react or correct course should a problem ...

Climbing legend Dean Potter among 2 dead after BASE jump attempt   fox13now.com
Extreme athlete Dean Potter dies in Yosemite BASE jumping accident   USA TODAY
BASE instinct: The thrill to fly carries risk with each jump   Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
CTV News   
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New York Times
   
Macedonia's Gruevski Vows To Fight Critics, Stay In Power   
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told tens of thousands of supporters gathered in Skopje May 18 that he will not leave office or otherwise surrender to the opposition. While critics have cited allegations of corruption and a vote-rigging scandal in ...

Thousands Stage Counter-Protest in Macedonia   Voice of America
Macedonia Prime Minister Rallies Some 30000 Supporters as Protesters Join him   NDTV
Macedonia's defiant prime minister rallies supporters   Deutsche Welle
New York Times   
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The Australian (blog)
   
Paris cops cleared of deaths of teens chased into power station   
The Australian (blog)
A French court last night acquitted two policemen accused of contributing to the deaths of two teenagers in a blighted Paris suburb a decade ago. The long-awaited verdict may revive memories of 2005 nationwide riots and stir up a new wave of mistrust, ...


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Bangkok Post
   
US signs $1bn loan guarantee for Ukraine   
Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - The United States signed Monday its second US$1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. A market vendor sells fruit and ...

Visits by top US officials give Russia something to crow about   Washington Post
Ukraine Seeks Terrorism Charges Against Alleged Russian Soldiers   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
US signs US$1b loan guarantee for Ukraine   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Xinhua   
Reuters   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Sisters beaten in Facebook meeting   
NEWS.com.au
TWO sisters who befriended two men on social networking site Facebook have been left badly beaten after they were tied up, gagged and held hostage in a harrowing 20-hour ordeal. Amy Rice, 21, and sister Nicole, 19, suffered severe cuts and bruises to ...

Gardaí hunt two men for assault on sisters   Irish Independent
Two sisters beaten and held hostage   Irish Examiner
Alleged assault and false imprisonment of sisters in Newbridge   Irish Times

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