2015年5月20日 星期三

2015-05-21 Australia World


The Hindu
   
Islamic State seizes ancient Palmyra from Syrian forces   
The Hindu
Islamic State insurgents stormed the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, fighting off pro-government forces who withdrew after evacuating most of the civilian population, state television said. The capture of Palmyra is the first time the al-Qaeda ...

Islamic State extremists capture ancient Syrian town of Palmyra   Los Angeles Times
ISIS Fighters Seize Control of Syrian City of Palmyra, and Ancient Ruins   New York Times
Isis seizes Palmyra: Live updates as Unesco World Heritage site 'falls to Islamic ...   The Independent
ARA News   
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TIME
   
North Korea says it has technology to make mini-nuclear weapons   
Washington Post
TOKYO — North Korea claimed Wednesday that it has been able to make nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a missile — a development that, if verified, would mark a major advance in the country's military capabilities and the threat it can pose to the ...

North Korea 'photoshopped' Kim Jong-un sub missile pictures   Brisbane Times

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New York Times
   
Excerpts From Bin Laden's Papers   
New York Times
Here are excerpts from documents seized from the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed. Photo. Osama bin Laden Credit European Pressphoto Agency. His final wishes to his wife: “If I get killed, and you want to return to your family, then ...

Lights out on the Osama bin Laden library   The Australian (blog)
Bin Laden fixated on attacking US interests: documents   Reuters
US declassifies Osama Bin Laden compound documents   Telegraph.co.uk
The Indian Express   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Chicago Tribune   
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Financial Times
   
US patrols of South China Sea a 'positive step'   
Financial Times
Pentagon plans to consider military patrols near disputed islands claimed by China in the South China Sea have won the approval of a top Democratic senator. US patrols within 12 nautical miles of reefs that China has been building up in the Spratly Island ...

US, China continue to work closely on number of issues: White House   ecns
China builds new island military bases in South China Sea   WDAM-TV
US sees war as only option to keep global dominance: Journalist   Press TV
The Asian Age   
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The Hindu
   
Burundi: Legislative Elections Delayed   
New York Times
President Pierre Nkurunziza announced on Wednesday that parliamentary and local elections scheduled for May 26 would be postponed until June 5. But the delay may not affect the protests against Mr. Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term. “It is a ...

Army, police on opposite sides in Burundi standoff   DAWN.com
Live bullets, teargas used to disperse Burundi protesters   TVNZ
Burundi failed coup poses stark test for democracy   Washington Times
CTV News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Islamic State's Egypt affiliate urges attacks on judges - recording   
Reuters Africa
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt affiliate on Wednesday urged followers to attack judges, declaring a new front in an Islamist militant insurgency in the world's most populous Arab state. ADVERTISING. The leader of the group Sinai Province called for ...

The US needs to get on the right side of history in Egypt   Washington Post
Mixed reactions on Egypt's new justice minister El-Zend   Ahram Online

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BBC News
   
Colombia landslide: Joy at baby's 'miracle' survival   
BBC News
An 11-month-old baby has survived a devastating mudslide in Colombia that killed at least 78 people. The boy's mother and 11 other relatives were swept away in the town of Salgar in north-western Antioquia province on Monday. Doctors think the infant, who ...

Landslide dead laid to rest in mass funeral   Sky News Australia
Colombians Celebrate Baby's Miracle Survival From Mudslide   ABC News

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NEWS.com.au
   
Scandals that rocked the UK ... Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile. Source: Supplied   
NEWS.com.au
HUNDREDS of stars from television, film, music and sport as well as politicians and teachers are among 1400 “prominent” men being investigated by police in Britain for child sex abuse allegations. In a stunning announcement today, the National Police ...

More than 260 celebrities and politicians investigated for alleged child sex ...   Irish Independent
UK probing who's who for child abuse   Times of India
Child sex abuse inquiry hits 1400 in wake of Jimmy Savile scandal   Daily Mail
Times LIVE   
The Guardian   
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Sky News Australia
   
Princess Charlotte keeping her parents awake   
Sky News Australia
Prince William has admitted that his baby daughter, Princess Charlotte, has been keeping him and his wife up all night. The Duke of Cambridge was meeting members of the England women's football team at the National Football Centre in Staffordshire.
New baby keeping Duke and Duchess up at night   Herald Scotland
Prince William: Princess Charlotte Doesn't Sleep and Prince George 'Never ...   People Magazine
Prince William Says Princess Charlotte Keeps Him Up All Night, Receives ...   Us Magazine

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The Moscow Times
   
UN Condemns 'Terrorist' Attack on Russian Embassy in Syria   
The Moscow Times
UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned what it called a "terrorist attack" on the Russian Embassy in Syria's capital. Russia's deputy UN ambassador, Vladimir Safronkov, told The Associated Press that a mortar round ...

Teacher killed, 23 students wounded in mortar attack in Damascus - state media   Reuters
Mortar shell smashes into Syrian school, one dead, 23 injured   The Indian Express

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