au-hotdailynews: 2015-05-29 Australia World

Asian migrant crisis: Myanmar rejects responsibility for Rohingya migrants
Sydney Morning Herald
Bangkok: Myanmar has refused to accept responsibility for South-East Asia's migrant crisis as the country faces a barrage of criticism for its decades-long persecution of Rohingya Muslims. Htein Lin, the head of Myanmar's delegation to a 17-nation meeting in ...

Asia's migrant crisis meeting unlikely to yield solutions   Reuters
Thai official warns of 'alarming level' of boat people   New Zealand Herald
Thai official says boat people crisis at “alarming level,” calls for root causes to be ...   Washington Post
BBC News
U-T San Diego
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Cameron calls for 'flexible and imaginative' EU reforms
DAWN.com
PARIS: British Prime Minister David Cameron called for “flexible and imaginative” reforms from the EU as he swung through Paris on Thursday on a tour of Europe to lobby for changes to the 28-nation bloc. Cameron's two-day tour came as his government ...

David Cameron and Angela Merkel in EU reform talks   BBC News
Some UK demands will require treaty change, says Hammond   Irish Times
Cameron Presses EU for 'Better Deal for Britain'   New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Reuters UK
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Syria: Insurgent Coalition Pushes Assad's Forces From a Stronghold
New York Times
Insurgents seized one of the last Syrian government positions in the northern province of Idlib on Thursday night, in the latest in a series of recent gains by a newly effective opposition coalition that includes the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda as well as other ...

Al Qaeda-led rebels take Syrian regime bastion   DAWN.com
Rebels capture last Syrian town in Idlib province | Reuters   Firstpost
Islamist militants capture last Syrian govt stronghold in Idlib province   RT
BBC News
Voice of America
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French bartender sentenced after customer drinks 56 shots and dies
Times of India
A French bartender has received a suspended jail sentence after he was convicted of manslaughter for letting a man down 56 shots during a drinking contest that led to his death. Renaud Prudhomme, 56, broke the in-house shots record last October at Starter ...

Bartender sentenced after man drinks 56 shots and dies   Stuff.co.nz
French Bartender Convicted in Customer's Drinking Death   The Daily Meal
Man dies after drinking 56 shots of booze   FOX 46 Charlotte
KSDK
WFLA
Big News Network.com
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FIFA scandal may affect the Palestinian motion to suspend Israel
The Globe and Mail
The corruption allegations rocking the annual congress of soccer's governing authority not only affect the odds of Sepp Blatter being re-elected FIFA president for a fifth term. They also may enhance the chances that Israel, affiliated with FIFA since the ...

Netanyahu: Kicking Israel out of FIFA will ruin world soccer   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Netanyahu: Israel isn't perfect, but it is on par with world's great democracies   Haaretz
Netanyahu: Effort to hurt Israel will destroy FIFA   Ynetnews
Press TV
Daily Times
Zee News
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Two car bombs in Iraq; 10 killed, 27 injured
The Indian Express
Authorities in Iraq say two separate car bombs inside parking lot of two hotels have killed 10 people in the capital Baghdad. Police officials say a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Babil Hotel late Thursday, killing six people and wounding 14 others.
9 dead in bombings at Baghdad hotels   CNN
Car bombs kill 10 near major Baghdad hotels   CBC.ca
Car Bombs Explode Near 2 Baghdad Hotels: Police   NDTV

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Handing over the reins of power in Nigeria
BBC News
They may not have been slapping each other's backs and smiling ear-to-ear but as Goodluck Jonathan welcomed the man who defeated him in the election, he did give Muhammadu Buhari a sneak preview of the presidential villa and presented him with a ...

Our nation secure, democracy stable, future bright, says outgoing President   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
You could have made things difficult – Buhari praises Jonathan   BusinessDay
Mugabe leaves for Buhari inauguration   NewsDay
Wall Street Journal
Toronto Star
Mail & Guardian Online
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UN eyes keeping Israel off armed violations list - sources
Reuters UK
UNITED NATIONS U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is leaning toward not including Israel on an annual list of states responsible for violating children's rights in armed conflicts, despite proposals to include it, U.N. diplomatic sources said. Israel's foreign ...

President Rivlin Willing to Speak with Hamas Under Certain Conditions   Yeshiva World News
Obama's nuke deal will leave Iran funding even more terror   New York Post
Home Front Command drill simulating multiple-front conflict set to begin on Sunday   Jerusalem Post Israel News

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German city evacuates 20000 people to defuse WWII bomb.
Al-Arabiya
The unexploded U.S.-made device, which lay five meters underground, was discovered on Friday. (File: AP). Share. Text size A A A. By AFP | Berlin Thursday, 28 May 2015. German authorities evacuated around 20,000 people from their homes in the western ...

Decades Later, Germans Still Dread the Bombs That Didn't Go Off   NDTV
German city evacuates 20000 people to defuse World War II bomb   Radio Australia
Bomb Evacuation: German City Evacuated After Unexploded World War II Bomb ...   Headlines & Global News
Raw Story
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Fat flows, thin profits for mutual recognition managers
Asian Investor (subscription)
Northbound fund managers could generate $30 billion in inflows from mainland China in the first six months of mutual recognition, according to estimates. But high set-up costs are likely to lead to small profits. inShare0 ...

Leader clashes with angry HK democrats   The Australian (blog)
Determined   The Economist
Battle for hearts and minds in Hong Kong   Saudi Gazette
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Manila Bulletin
The Guardian
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