au-hotdailynews: 2015-10-25 Australia World

Kerry sees new Syria talks next week, does not rule out Iran role
Tehran Times
Russia has long maintained that Iran should be included in Syrian peacemaking. Lavrov said he hoped Iran, as well as Egypt, would be invited to the next round of talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he expects new talks on Syria to ...
Russia redeploys from Ukraine to Syria: report   The Australian (blog)
Russia says wants Syria elections, ready to help Free Syrian Army   Reuters
Lavrov and Kerry meet in Vienna for 4-party talks on Syrian solution   Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Why monster hurricanes like Patricia are expected on a warmer planet
Sydney Morning Herald
First there was Supertyphoon Haiyan - which peaked out at 170-knot or 315 km/h mile-per-hour winds in 2013 as it slammed the Philippines. And now there is Patricia, forecast to soon hit Mexico, with currently estimated maximum sustained wind speeds of ...

Hurricane Patricia hammers Mexican coast, flattens homes, causes less damage ...   ABC Online
Patricia Spares Mexico, Worst Hurricane Becomes Depression   The Australian Financial Review
Megastorm Patricia inflicts little damage on Mexican coast   Miami Herald
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Israel to provide security cameras at Al-Aqsa mosque compound
ABC Online
Mr Kerry was speaking after meetings in Amman with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. Shortly afterwards, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated a pledge to uphold the custom of not permitting non-Muslim prayer ...

John Kerry brokers end of Israeli-Palestinian violence   Brisbane Times
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife   Reuters
Kerry: Video monitoring to ease Jerusalem holy site tensions   OCRegister
Haaretz
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Seventy years since Saudi signed up to UN charter
Al-Arabiya
Saudi delegation at the second regular session of U.N. General Assembly, (L-R) H.R.H Prince Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of delegation; Shaikh Ali A. Alireza, Representative; Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, Representative. Flushing Meadows, New York, ...

Landmarks go blue for United Nations' 70th anniversary   Toronto Sun
United Nations: World turns #UNBlue to celebrate 70th anniversary   ABC Online
UN 'remains a beacon for all humanity'   The Straits Times
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Synod ends with Pope defeated over divorce
The Australian
Catholic bishops have handed Pope Francis an embarrassing defeat by withholding support for one of his signature initiatives — a pathway for Catholics who have divorced and remarried to receive Communion — thus showing the strength of conservative ...

Amid Splits, Catholic Bishops Crack Open Door on Divorce   New York Times
Vatican synod on families offers hope to divorced Catholics   Washington Post
Moving accounts of refugee families separated by war   Irish Independent
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Germaine Greer defends views on transgender issues amid calls for cancellation ...
ABC Online
Australian academic and feminist writer Germaine Greer has defended her views on transgender issues, amid calls for the cancellation of one of her upcoming lectures in Wales. Greer is scheduled to deliver a lecture called Women & Power: The Lessons of ...

Germaine Greer: "Trans womenaren't 'real' women"   Same Same
Germaine Greer Is A Hateful Bigot   GlobalComment.com
Cardiff University Rejects Bid to Bar Germaine Greer   New York Times
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Junior College
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Millions of Shi'ite Muslims mark Ashura
Brisbane Times
Across the Muslim world, Shi'ites mark Ashura to mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, the event that would come to define Shi'ism. 25/10/15. The next big thing in South Korean beauty: muscles (Video Thumbnail). Up next.
ISIS targets Shias' march in Bangladesh: Child dies and over 90 hurt in bomb ...   Daily Mail
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Bangladesh   New York Times
Officials doubt ISIS claims of responsibility for bombing in Bangladesh   Christian Science Monitor
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Maldives arrests Vice President over bomb
Sky News Australia
Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been arrested over last month's alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen in a bomb blast on board his speedboat. Adeeb's dramatic arrest at the Maldives' main international airport on Saturday ...

Maldives veep held for plot to kill prez   Times of India
Vice-president arrested in Maldives presidential boat blast probe   Irish Independent
Maldives vice-president arrested on treason charges   Telegraph.co.uk
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