au-hotdailynews: 2015-10-26 Australia World

Tony Blair's Iraq War apology 'a long time coming', says academic plagiarised ...
ABC Online
An academic whose work was plagiarised in a document used to help justify the Iraq War says former British prime minister Tony Blair's apology has been a "long time coming". Ibrahim Al Marashi was a student at Oxford University when he wrote a doctoral ...

Blair gets his Iraq defence out early   The Australian (blog)
Fury as Blair stops short of full apology on Iraq   Irish Independent
Blair apologises for Iraq war mistakes   The Nation
Firstpost
Irish Examiner
CNN
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Turkish fishermen rescue Syrian baby from Aegean Sea
The Australian
A Syrian toddler has been rescued after floating for hours in the Aegean Sea after Turkish fishermen spotted his orange lifejacket bobbing among the waves. The baby was seen floating face down hours after the boat on which his family were trying to ...
Fishermen rescue Syrian refugee baby found floating at sea   Sydney Morning Herald
Drowning Syrian toddler rescued by fishermen   9news.com.au
Turkish fishermen rescue baby: 'Brother, he is alive'   CNN
South China Morning Post (subscription)
NBCNews.com
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Whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sinks off British Columbia coast
Sydney Morning Herald
Multiple fatalities have been reported after a whale-watching boat carrying 27 passengers sank off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said teams were continuing their search-and-rescue efforts and ...

Whale watching boats sinks off Canadian coast; fatalities reported   The Australian
Whale watching boat sinks off Canada   Brisbane Times
At least four dead after whale-watching boat sinks off coast of British Columbia   9news.com.au
USA TODAY
Vancouver Sun (blog)
The Guardian
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CNN

Putin the peacemaker
CNN
Jill Dougherty is a former CNN foreign affairs correspondent and Moscow bureau chief with expertise in Russia and the former Soviet Union. She is currently at the International Centre for Defence and Security, researching the influence of Russian media.
Al-Assad may call early election after 'terrorists' defeated: Russian officials   The Globe and Mail
Syria poses challenges for Putin   BBC News
Syria has to 'eradicate terrorism' for political deal to end civil war: Assad   DAWN.com
Tehran Times
The Guardian
USA TODAY
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Argentina elections could return ruling party to power
Sydney Morning Herald
Buenos Aires: Argentina's ruling party candidate, Daniel Scioli, had a wide lead in Sunday's presidential election, TV exit polls showed. However, his main rival's party said it was sure Mr Scioli would fall short of an outright win and face a run-off ...
Argentina's Scioli leads election but could face run-off   Reuters
Argentina elections: Shock as Mauricio Macri defeats Daniel Scioli and forces ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Elections around the world   The Nation
Al Jazeera America
Xinhua
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Kurdish rescue mission to free Islamic State prisoners: how it happened
Sydney Morning Herald
Irbil, Iraq: The call came in late. Drone operators had caught sight of what appeared to be people digging trenches near the central Iraqi town of Hawija, the scene for months of intense fighting between Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga militia and militants ...
New Video of the ISIS Raid That Freed Hostages   ABC News
US, Kurdish officials different on Baghdad's knowledge about Hawija operation   Rudaw
VIDEO: How US Special Forces & Kurds rescued hostages from ISIS in Iraq   RT

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17 killed in Indonesian karaoke bar fire
Sky News Australia
Seventeen people have been killed in a fire in a packed karaoke bar on Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Witnesses told authorities the fire which started early on Sunday on the second floor of the three-storey building as hundreds of people were singing in ...

At least 12 killed, dozens injured in blaze at Indonesian karaoke bar   ABC Online
World Watch   Wall Street Journal
Indonesian karaoke bar blaze kills 12   The Nation
9news.com.au
The Chosun Ilbo
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AsiaOne

Crowd-sourcing site used to seek out haze-causing fires
AsiaOne
Smoke rises as a fire burns a forest as seen at North Indralya village in Ogan Ilir Regency, Indonesia's south Sumatra province September 13, 2015. Photo: Reuters. Crowd-sourcing site used to seek out haze-causing fires. The Star/ANN | Patrick Lee ...

Disaster has put Indonesia top of carbon emissions charts - above even US   Sydney Morning Herald
Singapore urges ASEAN to act on haze   ABS CBN News
Philippines cancels flights, alerts hospitals over haze   The Nation
Inquirer.net
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One man's search for forgiveness - family reunions
Daily NK
On October 20th, Daily NK got the chance to interview Ahn Yoon-jun, a grandfather who was very much looking forward to being reunited with his family at the second family reunions that began on October 24th. This meeting will be the 20th such meeting ...
Seoul seeks hacker troops to fend off North Korean cyberattacks   Washington Post
South Korea fires warning shots at North patrol boat near border   Asahi Shimbun
Koreas' separated families bid tearful farewell   The Korea Observer
Sky News Australia
ABC Online
The Australian (blog)
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Do not demonise Greer, says TG author
Bangalore Mirror
A leading author of books for young adults, who has revealed that he is about to transition into a woman, has urged people not to "demonise" Germaine Greer after she claimed it was not possible to change gender. James Dawson, who wrote the teen ...
Petition · Cardiff University: Do not host Germaine Greer · Change.org   Change.org
Petition · Cardiff University: Do not host Germaine Greer · Change.org   Change.org

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