2014年8月8日 星期五

2014-08-09 U.K. World

  BBC News   
Iraq conflict: US 'war on terror' is now a local fight  BBC News
In a hastily arranged address to the American people on Thursday night, President Barack Obama spoke for only eight minutes about his authorisation of combat and humanitarian operations in Iraq. What he said about the evolving threat posed by the Islamic ...

US bombs militants in Iraq as crisis worsens   Daily Mail
US expands airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq   Washington Post
Obama returns to the quagmire he exited in Iraq   Los Angeles Times
New York Times   
Fox News   
National Post   
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  New York Times   
New Fighting a Bid for Leverage as a Gaza Cease-Fire Expires  New York Times
Cross-border strikes between Israel and militants from Gaza resumed after a three-day cease-fire expired. Video Credit By Christian Roman on Publish Date August 8, 2014. Image CreditHatem Moussa/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story.
BBC reports from blockaded Israel-Gaza border crossing   BBC News
Gaza truce falls apart as more rockets fly   Washington Post
Deadly Gaza conflict reignites as Egypt urges new truce   The News International
Wall Street Journal   
Los Angeles Times   
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  RT   
Imposing sanctions on Russia will result in economic heartache for Australia ...  ABC Online
A former Australian ambassador to Moscow and Ukraine says imposing sanctions on Russia will only result in economic heartache for Australia. The Government has signalled it might apply tougher sanctions against Moscow over the Malaysia Airlines flight ...

Russians warned not to use humanitarian crisis as 'pretext' to invade Ukraine   Telegraph.co.uk
Australia considers uranium ban as part of sanctions on Russia   The Guardian
Three killed in Ukraine shelling   Herald Scotland
Bangkok Post   
euronews   
Irish Independent   
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  Herald Scotland   
Pistorius must wait to learn his fate as murder trial concludes  Herald Scotland
Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will find out next month if he is has been found guilty of murdering his model girlfriend, after the lead prosecutor in the case urged him to "face the consequences". Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius ...

Pistorius lawyer Roux says murder 'does not make sense'   BBC News
Possible outcomes for Oscar trial   News24
Judge in Oscar Pistorius murder trial to sets verdict date as 11 September   The Guardian
ABC News   
Christian Science Monitor   
ABC Online   
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  The Daily Star   
Erdogan urges voters to 'explode ballot boxes' in Turkish polls  The Daily Star
A man rides a bicycle past a campaign poster of Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 8, 2014, in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE. Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Agence France Presse. ANKARA: Turkish Prime ...

OSCE criticizes Erdogan for targeting journalist   Washington Post
A look at Turkey's electoral process   seattlepi.com

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  The Guardian   
William, the P.A.Y.E. Prince: He puts off full time royal role to take job as £40k a ...  Daily Mail
Prince William will next month begin training for a new job as an air ambulance pilot, Kensington Palace formally confirmed today. The future king will fly emergency helicopters for the East Anglian Air Ambulance for at least two years from next spring following ...

William signs up for heir ambulance   The Times (subscription)
William to pilot air ambulance new   Belfast Telegraph

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  SFGate   
Afghan elections: Afghan presidential candidates agree to accept results  India Today
Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Friday agreed to accept the election results. They made the announcement at a joint press conference attended by US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary ...

Afghan poll rivals sign deal on unity government   Channel News Asia
Afghan candidates agree resolution   Belfast Telegraph
Kerry presses Afghan election rivals to end impasse   Business Recorder
Washington Post   
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Palestinian factions refuse to extend Israel truce: Hamas  Daily Times
GAZA - All Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip have refused to extend a three-day truce with Israel, the militant Hamas group that dominates the enclave said Friday, as the ceasefire ended. "All the Palestinian factions, including Hamas, have agreed not to ...


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  NDTV   
Contact Persons' Choice Sends Out Mixed Signals  The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday agreed to move forward on their defence trade by appointing officials to handle an initiative aimed at joint development and co-production of weapons. India named its Defence Production Secretary to be the “contact ...

Modi-Hagel talks focus on Afghanistan and terror   The Hindu
India, US agree to cooperate in joint production of defence hardware   Financial Express
India-US defence, strategic ties get fillip as Hagel meets Modi (Roundup)   Northern Voices Online
SME Times   
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Times of India   
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Toddler intruder at White House alarms Secret Service  The Globe and Mail
A toddler squeezed through the White House gates on Thursday evening, causing a brief security lockdown on Pennsylvania Avenue and amusing White House reporters awaiting late-breaking news on Iraq. “We were going to wait until he learned to talk to ...


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