2014年8月15日 星期五

2014-08-16 U.K. World

  BBC News   
Iraq crisis: Inside 'swollen' refugee camp in Syria  BBC News
EU foreign ministers have condemned "atrocities and abuses" against religious minorities in Iraq, with Germany warning it cannot stand by and watch people being "slaughtered". The emergency meeting in Brussels left it to individual states whether they ...

Devil in the detail as Yazidis look to Kurds in withstanding Islamic radicals ...   Irish Times
Arab press blasts Islamic State militants for tarnishing Muslims worldwide   Fox News
UN moves against Iraq Islamists amid reports of massacre   Channel News Asia
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  BBC News   
Ukraine border guards to inspect Russian aid convoy  BBC News
Ukrainian border guards have arrived to inspect a controversial Russian aid convoy parked at the frontier. The convoy aims to bring aid to cities in eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian rebels, although reporters said many of the lorries were largely empty.
Ukraine, Eye on Convoy, Says It Hit Military Vehicles Coming From Russia   New York Times
Ukraine claims conflict with pro-Russia rebels entering endgame   The Guardian
Ukraine destroys Russian military convoy that crossed border   The Hindu
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  Hindustan Times   
How Modi got bullet-proof shield out of his way, freely met people  Hindustan Times
Narendra Modi overruled strong objections from his security detail and shunned the bullet-proof enclosure to “connect directly” with people during his maiden Independence Day speech as PM on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ...

PM Narendra Modi says no to bullet-proof shield at Red Fort   Economic Times
Indian Independence Day; PM says rape is India's 'shame'   BBC News
From rape to the economy, Indian PM ranges wide in Independence Day speech   Christian Science Monitor
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  BBC News   
Iraqi cleric al-Sistani backs new PM, says spokesperson  BBC News
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani - Iraq's most influential Shia cleric - has urged the nation's new Prime Minister, Haydar al-Abadi, to form a "strong and efficient government". Delivering his Friday sermon in Karbala, his representative - Ahmad al-Safi - said that ...

Sunni tribal leaders offer to battle Islamic State if Baghdad makes concessions   Sydney Morning Herald
Top cleric backs new PM and calls for end to Iraqi violence   Herald Scotland
With Maliki Out of the Picture, US Prepares to Boost Iraq Aid   Wall Street Journal
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  Wall Street Journal   
EU Foreign Ministers Say Russia May Face Tougher Sanctions  Wall Street Journal
Ukrainian forces destroy part of an armored column of vehicles entering the country from Russia. Jeffrey Mankoff, deputy director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins the News Hub with Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty Images.
Ukraine crisis: Russia's claim on Crimea's football clubs   BBC News
EU suggests Moscow, Kiev resume tripartite gas talks Economy August 16, 2:27   ITAR-TASS
Merkel urges Putin in call to end stream of arms, fighters into Ukraine   Reuters Africa
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  The Hindu   
A sudden, sharp contraction may be more than a blip  The Economist
THE government of Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, has put a brave face on the news that GDP shrank by 1.7% in the second quarter of this year. Akira Amari, the economy minister, blamed the fall, of an annualised 6.8%—the steepest since the ...

Analysis: Abe draws ire even as he avoids war shrine on WWII anniversary   Christian Science Monitor
Asahi retraction reignites Japan debate over wartime brutality   Financial Times
Abe's shrine offering riles China, South Korea   The Japan Times
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  The Economist   
Politics in Pakistan The wrath of Khan  The Economist
WHEN Nawaz Sharif won a landslide election victory last year, many dared hope that Pakistan was entering a new, democratic era free of turmoil on the streets and of meddling generals. The election was a milestone, the first time in the country's history that ...

I need people not breakfast, Imran tells leaders   The News International
Anti-govt protestors reach Islamabad, Khan announces sit-in   Zee News
PTI long march may not turn into longer sit-in   The Nation
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
People coming forward after sex probe hunt at Sir Cliff's flat  Herald Scotland
Police have been contacted by "a number of people" with information following widespread media coverage of a search of Sir Cliff Richard's home. Police have been contacted by \"a number of people\" with information following widespread media coverage ...

Priest who's become Cliff Richard's rock: As he faces biggest crisis of his life ...   Daily Mail
Police receive calls from 'a number of people' in Cliff Richard investigation   Herald Sun
Force admits working with press on Sir Cliff search   Yorkshire Post
Belfast Telegraph   
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  Irish Times   
Two players die during world chess event  Irish Times
Hundreds of spectators attending the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, reacted with shock after Kurt Meier (67), a Swiss-born member of the Seychelles team, collapsed during his final match of the marathon two-week contest. Despite medical ...

Shock as two players die at world chess tournament in Norway   Daily Mail
Two Players Die at World Chess Olympiad in Norway   Your-Story.org
Pakistan claim 92nd spot at World Chess Olympiad   DAWN.com
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  The Economist   
It would be better for Turkey if the presidency remained mainly ceremonial  The Economist
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey's prime minister, certainly knows how to win elections. Since he helped to found the Justice and Development (AK) party 13 years ago, he has scored eight victories in a row. On August 10th he made it nine, winning ...


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