2014年12月21日 星期日

2014-12-22 U.K. World


The Guardian
   
Peshmerga forces heave Isis away from Mount Sinjar   
The Guardian
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters arrive in Sinjar after an operation that broke the second Islamic State siege of Mount Sinjar this year. Photograph: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images. Fazel Hawramy on Mount Sinjar. Sunday 21 December 2014 16.55 EST.
Iraq's Barzani praises Peshmerga forces on Mount Sinjar   BBC News
Massud Barzani hails advances against IS   The News International
Iraqi Kurds Advance Against Islamic State in Sinjar   Wall Street Journal
Businessweek   
The Globe and Mail   
euronews   
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Reuters
   
Obama says Sony hack not an act of war   
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism.
North Korea Threatens Bigger Pain If Punished Over Sony Hack   Businessweek
What Did Obama Know, or Want to Know, About Sony's Response to Hack?   Bloomberg
Obama to See if North Korea Should Return to Terror List   New York Times
Livemint   
Times of India   
BBC News   
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New York Times
   
New York Police Add Precautions After Ambush   
New York Times
Faced with the first targeted killings of New York City police officers in years, the city's police leaders ratcheted up precautions for their vast patrol force on Sunday as officials described the predatory final movements of a gunman bent on killing officers.
Police officers' slaying raises pressure on New York mayor   Reuters
Gunman who shot and killed 2 NYPD officers in Brooklyn had troubled past ...   Fox News
New York Cop Killer's Chilling Warning Revealed   Sky News
BBC News   
Daily Mail   
USA TODAY   
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BBC News
   
France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians   
BBC News
A driver shouting the Islamic phrase "God is great" in Arabic has run down pedestrians in Dijon, France, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say. He was arrested after targeting pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour.
Invoking Allah, driver slams car into pedestrians in eastern France   Economic Times
Driver Shouting 'Allahu Akbar!' Runs Down 11 French Pedestrians   TIME
Alert after 'Islamist' car rampage   Belfast Telegraph
Firstpost   
New York Daily News   
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BBC News
   
Tunisia election: Essebsi claims historic victory   
BBC News
Tunisia's Beji Caid Essebsi has claimed victory in the country's first free presidential election, with exit polls suggesting he won 55.5% of the vote. Supporters of the 88-year-old celebrated in the capital Tunis. Campaigners for his rival, caretaker President ...

Official from hated Ben Ali regime claims victory in Tunisia presidential election   Sydney Morning Herald
Veteran Tunisian Statesman Claims Win After Presidential Run-off   TIME
Tunisian Candidate Claims Victory Over Interim President   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Channel News Asia   
Irish Times   
The Times (subscription)   
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Irish Independent
   
Jordan confirms it hanged 11 murderers in one day   
Irish Independent
Jordan's Interior Ministry says the kingdom has hanged 11 people convicted of murder, the first executions to take place in the country in eight years. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The official Petra news agency ...

Jordan Executes 11 After 8-Year Moratorium   New York Times
Jordan hangs 11 men after eight-year halt to death penalty   The Guardian
Jordan hangs 11 men after eight-year moratorium on death penalty   ABC Online
Reuters UK   
Daily Mail   
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USA TODAY
   
Florida suspect shot police officer then ran him over   
USA TODAY
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A man trying to avoid arrest shot a Florida police officer and then ran him over early Sunday, killing the officer, police said. The Tarpon Springs Police Department said officer Charles "Charlie K" Kondek was shot and killed Sunday ...

Police: Fugitive Killed Florida Officer   ABC News
Florida police officer dies on duty after getting shot, run over   Reuters Africa
Arrest made after veteran Florida police officer killed in shooting   The Globe and Mail
NOLA.com   
Zee News   
Bradenton Herald   
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BBC News
   
More executions after Peshawar school massacre   
BBC News
Pakistan has hanged four prisoners, the second set of executions since a death penalty moratorium was lifted after the Peshawar school massacre. The four men were convicted of involvement in a plot to assassinate then President Pervez Musharraf. One of ...

4 militants executed, more in line   The Nation
Pakistan: Four More Militants Hanged   New York Times
Pakistan hangs four more prisoners as execution campaign widens   The Guardian
Daily Times   
Firstpost   
Times of India   
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630 Gazans enter Egypt as Rafah reopens for two days   
AsiaOne
Palestinians await permission to enter Egypt as they gather inside the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip on December 21, 2014. Print. RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Around 630 Palestinians left Gaza and entered the ...


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RT
   
Argentine court extends human right to freedom to orangutan   
RT
In an unprecedented decision, an Argentine court has ruled that the Sumatran orangutan 'Sandra', who has spent 20 years at the zoo in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, should be recognized as a person with a right to freedom. The ruling, signed by the ...

Captive orangutan has human right to freedom, Argentine court rules   The Rakyat Post
Court in Argentina grants basic rights to orangutan   BBC News
Argentine court grants 'non-human rights' to orangutan   Digital Journal
GlobalPost   
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