uk-hotdailynews: 2015-01-20 U.K. World

Puzzling Death of a Prosecutor Grips Argentina
New York Times
BUENOS AIRES — Police sentries guarded the federal prosecutor's luxury high-rise building. His door on the 13th floor had been locked from the inside, and a gun with a spent cartridge was found on the floor near his body. There was no suicide note.
Prosecutor who said Argentine President Cristina Kirchner obstructed his inquiry ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Prosecutor in 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish center bombing found dead   CNN International
Alberto Nisman's death highlights failures of Argentinian investigation   The Guardian
Reuters
The Australian
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Ukraine conflict: Security in east deteriorating, say observers
BBC News
Observers in eastern Ukraine have warned of a serious deterioration in security as fighting intensifies in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) told the BBC that fighting around Donetsk airport ...

Russia issues grim warning to Ukraine over rebel crackdown   Irish Times
They were never there: Russia's silence for families of troops killed in Ukraine   The Guardian
Russia and Ukraine bicker as separatists renew attack on airport   Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent
IBNLive
New York Times
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Haaretz

UN observers: Syria strike carried out by two drones that crossed from Israel
Haaretz
Peackeepers stationed in Golan report eyewitness account of Sunday attack, dismiss reports that attack was carried out by helicopter; troops say they saw smoke, but couldn't identify source. By Barak Ravid | Jan. 19, 2015 | 10:09 PM ...

Iran Confirms Israeli Airstrike in Southern Syria Killed One of Its Generals   New York Times
Matthew Levitt: Israel vs. Hezbollah, Spy vs. Spy   National Post
Hezbollah's response to Israel would be painful: official   Tehran Times
Xinhua
Irish Examiner
The Nation
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Pupil power shames police in Nairobi as Kenyan school protest goes global
euronews
A bitter little local dispute over a school playground in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has seen pictures of uniformed schoolchildren being teargassed by police go nationwide, and now internationally. Several pupils and a police officer were injured at Langa'ta ...

Kenya police tear-gas primary school children in playground protest   Telegraph.co.uk
Kenyan police tear-gas schoolchildren on disputed playground   Chicago Tribune
Five children injured as armed police use teargas to stop playground protest ...   The Independent

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EU Urges Cooperation to Combat Terrorism
New York Times
BRUSSELS — European foreign ministers, meeting here in a city patrolled since Saturday by Belgian paratroopers as part of stepped-up precautions against terrorism, called on Monday for an alliance against Islamic extremism with the countries of North ...

European Union looks to respond to threat of radical Islam   Reuters Africa
Closer ties with Arab world on agenda of meeting of EU foreign ministers   Irish Times
EU seeks Muslim anti-terror help   The Nation
Herald Sun
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Air Asia investigators rule out terrorism after transcribing half of black box
Daily Mail
Indonesian investigators say they have found no evidence so far that terrorism played a part in the crash of an AirAsia passenger jet last month that killed all 162 people on board. Andreas Hananto said his team of 10 investigators at the National ...

Black boxes reveal new clues in AirAsia crash   CNN International
AirAsia Flight 8501: Black boxes yield some information about plane's last ...   AL.com
No sign of AirAsia terrorism so far   The Australian
CBC.ca
Mirror.co.uk
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National terror threat level for police sector raised to high
ABC Online
Australia's domestic security agency has raised the national terrorism threat level for all police to high. The threat level for police moves from medium to high for officers in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia in recognition of ...

Terrorism threat against Australian state police raised to 'high'   euronews
Australia raises terror threat level against police to 'high'   Reuters UK
Threat of terrorism against Australian police raised to 'high' amid fears of attack ...   Daily Mail
The Australian
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'Guantanamo Diary': Inmate describes torture in book coming out Tuesday
Los Angeles Times
One of the longest-held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay alleges in a book to be published Tuesday that he was tortured and abused during his early years in U.S. captivity. The 466-page book, partially redacted by U.S. officials, appears to be the first lengthy ...

A Detainee's Diary   New York Times
Lawyer of Guantanamo detainee: Donald Rumsfeld should be charged with ...   The Independent
Guantanamo Inmate's Diary: 'I Felt Violated'   Sky News
Eagle Radio
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