uk-hotdailynews: 2015-02-03 U.K. World

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Greece outlines debt 'menu' in bid to win over sceptical euro zone
Reuters UK
1 of 3. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (L) shakes hands with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, as he leaves after their meeting at Downing Street in London February 2, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Peter Nicholls ...

Greece finance minister reveals plan to end debt stand-off   Financial Times
Greece debt standoff: George Osborne urges Athens and Brussels to strike deal   The Guardian
Tsipras strikes more moderate tone ahead of Brussels visit   Irish Times
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US taking 'fresh look' at weapons for Ukraine - officials
Reuters
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Ukraine Rebels Upbeat After an Infusion of Aid   New York Times
Proxy war? Obama facing rising pressure to send lethal aid to Ukraine   Fox News
Former US ambassador to Ukraine advocates lethal aid   BBC News
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Jailed journalist's release from Egypt imminent, Baird says
The Globe and Mail
Canada's Foreign Minister says a Canadian journalist who has been a prisoner in Egypt for more than a year is about to be released and sources in Cairo say they expect Mohamed Fahmy to be on a plane to Canada by midweek. Hopes for the deportation of ...

Released journalist's family: Peter worried over jailed colleagues   Xinhua
Freedom for Peter Greste   ABC Online (blog)
Greste 'angst' for jailed colleagues   Gulf Daily News
Arab News
Sky News
Telegraph.co.uk
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Iranian contest has cartoonists denying Holocaust
Fox News
A twisted "art" contest sponsored by an Iranian museum -- with the apparent blessing of the Islamic Republic's regime -- has cartoonists competing for prizes and prestige by making fun of the Holocaust. The Second International Holocaust Cartoons Contest ...

Cocktail Of Misery Feeds French Radicalisation   Sky News
France Targets 'Ghettos' In Anti-Terror Fight   Eagle Radio
Next edition of Charlie Hebdo to hit newsstands on 25 February   International Business Times UK
Telegraph.co.uk
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Belgium: Man Accused of Threat Close to Parliament
New York Times
A man with a gun and a chain saw in his car was detained Monday by the police near the European Parliament, prompting the temporary evacuation of several buildings. The man, a Slovakian citizen born in 1982 and identified only as W.R., was dressed in ...

Man in camouflagegear held at parliament   Irish Examiner
Police Hold Man With Gun Outside EU Parliament   Sky News
Man armed with gun and chainsaw arrested near European Parliament   Daily Mail
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Prague Post
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Alexander Litvinenko was 'a paid consultant' for MI6
BBC News
Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was paid £2,000 a month by a British intelligence agency, his widow Marina has told a UK court. At the inquiry into the Russian ex-spy's death, Mrs Litvinenko revealed her husband acted as a "consultant" to a British ...

Litvinenko's widow tells probe Putin had links to crime   Irish Independent
Litvinenko named Russian sleeper agents to MI6   The Times (subscription)
Litvinenko had long-standing bitter feud with Putin, inquiry told   The Guardian
Daily Times
The Independent
Mirror.co.uk
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Schabas to quit UNHRC Gaza probe over Israeli bias claims
Jerusalem Post Israel News
"This work in defense of human rights appears to have made me a huge target for malicious attacks," Schabas says of his involvement in the inquiry. William Schabas . (photo credit:screenshot). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Canadian legal expert ...

Leader of War Crimes Inquiry Into 2014 Gaza Conflict Resigns   New York Times
Head of committee investigating alleged Israeli war crimes resigns after ...   The Independent
William Schabas, Canadian leading Gaza-Israel UN probe, resigning   CBC.ca
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Nigeria elections: Blast hits presidential rally in Gombe
BBC News
A female suicide bomber has blown up herself in northern Nigeria's Gombe city, minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left a campaign rally there. At least one person was killed and 18 others were wounded in the blast, police and hospital sources said.
Finally, Nigerian Troops Bombard Sambisa Forest   Leadership Newspapers
Blast after presidential rally in Nigeria, fear of more attacks   Firstpost
Tunisia: Premier Announces More Inclusive Cabinet   New York Times
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ABC Online
Arab News
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UPI.com

2014 ranks hottest year on record: WMO
Xinhua
GENEVA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Monday said in a statement that it has ranked 2014 as the hottest year on record, what they said was an ongoing meteorological trend. The WMO said the average global air ...

UN Sees 21st Century Hottest On Record As Global Warming Continues   RTT News
U.N. reaffirms that 2014 was the hottest year on record, part of continuing trend   UPI.com
UN agency reports 2014 as hottest year on record   GlobalPost
Climate Central
The Daily Progress
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German Chancellor Rules Out Weapons Aid to Ukraine
New York Times
BUDAPEST — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday ruled out any German supply of weapons to Ukraine, but emphasized that Europe must stay united against Russian aggression. As long as Russia violates international law with its occupation of Crimea ...

Obama to meet Merkel on global issues: White House   Xinhua
Merkel to visit Obama and Canada's Harper to ready G7 summit   Daily Mail

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