2014年8月29日 星期五

2014-08-30 South Africa World

  The Hindu   
EU mulls tougher sanctions against Russia  The Hindu
The European Union was mulling tougher sanctions Friday against Russia, following reports that Moscow had sent hundreds of regular troops to eastern Ukraine to support separatist militias. EU leaders at a summit Saturday in Brussels could task experts ...

Putin hails Ukraine separatists; Kiev raises prospect of joining NATO   Sydney Morning Herald
Ukraine to pursue NATO membership   euronews
Report: NATO states to form UK-led force in response to Russia-Ukraine crisis   Haaretz
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Syrian refugees top 3 million, according to UN (+video)  Christian Science Monitor
Approximately 13 percent of the Middle Eastern nation's population has been forced out of the country by a bloody civil war. By John Heilprin, Associated Press August 29, 2014. close. Syrian refugees wait at a community services center run by CARE ...

Over three million flee Syria since 2011: UN   Business Standard
3 Million and Counting   Huffington Post
Number of Syrian refugees passes 3 million, almost half the population   Sydney Morning Herald
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Irish Times   
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  Reuters UK   
Australia's terror alert remains medium  The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S terror alert will remain at medium despite the United Kingdom increasing its assessment of risk from substantial to severe, the second-highest level. THE alert level is regularly reviewed by authorities and would be increased to high "if it were ...

ISIS Fears Prompt Britain to Raise Terrorism Threat Level   New York Times
Britain put on alert of 'highly likely' attack by terrorist groups   Irish Independent
UK raises terror threat level, citing risks out of Syria, Iraq   CNN
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  National Post   
France's new economy minister causes a storm on his first day — by suggesting ...  National Post
Francois Hollande's economy minister caused a storm on his first day in office Friday by casting doubt on a central pillar of French Socialism: the 35-hour working week. Emmanuel Macron, a 36-year-old former Rothschild banker, told Le Point, a weekly ...

How Red Ed's bed-hopping hero brought France to its knees: The government's ...   Daily Mail
Analysts: France, Germany at Forefront of EU Foreign Diplomacy   Voice of America
French Prime Minister Seeks to Revive Construction Sector   Wall Street Journal
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  BBC News   
Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni resigns  BBC News
Abdullah al-Thinni has stepped down as Libya's prime minister in a move to end the power struggle in the country. The cabinet said it was resigning to enable the elected parliament to choose a new, inclusive government. The Islamist-linked militia which ...

Dispatch: Libya   The Express Tribune
Libya Islamists say they shot down jet of rival forces   Channel News Asia
A political coming of age in the Gulf   The Daily Star
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  DAWN.com   
With Iran Talks at Crossroads, US Levels New Sanctions  Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The U.S. imposed a range of sanctions designed to exert new pressure against Iran and deter international business leaders from circumventing Washington's existing punitive measures as talks continue over the country's nuclear program.
US slaps more sanctions over Iran's nuke program   Xinhua
United States steps up sanctions on Iran   DAWN.com
Thai firm sanctioned over Iran   Bangkok Post
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  Irish Independent   
The UN says 7 in 10 Palestinians killed in Gaza were civilians. Israel disagrees.  Washington Post
GAZA CITY — The war in Gaza will now continue in a battle between databases to determine who was killed and why. The most contested number, the one that attracts the most stubborn insistence and ferocious rebuttal, is not the total fatalities on the ...

50 Days of War Leave Israelis and Palestinians Only More Entrenched   New York Times
Israelis Frustrated With Outcome of Gaza Conflict   Wall Street Journal
Islamic jihad holds parade, rally in Gaza   Press TV
Jerusalem Post   
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  Haaretz   
44 detained UN peacekeepers "safe, in good health": spokesman  Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 44 UN peacekeepers detained Thursday in the Golan Heights are "safe and in good health," a UN spokesman told reporters here late Friday, quoting what he described as "credible sources." "The United Nations ...

UN is told peacekeepers detained in Syria are safe, but no release in sight   The Guardian
UN Forces Are Caught in New Standoff   New York Times
44 UN Peacekeepers Detained In Golan Heights "Safe"   Bernama
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2 Rwandan army officers charged over incitement  News & Observer
KIGALI, Rwanda — Two Rwandan army officers have been charged with inciting the public against the government of President Paul Kagame. Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara and Col. Tom Byabagamba were also charged in a military court Friday with illegal ...


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  Business Today   
Modi Rebukes Pakistan After Cancellation of Talks  New York Times
SRINAGAR, Kashmir — In his first public comments since India called off high-level talks with Pakistan last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Islamabad had made a “spectacle” of the tentative peace process by meeting with separatist leaders from ...

Pakistan made a spectacle of talks, says Narendra Modi   Hindustan Times
Modi embarks on Japan visit   The Hindu
100 days: 'Policies' the Modi govt and BJP won't talk about   Firstpost
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