en-za-hotdailynews: 2014-12-12 South Africa World

German citizen killed in Kabul school bombing
Times of India
KABUL, Afghanistan: A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on Thursday, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for ...

Teen suicide bomber in deadly attack at high school   Irish Independent
German killed in Kabul attack on play condemning suicide bombings   The Nation
French-run school attacked in Kabul; 6 soldiers killed in suicide bombing   DAWN.com
ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald
The Times (subscription)
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'We'll be back': Hong Kong protesters chant as camp site dismantled
Times of India
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: "We will be back".
In Hong Kong, a passionate but mostly peaceful campaign for democracy   Los Angeles Times
Life resumes in Hong Kong but will the protesters return?   BBC News
Occupy Hong Kong End Marks Start of 'Permanent' Political Unrest   Businessweek
Washington Post (blog)
Irish Independent
DAWN.com
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Could women help fix broken Japan?
BBC News
There have been a lot of serious articles in serious newspapers over the past few weeks asking essentially the same question - has Abenomics failed? To me it seems like the wrong question. The more pertinent question should perhaps be - why did anybody ...

Abe Poll Win Would Give Adrenalin Shot to Japan Real Estate   Businessweek
Japan?s Nasty Nazi-ish Elections   Daily Beast
Japanese nationalists attempt to revise history on 'comfort women'   Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg
USA TODAY
The Guardian
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CIA Torture Report Provokes Calls for Prosecution
Voice of America
Calls for the prosecution of officials involved in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's use of extreme interrogation methods on suspected terrorists multiplied Wednesday. Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special envoy on human rights and counterterrorism, said a ...

Bush knew about CIA torture, says Cheney   Times of India
CIA Chief Challenges Senate Torture Report   ABC News
CIA boss John Brennan defends post-9/11 strategy   BBC News
Independent Online
Los Angeles Times
Christian Science Monitor
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Modi Wants More Diamonds Direct From Mines in Putin Proposal
Businessweek
Employees inspect cut and polished diamonds at a factory in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. “Diamonds sparkle in the world because of the skills of Indian workers,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the World Diamond Conference. Photographer: ...

How can India be BFFs with both Russia and the United States? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
From defence to nuclear power: Putin makes his intent clear in India, will Obama ...   Firstpost
Russian President to Visit India For 1-Day Summit   Voice of America
The News International
DAWN.com
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Mnangagwa attack: 3 hospitalised
New Zimbabwe.com
POLICE said Thursday that the number of people hospitalised following an alleged attempt on vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa's life has risen to three with the VP saying he was unperturbed by the incident. President Robert Mugabe revealed ...

Bob's jobs challenged   Times LIVE
Zimbabwe to Restore Earlier Leadership Model   EIN News Zimbabwe
Assassins tried to poison my deputy, says Mugabe   The Times (subscription)
BBC News
Telegraph.co.uk
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Nigeria: Blasts kill at least 40 in Jos
Hindustan Times
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people. Casualties from the first blast could not immediately be ascertained and Nigerian security sources could ...

13-year-old girl with suicide vest arrested   New Vision
Nigeria: Bombings Kill at Least 31   New York Times
Twin Blasts Kill 31 in Nigerian City   Voice of America
Xinhua
The Guardian Nigeria
The Guardian
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A 'villain's welcome' awaits Dewani
Times LIVE
HARD ROAD AHEAD: Shrien Dewani's parents, Prakash and Shila, drive away from their house in Bristol, in the UK. In addition to the controversy over their son's acquittal on murder charges, the family business is in trouble. Image by: IAN STRATTON ...

Shrien Dewani's Bristol home targeted with white paint after return to UK   The Independent
Paint hurled on to Dewani driveway   Belfast Telegraph
Vandals hurl white paint at Shrien Dewani's family home in Bristol   Metro
Express.co.uk
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Mediterranean deadlier than ever as migration surges in 2014
euronews
The world's deadliest sea is the Mediterranean, the United Nations refugee agency tells us, reporting that more people than ever are embarking on risky sea crossings in search of a better life. The UN said the previous high of about 70,000 in 2011 during the ...

UN rights chief slams apathy over migrant deaths at sea   The Daily Star
348 000 migrants by sea - UNHCR   News24
Over 3400 have drowned in a bid to get into Europe   Irish Independent

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Lawyer fears abuse of US detainees transferred to Afghan custody
Daily Mail
KABUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The final few inmates of U.S.-run prisons near Kabul, scenes of abuse highlighted by a U.S. Senate report this week, are now in an Afghan detention system with its own grisly record of torture, their lawyer said on Thursday.
US Closes Bagram Prison in Afghanistan   TIME
U.S. gives up first CIA torture victim to Afghanistan   Chicago Tribune
The closure of Bagram prison marks an end of an era in Afghanistan   euronews
Bangkok Post
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