2015年1月22日 星期四

2015-01-23 South Africa World


Firstpost
   
Powerful Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Dies at Age 90   
New York Times
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, including by nudging open greater opportunities for women, has died. He was 90.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies   BBC News
Amid turmoil, Saudi King Abdullah brought stability, pushed reforms   CNN
Oil Gain Seen Short-Lived After Saudi King Death Amid Oversupply   Businessweek
Wall Street Journal   
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The Globe and Mail   
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Irish Independent
   
Japan faces IS Hostages deadline   
Irish Independent
The deadline for paying ransom for two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State group (IS) was fast approaching early today with no signs of a breakthrough. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. With time running short, the ...

Japanese Twitter Users Mock ISIS With Internet Meme   NBCNews.com
Questions raised about extent of doctoring of video showing Japanese hostages   Fox News

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Los Angeles Times
   
Resignations of Yemeni president and his Cabinet add to chaos   
Los Angeles Times
The Yemeni president and his Cabinet resigned Thursday, creating a leadership vacuum and raising the prospect of chaos and fragmentation in a strategic Arab nation that has been a pivotal ally in U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. The surprise departure of ...

Yemen's president, cabinet resign amid rebel standoff   Fox News
US Fears Chaos as Government of Yemen Falls   New York Times
Yemen in danger of becoming failed state as president resigns   Irish Times
Reuters   
Christian Science Monitor   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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ABC News
   
What Cuban and American Officials Agree On (And What They Don't)   
ABC News
You'd have to wonder if they were at the same meeting. Today, as historic talks between the U.S. and Cuba to restore diplomatic relations brought the two countries together in Havana for the first time since President Carter, they can't seem to agree if they ...

Fugitives facing US fraud charges vulnerable under deal with Cuba   Reuters
Cuba and US come to a crossroad on human rights   Christian Science Monitor
US-Cuba talks cordial, but more talks needed   USA TODAY
Daily Mail   
New York Times   
Channel News Asia   
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New York Times
   
Citing Plunge in Oil Prices, Iraq Seeks Arms on Credit to Fight ISIS   
New York Times
LONDON — Battered by a sharp decline in oil prices, Iraq is asking Western allies to provide weapons on credit for its fight against the Islamic State until Baghdad is in a better position to pay. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq said on Thursday that oil ...

Plummeting oil prices could damage Iraq's capacity to fight IS: Iraqi PM   Xinhua
Local News FACING THE IS THREAT   Gulf Daily News
Philip Hammond and John Kerry focus on defeating Islamic State   Telegraph.co.uk
Times of India   
VICE News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Pro-Russia separatists vow further advances into Ukraine after taking Donetsk ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Russian-backed separatists vowed to follow up a devastating victory over Ukrainian forces at Donetsk airport with a further advances, defying an agreement between Moscow and Kiev to return to a previous ceasefire line and raising fears of an all out ...

Kyiv Accuses Russia of Deploying 9000 Troops in Ukraine   Voice of America
Pro-Moscow rebels force Ukraine retreat in battle for key airport stronghold   Washington Post
Chaotic Retreat Follows Ukrainians' Withdrawal From Donetsk Airport   New York Times
Irish Independent   
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty   
Irish Times   
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The Star Online
   
Pantomime warriors no joke for Turkey's Erdogan   
DAWN.com
ISTANBUL: They have been mocked for looking like extras from a low-budget historical drama and criticised for having only the most tenuous connection with reality. But the 16 costumed warriors included by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the ...

Former Miss Turkey 'questioned by police' over poem criticising President Erdogan   The Independent
Somalia: Bomb in Mogadishu ahead of Erdogan visit   euronews
Bomb explodes near Turkish delegation in Somalia day before president's visit   Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal   
Reuters   
Toronto Star   
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ABC Online
   
Harbour City Ferries admits device which caused Sydney lockdown was its own ...   
ABC Online
Harbour City Ferries has admitted the device found on a Sydney ferry that led to a Circular Quay lockdown actually belonged to the company. Staff on board the ferry Friendship found bottles with protruding wires and filled with nails and liquid on Thursday ...

'Suspicious package' on Sydney ferry a training device   Stuff.co.nz
Ferry package was 'training device'   Brisbane Times
'Suspicious package' on ferry that shut down Circular Quay was a training device   Sydney Morning Herald
Sky News Australia   
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Lusaka Times
   
Zambia Opposition Leader Narrows Gap in Presidential Poll   
Businessweek
Zambia's ruling party candidate Edgar Lungu saw his lead over opposition nominee Hakainde Hichilema narrow to about 2 percentage points with about three-quarters of the votes counted in a tight presidential contest. Lungu had 48.9 percent to Hichilema's ...

Zambia's Ruling Party Holds Lead in Presidential Vote   Voice of America
Zambia ruling party candidate takes early lead in vote   Daily Mail
Zambia ruling party candidate leads in vote count   MiamiHerald.com
Independent Online   
Reuters Africa   
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USA TODAY
   
Netanyahu Sets Address to US Congress, Roiling Israeli Election   
Wall Street Journal
TEL AVIV—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington in March to make an unexpected address to Congress has fanned an election debate in Israel over the leader's rocky relations with the White House and embroiled the U.S. in a heated ...

Obama Not Planning to Meet With Israeli Premier   New York Times
Netanyahu to address Congress on March 3, Obama not planning to meet with him   Fox News
Barack Obama will not meet Benjamin Netanyahu in March   BBC News
The Daily Star   
Daily Mail   
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