2015年4月23日 星期四

2015-04-24 South Africa World


Independent Online
   
Migrants: Europe restores rescue mission   
Independent Online
Brussels/Rome - Four days after up to 900 desperate people drowned trying to reach Europe from Libya, EU leaders agreed on Thursday to triple its naval search mission in the Mediterranean, restoring its funding to last year's level. Critics called it a ...

Mediterranean migrants crisis: EU triples funding   BBC News
EU to send aid, boost patrols in Mediterranean following migrant tragedy   Toronto Star
European Union to triple rescue funding for Mediterranean migrants   India Today
Xinhua   
The Guardian Nigeria   
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New York Times
   
Obama Apologizes After Drone Kills American and Italian Held by Al Qaeda   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — An American aid worker and another man held hostage by Al Qaeda were killed in an American drone strike in Pakistan in January, government officials disclosed on Thursday, underscoring the perils of a largely invisible, long-distance war ...

Obama confronts 'cruel' reality of his drone war   CNN International
US strikes kill hostages, Al-Qaeda fighter Adam Gadahn who threatened Australia   Sydney Morning Herald
Raised on Calif. farm, American killed in strike became a face of violent jihad   Washington Post
Livemint   
Hindustan Times   
Reuters Africa   
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USA TODAY
   
Iranian convoy off Yemen consists of small cargo vessels, warships   
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – The Iranian ship convoy suspected of ferrying arms to Houthi rebels in Yemen consists of several small vessels, including a freighter, tugboat and two war ships, surveillance photos reviewed by USA TODAY show. The U.S. Navy shifted the ...

Middle East crisis: Pakistan rallies firmly behind Saudi Arabia, says PM   The Express Tribune
Oil at 2015 high on Saudi-led bombing blitz of Yemen   Firstpost
Oil Heads for Six-Week Gain as Airstrikes Shift Focus From Glut   Bloomberg
The Daily Star   
The Nation   
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The Australian
   
Hockey abandons plans to speak at Armenian “genocide” centenary ceremony   
The Australian
Joe Hockey has abandoned plans to speak at a ceremony marking 100 years since the “genocide” of the Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. As Tony Abbott prepares to attend Anzac Day services at Gallipoli tomorrow, the Treasurer was tonight scheduled ...

Obama cites 'solemn' 100th anniversary of Armenian massacre, avoids 'genocide'   Los Angeles Times
Armenian Groups Are Increasingly Focused on Reparations for Genocide   New York Times
Obama's statement on Armenia avoids 'genocide'   Washington Post (blog)
BBC News   
ABC News   
Irish Independent   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Take a virtual tour of Nelson Mandela's grim prison cell with Google's Street ...   
mirror.co.uk
Now the whole world has been offered the chance to glimpse the grimness of the conditions he endured. Google has added Robben Island to its Street View map service, complete with video testimonies with former inmates. The virtual tour takes visitors from ...

Robben Island in your home   Independent Online
18 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Nelson Mandela   WhatCulture
Google brings Robben Island to you   DestinyMan
News24   
ITWeb   
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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Ignorance or a papal omission?   
Mail & Guardian Online
Two weeks ago Pope Francis described the slaughter of between one and 1.5-million Armenians, by the forces of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War, as “the first genocide of the 20th century”. The responses to the pontiff's statement have, for the most ...

#BlackLivesMatter, the international papal edition   Washington Post (blog)

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Globalnews.ca
   
INFOGRAPHIC: How easy is it to travel with a Canadian passport?   
Globalnews.ca
It's a common stereotype, rooted in some truth, that Canadians don't travel anywhere without a Canadian flag pinned somewhere on their bags or bodies. The token maple leaf might help you find some new friends in far off places, but it's the Canadian ...

Swedish passport tops the list of most powerful in the world   MercoPress
Indian Passport Fares Low in Ranking, Barely above Iraq and Afghanistan   India West
Passport power! UAE tops Arab list for passport ranking, but who's second?   Al-Bawaba
South Africa.info   
The Local.se   
Zawya (registration)   
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BBC News
   
WWI: Battle of Gallipoli centenary marked with services   
BBC News
Events are due to take place to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, one of the bloodiest of World War One. Prince Charles and Prince Harry will be among those attending services at the site of the battle at Cape Helles on the Turkish ...

Anzac Day 2015: Bigger crowds tipped for southern Qld amid centenary ...   ABC Local
Honour sacrifice, bravery and spirit on Anzac Day   Toowoomba Chronicle
Remembering Gallipoli: honouring the bravery amid the bloody slaughter   The Guardian
Herald Sun   
euronews   
Daily Mail   
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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Judge gives chimps 'right' to argue case   
Mail & Guardian Online
The attorneys for two primates being held in cages at Stony Brook University on Long Island in the US want them freed from medical experiments. Chimpanzees are similar to humans, and many people believe they should not be caged. (Jeff J Mitchell, Getty).
Judge orders Stony Brook University to justify chimp captivity   Stony Brook Statesman
Chimps' rights set to evolve   Toronto Star
Are Chimps Entitled to Human Rights? NY Court to Decide   Live Science
Hamilton Spectator   
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The Nation
   
Kyrgyz PM resigns after failing to reach mine deal   
The Nation
BISHKEK - Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Joomart Otorbayev resigned on Thursday after failing to clinch a deal with Canada's Centerra Gold on the future of the country's biggest gold mine. Centerra, which operates the Kumtor mine, has been in talks with ...

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Stepping Down «Radio Free Europe»   24
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Stepping Down   Silk Road Reporters
UPDATE 2-Kyrgyz PM resigns after failing to reach new gold mine deal   Reuters
AzerNews   
Peninsula On-line   
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