2014年12月17日 星期三

2014-12-18 Ireland World


Irish Independent
   
Obama brings Cuba in from the cold   
Irish Independent
After half a century of Cold War acrimony, the United States and Cuba moved on to restore diplomatic relations in a historic shift that could revitalise the flow of money and people across the narrow waters that separate the two nations.
Cuba deal throws Obama foreign policy beliefs into sharp relief   Washington Post
Cuba's Raul Castro urges US to lift trade embargo   BBC News
US-Cuba ties: From revolution and Bay of Pigs to rapprochement   The Hindu
New York Times   
Belfast Telegraph   
USA TODAY   
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Washington Post
   
Pakistan to pursue terrorists even outside its borders   
Washington Post
KABUL — As the death toll rose to 148 from Tuesday's massacre at a military-funded high school, the crisis sent Pakistani leaders rushing to Kabul on Wednesday to make a rare request for Afghanistan's help in fighting Islamist terrorism on both sides of their ...

Faces of Taliban gunmen who killed 132 children in school massacre   Irish Independent
No distinction between good Taliban and bad Taliban: Sharif   Times of India
Peshawar attack: Taliban release images of gunmen who killed 132 children as ...   Belfast Telegraph
BBC News   
Hindustan Times   
Irish Times   
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Irish Times
   
European Parliament supports recognition of Palestine in principle   
Irish Times
The European Parliament voted to recognise the statehood of Palestine “in principle” yesterday, despite the reservations of a large bloc of European People's Party (EPP) MEPs. The vote, which was carried by 498 votes to 88 with 111 abstentions, took place ...

Is Europe really making things better for Palestinians? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Palestinians get backing from EU court ruling, proposed UN measure   Los Angeles Times
Europeans for Hamas   Wall Street Journal
Tehran Times   
DAWN.com   
Haaretz   
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Irish Independent
   
Police probing lover's role in Sydney terror attack   
Irish Independent
Man Haron Monis, the gunman killed in the standoff. AP Photo/AAP Image, Dean Lewins. The scene inside the Sydney cafe before it was rushed by police. AP Photo/Channel 7 vide AP Video. POLICE investigating the siege in Sydney are looking into the ...

Sydney siege: AFP admits misinforming PM that Lindt cafe gunman Man Haron ...   ABC Online
Australian PM says cafe siege 'horrific wake-up call'   Daily Mail
Sydney siege: Bail of Monis' partner questioned   BBC News
The Australian   
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The Indian Express
   
Mocking Kim Jong Un, a Serious Matter   
Voice of America
SEOUL—. After major American theater chains decided not to run a new Hollywood comedy about a U.S. plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, its financial backer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, decided not to release it. The decision follows a ...

Kim Jong-un 'to Visit Russia in May'   The Chosun Ilbo
US 'gave blessing' to Kim Jong Un film   The Times (subscription)
Russia invites North Korea leader for May visit: paper   Reuters
ABS CBN News   
Bangkok Post   
Hamilton Spectator   
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Voice of America
   
Dalai Lama: China Hardliners Hold Xi Back on Tibetan Autonomy   
Voice of America
BEIJING—. The Dalai Lama says Chinese President Xi Jingping may be willing to consider more autonomy for Tibet but is being held back by Communist Party's hardliners. The Tibetan spiritual leader told France 24 television in an interview Wednesday that ...

Dalai Lama says his role should cease after his death but Tibetans, not China ...   ABC Online
Xi restrained by hardliners over Tibet: Dalai Lama   Arab News
The Dalai Lama says perhaps he should be the last person to hold that title.   Quartz
NDTV   
Daily News & Analysis   
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NDTV
   
UPDATE 1-Iraq Kurds launch Sinjar offensive after coalition air strikes   
Reuters
(Adds details and Bakir's comments). ARBIL, Iraq Dec 17 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces launched an operation to retake the town of Sinjar in northwest Iraq on Wednesday after coalition planes pounded Islamic State positions overnight, Kurdish officials said.
German Soldiers May Help Train Forces in Iraq   New York Times
Surge in US airstrikes backs Iraqi Kurds' offensive against Islamic State   Washington Post
Iraqi Kurdish forces launch offensive to recapture Sinjar   Los Angeles Times
Rudaw   
Reuters Canada   
NDTV   
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The Star Online
   
Malaysian tourist critically hurt in hot air balloon crash   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian is in critical condition while four others have been injured following a hot air balloon crash over the Unesco World Heritage Site of Cappadocia in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. An official at the Malaysian Embassy in ...

Tourist plunges to death in Turkey balloon crash   Mirror.co.uk
Chinese tourist killed in Turkish hot-air balloon crash   Reuters
1 Chinese tourist killed, 4 injured in hot air balloon accident in Turkey   Xinhua
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
Sky News Australia   
BBC News   
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98FM
   
Passenger numbers up at Dublin Airport   
98FM
Dublin Airport says the number of passengers travelling through the airport is up 8% compared to the same period last year. More than 770,000 passengers are expected to travel pass through the facility over Christmas. Friday is expected to be the busiest ...

Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airport check-in staff vote to strike   Daily Mail
UK airport staff vote to strike on the two days before Christmas   Mashable
5 Million Will Fly in and out of Britain This Christmas   Travel Agent
Metro   
Irish Examiner   
Bath Chronicle   
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Belfast Telegraph
   
Anti-abortion activist sentenced   
Belfast Telegraph
A high-profile anti-abortion campaigner has been ordered to do 100 hours' community service and pay £2,000 compensation after being convicted of harassing the director of a Marie Stopes clinic.
Bernadette Smyth: Anti-abortion protester given community service   BBC News
Anti-abortion campaigner sentenced over harassment   RTE.ie
Bernadette Smyth sentenced to community service over harassing director of ...   Irish Mirror
Belfast Newsletter   
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