en-ie-hotdailynews: 2014-12-24 Ireland World

Algerian Army Kills Militant Leader Linked to Beheading of French Hostage
New York Times
ALGIERS, Algeria — The leader of a militant group responsible for beheading a French hostage three months ago was reportedly killed Tuesday along with two associates in an ambush by the Algerian Army. The leader, Abdelmalek Gouri, also known as ...

Algeria 'kills top jihadist'   Gulf Daily News
Algeria kills militant behind Frenchman's murder   Daily Times
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's murder   Channel News Asia
Irish Independent
Firstpost
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Ukraine Vote Takes Nation a Step Closer to NATO
New York Times
MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response.
Ukraine's complicated path to NATO membership   euronews
Ukraine pokes Russia, makes move toward NATO. Was it really necessary? (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
Ex-Soviet nations seal new alliance   Belfast Telegraph
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Times of India
Businessweek
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Sydney 'terror targets' identified in seized documents, two men arrested
ABC Online
Federal and state government "entities" in Sydney have allegedly been named as potential terror targets in documents seized during an AFP investigation which saw two men arrested. Australian Federal Police said members of the Joint Counter Terrorism ...

2 Arrested in Sydney in Counterterror Operation   ABC News
Australia anti-terror police arrest two in Sydney   BBC News
Australian PM warns of heightened level of 'terrorist chatter' in aftermath of ...   Irish Independent
Daily Mail
Firstpost
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Glasgow bin lorry crash: Service to remember the dead
BBC News
Jack Sweeney, Erin McQuade, Lorraine Sweeney, Gillian Ewing and Stephenie Tait. No pictures of Jaqueline Morton have been released. Continue reading the main story. Related Stories. Tributes to bin lorry crash victims · 'Candles replace Christmas lights' ...

Erin (18) and grandparents among dead in bin lorry crash   Irish Independent
Service to remember lorry victims   Belfast Telegraph
Glasgow bin lorry crash: police quiz suspected Twitter troll over offensive ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk
Toronto Star
Irish Examiner
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Why did North Korea's internet go down?
BBC News
On the one hand, the country is very tech-savvy (one in 12 North Koreans have smartphones) and computers are not uncommon. But, on the other, the great mass of the people are blocked from the world wide web. They can access the country's own intranet, ...

North Korean websites back online as US refuses to deny reports it was behind ...   Irish Independent
North Korea suffers second Internet outage   Fox News
North Korea Internet Partially Restored Following Outage   Voice of America
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Firstpost
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International journalist deaths soar in 2014
The Nation
NEW YORK - The gruesome murders of foreign journalists by the Islamic State group contributed to 2014 being a particularly deadly year for international correspondents, an annual review by the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Tuesday. The CPJ ...

60 journalists killed in 2014 —Report   The Punch
At least 60 journalists killed in 2014, almost half in the Middle East   Los Angeles Times
Report: 60 Journalists Killed in 2014, Syria Deadliest Country   Newsweek
Daily Times
Irish Times
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New Report Details the Nightmare Faced by Yazidi Women Captured by the ...
VICE News
Four months after the Islamic State captured hundreds — possibly thousands — of Yazidi women, the female prisoners continue to live in fear of rape, torture, and forced marriage, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International. More than ...

Women, girls captured by ISIS faced sex slavery, suicide: Report   Toronto Sun
From Iraqi Mountaintop, a Fierce Battle to Free IS-Held Town   New York Times
Sex slavery driving girls held by ISIS to suicide   Times of India
Los Angeles Times
The Daily Star
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Stormont deal hailed as 'fresh start' for North
Irish Independent
Political agreement on a range of disputes that undermined powersharing in Northern Ireland has been struck just before Christmas. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The deal emerged from marathon negotiations in Belfast ...

NI pact promises 'brighter days' ahead for North and South   Irish Times
Obama Praises Northern Ireland Power-Sharing Deal   ABC News
£2bn deal unlocks Stormont impasse   The Times (subscription)
New York Times
Irish Examiner
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Defeated Tunisia candidate starts new movement
New Zealand Herald
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) " The defeated candidate in Tunisia's presidential run-off announced Tuesday a new movement to "prevent the return of despotism." Moncef Marzouki told thousands of supporters at his campaign headquarters in a Tunisia suburb that he ...

New leader vows Tunisia has `turned the page` after vote   Zee News
Tunisia Has A Democracy, If They Can Keep It   Huffington Post

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France steps up patrols after spate of lone-wolf attacks
euronews
PARIS (Reuters) – French security forces stepped up security at public places for the Christmas holiday season on Tuesday after three separate acts of violence in three days left about 30 wounded and reignited fears of attacks by Islamist radicals. Late on ...

French prime minister Manuel Valls speaks after Nantes attack   Irish Times
Don't 'give in to fear'   Sydney Morning Herald
France ups security after spate of brutal attacks   Zee News

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