en-ie-hotdailynews: 2015-02-21 Ireland World

Australia begins clean up after twin cyclones
Telegraph.co.uk
Australia was Saturday assessing the damage from two severe cyclones that left a trail of destruction, wrecking hundreds of homes and cutting electricity to thousands as authorities warned of more flooding and gusty winds. Tropical Cyclone Marcia barrelled ...

Tropical Cyclone Marcia downgraded to tropical low; major flood warning for ...   ABC Online
Surfers make most of Cyclone Marcia   Sydney Morning Herald
Cyclone Marcia: wild weather hits Queensland   The Australian
Daily Mail
Herald Sun
Irish Examiner
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86-Story Tower in Dubai in Flames, Officials Say No One Hurt
New York Times
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — One of the world's tallest residential towers caught fire early Saturday in Dubai's Marina district, sending bright yellow flames several stories high, but there were no reports of casualties, civil defense officials said. The fire broke ...

Dubai residential tower in flames   USA TODAY
Dubai Torch Tower: Fire Sweeps Through One of the World's Tallest Apartment ...   ABC News
Dubai skyscraper is hit by blaze   Irish Independent
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Daily Mail
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Fears for the safety of British girls thought to have joined the Islamic State group ...
ABC Online
British police have launched an appeal to trace three London schoolgirls who are believed to be making their way to Syria, having flown to Turkey earlier this week. It is feared the girls may be trying to join the Islamic State militant group. The three friends, two ...

US lawmaker pushes Obama to aid allies in Islamic State fight   Daily News & Analysis
Police say three schoolgirls 'travelling to Syria'   BBC News
Girls may have flown out to join IS   Belfast Telegraph
Gulf Daily News
USA TODAY
Herald Sun
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Attack Near Mosque Shows al-Shabab Capabilities Intact
Voice of America
The Somali government is trying to determine how a car filled with explosives was able to enter one of the country's most heavily guarded hotels just hours before worshippers gathered for Friday prayers at a neighboring mosque. The explosion from the car ...

Militant attack on hotel kills 25 in Mogadishu   DAWN.com
Somali gov't confirms two MPs killed in bomb attack   Xinhua
Militants Attack Hotel in Somali Capital, Killing At Least 10   Wall Street Journal
Times of India
BBC News
New York Times
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In Newly Sophisticated Boko Haram Videos, Hints of Islamic State Ties
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Until recently, the propaganda videos released by Boko Haram, one of the most feared extremist groups in Africa, were an amateur affair. The videos were grainy, shot on hand-held cameras. They tended to feature the group's wild-eyed ...

Reports: Boko Haram Attacks Kill 21 Near Chibok, Nigeria   Voice of America
Boko Haram: US Spends $24.7 Million For Humanitarian Support   Leadership Newspapers
At least 21 killed as Boko Haram renews attack in northern Nigeria   Xinhua
Reuters Africa
Irish Times
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Thailand's crackdown on 'wombs for rent'
BBC News
When a surrogate baby scandal erupted in Thailand last year, many in the country did not know what to expect next. First there was the young boy, apparently abandoned by the Australian couple who had commissioned a Thai surrogate mother to carry him.
Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners   The Daily Star
'Fertility tourism' struck down by Thai lawmakers. Why now?   Christian Science Monitor
Thailand bans foreign surrogacy after Baby Gammy affair   Sydney Morning Herald
Washington Post (blog)
The Nation
Business Standard
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Ties to Islamic State Cited by Group in Libya Attacks
New York Times
CAIRO — Militants pledging allegiance to the Islamic State claimed responsibility for three car bombs that killed at least 38 people in a town in eastern Libya on Friday in the latest escalation in a surge of violence linked to the group. The attacks, in the town of ...

Islamic State 'urgent' threat in Libya   BBC News
Suicide attacks kill 42 in Libya, Islamic State claims responsibility   Daily News & Analysis
Crisis deepens as 31 die in IS attacks in Libya   DAWN.com
Gulf Daily News
Business Standard
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Kiev blames Putin aide for Maidan square killings by snipers
Irish Times
Ukraine says a close adviser of Russian president Vladimir Putin sent snipers to conduct the mass shootings in Kiev that brought its pro-western revolution to a bloody climax a year ago. As Ukrainians marked the anniversary yesterday of the death of more ...

Ukraine crisis: Debaltseve 'eerily quiet' after shelling   BBC News
Ukraine President Accuses Kremlin Over Maidan Killings   NDTV
Troubled Ukraine Marks Year Since Protest Bloodbath in Kiev   ABC News
The Daily Star
Financial Times
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Politics and pride muffle pleas for mercy
Sydney Morning Herald
The mood was one of utter despair. As Myuran Sukumaran and his family gathered on Tuesday morning in a small courtyard in Bali's Kerobokan prison, an awful realisation was enveloping them. Almost 10 years after Sukumaran was arrested on his 24th ...

No clear information on planned executions   SBS
Undertaker says no word on Bali Nine pair   The Australian
Indonesia postpones execution of Nigerian, 7 other drug convicts   Nigerian Tribune
Jakarta Post
Stuff.co.nz
NEWS.com.au
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Bromolla: Video footage shows apartment where 'mum kept her three daughters ...
Mirror.co.uk
This video footage shows the apartment where a mum is alleged to have kept her three daughters locked up. The woman, 59, was arrested by police in the small Swedish town of Bromolla yesterday after reports that one of her children briefly escaped and told ...

Woman arrested in Sweden denies locking up daughters   The Guardian
Mom denies locking up kids 'for years'   iAfrica.com
Woman in Sweden denies locking up daughters 'for years'   The Straits Times
ITV News
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