2014年12月17日 星期三

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Washington Post
   
Shift in US-Cuba relations a 'huge triumph' for Castro   
The Globe and Mail
Rafael Betancourt has been working to change the relationship between Cuba and the United States since he was a teenager in exile. Yesterday, the 62-year-old economist saw his dogged efforts bear fruit. “I feel very relieved. For many years, I felt the ...

Cuba deal throws Obama foreign policy beliefs into sharp relief   Washington Post
Miami reacts to Obama's Cuba move: Tears of joy, cries of 'traitor'   Los Angeles Times
US-Cuba ties: From revolution and Bay of Pigs to rapprochement   The Hindu
New York Times   
BBC News   
Hamilton Spectator   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
Is Europe really making things better for Palestinians? (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
A European court's ruling that Hamas was incorrectly listed as a terrorist organization may look like a win for the group. But, like the various European votes to recognize a Palestinian state, it may change little.
European Parliament supports recognition of Palestine in principle   Irish Times
Europeans for Hamas   Wall Street Journal
EU removes Hamas from list of terrorist organizations   The Globe and Mail
DAWN.com   
Haaretz   
The Australian (blog)   
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New York Times
   
South Carolina Judge Vacates Conviction of George Stinney in 1944 Execution   
New York Times
Calling it a “great and fundamental injustice,” a South Carolina judge on Wednesday vacated the 1944 murder conviction of 14-year-old George J. Stinney Jr., the youngest person executed in the United States in the last century. Judge Carmen T. Mullen of ...

70 years later, judge rules 14-year-old boy was wrongly executed   Christian Science Monitor
Judge: Boy, 14, shouldn't have been executed in SC   Atlanta Journal Constitution
Judge throws out teen's murder conviction 70 years after his execution   Washington Post
The Westside Story   
Daily Mail   
Manning Live   
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9news.com.au
   
Urgent review into Sydney siege 3:07   
The Australian
THE long, exhausting hours hostages spent displaying an Islamic flag in the window of the Lindt Cafe were punctuated by periods acting as human shields for gunman Man Haron Monis as he roved restlessly around the cafe. Recounts of the ordeal from ...

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
Sydney Morning Herald   
The Straits Times   
TVNZ   
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CTV News
   
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 ...

N.Korea Marks 3rd Anniversary of Kim Jong-il's Death   The Chosun Ilbo
A Happy Anniversary for Sony-Slayer Kim Jong Un   Businessweek
Kim Jong Un looks to complete nuclear legacy left by father   Hamilton Spectator
Bangkok Post   
The Globe and Mail   
gulfnews.com   
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New York Times
   
Journey to Rapprochement Visited Worlds of Presidents, Popes and Spies   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The historic deal that freed an American jailed in Cuba and ended 53 years of diplomatic estrangement between the United States and Cuba was blessed at the highest levels of the Holy See but cut in the shadowy netherworld of espionage ...

Pope's Intervention Helped Break Logjam   Wall Street Journal
Pope Francis takes a public role in US-Cuba relations   Washington Post
How Pope Francis played diplomat to help end US-Cuba cold war   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Irish Times   
Huffington Post   
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Daily Times
   
Palestinian UN draft calls for Israel occupation end by 2017   
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians within one year and an end to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories ...

Palestinians buck US, put UN resolution before Security Council demanding ...   Fox News
Palestinians Present UN Draft on Israeli Withdrawal   Voice of America
Jordan Presents Resolution for Palestine Statehood to UN   Businessweek
The Guardian   
Jerusalem Post   
ABC News   
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CTV News
   
TV meteorologist shot in studio parking lot in central Texas   
CTV News
BRUCEVILLE-EDDY, Texas - Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies are combing the area around a remote Central Texas television studio where a morning meteorologist was shot in a parking lot after an argument. The Texas Department of ...

Police seek gunman after Central Texas TV meteorologist shot   Fox News
Meteorologist Patrick Crawford shot as he left KCEN's studio   Daily Mail
Search continues for suspect who shot TV meteorologist   Waco Tribune-Herald
Syracuse.com   
KPRC Houston   
National Monitor   
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Fox News
   
Attack at southern Afghanistan bank leaves at least 12 dead   
Los Angeles Times
An hours-long gun battle at a bank in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least 12 people, including five attackers, and wounded nine others, officials said. lRelated U.S. shuts down its last detention center in Afghanistan · Afghanistan & Pakistan ...

Police: Afghan forces end Taliban bank siege in Helmand province   CNN
Scenes Of Gun Battle Outside Bank In Afghanistani   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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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 ...

Hundreds hold vigil in Surrey for victims of Taliban attack   Vancouver Sun
Rage, tears and broken childhoods as Pakistan reels from massacre   Hindustan Times
Manitoba Islamic Association holds prayer vigil for Pakistan attack victims   CTV News
BBC News   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Irish Times   
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