2015年8月12日 星期三

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BBC News
   
Tianjin blasts: 'It was like the end of the world'   
BBC News
Residents of the Chinese port city of Tianjin have described in detail the shocking blasts of Wednesday night and the devastation across their city on microblogging network Weibo and other forums. The BBC tracks how the story unfolded through their eyes.
Massive blasts rock Chinese city of Tianjin, killing 17 and injuring over 300   CNN
Huge explosions in China's Tianjin port area kill 17, hurt 400   Reuters
Photos: Deadly Blasts Hit Warehouse in China   Wall Street Journal
The Times (subscription)   
NEWS.com.au   
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The Globe and Mail
   
US F-16 Fighters Fly First Missions From Turkey   
ABC News
The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious. In a brief statement ...
US begins air strikes against Islamic State from Turkish base   Reuters Canada
US F-16s Launch First Attack From Turkey Against Islamic State   Bloomberg
US jets launch first anti-IS Syria strikes from Turkey   Times of India
CNN International   
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NBCNews.com
   
Chaos in Kos: Greek Isle Overwhelmed by Migrant Influx   
NBCNews.com
Authorities in Kos are struggling to handle tens of thousands of migrants arriving in crammed rubber dinghies in hopes of making new lives in Europe. 14 Photos. advertisement · advertisement. Share; Share · Tweet · Share · Email; Print; Comment. 1 ...
Greece migrant crisis: Cruise liner, extra riot police sent to Kos as tensions ...   ABC Online
Greece sends riot police to crisis-hit Aegean island   Telegraph.co.uk
Tear gas used on migrants in Kos   BBC News
The Globe and Mail   
Reuters   
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The Express Tribune
   
Syrian regime bombs rebels   
The News International
BEIRUT: At least 37 civilians were killed on Wednesday in Syrian government air strikes near Damascus, while at least 13 people died as rebels fired a barrage of rockets into the capital, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at ...
Syrian rebels fire rockets, mortar shells into Damascus; at least five dead   Los Angeles Times
Syrian air strikes kill 31, rebels bombard Damascus   The Hindu
Syria's Assad Meets With Iran's Zarif as Damascus Shelled   Haaretz
ABC Online   
Times of India   
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The Indian Express
   
Afghan team to demand action against Taliban   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Afghan delegation is reaching here on Thursday to demand action against Taliban insurgents based in Pakistan. The delegation, led by Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, includes Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil, ...

Taliban infiltrate base, kill Afghan police   Sydney Morning Herald
Four steps to Afghan reconciliation   Washington Post
Upping the ante: Kabul to seek action against Afghan Taliban   The Express Tribune
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty   
Daily Times   
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The Nation
   
Abe should follow his predecessors' statements on WWII   
Xinhua
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should follow his predecessors in his upcoming statement about World War II. Any departure will be read as a signal of major alteration in Japan's foreign policy. Previous prime ministers ...
Video: Japan Argues Over Military's Role, War Apology   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japan protester, 80, sets self on fire   Irish Examiner
S. Korean man, 80, sets himself on fire during anti-Japan protest; finding ...   NOLA.com
Bloomberg   
AsiaOne   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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Global movement votes to adopt policy to protect human rights of sex workers   
Times of India
MANGALURU: A crucial vote to protect the human rights of sex workers was passed on Wednesday in Dublin at Amnesty International's decision-making forum, the International Council Meeting (ICM). Delegates from around the world adopted a resolution ...


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National Post
   
Kim Jong-un's purges resume as North Korea's vice-premier sent to firing squad ...   
National Post
North Korea's vice-premier has reportedly been executed by firing squad after voicing discontent with the forestry policies of Kim Jong-un, the country's young dictator. Choe Yong-gon, 63, was killed after less than a year in his job, South Korean ...
North Korea 'executes vice premier over forestry dispute'   New Zealand Herald
Forestry minister 'executed by Kim Jong-un'   Irish Independent
North Korea vice-premier 'executed in new purge'   Times LIVE
Inquirer.net   
BBC News   
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BBC News
   
How can the death of an IS hostage be verified?   
BBC News
Croatia says it fears the worst for Tomislav Salopek after an Egyptian jihadist group affiliated to Islamic State (IS) claimed it had killed him. But how do authorities try to check such claims? After a photo showing a beheaded man was published on ...
ISIL Egyptian affiliate 'beheads Croatian hostage'   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
ISIS Affiliate in Egypt Says It Has Beheaded Croatian Prisoner   New York Times
Croatian hostage killed in Egypt   Irish Examiner
CNN International   
The Guardian   
Boston Globe   
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NBCNews.com
   
US Army Copter Crash-Lands on Ship Off Japan Island; 6 Hurt   
New York Times
TOKYO — A U.S. Army helicopter crashed while landing on a Navy ship during training off Japan's southern island of Okinawa, injuring six people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. The H-60 helicopter made a hard landing Wednesday on the USNS ...

US military helicopter crashes off Japan's Okinawa, seven hurt   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
US military helicopter crashes in waters off Okinawa   Daily Times
Six injured in US military chopper accident in Okinawa   The Nation

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