en-ug-hotdailynews: 2014-08-11 Uganda World

Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire holds  BBC News
A fresh three-day ceasefire agreed between Israel and Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza was holding on Monday. The agreement, which began at midnight (21:00 GMT Sunday), came after days of intense mediation by Egypt. If the truce continues to hold, ...

New conflict likely unless Israel ends Gaza blockade: UN official   Channel News Asia
Gaza Live: Hamas, Israel agree to another ceasefire; fresh talks in Cairo   Firstpost
UN chief welcomes new truce in Gaza   Zee News
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Iraqi PM Maliki Plunges Country Into Political Crisis  Huffington Post
FILE - In this Monday, June 23, 2014 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad. Iraq's Shiite prime minister on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 rejected calls to form an interim "national salvation ...

US stresses support for Iraq President as PM Maliki plans to file complaint   Hindu Business Line
Nouri Maliki: Iraqi president 'breached constitution'   BBC News
Iraqi leader deploys troops in Baghdad amid coup fear   The Times (subscription)
Daily Beast
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Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election  Washington Post
ISTANBUL — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, won the country's first direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, an unofficial vote count showed, ensuring that he remains at the nation's helm for at least five more years.
Erdogan wins Turkey's first presidential polls amid charges of cheating   Firstpost
Erdogan wins   Gulf Daily News
Erdogan wins Turkey's first direct president vote   The Hindu
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Ukraine Steps Up Assault of Rebel City  New York Times
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with its military assault to stamp out pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country with its most intensive artillery bombardment of this rebel capital yet. The attack with artillery and ground-to-ground ...

Ukraine dismisses rebel calls for a ceasefire   Herald Scotland
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia   The Nation
Ukraine conflict: Turning up the TV heat   BBC News
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39 dead as Iranian plane crashes after take-off  Herald Scotland
AT LEAST 39 people were killed yesterday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed after takeoff from Tehran's Mehrabad airport on a flight to Tabas in northeast Iran. AT LEAST 39 people were killed yesterday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air ...

Crash Kills 39, Reviving Questions About Iran-Built Plane   New York Times
39 killed in Iran plane crash   DAWN.com
Iran crash plane based on design with poor safety record   The Australian
Irish Examiner
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Taliban Take Responsibility for Bombing in Kabul  New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack on a coalition convoy passing through Kabul on Sunday killed four civilians and wounded 35, a potent reminder of the Taliban's capacity to strike the capital. The attack occurred near the Afghan Parliament on the edge ...

What's News—   Wall Street Journal
Four civilians killed in Kabul suicide attack   Times of Oman
Suicide car bomb kills 5, wounds 35 in Kabul   RAWA News
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In Myanmar, More Wrangling Over the South China Sea  Wall Street Journal (blog)
Foreign ministers from China and the Philippines shake hands during the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Saturday. European Pressphoto Agency. China and the Philippines traded barbs over recent maritime tensions at a ...

Studio interview: China supports 'dual-track' approach to resolve S. China Sea ...   CCTV
US proposal on South China Sea unconstructive   ecns
US tries to cool sea tensions at Asia security summit   GMA News
Bangkok Post
Daily Times
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Adebajo: Obama's hollow Africa summit  The Guardian Nigeria
BARACK Obama, a Kenyan-Kansan and the first black president of the United States (U.S.), hosted 45 African leaders in Washington D.C. last week in the first ever U.S.-Africa summit. This empty summit embarrassingly exposed the widespread myth across ...

Ignominy Of Africa In International Policy Agenda   spyghana.com
'Africa has everything except leadership'   Bulawayo24
US-Africa Summit: Gains And Reality For Nigeria   Leadership Newspapers

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Typhoon Halong Slams Japan; 1 Dead  Voice of America
... —. Typhoon Halong has moved back out to sea after making landfall in the Kouchi prefecture, leaving one person dead and as many as 30 injured in its wake. Originally a typhoon, Halong was downgraded to a tropical storm as it approached the southwest ...

Typhoon Halong wounds dozens as it hits Japan   Aljazeera.com
Typhoon Halong rips through western Japan, dozens injured   The Straits Times
Japan Orders 1.6 Million to Flee Typhoon Halong   Boston.com
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France looks at giving arms to Iraqi Kurds  Sky News Australia
France, in consultation with its EU partners, is looking at supplying arms to Iraq's Kurds to fight against Islamic State jihadists, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. 'One way or another, they must receive, in a sure way, equipment that will allow them to defend ...

France looking at supplying Iraqi Kurds with arms: FM   Business Recorder
French Foreign Minister Seeks “Air Corridor” for Kurdish Refugees   BasNews
10/08/2014France not planning military action in Iraq: Fabius   Expatica France
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