en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-03-17 Uganda World

Netanyahu says he won't allow a Palestinian state if re-elected
New York Post
Speaking on the eve of Israel's closely watched election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that he wouldn't allow a Palestinian state as long as he's running the country. It was a turnaround for the Israeli leader, whose Likud Party is ...

Everything You Need to Know About Israel's Elections   TIME
Israelis to vote in key election   BBC News
Netanyahu vows no Palestinian state if re-elected   Deutsche Welle
The Globe and Mail
Haaretz
Washington Times
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Aid agencies begin flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu, official toll lowered
Reuters UK
1 of 10. A boy named Samuel kicks a ball as his father Phillip searches through the ruins of their home which was destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, Vanuatu March 16, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Dave Hunt/Pool ...

Air force flights to Vanuatu aborted   Stuff.co.nz
UN: At least 24 dead in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam   News24
Flattened: The unfolding emergency in Vanuatu   The Age
CBC.ca
New Zealand Herald
cleveland.com
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Cuba, US hold new round of talks on diplomatic ties
Washington Post
HAVANA — Cuba and the United States renewed talks on restoring diplomatic relations on Monday, this time amid secrecy and with the longtime adversaries differing sharply over Venezuela, Cuba's closest ally. Roberta S. Jacobson, the U.S. assistant ...

US, Cuba Resume Talks on Diplomatic Ties   Voice of America
Cuba-USA Hold Round Three of Talks   Havana Times
Both sides mum during latest round of US-Cuba talks   Fox News Latino
The Chosun Ilbo
The Daily Star
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CNN

Iraq needs more airstrikes to remove ISIS
The Asian Age
Iraq said on Monday it had put its Tikrit offensive on hold and senior officials called for more air strikes to dislodge ISIS militants who have laid explosives across Saddam Hussein's home city and still hold its central districts. The offensive, the largest yet ...

Saddam Hussein's tomb destroyed, but Babylon is safe as ISIS targets antiquity   CNN

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CBC.ca

Boko Haram pushed out of Bama by Nigerian military
CBC.ca
Nigerian government forces recaptured the northeastern city of Bama from Islamist Boko Haram insurgents, the army said on Monday, a significant victory for the government just two weeks before a national election. Boko Haram had held Bama, situated in ...

11 Days To Election: Obasanjo Justifies Boko Haram, Says Jonathan Should ...   Osun Defender
Boko Haram ousted from key Nigerian cities   Deutsche Welle
Nigerian army regains full control of Bama town   The Hindu
Jamaica Observer
Nigerian Tribune
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Filipino nurses kidnapped by Islamic State affiliate in Libya, militia claims
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Militants from the Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Libya have kidnapped four nurses from the Philippines in broad daylight from a hospital in the city of Sirte, while several others were evacuated from the scene, a militia official said. The official who belongs to the ...

ISIS kidnaps 20 foreign medical workers in Libya   The Week Magazine
Islamic State militants kidnap 20 medical staff from Libyan hospital   The Australian
ISIS kidnaps 20 medical workers in Libya   CNN
GMA News
Reuters Africa
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Iran confronts US at nuke talks over GOP letter: Official
The Indian Express
Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Barack Obama leaves office, a senior US official said Monday. The official, noting ...

Iran reportedly confronts US officials at Geneva nuclear talks over GOP letter   Fox News
Iranian Officials Ask Kerry About Republicans' Letter   New York Times
Latest from Iran   Press TV
Reuters UK
USA TODAY
STLtoday.com
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Underboob Selfies Criminalized In Thailand?
The Inquisitr
Reports have emerged that the government of Thailand has issued a warning on Monday that women posting underboob selfies on the internet may leave themselves open to criminal action. The warning comes after a plethora of underboob selfies flooding ...

Showing underboob on Facebook could get you five years in a Thai jail   The Vine
Post An Underboob Photo On Social Media? You Could Face Up To 5 Years In ...   PerezHilton.com
Thailand warns women who post 'underboob' photos face five years in jail   The Guardian
Daily Mail
Reuters
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American Diplomat Detained in Congo
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—A U.S. diplomatic official was arrested at a pro-democracy meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, the State Department said on Monday. Kevin Sturr, the U.S. Agency for International Development's democracy rights ...

American diplomat freed after DR Congo arrest   Daily Mail
Congo official: US diplomat released from detention   Salon
Congo frees US diplomat but detains African democracy activists   Reuters
Deutsche Welle
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Start managing disaster threat or risk development gains
Daily Times
SENDAI: When Typhoon Haiyan sent storm surges and high winds across the islands of the central Philippines in November 2013, it wrecked homes, schools, hospitals and roads, as well as killing more than 6,000 people. “The investment that was put into ...

Improving Disaster Management Is Critical To Ending Poverty: World Bank   Huffington Post
Start managing disaster threat or risk development gains: experts   Reuters
Vice President Amissah-Arthur Addresses Third UN Conference On Disaster   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Nation
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