en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-05-22 Uganda World

Volatile Burundi seeks a new politics
BBC News
"There are politics and politics, different kinds of politics." So goes the chorus to one of the Burundian protesters' favourite songs. They say it was invented on the first day of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office, and ...

Burundi crisis: President Nkurunziza plays football as two protesters die in ...   The Independent
Deadly Burundi protests as police try to crush demos   The Daily Star
Two killed in street battles in Burundi   News24
The Guardian Nigeria
euronews
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Blinken urges South East Asia to tackle root causes of migrant crisis
Channel News Asia
During his visit to Myanmar, US Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has stressed the region's responsibility to improve conditions in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Rakhine state, home to the minority Rohingyas, as thousands of them are stranded at sea.
Myanmar to attend regional crisis meeting over Rohingya and Bangladeshi ...   Deutsche Welle
Gambia offers to resettle all Rohingya boatpeople   The Star Online
Thailand lauds US over shelter offer   Bangkok Post
VICE News
Toronto Sun
Inquirer.net
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As one crisis ends another one begins in our divided EU
Irish Independent
'The European Union is itself in crisis. Evidently it cannot go forward. But Open Gallery 1 'The European Union is itself in crisis. Evidently it cannot go forward. But neither can it go back. It is locked into political and economic stagnation and urgently needs ...

EU seeks to keep partnership with ex-Soviet nations on track   Christian Science Monitor
Merkel lays out EU's eastern aims for partnership summit   Irish Times
UPDATE 1-EU defies Russian "bully" but disappoints ex-Soviets   Reuters UK
Firstpost
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'This is the Chinese Navy. You go': Heated exchange between China, US over ...
The Indian Express
China said Thursday it is entitled to keep watch over airspace and seas surrounding artificial islands it created in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, following an exchange in which its navy warned off a US surveillance plane. The United States said ...

US Planes Keep Distance From Chinese 'Islands' - For Now   NDTV
South China Sea dispute updates   Brisbane Times
Pentagon says US planes keep distance from Chinese 'islands' - for now   The Straits Times
Los Angeles Times
ABS CBN News
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IS Tops Off Gains With Takeover Of Last Iraq-Syria Border Crossing
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Islamic State consolidated its gains May 21, overrunning Iraqi government defenses east of Ramadi and seizing the last border crossing between Iraq and Syria controlled by the Damascus government. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS ...

Routs Are Painstaking in Buildup, Then Murderous in Execution   NDTV
Headless corpses in pools of blood as Isil takes historic site   Irish Independent
The city that makes Rome blush: 5 reasons why Palmyra's ruins are so important   Los Angeles Times
Daily Mail
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The US continues to send the wrong message to Russia
Washington Post
IT HAS been a week since Secretary of State John F. Kerry emerged from eight hours of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister to say that the two sides had agreed to make a new effort to cooperate in resolving conflicts in ...

ISIS overruns Iraqi government lines east of Ramadi   The Daily Star
Russia seeks dialogue to resolve Ukraine issue   Russia and India Report
Russia's Lavrov discusses Syria and Yemen with Kerry   TODAYonline

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North Korea Escapes Slashed Under Kim Jong-Un
Sky News
Reinforced barbed wire fencing and an increase in phone tapping is preventing people from making the hazardous journey to freedom. 03:37, UK, Friday 22 May 2015. North Korean border security. Border security has been tightened since Kim Jong-Un ...

Bugged phones and double barbed wire: far fewer North Koreans defect   Reuters
Kim Jong-un Acts Out Again   The New Yorker

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Egypt's judges new frontline in battle against militancy
Gulf Times
Egyptian security forces have grown accustomed to being targeted by Islamist militants. Now some judges are buying guns for protection after a spate of attacks which suggest that they too are on the hit list. Militants are estimated to have killed more than 600 ...

Egypt militants call for attacks on judges   Business Standard
IS affiliate in Egypt vows to attack judges over executions   Yahoo News UK

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South Sudan troops burning villages, abducting women: Amnesty International
CTV News
KAMPALA, Uganda -- South Sudan government troops are setting villages on fire and abusing civilians in an ongoing military assault on rebels loyal to the country's former vice-president, Amnesty International reported Thursday, the latest allegations of ...

US condemns attack at UN base in S. Sudan   Sudan Tribune

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China jails two 'Fast & Furious' supercar drivers
Telegraph.co.uk
A court on Thursday sentenced two young men to up to five months in jail for dangerous driving after they crashed a Lamborghini and a Ferrari in a late-night car chase through Beijing. Pictures of the high-performance cars' mangled wreckage in a tunnel in ...

World Briefs   Macau Daily Times
Lamborghini and Ferrari crash during Fast and Furious road race in Beijing   Daily Mail
Jail crash course for Fast and Furious duo   Hong Kong Standard
malaysiandigest.com
China Post
Valley News Live
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