en-ug-hotdailynews: 2015-06-19 Uganda World

Western aid donors should take note of Africa's changing priorites
ABC Online
The fact Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir could snub an arrest warrant on his trip to South Africa is a symptom of the changing political priorities in the continent. And Western aid donors should learn from this, writes Greg Mills. For African democrats, the ...

Parly chaos: Nkandla trumps Bashir issue   Independent Online
How Zuma and ministers plotted Omar al-Bashir's escape   Mail & Guardian Online
S Africa gets 1 week to explain how Sudan prez Bashir left   Hindustan Times
Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Times
New Vision
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Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Is Brought to Charleston
New York Times
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The mass murder of nine people who gathered Wednesday night for Bible study at a landmark black church has shaken a city whose history from slavery to the Civil War to the present is inseparable from the nation's anguished ...

Man arrested following fatal shooting of 9 in black church   The Hindu
After Charleston shooting, a call for unity: Your Say Interactive   USA TODAY
White Gunman Caught in Killing of 9 in Historic Black Church   ABC News
The Guardian
The Australian (blog)
Christian Science Monitor
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UNHCR: Refugee numbers reach highest ever recorded
CNN
(CNN) — There are more refugees in the world today than ever previously recorded — and more than half are children, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday. Nearly 60 million people were counted as forcibly displaced in 2014, according to the ...

'Global conflicts displaced record 60m in 2014'   Times of India
Displacement of peoples at its highest since WW2   Irish Examiner
Global refugees: Is the world failing?   Aljazeera.com
Wall Street Journal
Miami Herald
Hindustan Times
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Waterloo handshakes as Europe marks bicentenary united
Reuters Africa
WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - Descendants of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington shook hands at Waterloo on the 200th anniversary of a battle that ended French imperial hegemony over Europe and ushered in a century of fragile peace.
The Battle of Waterloo: Joining an army of re-enacters remembering one of ...   The Independent
Notable & Quotable: Andrew Roberts   Wall Street Journal
Waterloo bicentenary: Thousands gather in Belgium for large-scale re ...   ABC Online
Gulf Daily News
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CNN

Fire at 'Loaves and Fishes' church was arson, Israeli police say
CNN
Tabgha, Israel (CNN) A church at the site in Israel where Christians believe Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish has been badly damaged by arson, police said Thursday. Fires were set off early Thursday in the monastery section of the Church ...

Israel's miracle church attacked   The Hindu
'Miracle' church at Sea of Galilee torched   Times LIVE
Netanyahu orders probe into 'outrageous arson attack' on Galilee church   Jerusalem Post Israel News

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Cameron invites Egypt's Sisi to London after Morsi death sentence
Telegraph.co.uk
The British government has defended its decision to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to London the day after his administration condemned the country's former president to death. A Cairo court confirmed the sentence against Mohamed Morsi on ...

Mursi's death penalty a blow to democracy   AsiaOne
Egypt's spectre   Daily Times
Egypt's Mursi appeals against violence conviction - lawyers to state media   Reuters
The New Yorker
News24
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Muslims reflect on first day of fasting
Khaleej Times
Fasting an average of 15 hours in the harsh summer weather may seem to be a tough task but worshipers look beyond the hunger as a means to focus more on engaging in acts of goodness. People buying snack from the cafeteria at Al Karama on the first ...

Beijing, June 18, 2015 (AFP) -   The Hindu
Year-on-year guest...   Gulf Daily News
Edmonton Muslims welcome Ramadan   Edmonton Journal
Ynetnews
gulfnews.com
Arab News
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Niger: 40 Killed in Cross-Border Attacks
New York Times
Militants from the Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group Boko Haram crossed the border into Niger, setting homes ablaze and killing at least 40 people, a top provincial official said Thursday. The official, Yacouba Soumana Gaoh, the governor of Niger's Diffa ...

Buhari, governors urge Nigerians to promote love, others   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
38 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger   The Sun Daily
Chad bans burqas following terrorist attacks (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Voice of America
The Punch
Reuters Africa
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