in-hotdailynews: 2014-12-28 India World

Sony row: N Korea compares Obama to monkey
Hindustan Times
North Korea has compared US President Barack Obama to a monkey and blamed the United States for shutting down its internet amid the hacking row over the movie "The Interview." The North has denied involvement in a crippling cyberattack on Sony ...

North Korea's Internet down again. US spooks at work? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Sony hack: North Korea blames President Obama for internet outage   BBC News
Racist jibe at Obama in North Korea row   Herald Scotland
Economic Times
ABC Online
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New York police officer mourned at funeral as tensions linger
The Hindu
Thousands of police officers from across the U.S. packed a church and spilled onto streets outside on Saturday to honour a slain New York officer as a devoted family man, aspiring chaplain and hero, though an air of unrest surrounding his ambush shooting ...

Angry Police Shun NYC Mayor at Funeral for Slain Officer   Voice of America
De Blasio speaks at funeral; officers turn their backs   USA TODAY
Police outside funeral for slain cop turn backs on New York mayor   Times of India
Christian Science Monitor
Irish Times
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Somali Islamist with $3m US bounty on head surrenders
Sydney Morning Herald
Mogadishu: A leader of Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million US bounty on his head, has surrendered, a Somali government official and local media said on Saturday, although the militants said he had long left their organisation. Zakariya ...

Somalia: A senior Intelligence Cheif of Al-Shabaab Captured in Gedo Region   Geeska Afrika
Senior Al-Shabaab commander detained   Xinhua
Senior al-Shabab leader surrenders   Herald Scotland
ABC Online
Daily Times
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US, allies conduct 12 air strikes against Islamic State - Task Force
Firstpost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies carried out 12 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force said. Six strikes near the Syrian town of Kobani on the Turkish border destroyed ...

McCain: 'We are literally doing everything the Iraqi government has requested.'   Washington Post (blog)
Islamic State's tyranny strikes all religions   Toronto Star
Middle East Updates / US, allies conduct 12 air strikes against ISIS   Haaretz
Stuff.co.nz
Fox News Latino
Irish Times
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'Kill infidels or they'll rape your mother'
Times of India
BAGHDAD: Before war convulsed his hometown in Syria, Usaid Barho played soccer, loved Jackie Chan movies and adored the beautiful Lebanese pop singer Nancy Ajram. He dreamed of attending college and becoming a doctor. His life, to say the least, ...

Bomb-Strapped Syrian Teenager Surrendered to Iraqi Guards To Escape ISIS   News Every day
14-year-old 'bomber' plots escape from IS   Arab News
'I volunteered for suicide attack so I could leave ISIS': Shocking moment ...   Daily Mail
Mirror.co.uk
Sputnik International
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Ukraine secures cheap coal, power supplies from Russia
DAWN.com
KIEV: Moscow promised on Saturday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev's failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin's unexpected ...

Russia-EU relations to remain future priority for Moscow   Xinhua
Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian separatists free four more captives   The Independent
Russia to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine   Zee News
Voice of America
South China Morning Post (subscription)
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PPP won't allow misuse of military courts: Zardari
The News International
LARKANA: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman and ex-president Asif Ali Zardari said the PPP would not allow the misuse of the proposed military courts. A failure in this regard could put him, as well as Nawaz Sharif, behind bars. He said it was ...

PPP groups clash at Benazir's death anniversary function   DAWN.com
Pakistan observes Bhutto's death anniversary   Press TV
BB murder probe demanded under Action Plan   The Nation
The Express Tribune
Daily Times
NDTV
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Malaysia flooding: PM Najib Razak pledges extra funds
BBC News
Malaysia has announced an extra 500m ringgit ($142m; £92m) to help victims of the country's worst flooding in decades. At least five people have been killed in the floods along Malaysia's east coast, with over 120,000 displaced. Prime Minister Najib Razak ...

Number of Malaysians displaced by worst-ever floods reaches 160000   IBNLive
Anger as Malaysian Prime Minister plays golf with Barack Obama while ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Malaysia floods: PM Najib Razak cuts short holiday to tour devastated areas   ABC Online
The Independent
Voice of America
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DAWN.com
RAWALPINDI: Schools have been placed in categories according to security sensitivity with category-A being the highest. The Punjab government on Saturday placed all schools in cantonment and city areas in category-A. It directed the education department ...

Schools in Pak asked to enhance security before reopening   Business Standard
Punjab extends winter vacations over 'security threats'   Geo News, Pakistan

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The lesson of Peshawar
The News International
It's humanly impossible not to be revolted by the killing of 134 innocent children in Peshawar by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This barbaric attack galvanised unprecedented solidarity demonstrations by citizens in many Indian cities. It even impelled ...

US, Pakistani Strikes Kill 62 Islamic Militants   Voice of America
Pak-Afghan relations key to fighting Taliban   The Nation
Pakistan's challenge in attack response to root out 'good' Taliban   Toronto Star
Gulf Daily News
Herald Scotland
The Hindu
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