en-pk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-11 Pakistan World

Malala inspires immigrant youth in Hamilton
Hamilton Spectator
Andre Bigirimona, left, and others listen to a documentary on Malala Yousafzai at Hamilton City Hall Wednesday. next play/pause pre 1/1. Hamilton Spectator. By Daniel Nolan. New and young Canadians are being told to look to Malala Yousafzai for ...

Winning Nobel with Kailash Satyarthi shows India, Pak can work together, says ...   Firstpost
Build schools, not tanks, pleads Malala   DAWN.com
Champions of peace: Nobel honour for Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi   Daily News & Analysis
Irish Independent
Channel News Asia
Times of India
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US says it has no detainees in Afghanistan
Sky News Australia
The US has pulled out of all prisons in Afghanistan and no longer holds any detainees, a US official says. The announcement on Wednesday came just a day after the release of a searing Senate report on the brutal US treatment of 'war on terror' detainees ...

US pulls out of Afghan prisons following CIA torture report   New Zealand Herald
Authorities Hunt Killer Who Set Mississippi Teen on Fire   NBCNews.com
US shuts down last detention center in Afghanistan   Los Angeles Times
Deutsche Welle
The Express Tribune
Reuters
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Palestinian minister dies in confrontation with Israeli troops
DAWN.com
TURMUSAYYA: A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after Israeli border guards shoved and grabbed him by the throat during a protest in the West Bank, an incident Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described as barbaric. Ziad Abu Ein, 55, ...

Inquiry as minister dies after clash with Israeli police   Irish Independent
All options 'open' in Palestinian response to death   Gulf Daily News
Israel's two-faced government   Haaretz
The Nation
Washington Times
Peninsula On-line
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Hong Kong protest clearance begins
Financial Times
Bailiffs and workers in hard hats began dismantling the quasi-village of tents, study areas and first aid stations that has become a fixture of Hong Kong over the past two months as protests paralysed some of the territory's main thoroughfares. Pro-democracy ...

Hong Kong protest clearance under way   The Guardian
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong begins clearing main pro-democracy protest camp   Reuters
Bailiffs start to dismantle Hong Kong protest site   Channel News Asia
USA TODAY
Voice of America
CTV News
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Russia's Putin to address Indian parliament, sign major defence deals
Channel News Asia
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a joint-session of the Indian parliament on Thursday as Moscow seeks to maintain its strong ties as an arms supplier to New Delhi. PHOTOS. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) speaks with Russia's President ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi seek to revive jaded Russia ...   Daily News & Analysis
Putin In India To Boost Trade   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
PM Narendra Modi to hold talks with Putin today; 20 agreements on anvil   Zee News
Moneycontrol.com
CNBC
Firstpost
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UN: Stop risking death for a 'better life'
Irish Examiner
Governments must focus on saving lives rather than keeping foreigners out at a time when more people than ever are embarking on risky sea crossings in search of asylum or a better life, the United Nations' refugee agency said. More than 3,400 people have ...

Over 3400 have drowned in a bid to get into Europe   Irish Independent
The most lethal route in the world: 3419 migrants died crossing Mediterranean ...   The Independent
UN rights chief slams indifference over migrant deaths at sea   Daily Mail
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Reuters India
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Pistorius Case: South African Judge Thokozile Masipa Accepts Procecutors ...
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The South African judge Thokozile Masipa has ruled that prosecutors can appeal against the acquittal on murder charges of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius . Judge Thokozile Masipa said prosecutors could appeal against the acquittal, but not the five-year ...

Judge clears way for Pistorius appeal, tougher sentence   The Guardian Nigeria
State prosecutors win bid to appeal Pistorius conviction   The New Age Online
South African judge discusses Pistorius appeal   Businessweek

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Life in prison for China's former energy chief
AsiaOne
Liu Tienan, 60, a one-time leading light in China's energy industry, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery on Wednesday by a court in Hebei province. The Langfang Intermediate People's Court found Liu guilty of receiving bribes worth 35.5 million ...

Former top Chinese planning official jailed for life over graft   TODAYonline
Chinese official jailed for life for bribery   The Guardian
Top Chinese official gets life for $6m bribery: Court   Zee News

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US air strikes target IS facilities in Iraq, Syria
Firstpost
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) The US and coaltion forces are continuing with air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria and Iraq over the past three days, the US Defense Department said in a statement Wednesday. The forces have launched 13 air strikes ...

Why the US is losing the war against IS   Daily Times
US: Anti-Islamic State Coalition at Odds Over Syria Strategy   Wall Street Journal (blog)
US Official: Fight Against IS in 'Earliest Phases'   ABC News
Fox News
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Mass conversions in UP: Opposition tears into BJP over rightwingers using bpl ...
Firstpost
The BJP was at the receiving end of sharp criticism from opposition parties on Thursday over the mass reconversions carried out by right wing groups in Agra even as the government defended itself by saying that an FIR had been filed over the incident.
RSS converts 350 Muslims to Hinduism, say papers   DAWN.com
Opposition corners government on 'illegal conversions'   The Asian Age
Agra Conversions Rock Parliament   The New Indian Express
Economic Times
Times of India
Calcutta Telegraph
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