en-pk-hotdailynews: 2015-04-20 Pakistan World

China's President Heads to Pakistan With Billions in Infrastructure Aid
New York Times
BEIJING — China's president, Xi Jinping, travels to Pakistan on Monday laden with tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure and energy assistance on a scale the United States has never offered in the past decade of a close relationship, a gesture likely to ...

Chinese President to inaugurate projects worth $45 billion: Ahsan   Radio Pakistan (press release)
Chinese president to launch economic corridor link in Pakistan   The Star Online
Massive Economic Plan at Center of China-Pakistan Visit   Voice of America
Xinhua
Livemint
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Migrant deaths may shame Europe over Mediterranean moat
Daily News & Analysis
Scrambling to respond to the deaths of up to 700 people on a fishing boat making for Italy from Libya, EU foreign ministers meet on Monday, and government leaders, some of whom are already calling for change, may also gather soon. In this video grab ...

EU Meets As Hundreds Feared Drowned Off Libya   Sky News
Boat capsizes, scores feared dead   Independent Online
Italy calls for emergency EU summit on migrant crisis   The Sun Daily
Business Standard
San Francisco Chronicle
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Latest ISIS Atrocity Makes Clear Their Intent For All Christians
Daily Caller
The as-yet unverified video, released Sunday, showed Islamic State fighters marching two groups of about 15 male Ethiopian Christians to their deaths. Half were beheaded and the rest were shot, according to The Wall Street Journal. This is the latest incident ...

Islamic State video purported to show killing of Ethiopian Christians   Stuff.co.nz
US slams 'brutal' purported massacre of Ethiopian Christians by IS   Bangkok Post
ISIS shoots, beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: Video   MSNBC
DAWN.com
Irish Examiner
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Human Rights Watch pans trial
Irish Examiner
The prosecution's evidence in a trial this month of 51 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt relied on the testimony of one police officer, says Human Rights Watch. The human rights group said the prosecution had presented little evidence to show ...

Ex-Egyptian President Faces Death Penalty in First Verdict over Protesters' Death   Daily Times Nigeria
HRW: Egypt mass trial relied on single witness testimony   JURIST
Mursi faces death in first verdict   Arab News
Al-Arabiya
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Rahul, Sonia tear apart Land Bill: Accuse Modi of being anti-farmer, pro-industry
Firstpost
New Delhi: Projecting the government as "anti-farmer" and "pro industrialist", Congress on Sunday declared full scale war over the Land Acquisition Bill with Rahul Gandhi accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bringing ordinance to pay back 'loan' of ...

In India, Gandhi Setting Himself Up To Be Modi's Bogeyman   Forbes
Land acquisition bill will weaken farmers, says Rahul Gandhi   Scroll.in
Farmer leader slams Rahul for his rally   Daily News & Analysis
DAWN.com
Mid-Day
Deccan Chronicle
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US-Iranian disorder?
Gulf Daily News
Arab leaders cautiously welcomed the P5+1 framework with Iran. The Arab Press, on the other hand, was not so circumspect with criticisms ranging from the fanciful ("the US is ushering in a new US-Iranian order" to dominate regional affairs) to the anxious ...

Yemen war not to affect our ties with Pakistan, Iran: Saudi adviser   The News International
Sale of US arms fuels wars of ME nations: Report   The Nation
Saudi and Turk double standards   Daily Times
Arab News
TODAYonline
Khaleej Times
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Whatever the Ayatollah Wants
Wall Street Journal
Give Ayatollah Ali Khamenei credit for knowing his opposition. Two weeks ago the Supreme Leader declared that Western sanctions had to be lifted immediately as a condition of a nuclear deal. And sure enough, on Friday President Obama said Iran would ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: United States created "myth of nuclear weapons"   UPI.com
Iran would reject nuclear inspections, military commander says, as Ayatollah ...   The Independent
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are US 'myth'   Zee News
Washington Post (blog)
Xinhua
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Yemeni FM reiterates Iran's 'unacceptable' proposal
Al-Arabiya
The Yemeni foreign minister late Sunday reiterated his government's rejection of Tehran's proposed four-point letter to the U.N., where it outlined a peace plan for the Arab country. “There is no room for us to discuss Iran's proposal,” Yemeni Foreign Minister ...

Generals: Saudi Intervention in Yemen is Doomed to Failure   Breitbart News
Clashes, Saudi-led air strikes kill 44 in Yemen   Pakistan Today
Clashes, air strikes kill 85   The Daily Star
The News International
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