en-sg-hotdailynews: 2014-10-02 Singapore World

Asian Universities Continue To Rise In World Rankings  Bernama
LONDON, Oct 2 (Bernama) -- The top ten universities in the world still belong to the US and Britain while some leading Asian universities continue to rise, Xinhua news agency reports quoting the latest world university rankings. In the Times Higher Education ...

Only one Israeli university makes the grade in Times ranking   Haaretz
Dundee drops off university global list   Herald Scotland
Grim warning as New Zealand universities slip in global rankings   TVNZ
Irish Independent
The Straits Times
Daily Mail
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Tony Abbott's burqa comments divisive and harmful, says Labor  The Guardian
burqa sydney Women wear the burqa during a 2010 flash mob protest in Sydney. Labor says Tony Abbott's anti-burqa comments are 'dumb' and send a divisive message. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP Image. Tony Abbott's comments that he finds the burqa ...

Barnett says burqa debate is a 'sideshow'   9news.com.au
Air strike decision expected 'in days'   Sky News Australia
How are we paying for IS battle?   NEWS.com.au
The Age
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Pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong gains show of support in London's ...  The Straits Times
Dressed in black and toting umbrellas and yellow placards, more than 1,000 people turned up on Wednesday night in London's West End in a show of support for Hong Kong's ongoing pro-democracy campaign. -- ST PHOTO: TAN DAWN WEI. By Tan Dawn ...

Xi pressures Taiwan with 'one country, two systems' remarks   WantChinaTimes
Calgary rally shows support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrators   CTV News
No Umbrellas for China's Las Vegas   Foreign Policy
NBCNews.com
Telegraph.co.uk
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School bombing kills 30 children in Syria  The Nation
At least 30 Syrian children were killed Wednesday in a double bombing by a lone assailant at a school in the government-controlled city of Homs, a monitor said. They were among 39 people who died in the attack in the Akrameh neighbourhood, according to ...

31 killed in attack near school in Syria   Zee News
Blasts at Syrian school kill 32, including 10 children   SFGate
Double bombing kills at least 41 children at school in Syria   ABC Online
Xinhua
New York Times
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Why Russia's President Is 'Putin the Great' in China  Wall Street Journal
Books about Vladimir Putin far outsell those on other foreign leaders, according to the staff at Beijing's Wangfujing bookstore. Jeremy Page/The Wall Street Journal. BEIJING—In the recommended-reading section of Beijing's Wangfujing bookstore, staff ...

German Chancellor urges Russian president to use influence over Ukraine rebels   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Russian ETF Lures Cash as Bear Market Proves No Deterrent   Businessweek
Merkel tells Putin Moscow has duty to temper separatists in Ukraine   TODAYonline
Arab News
RIA Novosti
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Tories are banking on a presidential-style race with Ed Miliband, their not-too ...  Herald Scotland
As the Conservative Party conference began last weekend, the man who bankrolled much of the 2010 Tory campaign delivered a bleak warning. As the Conservative Party conference began last weekend, the man who bankrolled much of the 2010 Tory ...

Cameron promises sweeping tax cuts to shore up support   Irish Independent
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A Conservative vision that Britain was crying out for   Daily Mail
Clear blue water   CITY A.M.
Irish Times
BBC News
Morning Star Online
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At least 15 Russian children have not returned home after exchange ...  ITAR-TASS
MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. At least 15 Russian children who arrived in the United States under various exchange programme have not come back home to Russia, Russian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said in an interview with the ...

Russia halts student exchange program with US   Albany Democrat Herald
Russia halts US student exchange program   Sydney Morning Herald

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