en-sg-hotdailynews: 2014-12-23 Singapore World

Sony Attack Allegations Grow More Heated
CBS Local
BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — The war of words between the U.S. and North Korea grows more heated. The communist country now having problems with their own internet after vowing to strike back against White House amid accusations they're behind the ...

North Korea faces major Internet disruption   Business Standard
China opposes putting DPRK situation on Security Council agenda   Xinhua
North Korea's Internet links restored: US monitoring company   Zee News
Wall Street Journal
Sky News
Telegraph.co.uk
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CRASH HORROR
Gulf Daily News
LONDON: Six people were killed when a rubbish lorry ran out of control and careered down a pavement crowded with Christmas shoppers in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday, people, police said. 'Sadly, six people have died as a result of the George Square ...

Beneath the twinkling Christmas lights, a day of happiness turned to tragedy in a ...   Daily Mail
Bin Lorry Crashes Into Pedestrians Causing Fatalities And Casulaties   Getty Images
The solidarity of George Square   Herald Scotland
The Times (subscription)
Western Telegraph
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Pakistan was warned about Peshawar school attack in August, says report
Firstpost
Peshawar: Government departments in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent attack on the Army Public School months before the carnage unfolded in Peshawar on 16 December. Pakistan received a warning about the ...

Hamilton vigil mourns children slain in Pakistan school shooting   CBC.ca
Pakistan Was Warned About Peshawar School Attack in August: Report   NDTV
Pakistan to execute 500   Gulf Daily News
The Nation
Zee News
Daily Mail
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Nigerian Police Beef Up Security Ahead Of Festive Season
Bernama
LAGOS, Dec 23 (Bernama) -- Nigeria's police authorities have beefed up security across the country to ensure a crime-free Christmas and New Year celebrations, Xinhua news agency reported. National police spokesperson Emmanuel Ojukwu said Monday ...

Nigeria: 2 Explosions Kill at Least 26   New York Times
35 Killed In Gombe, Bauchi Bombings   Leadership Newspapers
Boko Haram returns to Gombe, kills 19 at motor park   Daily Sun
Reuters
DailyPost Nigeria
STLtoday.com
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Salon

Cuba conundrum
MiamiHerald.com
As a 67-year-old former Operation Pedro Pan child, I am appalled at the chauvinistic mentality of a segment of the Cuban-American community and of Cuban-American political leaders. First of all, admit it, the embargo doesn't work, but President Obama is not ...

Obama's missed opportunity on Cuba Behind the Cuba policy deal   CNN
POLL-US support grows for Obama's push to boost ties with Cuba   Daily Mail
Unexpected outbreak of common sense over Cuba   Tampabay.com
Christian Science Monitor
New Zealand Herald
Salon
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Orangutan is 'non-human person', rules Argentine court
Irish Independent
The orangutan named Sandra sits in her enclosure at Buenos Aires' Zoo. An Argentine court has ruled that Sandra, who has spent 20 years at the zoo, should be recognized as a person with a right to freedom. The ruling would free Sandra from captivity and ...

Zoo orangutan, Sandra, entitled to legal rights, Argentine court rules, clearing ...   National Post
Argentina: Court Sides With Orangutan   New York Times
Argentina court grants orangutan basic rights   Aljazeera.com
Times of India
NBCNews.com
Washington Times
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For many Spaniards, Princess Cristina's trial date is welcome news (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Corruption remains endemic in Spain, a fact that angers many Spaniards. So the confirmation of a trial for a figure as elite as the king's sister is seen as a big step. By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer December 22, 2014. About video ads. Spain's Princess Cristina ...

Spain's Princess Cristina and husband face fraud trial   Irish Independent
Corruption case tarnishes image of Spanish royals   Chicago Tribune
Spanish king's sister faces trial on tax fraud charges   Irish Times
Vancouver Sun
Forbes
Firstpost
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How son's death in a high-speed car crash led to powerful Chinese official's fall ...
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Ling Jihua was one of the Communist Party's rising stars, the personal aide to former president Hu Jintao groomed to be one of the sixth generation of leaders to succeed Xi Jinping's administration in a decade, until his world came crashing down, literally, ...

Top aide to former president Hu Jintao under corruption investigation   China Economic Review
China investigates aide to ex-President Hu   MarketWatch
China probes former senior aide to Hu Jintao over graft   Times of India
CRIENGLISH.com
Brisbane Times
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NDTV

France Rocked by Attacks as Fear of IS-Inspired Terror Grows
Voice of America
LONDON—. Eleven people were injured, two seriously, when a man shouting "Allahu Akbar" ('God is Great' in Arabic) drove his car into crowds of pedestrians Sunday in the French city of Dijon. Witnesses say he invoked "the children of Palestine" to explain ...

France: 11 Hurt as Van Strikes Market   New York Times
Man rams van into Christmas market in France   Reuters UK
Man Stabs Himself After Ploughing Into Market   Sky News
The Age
TIME
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When Christ came to Chicago: A Christmas tale
ChicagoNow (blog)
This was published last year. A few tweaks were added. For those of you old enough to remember, this is a take on a poem Win Stracke recorded, whose title escapes me. Santa was gearing up for his midnight run through Chicago on Christmas Eve. As the ...

Letter: Don't be offended by 'Merry Christmas'   Wicked Local Westborough

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