en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-03-05 Singapore World

Telegraph.co.uk

World NewsMore details emerge on Korea US ambassador attack
Financial Times
An update from South Korea about the attack on the country's US ambassador on Thursday. Mark Lippert, who became ambassador only last November, sustained injuries to his face and wrist after a knife attack at the Sejong Center for Performing Arts where ...

US envoy to SKorea in stable condition after knife attack   Boston Herald
South Korea's Park says attack on U.S. ambassador to Seoul an 'attack on alliance'   TODAYonline
US ambassador to South Korea slashed in face in attack   cleveland.com
IBNLive
Business Standard
The Globe and Mail
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Livemint

China lowers growth goal to about 7%, flags more headwinds
Livemint
China will aim to keep the urban unemployment rate under 4.5%, expand M2 money supply by about 12%, and target trade growth of about 6% this year. Photo: Bloomberg. Beijing: China set the lowest economic growth target in more than 15 years and ...

China's National People's Congress opens with lower growth forecast   Deutsche Welle
China signals "new normal" with lower annual growth target   Reuters UK
China's National People's Congress Begins   Wall Street Journal
BBC News
Irish Independent
Financial Times
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Times LIVE

Thirty-three miners killed in explosion in eastern Ukraine coal mine - Ifax
Reuters
MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Thirty-three miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, local news agencies reported, citing the region's emergency services and administration. "The total deaths amount ...

New York Times: Deadly blast rocks coal mine in east Ukraine   Kyiv Post
'No survivors' as 33 people are confirmed dead in Ukraine mine blast   euronews
Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk   Independent Online
San Francisco Chronicle
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#dnaEdit: A political killing
Daily News & Analysis
Unfortunately, Russia stands beyond the pale of democratic countries even a quarter-century after the fall of totalitarian Communism. The killing of Boris Nemtsov, who has been a prominent politician for over a decade, starting out under the wings of Boris ...

Russia accuses United States of plot to oust President Vladimir Putin via ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Putin deflects condemnation   Stuff.co.nz
Girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is in hiding   Los Angeles Times
Financial Times
Nigerian Tribune
Washington Post
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NPR

The best images from around the world for Mar. 4
The Globe and Mail
A Ukrainian coal miner walks after exiting the underground of the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press); Passengers walk away from a Turkish Airlines plane after it skidded off the runway while landing at Kathmandu ...

Turkish Airlines plane skids off runway in Nepal, passengers run to safety   Hindustan Times

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USA TODAY

Marathon Bombing Victim Writes Letter to Tsarnaev Hours After Testifying
Boston.com
Hours after taking the stand as a witness Wednesday, Boston Marathon bombing victim Rebekah Gregory wrote a letter to accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and posted it on Facebook. Gregory, who had her left leg amputated below the knee in November ...

Tsarnaev behind Boston Marathon bomb, admits his lawyer   Irish Independent
Video of Boston Marathon bombing from store camera   Boston Globe (subscription)
Boston Marathon Survivor: Seeing Suspect at Trial Is 'Step Forward'   NBCNews.com
Post-Bulletin
KRCRTV.COM
Columbus Dispatch
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CNN

Injustice in Ferguson: Who will be held accountable?
CNN
(CNN) A new Justice Department report on Ferguson's police and courts could not be more clear: Change is needed. The 102-page report details widespread and systemic discrimination against blacks at the hands of officials -- painting probably the clearest ...

Ferguson not unique with pattern of bias   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Justice Department finds that Ferguson officer did not violate Michael Brown's ...   STLtoday.com
US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force   Salt Lake Tribune
New York Times
The Globe and Mail
USA TODAY
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World's oldest woman turns 117 in Japan
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Tokyo (AFP) -- The world's oldest person Misao Okawa, a mother of three, grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six, turned 117 on Thursday in western Japan. Okawa, one of only a handful of people born in the 19th century and still alive "is looking in ...

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