en-na-hotdailynews: 2014-08-14 Namibia World

North Korea Fires Missiles Off Coast As Pope Lands in Seoul  NPR (blog)
North Korea fired three short-range rockets into waters off the country's east coast on Thursday, NPR's Jason Strother reports. He adds that the timing suggests a connection to either a visit by Pope Francis or upcoming U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
N Korea tests missiles as pope visits Seoul   Aljazeera.com
Pope Begins Visit to South Korea   New York Times
Pope Francis Welcomed by South Korean Leaders, North Korean Rockets   Voice of America
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Death of Brazil's Presidential Candidate Resets Election  Businessweek
The death of Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos yesterday resets a contentious campaign less than two months before the election. Campos died when his small plane crashed in Sao Paulo state following an aborted landing attempt because ...

Brazil's Presidential Candidate Campos Killed In Plane Crash   Bernama
Crash kills presidential candidate   Reuters
Brazilian Presidential Candidate Dies in Plane Crash, Upsetting Race   New York Times
Washington Post
The Economist (blog)
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France to send 'sophisticated' weapons to Kurds in Iraq  Salt Lake Tribune
Paris • Calling the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan "catastrophic," France said Wednesday it would start supplying arms to the Kurdish forces fighting Sunni extremists from the Islamic State group. Paris and London have agreed to coordinate their actions on both ...

Ethnic cleansing   Gulf Daily News
British PM under pressure to do more in Iraq   Channel News Asia
'Far fewer' refugees stranded on Mount Sinjar in Iraq: US says   Brisbane Times
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Australian woman injured in train crash in Switzerland  Sydney Morning Herald
An Australian woman was injured when a landslide struck a passenger train in the Swiss Alps, derailing three of the carriages and sending one careering down a steep slope. Only a row of large trees saved the carriage from plunging into a ravine in the valley ...

Swiss train plunges into ravine   Gulf Daily News
Australian woman injured after a landslide caused a train to derail into a ravine ...   Daily Mail
Train Plunges Into Ravine   Wall Street Journal
Irish Independent
The Nation
Irish Examiner
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Two arrested in Bali over body in suitcase  New Zealand Herald
The body of a 62-year-old woman has been found stuffed inside a suitcase in Bali, and authorities have arrested her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in relation to the death, police said. The suitcase containing American Sheila von Wiese-Mack's body ...

Woman killed and stuffed into suitcase   Stuff.co.nz
Indonesia: 2 Held in American's Death   New York Times
US woman dead in Bali; daughter, 1 other arrested   The Seattle Times
People Magazine
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Mubarak denies ordering killing of protesters during 2011 uprising in Egypt  Irish Times
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is transported from a helicopter to an ambulance on his way to his trial in Cairo yesterday. Photograph: Ahmed Asadi/EPA. Michael Jansen. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Habib El Adly · Hosni Mubarak ...

Mubarak defends his actions in court   The Times (subscription)
Mubarak and aides insist 2011 spoiled by conspiracy   Ahram Online
Mubarak: I didn't order killing of protesters   Saudi Gazette
Firstpost
South China Morning Post (subscription)
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Snowden: US can ignite bot war, I'd return if jailed  Tech Times
Edward Snowden just indicated his willingness to return to the U.S. and go to prison, if it meant that the NSA would clean up its act and that whistle-blowers were no longer prosecuted. He also warned about an NSA bot that could unintentionally trigger a ...

Snowden and supporters fear Americans will lose interest from 'NSA fatigue'   PBS NewsHour
The NSA wants to eliminate malware once and for all, no matter the cost   BGR
Why the US Can't Automatically Retaliate in Cyberspace, Yet   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Business Recorder
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Journalist among five dead in Gaza as Israeli missile explodes after disposal fails  Irish Independent
Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli, 35, was killed in an ordnance explosion in the Gaza Strip together with Palestinian translator Ali Shehda Abu Afash and three members of the Gaza police. Police said four other people were seriously injured, ...

Italian journalist among 5 killed defusing Israeli bomb in Gaza   The Nation
Gaza blast kills Italian journalist   Arab News
Gaza deadline looms as six die in ordnance blast   Business Recorder
USA TODAY
TIME
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Five climbers fall to their deaths in Mont Blanc tragedy  Irish Independent
Five French climbers and their guide slid to their deaths on Mont Blanc yesterday, in one of the worst disasters on Europe's highest mountain in recent years. Share. Go To. Comments. The accident brings the death toll on the notoriously dangerous massif, ...

News of the day From Across the Globe, Aug. 14   SFGate
6 Climbers Killed in Fall From French Peak   New York Times
Six French climbers die in fall from Mont Blanc, Europe's highest peak   South China Morning Post (subscription)
News24
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Five-day extension of Israel-Hamas truce amid rocket fire  Deutsche Welle
A deal to extend a cease-fire in Gaza has been marked by both Israel and Hamas exchanging rocket fire shortly before it took effect. The new five-day truce was announced by Palestinian officials. Israel bombed several Gaza sites early on Thursday, minutes ...

Gaza truce extended, looks fragile   Independent Online
Fresh strikes follow ceasefire extension in Gaza   Business Standard
UN Human Rights Council legitimising terror groups: Israel PM   Firstpost
Reuters Canada
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