en-my-hotdailynews: 2014-11-18 Malaysia World

China, India to court Pacific nations in Fiji  Channel News Asia
Rival suitors India and China step up their courtship of Pacific island nations this week when Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping head to Fiji following the Group of 20 summit in Australia. PHOTOS. Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Indian Prime Minister ...

PM Modi's Sydney reception: Did emcee Rashi Kapoor fake her Miss India ...   Firstpost
Australia will not be at periphery of India's vision: Narendra Modi   Daily News & Analysis
Modi arrives in Melbourne   Business Standard
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Japan shares rally ahead of election decision  Financial Times
03.00 GMT Bourses in Asia-Pacific were set for a calmer Tuesday as excitement over the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect scheme simmered down and investors continued to digest Japan's lapse back into recession. Equities in Japan began to bounce ...

Shanghai-HK link: A-share daily quota snapped up   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Enthusiasm for Hong Kong-Shanghai Trading Link Fades on Second Day   Wall Street Journal
Taiwan govt says not concerned about Shanghai-HK link   AsiaOne
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Breakthrough on climate change  Trinidad & Tobago Express
When news got out that US President Barack Obama and China's President Xi Jinping had reached an agreement on climate change, the American blogosphere lit up with negative comments. “The problem is, Obama probably means it,” wrote Jazz Shaw of ...

APEC at Beijing   The Nation
Apec summit in Beijing dominated by climate change and trade   Irish Times
FactCheck: does the new climate deal let China do nothing for 16 years?   Business Spectator
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Highest number of modern slaves found in India: Report  Zee News
Paris: Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy -- some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, a new report said Monday. The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI), in its second ...

India has over 14 mn people trapped in slavery, says survey   Business Standard
India tops global slavery index with 14.3 mn people enslaved   Financial Express
Modern slavery affects more than 35 million people, report finds   The Guardian
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Bill Cosby AMENDS blanket denial of rape allegations to exclude suit he settled ...  Daily Mail
Bill Cosby's lawyer originally issued a blanket denial against all accusations but amended it Monday; In 2004, Constand had accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her. The case was settled in 2006 for an undisclosed sum; In 2004, 13 women ...

Listen: Bill Cosby's 'date rape' routine   Stuff.co.nz
Bill Cosby hunkers down as rape scandal rages   Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Cosby lawyer slams 'old, discredited' allegations   The Nation
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Tense Ferguson, Missouri Awaits Grand Jury Findings In Shooting Of Michael ...  Getty Images
FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 17: Demonstrators bundle up in blankets against the cold weather as they gather across the street from the Ferguson police station to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on November 16, ...

Michael Brown killing: Emergency declared in Ferguson ahead of verdict   Firstpost
Michael Brown shooting: State of emergency declared as grand jury decision ...   Toronto Star
Grand jury soon to decide on teen shooting   The Australian
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Putin says he will not let Ukraine rebels be beaten  Herald Scotland
MOSCOW will not allow the defeat of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. MOSCOW will not allow the defeat of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. Custom ...

Opinion: Dealing with Putin, the outcast   Deutsche Welle
Russia threatening peace in Europe, warns Angela Merkel   Irish Independent
Putin's Loss of German Trust Seals the West's Isolation of Russia   TIME
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Russia expels Polish, German diplomats  Firstpost
Moscow, Nov 18 (IANS) Russia confirmed Monday that it had expelled a group of Polish and German diplomats in what Moscow called "responsive measures". "Polish authorities undertook the unfriendly and unfounded move. Due to that, Russia has ...

Russian espionage at Cold War levels   Sydney Morning Herald
Russia orders Polish diplomats out in tit-for-tat expulsions   Irish Times

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