en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-02-17 Malaysia World

Strong quake hits northern Japan, tsunami and evacuation warnings issued
Al-Arabiya
Local resident evacuees are seen at the gymnasium of Kamaishi elementary school after an evacuation warning was issued for coastal towns in Iwate prefecture in northeastern Japan after a tsunami warning. (Reuters) ...

Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off northeast Japan, near areas hit by devastating ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Minor Tsunami Hits Japan After 6.8 Quake: Agency   NDTV
Tsunami advisory lifted after offshore magnitude-6.9 earthquake in Japan   CTV News
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Brisbane Times
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Egypt strikes Libya jihadists
Sky News Australia
Cairo has carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya after the jihadists posted a video showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians. Egypt said a 'tough intervention' was needed and with France called on the UN Security Council ...

Egypt bombs IS targets in Libya   Gulf Daily News
Pope condemns beheadings   Independent Online
Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya   The Nation
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Outrage as Jewish cemetery vandalised in eastern France
Irish Independent
Hundreds of graves have been vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what French President Francois Hollande called an "odious and barbaric" anti-Semitic act against French values.
Five French teens held for vandalising Jewish graves   DAWN.com
France 'at war with Islamo-fascism', says prime minister   Irish Times
Former French FM condemned for saying PM Valls under wife's 'Jewish influence'   Jerusalem Post Israel News
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Haaretz
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Migrant Group Defends Indonesian Maid Program
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A migrant group is raising alarms about President Joko Widodo's plan to gradually stop sending Indonesians to work abroad as maids, calling it “discriminatory” against women. Millions of Indonesian women leave for comparatively higher paid work in ...

Indonesia wants to stop women going abroad as maids after abuse: Media   Bharat Press

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Execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will ...
ABC Online
A grief specialist says many Australians will feel a sense of loss at the executions of convicted drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, despite never knowing them. Chan and Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine ...

Australia's past prime ministers plead for lives of Bali pair   The Guardian Nigeria
PHL calls on Indonesia to delay execution of Pinoy   GMA News
Moving Bali nine pair an 'injustice', say lawyers   The New Daily
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TripleM Sydney (blog)
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NDTV

Sri Lanka Wins Delay Over UN War Crimes Report
NDTV
Sri Lanka's new government won a six-month delay on Monday in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes, after the UN human rights chief praised its willingness to open the country up to scrutiny. The Sri Lankan government forces have been ...

UN delays report on Sri Lanka war crimes   Sydney Morning Herald
Sri Lanka UN war crimes report delayed until September   The Guardian Nigeria
Sri Lanka's human rights report by UN to be delayed till September 2015   Lanka Business Online
SLBC
Deutsche Welle
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Turkish woman Ozgecan Aslan's murder sparks anti-violence campaign ...
The Guardian
Istanbul protest on February 14, 2015, against the murder of 20-year-old Ozgecan Aslan. Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images. Helen Davidson · @heldavidson. Monday 16 February 2015 21.04 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

Turkey: President Condemns Violence Against Women After Student's Killing   New York Times
Turkey's outcry over tragic murder of Özgecan Aslan   Fethiye Times
Death of Ozgecan Aslan stokes anger over violence against women in Turkey   Sydney Morning Herald
CBC.ca
Daily Sabah
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Ukraine ceasefire fragile after weapons withdrawal stalemate
Deutsche Welle
Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian army have so far refused to withdraw their heavy weapons despite a peace accord signed last week. The ceasefire has been strained as fighting continued in eastern Ukraine. Locals walk past a destroyed Ukrainian army ...

Ukraine deal on verge of collapse as battles rage   Irish Independent
Ukraine ceasefire may collapse as fighting rages on   Times of India
Russia and the global order   The Nation
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Irish Examiner
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