en_il-hotdailynews: 2014-12-16 Israel World

Islamic leaders say Australians have risen above fear in wake of Sydney siege
The Guardian
Australian Islamic representatives have expressed optimism that the Sydney siege will not trigger an escalation of physical and verbal attacks on Muslims, despite sporadic threats made during the unfolding crisis. Man Haron Monis, long viewed as a fringe ...

Sydney siege gunman was known to Australian authorities   Los Angeles Times
Rob Griffith / AP   Toronto Star
Gunman in Sydney hostage crisis was known to police: PM   Business Standard
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Hong Kong police clear a few final protesters from streets
Los Angeles Times
Four days after police cleared the streets around Hong Kong government headquarters of nearly all pro-democracy protesters, authorities on Monday moved against two small bands of holdouts. In the morning, hundreds of police officers descended upon a ...

China 'recruiting retired cops to spy on HK's democrats'   TODAYonline
HK police restore downtown traffic after clearing all occupy sites   Xinhua
Police arrest 17 during clearance of last Hong Kong protest camp   Telegraph.co.uk
Hong Kong Standard
Chicago Tribune
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Man arrested in Belgium for false claims in Ghent hostage case
Zee News
Brussels: An 18-year-old man has been detained on charges of filing a false report over an alleged hostage situation in the northern Belgian city of Ghent Monday. Police were called to the scene of the alleged hostage situation Monday morning following a ...

Belgian police storm apartment to end Ghent siege   Business Standard
Belgium 'hostage siege' may have been false alarm   Expatica Belguim
Video: Belgium siege - Hostage released from Ghent apartment   Belfast Telegraph
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Merkel warns Germans not to be duped by far right rhetoric
Irish Independent
Participants hold banners and German national flags during a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA. The banner reads reads, "Bye, bye political parties. Power to us citizens. Add a referendum to the constitution" (REUTERS/Hannibal ...

Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West quickly gathering ...   Brisbane Times
15000 join anti-Islam protest in Germany   Inquirer.net
15000 join anti-Islam protest in eastern Germany   Business Standard
GMA News
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2 Military Bases in Syria Fall to Rebels
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Two important Syrian military bases in northwest Idlib Province, under rebel siege for two years, fell on Monday to an alliance of insurgent forces led by the Nusra Front, the Islamist militant group aligned with Al Qaeda, fighters and activist ...

Al Qaeda takes two military bases in Syria   DAWN.com
Al Qaeda-linked fighters seize two Syrian army bases   Los Angeles Times
http://www.wsj.com/articles/al-qaeda-linked-syria-rebels-capture-two-military ...   Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Welle
Daily Mail
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Muslim Brotherhood Beliefs Justify Radicals: Former Islamic Jihad Leader
Sputnik International
Former leader of an Islamist group active in Egypt since the late 1970's said that the radical Islam promoted by members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization in Egypt are simply a justification for extremist acts. MOSCOW, December 16 (Sputnik) – The ...

Muslim clerics slam Interpol bid on Egypt-born preacher   Daily Mail
Egypt to try hundreds of civilians in military courts   Reuters Africa
Egypt to try 40 civilians in military courts over protests   swissinfo.ch

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10 arrested in France for recruiting nationals for jihad
Business Standard
French anti-terror police Monday dismantled a recruiting network for Syria jihad and arrested 10 people on allegations of sending nationals to fight alongside Islamist insurgents in the Arab-torn country, interior ministry said. In a nationwide raid, police units ...

French police stop network sending jihadis to Syria   The Daily Star
French police arrest 10 suspects on recruiting nationals for Jihad in Syria   GlobalPost
French police dismantle network sending jihadist fighters to Syria   The Guardian Nigeria
Voice of America
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Plan to 'freeze' fighting in Aleppo supported by EU foreign ministers
Irish Times
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have given their backing to a UN-led “freeze” in the city of Aleppo, in a bid to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria, which has become embroiled in Islamic State's offensive in the Middle East. Following ...

EU backs UN plan for Syrian truce   The Daily Star
EU backs UN drive for Aleppo ceasefire   Daily Mail
Assad strangles Aleppo as fresh refugee crisis looms   The Times (subscription)
Reuters
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US, Iran hold bilateral n-talks in Geneva
Business Standard
Officials from the US and Iran held bilateral meetings here Monday over the latter's disputed nuclear programme, weeks after the failure to meet a Nov 24 deadline for a comprehensive nuclear deal. An official with the US Mission here confirmed that Monday's ...

Iran's President Pledges to Face Down Forces Opposing a Nuclear Deal   New York Times
Analysis: 'One-handed economist' needed to end Iran's nuclear weapons program   Jerusalem Post
Iran Nuclear Program Update: The EU and US confirmed the talks will resume ...   Tehran Chronicle
The Daily Star
Tehran Times
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Russia blasts 'hostile' US Congress sanctions
AsiaOne
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Villa Taverna in Rome. Print. MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday branded new sanctions approved by the US Congress against Russia as ...

Leadership in Russia: The Putin Paradigm   Forbes
Dems, GOP press Obama to back Russian sanctions   Charlotte Observer
White House still weighing Russia sanctions bill   Fox News
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