en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-02-24 Israel World

US jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $290m
Stuff.co.nz
Palestine Liberation Organisation's defence lawyer Mark Rochon exits the Manhattan Federal Courthouse following a jury's decision in New York. A US jury has found the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting ...

US jury orders Palestinians to pay $218   Press TV
Verdict against Palestinian Authority could spell trouble for Abbas at ICC   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Palestinian authorities fined after conviction on terror charge   The Times (subscription)
Brisbane Times
The Times of Israel
Washington Post (blog)
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Top UK officials Jack Straw, Malcolm Rifkind exposed in sting, deny 'cash for ...
Zee News
London: Former British foreign secretaries Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind on Monday sought to defend themselves after they fell for a sting laid by journalists and were caught on tape offering their services to private firms in return for cash. While Jack ...

MP in money for access sting, says it's 'unrealistic' to live on £67k a year   Irish Independent
British political grandees' careers in tatters over lobbying sting   The Australian (blog)
Sting on sticky fingered Straw and Rifkind: the murk thickens   For Argyll
Irish Times
Irish Examiner
Daily Mail
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Thousands of Egyptians flee Libya after beheading of 21 Coptic Christians by ...
ABC Online
Almost 15,000 Egyptians have fled war-torn Libya via a single border crossing in the wake of Islamic State's murder of 21 Coptic Christians, Egyptian state media says. Last week Egyptian and Libyan warplanes hit IS targets inside Libya after the jihadists ...

Christian mercy for Islamic State   BBC News
Seven killed in Egyptian air strikes on Libyan city   Stuff.co.nz
Mideast updates   Haaretz
Arab News
The Daily Star
Huffington Post
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AsiaOne

France seizes passports of would-be jihadis
The Daily Star
PARIS: Six French citizens have had their passports confiscated and 40 more will be banned from leaving the country as Europe cracks down on would-be jihadis planning to travel to Syria and Iraq. This is the first time France has resorted to the measure ...

France confiscates passports of 6 'Syria-bound' citizens   euronews
France Seizes 6 Passports Under Antiterrorism Law   New York Times
Passport control: Two cases test new anti-terrorism tactics in France, UK   Christian Science Monitor
ABC Online
Al-Bawaba
News24
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US reviews anti-IS effort
The Nation
ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE - A French aircraft carrier launched operations against the Islamic State group on Monday as the new Pentagon chief summoned top generals and diplomats to Kuwait to review the war effort. US Defence Secretary ...

French aircraft carrier joins fight as US reviews anti-IS effort   DAWN.com
Defense Chief Vouches for US Strategy on ISIS   New York Times
Defense Chief Looks Beyond Pentagon to Review IS Strategy   Bloomberg
TIME
The Straits Times
Channel News Asia
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See Photos: Military Arrests B'Haram “Shekau” Wearing A Woman Dress
Osun Defender
Troops involved in the ongoing counter terrorism operation in the North-East have arrested a number of terrorists who disguised as women in Baga, Borno State. Baga, the headquarters of the Multi National joint Task Force, was captured by the insurgents in ...

Troops Capture Terrorists Disguised As Women In Baga   Leadership Newspapers
Child bomber kills 4 in market   Irish Examiner
Boko Haram: Blame politicians, not military –Shettima   Daily Sun
Christian Science Monitor
Nigerian Tribune
Zee News
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Monument at northern France synagogue vandalized
Haaretz
A Holocaust-era monument at a synagogue in northern France was destroyed in a vandalism incident. The vandalism at the synagogue in Elbeuf was discovered last week, the news website normandie-actu.fr reported. Red paint was thrown on yellow stars ...

French president's address to Jewish group overshadowed by row with Muslims   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Hollande promises harsher penalties for hate speech   Deutsche Welle
French president Hollande vows stiffer penalties for hate speech   Times of India
swissinfo.ch
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Stripping citizenship from home-grown terrorists undermines core Australian ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott's announcement this week that he plans to remove citizenship from home-grown terrorists will be greeted enthusiastically by sections of the Australian public. It is not hard to understand why. Those who join organisations like Islamic State or ...

PM stirring up Islamophobia says human rights lawyer   3AW
Australia to launch new counter-terror strategy   Irish Times
Federal Govenment plans new anti-terror measures   ABC Online (blog)
Taipei Times
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Senior Muslim Cleric Calls For Islamic Teaching Overhaul to Curb Extremism
Newsweek
Al-Azhar university's grand imam of Cairo linked misinterpretations of the Koran to religious extremism. Amr Abdallah/Reuters. Filed Under: World, Sunni, Islam, Islamic State, Egypt, Al-Azhar. One of the Sunni Islamic world's most senior religious clerics said ...

No to terror   Arab News
Moderate Sunni Islam leader blames Zionism and 'new colonialism' for Middle ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Muslims are overwhelmed by propaganda from all around.   Saudi Gazette

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When justice serves political aims
Deutsche Welle
An Egyptian court has sentenced civil rights activist Alaa Abdel Fatah to five years in prison for taking part in a prohibited demonstration. The verdict is a setback for the country, says DW's Kersten Knipp. Ägypten Alaa Abd el-Fattah Blogger. The verdict was ...

Egyptian Court Jails Prominent Activist For Five Years   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Egypt jails 2011 revolt activist Abdel-Fattah   The Daily Star
Egyptian court sentences blogger and activist to 5 years in prison   Times of India (blog)
NPR (blog)
The Australian (blog)
CNN
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