Cricket-Australia bids farewell to Hughes in hometown funeral
Full Article Deccan Herald
03 Dec 2014

The funeral of Australian test cricketer Phillip Hughes began to the strains of a song entitled "Forever...

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Mourners gather for a memorial service at the Sydney Cricket Ground and look at some of the 63 bats with inscriptions detailing the career of cricketer Phillip Hughes in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014.
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updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Funeral for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes begins in hometown
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Town of Macksville prepares for Phil Hughes' funeral
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Tony Abbott arrives with the priest at the funeral of Philip Hughes
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Australian Player Phillip Hughes funeral: Australian cricketer gets emotional send-off
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Phillip Hughes' funeral @ Macksville
updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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The coffin of Phillip Hughes arrives in Macksville
Iran bombs Isis in Iraq, says US
Full Article The Guardian
03 Dec 2014

Pentagon says air strikes may be first of their kind and were not co-ordinated with US-led coalition against Islamic State ...

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Iran bombs Isis in Iraq, says US
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updated 16 Sep 2014; published 16 Sep 2014
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updated 03 Dec 2014; published 03 Dec 2014
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Iran bombs Islamic State targets in Iraq, says Pentagon
updated 24 Sep 2014; published 24 Sep 2014
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Obama administration seeks to overturn decision to release controversial Guantanamo Bay force-feeding footage
Full Article The Independent
03 Dec 2014

President Obama’s administration will ask a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling to release more than 30 videos depicting controversial force-feeding methods used on foreign prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay. The Justice Department has asked the US appeals court to overturn Judge Gladys Kessler decision to allow the release 32 videos...

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File - Detainees at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo observe morning prayer before sunrise inside Camp Delta, 28 October, 2009.
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updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Al Shabaab claims responsibility for murder of 36 Kenyans
Full Article The Times of India
02 Dec 2014

NAIROBI: Somali Al Shabaab militants said on Tuesday in a statement that they were behind the killing of 36 Kenyans in Mandera county in northern Kenya. In a statement issued from the southern port city of Kismayo in Somalia, the Islamist group said its fighters raided a quarry workers' camp at Koromey area in the...

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Soldiers of Kenya Defence Forces look over the bodies of Kenyans at a quarry in Mandera, Kenya, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014.
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updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Mandera Attack: Terror group Al Shabaab confirms it raided Koromei, Mandera
updated 22 Nov 2014; published 22 Nov 2014
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Kenya bus killings claimed by Somali group al Shabab
updated 23 Nov 2014; published 23 Nov 2014
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Members of the Al Shabaab terror group who killed 28 passengers in Mandera are killed too
updated 24 Nov 2014; published 24 Nov 2014
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Al Shabaab refutes claims by the Kenyan government that 100 militants were killed
updated 23 Nov 2014; published 23 Nov 2014
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Members of the Al Shabaab terror group who killed 28 passengers in Mandera are killed too
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Occupy Central urges Hong Kong protesters to retreat
Full Article BBC News
02 Dec 2014

The co-founders of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong have reiterated calls for protesters to retreat. Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming also said they would turn themselves in to police on Wednesday. Occupy Central initially led pro-democracy protests, but has receded as students continued with demonstrations. Student leader Joshua...

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Protesters are dispersed by police officers outside government headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.
photo: AP / Vincent Yu

updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Occupy Central leaders urge Hong Kong protesters to retreat
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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Occupy Central urges Hong Kong protesters to retreat
updated 02 Dec 2014; published 02 Dec 2014
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