en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-04-20 Ghana World

'Worst-ever' migrant shipwreck prompts calls for EU action
The Straits Times
ROME (AFP) - European Union (EU) ministers headed Monday into crisis talks under pressure to confront people-smuggling gangs, with more than 700 people feared dead in what may be the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant disaster to date.
EU Meets As Hundreds Feared Drowned Off Libya   Sky News
Boat capsizes, scores feared dead   Independent Online
Mediterranean boat capsize: UN calls for 'comprehensive' response   Business Standard
Reuters
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Islamic State video purported to show killing of Ethiopian Christians
Stuff.co.nz
New video purportedly released by Islamic State claims to show its militants shooting and beheading Ethiopian Christians in Libya. A new Islamic State video distributed on social media apparently shows the shootings and beheadings of two groups of ...

US slams 'brutal' purported massacre of Ethiopian Christians by IS   Bangkok Post
Christians beheaded and shot in IS video   Irish Examiner
Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: video   Reuters
Daily News & Analysis
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Whatever the Ayatollah Wants
Wall Street Journal
Give Ayatollah Ali Khamenei credit for knowing his opposition. Two weeks ago the Supreme Leader declared that Western sanctions had to be lifted immediately as a condition of a nuclear deal. And sure enough, on Friday President Obama said Iran would ...

Inspection of Iranian military sites should not even be imagined: IRGC   Tehran Times
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: United States created "myth of nuclear weapons"   UPI.com
Iran would reject nuclear inspections, military commander says, as Ayatollah ...   The Independent
Zee News
Press TV
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Egypt court demands death sentence for 11 fans
Goal.com
A court in Egypt moved closer towards imposing the death sentence on 11 fans accused of murder in the 2012 Port Said Stadium disaster after asking the country's Grand Mufti for permission to execute the men. The 11 Al-Masry fans were prosecuted in a ...

Death sentences upheld for 11 fans in retrial of defendants from Egypt football ...   Daily Mail
Egyptian court sentences 11 to death following 2012 football stadium riot which ...   The Independent
Capital punishment sought for 11 in Port Said stadium case   Arab News
Business Standard
Reuters Africa
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Human Rights Watch pans trial
Irish Examiner
The prosecution's evidence in a trial this month of 51 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt relied on the testimony of one police officer, says Human Rights Watch. The human rights group said the prosecution had presented little evidence to show ...

Ex-Egyptian President Faces Death Penalty in First Verdict over Protesters' Death   Daily Times Nigeria
HRW: Egypt mass trial relied on single witness testimony   JURIST
Mursi faces death in first verdict   Arab News
Anadolu Agency
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Asian, African mayors to exchange ideas on making cities smarter
Jakarta Post
Participating countries in the upcoming 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration (AACC) will make the most of the chance to hold meetings between relevant figures from the two continents, such as in terms of exchanging ideas on sustainable urban ...

Commentary: 60 Years On, Indonesia Looking to Repeat Bandung Success   Jakarta Globe

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Pakistani woman burned alive for leaving home without permission
RT
A Pakistani woman was burnt alive by her husband and his father because she left home without permission – the latest example of the country's brutal “honor killings.” Muhammad Siddique was arrested along with his father for immolating his 25-year old wife ...

Husband sets wife ablaze for 'disobeying'   Pakistan Today
Man sets wife on fire in Pakistan honour killing   The Asian Age
Pakistani Man Sets Wife on Fire for Leaving House Without Permission: Police   NDTV
Al-Arabiya
The Straits Times
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What the Oklahoma City Bombing means to us
Daily O'Collegian
It's not fair for us, a group of college students, to pretend to understand the pain of April 19, 1995. Even those of us who grew up in this state cannot act like we fully comprehend what it means. But maybe the beauty from these ashes, the sermon in this tragedy, ...

Tears, hope mark 20th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing   Tribune-Review
Service recalls 'darkest hour' when terror hit Oklahoma City   Columbus Dispatch
Oklahoma City Bombing, 20 Years Later   WGRZ-TV
Abccolumbia.com
KBTX
TVNZ
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Iran, Afghanistan announce cooperation against IS
DAWN.com
TEHRAN: Afghanistan and Iran announced on Sunday plans for enhanced security cooperation to combat threats from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, including possible joint military operations. Standing alongside visiting Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani, ...

Tehran, Kabul unveil anti-ISIS cooperation   The Daily Star
Iran, Afghanistan to co-operate over IS   Sky News Australia
Iran, Afghanistan agree on intelligence sharing in war on drugs, terror   Tehran Times
Times of Oman
Press TV
Business Standard
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Egyptian Given Life Sentence for 'Spying' for Israel
Arutz Sheva
Egyptian court sentences to jail a man convicted of “spying for Israel” in the Sinai Peninsula. By Elad Benari. First Publish: 4/20/2015, 3:16 AM. Israel-Egypt border (file). Flash 90. An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced to jail a man convicted of “spying for ...

Egypt sends Egyptian, two Israelis to life in prison for espionage   Al-Bawaba
Egyptian jailed for life on Israel spy charges   The Sun Daily
Latest from Iran   Press TV
Kuwait News Agency
The Times of Israel
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