en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-06-17 Ghana World

Donald Trump begins 2016 bid, citing his outsider status
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Inside the auditorium of Trump Tower — past the Trump Bar, the Trump Grill, the Trump Cafe and Trump's Ice Cream Parlor, beside the glass encasements selling Donald Trump neckwear and holding the basket of Donald Trump books — the ...

Mexico says Donald Trump's 'rapists' remarks are absurd   Telegraph.co.uk
Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he is running for US president   Sydney Morning Herald
Mexican government calls Trump's comments 'prejudiced and absurd'   Reuters
CNN
The Australian
New Zealand Herald
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Russia to boost nuclear arsenal, says Putin
DAWN.com
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would boost its nuclear arsenal by more than 40 intercontinental missiles this year, in a move slammed as “sabre-rattling” by Nato. The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia ...

Russia to increase nuclear arsenal as US plans more firepower in Europe   Washington Post
As Putin Talks More Missiles and Might, Cost Tells Another Story   New York Times
Putin pledges to expand supply of nukes   Irish Independent
Voice of America
The Australian Financial Review
Hindustan Times
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African campaigners urge end to "scandal" of child marriage in a generation
Reuters Africa
LONDON, June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a scandal that any family in a continent as rich as Africa, with its vast oil and mineral wealth, should be so poor they feel forced to sell their daughter, the African Union's (AU)goodwill ambassador on child ...

Is this the beginning of the end of child marriage?   CNN
WiLDAF calls for strict measures to prevent forced marriages   GhanaWeb
MISA celebrates the Day of the African Child, 2015   StarAfrica.com
AllAfrica.com
NTV Uganda
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Mohamed Morsi sentenced to death over jailbreak and other offences
Sydney Morning Herald
Cairo: Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morse was sentenced to both death and life in prison on Tuesday in two separate court cases that supporters say were based on trumped-up charges. An Egyptian court sentenced Morse to death on Tuesday on ...

Egypt court hands Mursi death sentence in blow to Muslim Brotherhood   Reuters
Death sentence upheld for Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi   Los Angeles Times
Morsy's death sentence upheld   The Hindu
Irish Examiner
Gulf Daily News
Salt Lake Tribune
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 Leader Killed in US Strike in Yemen
New York Times
CAIRO — A U.S. airstrike has killed al-Qaida's second-most-powerful figure, the head of its Yemeni branch, dealing the terror network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden at a time when it is vying with the Islamic State group for the mantle of ...

US confirms killing of Wahishi   DAWN.com
US 'decapitation' strikes have killed terrorist leaders, but not al-Qaida   Chicago Tribune
Why 'decapitation' strikes have killed terrorist leaders, but not al-Qaeda   Washington Post
BBC News
Wall Street Journal
CBS News
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Michelle Obama and Julia Gillard join forces to support education for girls
ABC Online
Former prime minister Julia Gillard and United States first lady Michelle Obama have paid a special visit to a London school to promote access to education for girls worldwide. The pair were at Tower Hamlets Mulberry School for Girls to promote Ms Obama's ...

US First Lady Michelle Obama meets Prince Harry at Kensington Palace on ...   Herald Sun
In London, Michelle Obama unveils education program for girls, has tea with ...   The Week Magazine
In London, Michelle Obama tells students, 'Your story is my story'   Washington Post
Irish Examiner
The Sun Daily
Christian Science Monitor
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Africa to fast-track women empowerment
Zambia Daily Mail
THE 25th African Union (AU) summit has closed with a strong reaffirmation to fast-track women empowerment, abolish child marriage and to fight gender-based violence (GBV). And AU chairperson Robert Mugabe says Sudan is a member of the AU and its ...

AU Calls for Further Postponement of Burundi Election   Voice of America
AU head Mugabe says international court unwelcome in Africa   The Daily Star

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Tunisia: Train Strikes Truck, Killing 18
New York Times
A Tunisian passenger train smashed into a semitrailer truck racing to cross the tracks early Tuesday, killing 18 people as two cars derailed. At least 86 people were injured when the speeding train hit the truck outside the town of Fahs, southwest of the capital, ...

17 dead as train hits truck blocking tracks in Tunisia   Telegraph.co.uk
18 dead, 98 hurt in Tunisia train crash   Sky News Australia
17 die in Tunisia train accident   Arab News
Fox News
Reuters Africa
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Ramadan to begin on Thursday in UAE
Khaleej Times
Earlier in the week, Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice, has issued a decision to set up the Moon-sighting committee for the Holy Month of Ramadan in Hijri 1436, corresponding to 2015. Abu Dhabi - The UAE Ramadan Moon Sighting Committee has ...

Ramadan starts Thursday in Saudi, Gulf, Jordan   ABS CBN News
Ramadan in UAE begins tomorrow: Moon Sighting Committee   Emirates 24/7
Muslims look for new moon, as sighted or set by science, to begin holy month of ...   Newsday
Inquirer.net
Sierra Express Media
Astro Awani
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Magna Carta at 800: A Promise Unfulfilled
The Real News Network
As the world marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, Michael Ratner says the promised guarantees of liberty are unfulfilled as our elected leaders continue to flout the law through indefinite detentions in Guantanamo, illegal wars and imprisonment of ...

Magna Carta's influence broad   Toronto Star
Thank Some Angry English Barons for Your Portfolio   MarketMinder
Eight Hundred Years of Forgetting: The Magna Carta   Dissident Voice
Lawyers.com Blog (blog)
Mirror.co.uk
The Australian
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