en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-02-18 Nigeria World

Dozens killed as suicide bombers strike northeast Nigeria
Deutsche Welle
Suicide attacks in Nigeria's northeast have killed dozens of people. Terrorist organization Boko Haram has meanwhile warned that it plans to disrupt the national election scheduled for next month. Two suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria killed at least 37 ...

Explosion Kills 37, Injures 23 At Biu Checkpoint Attack   Leadership Newspapers
Boko Haram Vows To Stop 2015 Elections   NAIJ.COM
How to help Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram   Washington Post
The News
Reuters
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Immigration debate slowed by another partisan sideshow
Los Angeles Times
A federal judge on Monday halted portions of President Obama's executive actions shielding more than 4 million immigrants in the country illegally from deportation. The administration has pledged to appeal. When it does, the courts should act with all due ...

Obama's legacy in hands of judges after legal blow to immigration action   Sydney Morning Herald
Immigration Action Rally Goes On In Denver Despite Judge's Ruling   CBS Local
Federal judge stalls Obama's immigration plans   USA TODAY
Law360 (subscription)
Hot Air
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Reuters

Haiti cancels last day of Carnival after 16 die in float accident
Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed and 78 injured early on Tuesday when a singer on a Carnival float hit an overhead power line in Port-au-Prince, setting off a stampede by bystanders, officials said. The tragedy in Haiti's capital ...

Carnival float accident claims 16 lives in Haiti   DAWN.com
Haitians attend remembrance ceremony, march silently to salute memory of ...   The Haitian-Caribbean News Network
Michel Martelly, Sophia Martelly, Evans Paul   U-T San Diego
ABS CBN News
BBC News
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AsiaOne

Security heightened at Nusa Kambangan prison ahead of executions
AsiaOne
Beefed-up security: Police officers mill about near the Wijaya Pura quay in Nusakambangan Island, Cilacap, Central Java, ahead of the planned executions of death row inmates convicted of drug trafficking.
Abbott appeals to Indon for Bali Nine   The Australian
Bendigo vigil held for Bali nine: Photos   West Coast Sentinel
Abbott 'grievously let down' if Jakarta executes Bali pair   The West Australian
9news.com.au
TVNZ
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Taliban bomber strikes near Lahore police HQ; 5 dead
The Nation
LAHORE - At least five people including a police sub-inspector were killed and 27 others wounded in a powerful explosion near Police Headquarters Qila Gujjar Singh at Empress Road on Tuesday. At least 27 people were also wounded in the blast which ...

Suicide blast case against three terrorists   DAWN.com
Bomb blast breaks windows of Excise and Taxation Office   Customs Today Newspaper
Five dead in bomb attack near police lines in Lahore   Business Recorder
The News International
Daily Times
VICE News
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Hungary Keeps Visit by Putin Low-Key as It Seeks to Repair Relations With West
New York Times
WARSAW — When Vladimir V. Putin played host at the Kremlin early last year to Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, the notion of a reciprocal visit that would bring the Russian president onto European Union soil seemed perfectly in keeping with a whole ...

'Europe non-competitive without Moscow': Hungary & Russia seek closer ...   RT
Russia's Putin visits Hungary in bid for support from EU member   Xinhua
A resolute US can win struggle with Putin   Boston Globe (subscription)
Deutsche Welle
NEWS.com.au
Business Recorder
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Islamist Faction in Libya Now Strikes From the Sky
New York Times
CAIRO — The Islamist-backed faction in Libya's civil conflict said Tuesday that it had carried out its first airstrike, targeting opponents in the town of Zintan in an escalation of the violence tearing the country apart. The attack occurred two days after the Islamic ...

EU: Libya must have dialogue and national unity to defeat terrorism   Libya Herald
Warplane strikes at western Libyan town Zintan: official   TODAYonline
Fear and silence as Libyan rifts deepen   The Daily Star
Seeking Alpha (registration)
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Canada hits Moscow with more sanctions over Ukraine
Channel News Asia
The new economic sanctions and travel bans target 37 Russian and Ukrainian individuals, as well as economic sanctions against 17 Russian and Ukrainian entities, including Rosneft. PHOTOS. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (AFP/Andrew Cowie).
Russian News Agency Director General Included in Canada's List of Sanctions   Sputnik International
Reuters: Fragile Ukraine truce boosts Russian rouble, bonds   Kyiv Post

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