watoday.com.au Poland has claimed its first Hopman Cup title after it beat the top-seeded USA team 2-1 in controversial final which featured Serena Williams smashing her racquet and and calling the umpire a ''liar''.

theguardian.com ''I address myself now to all the racists, Islamophobes and antisemites,'' said the brother of a Muslim policeman shot dead by terrorists. ''One must not confuse extremists with Muslims. Mad people have neither color or religion.''
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/10/charlie-hebdo-policeman-murder-ahmed-merabet


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bbc.com About 700,000 people are said to have taken part in marches across France following three days of deadly attacks in the Paris area. Seventeen people were killed in attacks on a satirical magazine, police officers and a kosher supermarket.

reuters A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and French sources said.

AP New York City will ban the use of plastic foam food and drink containers starting on July 1. New York will now be the largest city in the United States - following San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon - to prohibit the foam containers, which environmental groups have long decried as a hazard that clogs landfills.



AP The Burma (Myanmar) government's failure to prevent Buddhist-Muslim clashes and continued discrimination against the stateless Rohingya - an estimated 100,000 fled the country also known as Burma in the past two years - are at the top of a long list of enduring human rights concerns to be discussed as the top human rights envoy at the US State Department visits from Sunday.

worldbulletin.net The Thai government should urgently close down the camps in southern Thailand and prosecute government officials found to be complicit in trafficking from them, Human Rights Watch said. If the Burmese government refuses to accept the return of stateless Arakan migrants, the Thai government should release them as there is no legitimate reason to detain people solely for immigration violations who cannot be repatriated.



bangkokpost.com The Prayut Chan-o-cha cabinet's swift endorsement of eight digital and cyber-related draft laws has raised concerns among netizens and cyber experts over rights violations.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/455781/rights-advocates-slam-cyber-draft-laws

nationmultimedia.com The Thai Embassy in London has warned Thai expatriates and tourists to take precautions while going to landmarks in the United Kingdom, following terrorist attacks in France.

crawleynews.co.uk The families of two young men who were swept out to sea at Brighton in Britain overnight have paid a moving tribute to the friends: ''The dare was to stand near the sea but this was still too close as is evident in what happened.''

bangkokpost.com A 22-year-old Russian tourist was stabbed by an angry watch seller after refusing to buy a counterfeit item in Pattaya on Friday night, said police. Ivan Cherkashhin, 22, sustained a serious knife wound to his left rib cage in the attack that took place at a Starbucks coffee shop at the Central Pattaya Beach shopping mall.

news.com.au A stray bullet fired by police as they shot it out with gunman Man Haron Monis killed Katrina Dawson at the Lindt Cafe standoff in Sydney, police sources claim.

scmp.com Passengers on a flight to Beijing opened three emergency exits ''to get fresh air'' just moments before take-off after becoming irritated at delays caused by snow.

AP Tens of thousands of people are protesting in the eastern German city of Dresden against racism and for an open society. The protests came in reaction to weekly anti-Islamic demonstrations that have been taking place for months in Dresden.

thetimes.co.uk A bomb worn by a girl thought to be 10 years old has detonated in a Nigerian market, killing at least 16 people. Nobody has taken responsibility for the bombing, in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

bloomberg Apple Inc has changed the prices of software applications from Canada to Europe, in one of the company's more comprehensive global responses to currency swings in recent years.

metro.co.uk Scientists are looking to develop a universal cure for snake venom, starting with species in sub-Saharan Africa. By injecting particular amounts of extracted venom into livestock and then extracting the antibodies, scientists are able to create anti-venom.



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news.com.au The Darts Invitational Challenge was billed as one of the top darts events in Australia. Piles of chairs and tables were up-ended at Etihad Stadium as witnesses reported people being body slammed into furniture and others urinating in the middle of the stadium floor.

bangkokpost.com An early strike by Lazar Markovic was all Liverpool needed to take three points against Sunderland, who played almost the entire second half of Saturday's Premier League match with 10 men.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk An unconvincing 2-0 win in a game in which the visitors had the better chances and dominated for much of the first half may not live long in the memory but, with title rivals Manchester City only drawing at Everton, it puts the Blues two points clear at the head of the Barclays Premier League.

bbc.com New Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew says his team need more of the ''maverick'' spirit they showed in beating Tottenham 2-1 at Selhurst Park.

bbc.com Wolfsburg's Junior Malanda has died aged 20 in a car crash in Germany. The Belgium Under-21 midfielder had made 15 appearances for the German Bundesliga side this season, including against Everton in the Europa League.



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