What We’re Reading — The Year’s Great Reads
Date: 29 December 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, the year’s great reads from Dean Baquet and others.
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Syria and France Said to Be Deadliest for Journalists in 2015
Date: 30 December 2015
By RICK GLADSTONE
Rick GLADSTONE
Committee to Protect Journalists reports at least 69 journalists were killed in line of duty in 2015, with Islamic militant groups like Al Qaeda NS Islamic State responsible for 40 percent of deaths; says Syria and France were two deadliest countries.
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Syrian Journalist Who Documented ISIS Atrocities Is Killed in Turkey
Date: 29 December 2015
By KARAM SHOUMALI
Karam SHOUMALI
Syrian reporter and filmmaker Naji Jerf is killed in Gaziantep, Turkey, day before he and his family were set to fly to France seeking asylum; rights advocates call Jerf’s death an assassination, saying it was tied to his criticism of Islamic State and Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad.
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Giant Squid, Elusive Creature of the Deep, Gets a Vivid Close-Up
Date: 30 December 2015
By AMISHA PADNANI
Amisha PADNANI
Video footage captures rare sighting of juvenile giant squid in Toyama Bay near Tokyo; squid is estimated to be about 12 feet long, and as adult can grow to more than 40 feet in length.
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For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions
Date: 30 December 2015
By NOAM SCHEIBER and PATRICIA COHEN
Noam SCHEIBER
Richest Americans have financed sophisticated apparatus for protecting their wealth from taxation, in effect creating private tax system accessible only to them; ultra-wealthy pay millions to network of lawyers, estate planners and lobbyists engaged in exploiting tax loopholes and influencing laws; system has resulted in dramatic decrease in taxes paid by wealthy, from 27 percent of income in mid-1990s to 17 percent in 2012; many involved in financing tax schemes are among biggest 2016 presidential candidate supporters.
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