Daily International News 05.05.11

Daily International News
May 5, 2011

Osama bin Laden
Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house [Reuters]
Pakistan army says US personnel to be cut [AP]
Pakistan gives warning against further raids [Al Jazeera]
Analysis – Legal questions remain over bin Laden killing [Reuters]
U.S. will stand by Pakistan, Clinton says [Reuters]
Obama Visits Ground Zero After Bin Laden Death [Bloomberg]
Fidel Castro criticizes US for bin Laden kill [AP]
China: Bin Laden burial ship applies to visit HK [AP]

Northeast Asia
Japan
Workers enter Japan reactor for 1st time since blast [Reuters]
China/Taiwan
Taiwan’s Ma: ‘Sooner or Later, Beijing Will Move Toward Democracy’ [Der Spiegel]
China boosts foreign investment in Latin America [BBC]
Ship hijacked with 24 Chinese crew in Arabian Sea [AP]
Pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang to arrive in Edinburgh in July [BBC]
Migrants push Beijing population to 19.6 million [AP]
Koreas
S.Korean Buddhists Deliver Aid to N.Korea [Chosun]
South Korea in final approval of EU trade deal [BBC]
Korea’s 1st Female Navy Patrol Pilot Goes to Work [Chosun]

Southeast Asia/Pacific
Vietnam quashes rare Hmong uprising lasting days [AP]
Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110 in Australia [BBC]
Indonesia economy grows by 6.5% in the first quarter [BBC]
Singapore leaders admit faults, face election test [AP]

Middle East
Clinton Leaves Door Open After Palestinian Deal [NYT]
Syrian troops ‘begin withdrawal’ from Deraa [Al Jazeera]
Two mid-level al Qaeda leaders killed in Yemen [Reuters]
Suicide bomber kills 20 policemen in central Iraq [AP]

Africa
Allies offer Libyan rebels cash lifeline [Reuters]
Egypt’s former interior minister sentenced [Al Jazeera]
Egypt’s new diplomacy worries Washington [Al Jazeera]
Red Cross finds mass grave in Ivorian city [Al Jazeera]
Canadian HR Org: Albinos in Tanzania murdered or raped as AIDS “cure” [Reuters]

Europe
Britain Votes on Changes to Election System [NYT]
AMAP: study warns of mercury in Arctic [AP]

Americas/Domestic
Earthquake rattles Mexico City and buildings shake [Reuters]
A foreign policy void in GOP 2012 field [AP]
Poll: Number of ‘birthers’ plummets [WaPo]
AP, Reuters sitting out GOP S.C. debate [POLITICO]
Obama Said to Consider Ambassador to India Roemer for Commerce Secretary [Bloomberg]
Brooklyn Enclave Helps New York Top L.A. as Diversity Capital [Bloomberg]