Posts Tagged ‘ABC’
June 28, 2011
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June 6, 2011
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March 25, 2011
Posted in Daily News | Tagged ABC, afghanistan, African Union, AP, Assad, assange, AU, australia, bachmann, bahrain, BBC, bloomberg, BP, Burma, canada, carter, cherry blossom, china, chosun, christian science monitor, Congress, cote d'ivoire, CSM, dawn, dc, DPRK, earthquake, egypt, elbaradei, EU, european union, facebook, financial times, food aid, foreign policy, FP, FT, fukushima, Gadhafi, gates, gbagbo, goodluck jonathan, harper, hill, human rights, india, iran, iraq, islam, israel, ivory coast, j street, Japan, jimmy carter, kan, kim jong-il, kim jong-un, kore, kurram, leaks, libya, liu xianban, michigan, musveneni, myanmar, naoto kan, new york times, nigeria, nkorea, North Korea, nuclear, NYT, Obama, ouattara, Pakistan, palestine, palin, politico, portugal, potus, PRC, Qaddafi, quake, radiation, reuters, robert gates, ROK, rosneft, russia, saleh, samatha power, secdef, sendai, skorea, south korea, special forces, syria, time, today online, tokyo, tsunami, uganda, UN, UNHCR, united nations, wall street journal, WaPo, Washington Post, WFP, Wikileaks, world food program, WSJ, yemen, Yeonpyeong, zee news | Leave a Comment »
March 15, 2011
Posted in Daily News | Tagged abbas, ABC, afghanistan, all africa, AP, bahrain, bangladesh, BBC, bloomberg, chavez, china, CIA, clinton, corruption, cote d'ivoire, crowley, cuba, dalai lama, davis, department of defense, deutsche welle, dharamsala, DOD, DPRK, earthquake, economy, education, egypt, emergency rule, enrichment, EU, european union, FBI, financial times, FT, fukushima, G8, Gaddafi, Gaza, gbagbo, germany, grameen, guatemala, gun control, Gyanendra, hamas, HHDL, india, indonesia, iran, iraq, israel, issoufou, italy, ivory coast, Japan, japan times, kan, korea, kurdish, kurds, libel, libya, london, manning, mexico, microcredit, morocco, mueller, nanjing, naoto kan, nasdaq, nepal, netanyahu, new york times, niger, nkorea, no child left behind, North Korea, NRA, nuclear, NYSE euronext, NYT, Obama, olympics, oman, op-ed, ouattara, Pakistan, palestine, parcel bomb, paris, Pentagon, petraeus, pfc manning, pj crowley, potus, PRC, private manning, Qaddafi, Qadhafi, quake, reuters, saudi arabia, sendai, shanghai fire, six-party talks, state department, syphilis, tibet, tsunami, UK, venezuela, wall street journal, WSJ, WWII, xinhua, yuan, yunus | Leave a Comment »
February 15, 2011
Daily International News
February 15, 2011
FY2012 Budget
Looking at Budget Cuts with Pennies [ABC]
Highlights of the Obama Budget [NYT]
Gates on Pentagon Cuts, Implementing DADT, China’s Military Build-up [PBS]
Obama Budget Escapes Liberal Backlash, for Now [NYT]
“WHERE IT GOES” – Wall Street Journal’s calculations of proposed funds by department, compared with 2010: “Education, +21% … Energy, +18% … Veterans Affairs, +11% … State and other international programs, +8% … Treasury, +4% … Interior, no change … Defense, -3% … Health and Human Services, -3% … Housing and Urban Development, -3% … Homeland Security, -4% … Labor, -5% … Transportation, -9% … Agriculture, -14% … .Justice, -25% … Commerce, -34% [census has passed].”
Northeast Asia
China openly backs North Korea succession plan – report [Reuters]
NKorea’s Kim Jong Il turning to designer fakes? [AP]
US, South Korea Announce Major Military Exercises [VOA]
US admiral: Carrier killer won’t stop US Navy [AP]
Chinese inflation hits 4.9% pushed by high food prices [BBC]
Japan mass food poisoning fears in Hokkaido schools [BBC]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Thai Soldier Wounded in Skirmish on Thai-Cambodia border [BBC]
Talks begin to end 40-year Philippine insurgency [FT]
South/Central Asia
Pakistan softens on issue of American’s immunity [AP]
NAfrica/Middle East Protests
Egypt Initiates 10-Day Rewrite of Its Constitution [NYT]
Muslim Brotherhood to form political party; Egypt’s generals reach out to protest leaders [WaPo]
Tunisia migrants: Italy seeks EU cash over Lampedusa [BBC]
Yemenis trying to oust leader protest for 5th day [AP]
Second Man Dies in Bahrain Skirmishes [WSJ] and Bahrain protesters take control of main square [AP]
Middle East
Iran unrest: MPs call for death of Mousavi and Karroubi [BBC]
Clinton expresses US support for Iran protesters [BBC]
Africa
Rebels blamed after 11 slain in eastern Congo [AP]
Kenyan sailors welcomed after Somali pirate release [BBC]
Wagalla massacre: Raila Odinga orders Kenya probe [BBC]
China to build new Sudan airport in Khartoum [BBC]
211 killed: S.Sudan says Khartoum arming rebels [AP]
Europe
Russia Embraces Risky Offshore Arctic Drilling [NYT]
5 rebels, 3 police killed in Russia’s Caucasus [AP]
Spontaneous strike paralyzes public transport in Brussels [Deutsche Welle]
Silvio Berlusconi faces Ruby sex charge trial in April [BBC]
Americas
Amazon pollution: Chevron hits back in row with Ecuador [BBC]
Colombia nabs fully submersible drug submarine [AP]
Domestic
Dalai Lama nephew hit by car, killed on Fla. walk [AP]
Clinton to Promote Technology to Ensure Global Internet Freedom [Bloomberg]
Clinton picks new U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan [Reuters]
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January 27, 2011
Daily International News
January 27, 2011
Northeast Asia
US considers boosting force in Asia: Pentagon [JoongAng]
Koreas
US says China wants to contain NKorea [FT]
Expert: NKorea won’t see improved ties with SKorea [AP]
‘NK fatigue growing in China’ [Korea Times]
Defector Reflects on North Korea Through Art [WSJ]
China
China to step up controversial technology plans [AP]
China Will Face Crisis Within 5 Years, 45% of Investors in Global Poll Say [Bloomberg]
Japan
Japanese, US troops hold major war games [AP]
Volcano erupts in southern Japan [Xinhua]
Japan’s credit rating downgraded by Standard & Poor’s [BBC]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Shark nations failing on conservation pledges [BBC]
Australian government proposes temporary flood relief tax [Guardian]
South/Central Asia
Indian official Sonawane’s murder prompts mass protest [BBC]
Police: US consular official kills 2 gunmen in Pakistan [AP]
U.S. Lobbies Afghanistan to Release Christian Converts [WSJ]
N. Africa/Middle East Unrest-related
Unrest spells end to Mideast dynasties [FT]
Thousands rally in Yemen, joining Tunisia and Egypt in anti-government protests [Haaretz]
Tunisia may purge Ben Ali loyalists [Al Jazeera]
Obama Poised to Step Up Criticism of Mubarak If Crackdown Is Intensified [Bloomberg] and Mubarak ruling party says it’s ready for dialogue [AP]
ElBaradei to return as Egypt unrest enters third day [Reuters]
Middle East
Hezbollah-backed Lebanon PM seeks good US ties [AP]
Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in West Bank – witnesses [Reuters]
Bomb at Baghdad funeral in Shia Muslim area kills 37 [BBC]
Africa
Ugandan gay activist beaten to death after threats [Reuters]
Mandela, 92, hospitalized for tests in S. Africa [AP]
Europe
Alexander Lukashenko to be banned from EU [Guardian]
Russian Islamist wanted for Moscow blast – report [Reuters]
‘Second underage girl’ named in Berlusconi sex case [BBC]
At Davos, Sarkozy says he and Merkel will never abandon euro [Reuters]
Americas
Haiti Candidate Celestin Is Cut [WSJ]
Colombian coal mine blast kills 21 workers [BBC]
Domestic
US Utah ‘biological’ army base ‘locked down’ [BBC]
Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled [NYT]
Social Security fund will be drained by 2037 [AP]
Obama vows to end enforcement of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ this year [WaPo]
Harry Reid tells Obama he’s ‘wrong’ on earmarks and should ‘back off’ (video) [WaPo]
Sarah Palin turns Obama’s ‘Win the future’ into ‘WTF’ (video) [WaPo]
DHS to Scrap Color Code Terror Alerts by April [ABC]
Republicans want a return to workplace immigration raids [LAT]
To target Fox News over ‘Nazi’ label, rabbis make use of Murdoch’s other media [WaPo]
Senate tea party: Members wanted [POLITICO]
Michele Bachmann poses challenge for GOP [POLITICO]
Snowstorm Wallops Northeast, Piling on the Misery [ABC]
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January 19, 2011
Daily International News
January 19, 2011
Hu-Obama Summit
Op-ed: Mr. Obama, speak up for human rights in China [WaPo]
Obama pressured to speak out on China human rights [Reuters]
Clinton: Building trust with Beijing a must for US [AP]
The Weekly Standard: Liu Matters, Hu Doesn’t [NPR]
President Obama to Announce Jointly Funded Center for Nuclear Security in China [ABC]
Ballmer, Blankfein Invited by Obama to Hu Discussion on Business in China [Bloomberg]
Northeast Asia
Top Pentagon Asia official, Gregson, to step down [FP]
China
Report: China largely restores aircraft carrier [AP]
China’s Internet population rises to 457 million [AP]
Chinese Firm to Invest in North Korea [WSJ]
Chinese consumer price inflation ‘down to 4.6%’ [BBC]
Koreas
N. Korea working on uranium enrichment ‘since 1990s’ [AFP]
South Korea seeks longer-range missiles – report [Reuters] and Korea, U.S. negotiate revision of pact on missiles [JoongAng]
Kim and Jong-un get beefed up security [JoongAng]
Defector Offers Insights into N.Korean Arms Buildup [Chosun]
Japan
Japan wants China leadership on North Korea [Reuters]
Sugiyama, Japan’s point man on N.Korea to visit China [Straits Times via AFP]
Donations pour into Okinawa city after gov’t withdraws funds tied to hosting U.S. base [Mainichi]
Sting meets dolphin advocate, hopes for debate [AP]
Southeast Asia
Group says survey confirms Myanmar rights abuses [AP] – a link to the report is here
South/Central Asia
Judges seek delay in opening Afghan parliament [AP]
Bomb blast kills 20 Afghan civilians in southeast [Reuters]
Afghan journalist attacked with acid [AP]
Scandal-hit India PM skirts major cabinet changes [Reuters]
Middle East
Hariri tribunal: Saudi Arabia quits Lebanon mediation [BBC]
Powers to press defiant Iran in nuclear row [Reuters]
Insurgents Renew Attacks on Iraqi Security Troops [NYT]
Lebanon Shows Shift of Influence in Mideast [NYT]
Africa
Arab League chief says Tunisia is dire warning [AP]
Tunisia probes foreign assets of deposed leader [AP]
AU’s Odinga says Ivory Coast mediation fails [Reuters]
DR Congo army commander ‘led mass rape’ in Fizi [BBC]
Europe
Former Swiss banker linked to WikiLeaks goes on trial [Reuters]
New UK law means queen’s secrets to stay that way [AP]
UK unemployment total rises further [BBC]
Ministers seek to answer critics as NHS bill published [BBC]
Euro MPs adopt cross-border healthcare law [BBC]
Germany approves anti-dioxin action plan [Reuters]
Americas
Haiti election officials downplay OAS conclusion [AP]
From 01/18 Bolivia launches coca leaf diplomatic offensive [BBC]
Deal ends Chile Magallanes gas protest [BBC]
Domestic
SOTU: State of the Seating Chart [WaPo]
Lieberman Is Said to Decide Against Seeking Re-Election to Senate in 2012 [Bloomberg]
Sen. Kent Conrad retirement boosts GOP Senate hopes [Politico]
House Republicans Move to Dismantle Obama’s Health-Care Law [Bloomberg]
Issa Said to Consider Focusing First Hearing on TARP Inspector’s Report [Bloomberg]
FBI: Bomb found on MLK march route [MSNBC]
Parenting by Gays More Common in the South, Census Shows [NYT]
Goldman Sachs profits down by half on weak debt trading [BBC]
Apple makes record profits of $6bn in last three months [BBC]
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