Daily International News
April 14, 2011
Northeast Asia
Koreas
NKorea celebrates founder Kim Il Sung’s birthday [AP]
North Korea Prepares to Indict American [NYT]
CSM Opinion: How the US is like North Korea [CSM]
Japan
Japan emperor makes first trip to disaster zone [AP]
Japan quake: Police search for bodies near plant [BBC]
Newseum gets Japan quake handwritten newspapers [AP]
Aftershocks Threaten More Damage to Crippled Japan Nuclear Plant [Bloomberg]
Sony considers two-week shutdown due to power shortages [BBC]
China
Paper: China accuses famed artist of tax evasion [AP]; Original: 因为涉嫌經濟犯罪,內地行為藝術家艾未未近日接受警方調查 [Wen Wei Po]
‘Stand-off’ at Tibetan monastery in Sichuan, China [BBC]
Taiwan universities accept Chinese mainland students [BBC]
China Policy Main Topic for the G-20 [NYT]
China FX reserves soar past $3 trillion, add to inflation [Reuters]
South/Central Asia
Pakistan would back Taliban office in Turkey, official says [Reuters]
India and Pakistan to resume sporting ties [Al Jazeera]
Pakistan Protests Latest U.S. Missile Strike as Tensions With CIA Increase [Bloomberg]
AP Exclusive: 2 French militants held in Pakistan [AP]
Karzai blasts ‘foreign agents’ for Afghan suicide attack [McClatchy]
Clinton warns NATO on speedy Afghan withdrawal [AP]
Middle East
UN Gaza report co-authors round on Goldstone [Guardian]
Israeli Foreign Minister Faces Indictment on Corruption Charges [NYT]
E.U. sanctions 32 Iranian officials for human rights abuses [WaPo]
U.S. Says Iran Helps Crackdown in Syria [WSJ]
Bahrain seeks to dissolve main opposition group [Reuters]
Yemen opposition spurns talks, sets Saleh deadline [Reuters]
Africa
Libya: Nato foreign ministers hold talks in Berlin [BBC]
Libya rebels say NATO must stop “massacre” in Misrata [Reuters]
Allies to step up military pressure on Libya [Al Jazeera]
Countries Agree to Try to Transfer Some of Qaddafi’s Assets to Libyan Rebels [NYT]
Egypt army reconsiders cases of jailed protesters [AP]
Russia criticises U.N. force role in Ivory Coast [Reuters]
Ugandan police fire teargas at food price protest [Reuters]
Uganda: Politician Kizza Besigye wounded at protest [BBC]
Europe
Silvio Berlusconi vows not to run for new term in 2013 [BBC]
Belarus says five detained after metro bombing [Reuters]
BRICS nations call for Russia to be admitted to WTO [Ria Novosti]
David Cameron: ‘I want good immigration, not mass immigration’ – video [Guardian]
Vince Cable attacks Cameron’s ‘very unwise’ immigration remarks [Guardian]
Phone hacking: senior News of the World journalist arrested [Guardian]
BP faces protests at shareholder meeting in London [AP]
Council of Europe criticizes treatment of migrants [AP]
Heavyweight directors at 2011 Cannes festival [AP]
Americas
Cuba faces its worst drought for 50 years [BBC]
Brazil police arrest Rio lawmaker for paramilitary ties [BBC]
Domestic
Obama Embraces Debt Commission Ideas, Shuns Ryan’s Medicare Plan [Bloomberg]
Gates Sets ‘Comprehensive Review’ to Find $400 Billion in Cuts [Bloomberg]
Obama’s Money Pump for 2012 Re-Election Bid Primed by Chicago [Bloomberg]
Obama announces framework for cutting deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years [WaPo]
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