Posts Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’
August 16, 2011
Daily International News
August 16, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan
Hurdles must be overcome before DPJ forms grand coalition [Mainichi]
Koreas
US, SKorea begin war drills aimed at NKorea [AP]
Canada tightens sanctions against North Korea [Reuters]
N. Korea installs CCTV cameras near border with China to thwart defections [Yonhap]
Seoul says OK to have troops on disputed isles, takes issue with Noda [Kyodo]
School’s out for S Korean kids [Al Jazeera]
China
China launches 2-month Xinjiang terror crackdown [AP]
Protest Over Chemical Plant Shows Growing Pressure on China From Citizens [NYT]
Visiting Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets Hong Kong Chief Executive [Xinhua]
Railways ministry spokesman Wang Yongping dismissed from office: ministry [Xinhua]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Qantas to slash 1,000 jobs, start new Asia airline [AP]
FBI arrests man over ‘collar bomb’ hoax [Al Jazeera]
Australia carbon tax protest targets Julia Gillard [BBC]
‘Toxic chemical link’ to Thailand hotel deaths [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Indian anti-graft activist arrested as protests spread [Reuters]
Gunman kills Afghan woman working for government [AP]
Nepal’s two major parties announce candidates for prime minister [Kyodo]
Middle East
Abbas confirms to make U.N. statehood bid in September [Reuters]
Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip [Al Jazeera]
Gunfire in Syrian coastal city; 35 dead in 4 days [AP]
Bahrain rights body shuts doors after protest crowd [Reuters]
Egypt Deploys Soldiers to North Sinai [NYT]
7 pulled from Iraqi mosque, killed execution-style [AP]
Africa
Gaddafi forces fire Scud missile – U.S. official [Reuters]
UN probing theft of Somalia food aid [Al Jazeera]
South Sudan offers Somalia African Union troops [BBC]
Guinea’s President Conde pardons jailed activists [BBC]
Eritrean leader Afewerki in ‘peace trip’ to Uganda [BBC]
Zimbabwe “kingmaker” general killed in fire [Reuters]
Europe
Statoil announces huge North Sea oil discovery [AP]
Top Tabloid Editors Endorsed Hacking, Letter Says [NYT]
Britain Charges 16-Year-Old with Murder in Riots [NYT]
German economic slowdown raises fresh eurozone fears [Guardian]
Merkel, Sarkozy meet as euro economy stalls [AP]
Americas
El Salvador’s gangs join drugs trade [Al Jazeera]
Bolivians march against development plan [Al Jazeera]
Canadian armed forces to be ‘royal’ once again [BBC]
Domestic
Fitch affirms U.S. at AAA, outlook stable [Reuters]
Supercommittee runs risk of turf war [POLITICO]
U.S. ambassador to Brazil called back to oversee the Foreign Service [FP]
Poll: 13 percent approve of Congress [POLITICO]
Can’t miss: Top stops on 2012 trail [POLITICO]
Perry Says Bernanke Spending Before Election Would Be ‘Almost Treasonous’ [Bloomberg]
Pawlenty’s Top NH Aide Joins Huntsman [TPM]
Sarah Palin tour comes to abrupt halt [POLITICO]
Clinton Fundraisers Step Up to Fill Obama Re-Election Account [Bloomberg]
On mortgage rates, Obama wants proposal for how government can keep big role [WaPo]
Today: The Last Two Wisconsin Recalls (For Now) [TPM]
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July 19, 2011
Daily International News
July 19, 2011
ASEAN Regional Forum
Clinton with no plans to meet N. Korean FM in Bali: State Dept. [Yonhap]
Asian ministers discuss South China Sea, security [AP]
ASEAN Ministers Urged to Pursue Early Agreement on China Sea [VOA]
Northeast Asia
Japan
Japan bans Fukushima beef shipments [BBC]
Japan’s crippled nuclear plant reaches stability [AP]
Typhoon Ma-On hits Japan [Al Jazeera]
Koreas
Ruling party leader sees little progress in resumption of inter-Korean talks [Yonhap]
EU seeks nuke-free N. Korea with better human rights record [Kyodo]
S. Korea expected to approve civilian flour aid for N. Koreans [Yonhap]
North Korea fakes news photo again [Korea Herald]
S. Korean premier expresses ‘deep regret’ on islet flap with Japan [Kyodo]
China/Taiwan
Xinjiang police attack was terrorism, China says [BBC] and Several rioters gunned down in Xinjiang police station attack [Xinhua]
China protests planned Philippine trip to Spratlys [AP]
China’s Xi vows to speed up Tibet’s development while fighting separatism [Xinhua]
Taiwan under threat of 1,400 Chinese missiles: report [Kyodo]
China executes corrupt Hangzhou and Suzhou officials [BBC]
China’s online population rises to 485 million [AP]
Baidu signs deal with music labels [BBC]
Southeast Asia
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi leads memorial march for father [AP]
Myanmar marks 64th anniversary of Martyr’s Day, Suu Kyi attends [Kyodo]
9 feared dead after helicopter crash on Thai-Myanmar border [Kyodo]
Philippines extrajudicial killings continue, says HRW [BBC]
Malaysian ‘teapot cult’ woman loses Islam legal bid [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Clinton in India for Talks on Regional Security, Nuclear Trade [Bloomberg]
Clinton pushes India on nuclear law, market access [Reuters]
US will press Pak as ‘hard’ as possible on terror: Hillary Clinton [Times of India]
Pakistan gets 1st woman foreign minister [Kyodo]
NATO gives security to Afghans in eastern capital [AP]
Middle East
10 reported killed in Syrian shooting at funeral [AP]
Syria faces tougher sanctions from EU [Al Jazeera]
Iran says it is installing ‘better’ nuclear centrifuges [BBC]
Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound yacht [Reuters]
Africa
Egypt cabinet to be sworn in on PM’s return – sources [Reuters]
US and Libya in face-to-face talks [Guardian]
Leaked report hints at Sudan war crimes [Al Jazeera]
Size of crisis slows Somalia relief efforts [Al Jazeera]
Guinean president escapes assassination bid at home [Reuters]
Gbagbo loyalists ‘no longer a threat’ in Ivory Coast [AFP]
Europe
Murdochs promise day of political theatre [FT]
News Corp. Said to Consider Elevating Chase Carey to CEO [Bloomberg]
Sean Hoare death: postmortem being held on hacking whistleblower [Guardian]
European policymakers struggle for united front to save Greece [Guardian]
Ivo Sanader, Croatia’s ex-PM, extradited from Austria [BBC]
Swiss trial opens for 3 accused eco-terrorists [AP]
Strauss-Kahn daughter questioned in French probe [AP]
Cyprus president asks minister to stay on as coalition falters [Reuters]
Pope accepts archbishop’s resignation due to sex scandal [AP]
Americas
Chile’s President Pinera changes team after protests [BBC]
Chavez to run in 2012 poll, says Venezuela minister [BBC]
Domestic
Clinton Exclusive: I would use 14th amendment to raise debt ceiling [National Memo]
Debt Deal Search Intensifies [WSJ]
GOP split over McConnell plan [POLITICO]
‘Cut, cap and balance’ unlikely to end debt ceiling struggle [CNN]
The scramble for South Carolina [POLITICO]
Cain: Romney’s religion a bar to GOP nod [TWT]
Sen. Chuck Schumer tries reviving immigration bill [POLITICO]
Warren mulls run against Scott Brown [The Hill]
Atlantis shuttle undocks from space station [BBC]
Yao set to retire from basketball Wednesday [AP]
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January 7, 2011
Daily International News
January 7, 2011
Northeast Asia
China
Chinese president to visit U.S. from Jan. 18 to 21: FM [Xinhua]
US to renew military ties with a rising China [AP]
China military modernisation gathers pace [BBC]
China’s development of stealth fighter takes U.S. by surprise [LA Times]
Koreas
What to get NKorean heir apparent on his birthday [AP]
US envoy says he had productive talks on Koreas [AP]
Two Koreas and U.S. militaries lower alert – report [Reuters]
S. Korea repatriates 3 N. Koreans who strayed across sea border [Yonhap]
Japan
Japan, U.S. agree to start work on setting new strategic goals [Mainichi]
Japan to begin building facilities on southernmost island Okinotori [Mainichi]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Indonesian police jailed for 10 years in terror trial [BBC]
Floodwaters slowly recede in eastern Australia [CNN]
Laos general and Hmong leader Vang Pao dies in exile [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Key Party Rejoins Pakistan’s Coalition [NYT]
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev rejects plan to scrap elections [BBC]
Suicide attack kills 17 in southern Afghanistan [AP]
Middle East
EU spurns offer of Iran nuclear sites tour [BBC]
Mossad chief: Iran won’t go nuclear before 2015 [AP]
New Israeli military technology speeds up warfare [AP]
Palestinians: Israeli troops mistakenly kill man [AP]
Mubarak says Israel must revise position on talks, warns against new Gaza war [Jordan Times]
In Iraq, apprehension ahead of speech by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr [WaPo]
Africa
South Sudan holds final rallies ahead of secession vote [BBC]
Ghana president questions Ivory Coast military option [BBC]
Egypt on alert as Copts celebrate Christmas [BBC]
Europe
UK air and rail terror threat level raised to severe, reports say [Guardian]
Eurozone economy suffers growth slowdown [BBC]
Germany halts poultry, pork, egg sales in scare [AP]
Americas
Venezuela’s parliament opens amid protests, insults [McClatchy]
Dominican Republic resumes deportation of Haitians [BBC]
Brazil’s real eases after short-selling curbs [FT]
Eight die as gunmen attack bus in Honduras [BBC]
Domestic
Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength [WaPo]
U.S. Sends Warning to People Named in Cable Leaks [NYT]
At Obama White House, Back to the Future [NYT]
Bill Daley’s Real Agenda: Obama’s Reelection [Daily Beast]
In another move to center, president to name Sperling as economic adviser [Hill]
Veteran Journalist Thomas Resumes Column in News-Press [FCNP]
US banks get nod for China securities [FT]
Unemployment drops sharply to 9.4% [WaPo]
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December 10, 2010
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October 22, 2010
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February 12, 2010
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February 2, 2010
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August 5, 2009
Welcome to Politics – Pwn3d! In case you’re not aware, ‘pwn’ (variations: ‘pwnd,’ ‘pwn3d’) is an extremely nerdy, slightly outdated tech-y word that means ‘owned.’ [Owned in this case denoting mastered, appropriate, conquer, gain ownership, etc] Therefore, ‘pwn3r’ means ‘owner,’ or one who has mastered such and such.
I’ve never done a serious one of these…well, since I was a nerdy young kid in LA writing on Xanga. Back then I was KitCat, then I was LaurenWntsaBagel, now it’s all about the politics, baby.
I’m not even going to START on this whole Laura Ling and Euna Lee thing though. That’s all I lived, breathed, and even woke up to. Personally, I am torn on the issue. Before knowing the ins and outs of the issue, I felt like most everyone else felt – angry that they were arrested, shocked that there wasn’t more media coverage (a colleague of mine, Katty Kay of BBC, even brought it up on Bill Maher‘s late night show, asking “If these were two blonde women, of course there’d be much more of a fuss made about it in the press here”), and hopeful that they would be released.
Journalists must be more aware of the danger into which they put themselves and the probability that they will be used as bargaining chips if arrested by a rogue regime, failed state, or anything in between. This struck me – and struck a cord with me. But I have yet to see which opinion I side with more. As a (budding) journalist, the chance to catch a scoop about North Korean trafficked women (the topic of Lee and Ling’s report) would be very enticing as well (although probably not as much as the possibility of not spending time in a NKn gulag). It seems that only Christiane Amanpour somehow remains unscathed in dangerous situations – who I love btw, if it must be said.
We have yet to see what the political outcome of this release will be. Many, including noted North Korea expert (and fellow Georgetown alumn), Victor Cha, are saying the trip was worth it, even that it is a sign that broader military talks will begin, perhaps even in the highly coveted bilateral context that the U.S. continues to deny an expectant North Korea. However, even more are taking the other stance – that this ‘humanitarian’ effort on the part of Bill Clinton (facilitated for weeks by White House and Congressional staff) will undermine the current hard policy that the Obama administration has been taking towards the dear leader’s provocative actions, “[running] against the dominant tone” and is ultimately “a significant propaganda victory for North Korea.”
Time will tell what the official meaning of this will be, but this morning in Nairobi, Secretary Hillary Clinton reiterated the administration’s enduring stance that ” there would be a chance to discuss bilateral matters with the North Koreans within that regional context [the Six-Party Talks] and that is still the offer today.”
We will wait…patience will be needed.
[side note: I guess I did ‘start’ on the whole Lee/Ling story…and it ended up being the content of my entire first blog entry. oh well, you live and learn not to count your chickens…blah blah blah]
Posted in North Korea News | Tagged Bill Clinton, Euna Lee, Journalists, Laura Ling, North Korea, Obama Administration | Leave a Comment »
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