Daily International News
May 4, 2011
OBL News
Uzbekistan, North Korea ignore bin Laden news [FP]
For Obama, Big Rise in Poll Numbers After Bin Laden Raid [NYT]
Pakistan Says ‘Whole World’ Shared Failures of Intelligence on Bin Laden [NYT]
Tensions Rise as U.S. Officials Press Pakistan for Answers [NYT]
Holder concerned over revenge for bin Laden’s death [TWT]
Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate on Value of Torture [NYT]
Obama to lay wreath at Ground Zero [AP]
Opinion: Pax bin Laden is no more [WaPo]
About 57 million watch Obama’s Sunday night bin Laden announcement [WaPo]
Northeast Asia
Japan
Cables Show U.S. Concern on Japan’s Disaster Readiness [NYT]
ADB sees ‘Asian Century’ by 2050 with Japan among key players [Kyodo]
China
China Establishes New Internet Regulator [NYT]
Friend says Chinese civil rights lawyer resurfaces [AP]
China says US report on religious policy biased [AP]
China urges U.S. to more fairly assess China’s IPR protection [Xinhua]
China ready to strengthen cooperation with Japan in reconstruction, says VP [Xinhua]
Koreas
NKorea detains 2 Japanese over drugs, fake money [AP]
N. Korea confirms detention of two Japanese nationals [Yonhap]
North Korean political prison camps growing – Amnesty [BBC] Original Report: Images reveal scale of North Korean political prison camps [Amnesty]
North Korea hands over British pilot’s remains [AP]
S. Korea presses N. Korea to address provocations ahead of six-party talks [Yonhap]
North Korea Seizes Cell Phones [MobilMedia]
SKorean lawmakers ratify EU free trade deal [AP]
White House ready to send Congress key trade deals [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Vietnam: Ethnic Hmong ‘in mass protest in Dien Bien’ [BBC]
Thailand-Cambodia border crossing reopens [BBC]
U.S. wants Sri Lanka to act first on wartime rights violations [Reuters]
South/Central Asia [non-OBL]
Afghanistan: Pakistan had to know bin Laden there [AP]
NATO chief says Afghan mission on track after bin Laden [Reuters]
Middle East
Palestinians say end division at Cairo ceremony [Reuters] and Palestinian factions celebrate unity deal [Al Jazeera]
Gun, grenade attack on Turk police after PM rally [Reuters]
‘Hundreds jailed’ over Syria protests [Al Jazeera]
Syrian leader: Army operation in south to end soon [AP]
Africa
NATO chief says he favors financing Libyan rebels [AP]
ICC prosecutor to seek arrest of 3 Libyans [AP]
Libyan govt forces shell port as aid ship docks [AP]
Dozens dead as Ivorian troops clash with militia [Reuters]
Clashes in Sudan kill 20 near border, oil regions [AP]
Muslim sect suspected of killing 5 in Nigeria [AP]
Sub-Saharan Africans Risk Everything to Flee Libya [Der Speigel]
Europe
EU considers tightening border rules [Al Jazeera]
London police under fire for G20 death [Al Jazeera]
AV poll indicates crushing defeat for yes campaign [Guardian]
Russian Is Charged in Absentia With Betraying Spies in U.S. [NYT]
U.S., Romania announce plan for missile shield site [TWT]
Prince Charles visits D.C. urban farm Common Good [WaPo]
Americas
Incumbent casts big shadow over Peru election [AP]
Colombia prosecutor suspends Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno [BBC]
Honduras drops ex-President Manuel Zelaya charges [BBC]
