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Daily International News
October 29, 2010
International
UN summit poised to seal pact on biodiversity [AFP]
POTUS Asia Trip
Obama to talk up jobs on India trip [FT]
What Obama can accomplish in India [WaPo]
Obama in India: A high-tech trade agreement could change the playing field [Asia Sentinel]
Obama not visiting Hiroshima, Nagasaki during Japan trip: official [Mainichi]
Northeast Asia
Koreas
North Korea troops ‘fire into South Korea’ [BBC]
DPRK accuses South Korea of rejecting dialogue, contact [Xinhua]
From 10/27 Activist Tells of Torture in North Korea Prison [NYT]
High-Ranking North Korean Military Official to Arrive in Cuba on Thursday [Cuba News Agency]
WH: North Korean leadership transition in early stages [Reuters]
Japan/China
Japanese ship intercepts ballistic missile in test [AP]
Japan and China island row flares at ASEAN summit [BBC] and Japanese statements violate China’s sovereignty, territorial integrity [Xinhua]
China says no to Kan, Wen bilateral [Reuters]
ASEAN to bring in US as counterbalance to China [AP]
Upcoming G20 summit an unprecedented test of China’s diplomatic stance [Mainichi]
Chinese court denounces awarding of Nobel prize [AP]
Amid disputes, US seeks common ground with China [AP]
Clinton Presses, Courts Beijing [WSJ]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Burma court hears Suu Kyi appeal [BBC]
Clinton: US will push for UN commission on Myanmar [AP]
Singapore Tightens Trading Rules With Iran, North Korea [WSJ]
Government considers relocations after Indonesian tsunami [CNN]
Hobbit legislation passed in New Zealand [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Wikipedia to open first office outside the US in India [BBC]
Pakistan flood food running out, warns UN [BBC]
Russia, US collaborate in Afghan drug raid [AP]
Middle East
Iran ready for nuclear talks after November 10 [Reuters]
Egypt’s FM: No breakthrough in Mideast talks [AP]
Hezbollah calls for boycott of UN Hariri tribunal [AP]
Turkish presidential reception challenges headscarf ban [BBC]
Africa
Botched Sudan referendum could reignite war: report [Reuters]
Somali Islamists Kill Two Girls Branded Spies [NYT]
Obama urges ‘peaceful and transparent’ Ivory Coast vote [AFP]
Europe
Eurozone jobless total rises above 10% [FT]
David Cameron claims EU budget success [BBC]
Minister: French troops may withdraw from Afghanistan in 2011 [CNN]
France firm on burqa ban despite bin Laden threat [AP]
Reports: Russia’s Bulava test-fire a success [AP]
Americas
Canada cuts ties with North Korea [AFP]
9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico [AP]
Cholera’s spread raises calls to stall the election [Miami Herald]
Domestic
Halliburton Spill Liability May Rise on BP Well Report [Bloomberg]
Jobless Likely to Shun Election That Is Focused on Their Plight [Bloomberg]
US economic growth rate quickens [BBC]
Newt Gingrich: Out of the wilderness and into the mix for 2012 [WaPo]
Michelle Rhee outspoken to the end of her tenure as D.C. schools chancellor [WaPo]
