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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