Daily International News
March 17, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan
Japan in desperate bid to cool reactors [FT]
UN Scientists Project Path of Radiation Plume Towards S. California [NYT]
U.S. seeking evacuations from Japan [POLITICO]
G-7 Finance Chiefs to Discuss Measures to Help Japan [NYT]
US nuclear agency chief says no water in spent fuel pool at Japan plant; Japan denies it [WaPo]
Int’l Nuclear Issues
China suspends nuclear building plans [BBC]
Germany’s Merkel Vows Quick Transition To Renewable Energy [RFERL]
Hugo Chavez calls off Venezuela’s nuclear energy plans [BBC]
Koreas/China
SKorea rejects NKorea’s offer to rejoin talks [AP]
Tibetan monastery sealed off after self-immolation [AFP]
Dalai Lama vows to devolve power, says leadership outdated [Reuters]
China opposes Uighur activist’s Australia visit [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Malaysia investigates seized ship cargo [BBC]
Malaysian Christian lawyer barred from Shariah courts [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Pakistan furore over American’s release [Al Jazeera]
US missiles kill 38 militants in NW Pakistan [AP]
Middle East
Abbas to meet Hamas in Gaza for Palestinian unity talks [BBC]
Bahrain detains 7 opposition figures [AP]
At least 84 wounded in new Yemen clashes – activists [Reuters]
Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Faces Protest [NYT]
Africa
4 Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya [NYT]
US offers backing for Libya no-fly zone [FT]
Gadhafi forces bomb airport at rebel stronghold [AP]
South Africa recognises Ouattara as winner in Ivory Coast [Reuters]
Clinton in Tunisia to back democracy transition [AFP]
South Sudan army clash with heavily armed militia [Reuters]
Last ‘Egypt video’ Zimbabwe activists get bail [BBC]
Ugandan Amisom peacekeepers jailed for shooting Somalis [BBC]
Europe
Internet privacy and the “right to be forgotten” [Reuters]
Gaddafi did not fund Sarkozy, Claude Gueant insists [BBC]
UK banks must be able to cope with double dip recession, FSA says [Guardian]
NHS reforms will see ‘shut’ signs on hospitals, patients warned [Guardian]
Americas
Magnitude 5.3 quake shakes Chile, no damage seen [Reuters]
UN ‘supports Central America’s fight against violence’ [BBC]
Domestic
West Wing briefing: Obama starts to engage on his reelection effort [WaPo]
GOP 2012: Return of the neo-cons [POLITICO]
Clinton: No interest in job if Obama wins in 2012 [AP]
US cyber war defences ‘very thin’, Pentagon warns [BBC]
House to vote on cutting off funds for NPR [AP]
GOP begins rollback of Wall St. reform [POLITICO]
House Republicans try to steer focus back to jobs [WaPo]
Obama administration mum as .xxx nears approval [POLITICO]
D.C. Mayor Gray fires chief of staff [WaPo]
Poll: 81% fear for Social Security [POLITICO]
EPA proposes ‘first ever’ emissions standards for power plants [WaPo]
Fiery explosion forces evacuations in Minneapolis [AP]
Michelle Obama to write book on gardening, healthy eating [WaPo]
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