Daily International News
June 13, 2011
Northeast Asia
Koreas
U.S. Said to Turn Back North Korea Missile Shipment [NYT]
Kim Jong Il meets senior Chinese official [Xinhua]
SKorea: NKorea may have miniaturized nuke warhead [AP]
More nuclear facilities visible at N.Korean complex [HanKyoreh]
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors [NYT]
China
China migrant workers clash with police for third night [BBC] and Protesters burn police vehicles in southern China [AP]
China’s state media say military not a threat [AP]
China Backtracks on High-Speed Trains [NYT]
Israeli defense minister meets top Chinese general [AP]
China hopes to strengthen military co-op with Israel, defense minister [Xinhua]
China, Kazakhstan upgrade strategic partnership with new deals signed [Xinhua]
Japan
Japanese city Hiroshima withdraws 2020 Olympics bid [BBC]
In Nuclear Crisis, Crippling Mistrust [NYT]
Japan says eight nuclear workers over-exposed to radiation [Reuters]
Southeast Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi: Burmese hungry for justice [AP]
Vietnam in live-fire drill amid South China Sea row [BBC]
Vietnam seeks US support in China dispute [FT]
Vietnam War: Top secret papers to be published [BBC]
Candidate in Thailand Follows Path of Kin [NYT]
Pacific
Australian prime minister refuses Dalai Lama talks [AP]
Some win some lose in Australia-Malaysia refugee swap deal [AP]
Australia flights begin to resume after ash disruption [BBC]
Large earthquakes rock Christchurch [SMH]
South/Central Asia
U.S. Faces ‘Vicious Circle’ with Pakistan on Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal [Bloomberg]
Rare suicide attack in Pakistani capital kills 1 [AP]
India police find Maoist mass grave in Jharkhand [BBC]
Opposition strike cripples Bangladesh [Al Jazeera]
Middle East
Netanyahu says Palestinian U.N. bid could harm peace [Reuters]
Syrian forces round up hundreds near northern town [Reuters]
Yemen’s opposition in power-transfer talks [Al Jazeera]
Lebanon announces new government after delay [Reuters]
Thousands demonstrate in Morocco’s largest city [AP]
Erdogan wins parliamentary elections, falls short of two-thirds majority [Deutsche Welle]
Africa
Alleged spy arrested in Egypt is US law student [AP]
Sudan President Bashir and Salva Kiir seek Abyei peace [BBC]
U.N. Pulls Staff from Sudanese City [NYT]
Germany recognises Libya’s rebel leadership [Reuters]
Libya’s Gadhafi plays chess with Russian visitor [AP]
Secret DNA test proved death of ‘wanted terrorist’ Abdalla Mohammed Fazul [The Nation]
Mugabe Pressured to Act on Zimbabwe Elections [NYT]
Congo diplomat’s wife arrested for ‘smuggling cigarettes’ in Romania [BBC]
Europe
NATO at the crossroads after Gates speech [AP]
Berlusconi faces referendum blow [FT]
Berlusconi says nuclear energy ‘probably’ out [AP]
Poland agrees to a permanent US Air Force base [AP]
Government may have hacked IMF [BBC]
Deaths from E. coli still rising in Germany [BBC]
Americas
Obama visit to Puerto Rico: It’s all about Florida [Miami Herald]
Peruvian President-elect Humala may pardon Fujimori [BBC]
Domestic
Banks battle over US tax law [FT]
The New Hampshire debate: A viewer’s guide [POLITICO]
Newt Gingrich: ‘I will endure the challenges’ [AP]
Gibbs to counter GOP message in New Hampshire [AP]
Rep. Anthony Weiner finally considering he may have to resign amid sexting scandal, says source [NY Daily News]
‘Book of Mormon’ and ‘War Horse’ Win Top Tonys [NYT]
