Daily International News
December 8, 2010
WikiLeaks
Wikileaks cables show Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang details [BBC]
Wikileaks: Australia FM blames US, not Julian Assange [BBC]
Gaddafi threatened UK over Lockerbie bomber – WikiLeaks [Reuters] and WikiLeaks: Jack Straw denies pressure from Libya led to Megrahi release [Guardian]
Hackers strike back to support WikiLeaks founder [AP]
U.S. may seek extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange [LAT]
Justice Department Studies WikiLeaks Prosecution [NYT]
Cables: Saudi prince urges need for ‘security response’ to Hezbollah threat in Lebanon [Guardian]
Northeast Asia
China
China casts net wide in Nobel Prize crackdown [Reuters]
Xinhua Op-ed: What’s behind “enshrining” Liu Xiaobo? [Xinhua]
WaPo Op-ed: In China, confidence clouded by apprehension [WaPo]
Koreas
N.Korea conducts “drill”, US military chief in Seoul [Reuters]
New Mexico Governor Richardson will travel to North Korea [Reuters]
In South Korea, Joint Chiefs chairman scolds China for its ‘tacit approval’ of North’s aggression [WaPo]
Japan
Russia says warplanes flew near U.S.-Japan drill [Reuters]
Japan probe overshoots Venus, heads toward sun [AP]
Southeast Asia
Top Philippine court rules out Arroyo investigation [BBC]
South/Central Asia
Robert Gates gets sobering update on visit with U.S. troops in Afghanistan [LAT]
Video thought to show American held in Afghanistan [AP]
Afghan War Review Called Likely to Show Progress [NYT]
Suicide bomb kills 16 at market in north-west Pakistan [BBC]
Suit Over Targeted Awlaki Killing Is Thrown Out [NYT]
Middle East
Peace process in crisis; Palestinians doubt U.S. [Reuters]
U.S. Drops Bid to Sway Israel on Settlements [NYT]
Israel ire as Argentina and Brazil recognise Palestine [BBC]
Africa
Top UN envoy: Ivory Coast vote has 1 winner [AP]
Ivory Coast crisis: Liberia warlords told not to meddle [BBC]
Nigeria: Former dictator may leave ruling party [AP]
Europe
Tuition fees: Cameron and Miliband exchange insults at PMQs [Guardian]
Greek transport workers strike against austerity [AP]
Americas
Chile prison fire kills at least 81 [AP]
Nepal army rejects link to Haiti cholera epidemic [BBC]
Pact could be near to save tropical forests [WaPo]
Domestic
Some Ex-Detainees Still Tied to Terror [NYT]
Christine O’Donnell forming issues-oriented PAC [AP]
House’s Bachus Wins Key Vote in Bid to Be Wall Street Overseer [Bloomberg]
Republicans Select Rogers to Head House Appropriations Committee [Bloomberg]
NYC officials bust Ivy League coke, LSD, pot ring [AP]
Appeals court halts death penalty hearing in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
What’s at Stake in the Wal-Mart Discrimination Case [Time]
30 years later, it’s still hard to fathom Lennon’s killing [WaPo]
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