Posts Tagged ‘Lukashenko’
January 31, 2011
Daily International News
January 31, 2011
Egypt Uprising
El Shaheeh: Egypt’s Facebook Rebel [Beast]
Egypt protesters maintain pressure [FT]
Israel agrees to some Egyptian troops in Sinai [AP]
Japan gov’t to use chartered planes to rescue Japanese from Egypt [Mainichi] and China sends planes to bring back stranded Chinese in Egypt [Xinhua]
Northeast Asia
Koreas
UN report verifies NK’s uranium enrichment program [Korea Times]
South Korea rejects North’s call for earlier military talks [Reuters]
S. Korea to press N. Korea to honor 1992 denuclearization pact: official [Yonhap]
US, N. Korea begin 3rd round of food diplomacy [Donga]
China
Huntsman Said to Be Planning to Resign as Ambassador [Bloomberg]
Chinese state councilor, US national security advisor talk relations [Global Times]
China denies Karmapa Lama spy reports [Global Times]
Hit-and-run son of Li Gang sentenced to serve six years in prison [Global Times]
Japan
Japan, China officials discuss North Korea, East China Sea gas project [Mainichi]
Japanese powerbroker Ozawa indicted [FT]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Myanmar’s parliament opens under tight security [AP]
Philippine’s Pres. Aquino Orders Inquiry Into Military Corruption Allegations [NYT]
Cyclone roars toward Australia’s flooded north [AP]
South/Central Asia
Kazakhstan court rejects referendum plan [BBC]
New estimates put Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal at more than 100 [WaPo]
Militants set fire to NATO trucks [CNN]
Senior police official among six killed in Peshawar blasts [Dawn]
Sri Lankan anti-govt media outlet torched in arson attack [Reuters]
One dead, 50 hurt in Bangladesh airport protest [Reuters]
Losses at Afghan Bank Could Be $900 Million [NYT]
Middle East
Iran summons American woman for Feb. 6 trial [AP]
Iran hangs Dutch-Iranian woman for drug smuggling, report says [CNN]
Iran hangs man convicted of apostasy [Reuters]
16 killed in shootout between Somali army, police [AP]
Oman uncovers ‘UAE spy network’ [Al Jazeera]
Africa
Head of Ennahda movement Rached Ghannouchi back in Tunis [Tunisia Online]
Sudanese police, students clash in the capital [CNN]
Niger Elections Start in Return to Civilian Rule [Bloomberg]
Europe
Belarus releases second opposition presidential candidate [Deutsche Welle]
‘Last’ Bloody Sunday march in N. Ireland town [AFP]
Labour and government inch towards voting reform bill deal [Guardian]
Eurozone inflation hits 2.4% in January [FT]
Americas
Chavez’s new threat: funding at risk for activists [AP]
In Haiti, Hillary Clinton meets with candidates, pushes Preval on elections [WaPo]
Poll opens amid Mexican gang war [Al Jazeera]
Domestic
2012 Republican presidential candidates all have flaws [WaPo]
California Marks the First Fred Korematsu Day [TIME]
Julian Assange compares Wikileaks to US Founding Fathers in 60 Mins Interview [Telegraph]
Calif. man accused in plot on Mich. mosque [AP]
Obama to announce campaign to increase investment in start-ups, small businesses [WaPo]
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January 27, 2011
Daily International News
January 27, 2011
Northeast Asia
US considers boosting force in Asia: Pentagon [JoongAng]
Koreas
US says China wants to contain NKorea [FT]
Expert: NKorea won’t see improved ties with SKorea [AP]
‘NK fatigue growing in China’ [Korea Times]
Defector Reflects on North Korea Through Art [WSJ]
China
China to step up controversial technology plans [AP]
China Will Face Crisis Within 5 Years, 45% of Investors in Global Poll Say [Bloomberg]
Japan
Japanese, US troops hold major war games [AP]
Volcano erupts in southern Japan [Xinhua]
Japan’s credit rating downgraded by Standard & Poor’s [BBC]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Shark nations failing on conservation pledges [BBC]
Australian government proposes temporary flood relief tax [Guardian]
South/Central Asia
Indian official Sonawane’s murder prompts mass protest [BBC]
Police: US consular official kills 2 gunmen in Pakistan [AP]
U.S. Lobbies Afghanistan to Release Christian Converts [WSJ]
N. Africa/Middle East Unrest-related
Unrest spells end to Mideast dynasties [FT]
Thousands rally in Yemen, joining Tunisia and Egypt in anti-government protests [Haaretz]
Tunisia may purge Ben Ali loyalists [Al Jazeera]
Obama Poised to Step Up Criticism of Mubarak If Crackdown Is Intensified [Bloomberg] and Mubarak ruling party says it’s ready for dialogue [AP]
ElBaradei to return as Egypt unrest enters third day [Reuters]
Middle East
Hezbollah-backed Lebanon PM seeks good US ties [AP]
Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in West Bank – witnesses [Reuters]
Bomb at Baghdad funeral in Shia Muslim area kills 37 [BBC]
Africa
Ugandan gay activist beaten to death after threats [Reuters]
Mandela, 92, hospitalized for tests in S. Africa [AP]
Europe
Alexander Lukashenko to be banned from EU [Guardian]
Russian Islamist wanted for Moscow blast – report [Reuters]
‘Second underage girl’ named in Berlusconi sex case [BBC]
At Davos, Sarkozy says he and Merkel will never abandon euro [Reuters]
Americas
Haiti Candidate Celestin Is Cut [WSJ]
Colombian coal mine blast kills 21 workers [BBC]
Domestic
US Utah ‘biological’ army base ‘locked down’ [BBC]
Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled [NYT]
Social Security fund will be drained by 2037 [AP]
Obama vows to end enforcement of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ this year [WaPo]
Harry Reid tells Obama he’s ‘wrong’ on earmarks and should ‘back off’ (video) [WaPo]
Sarah Palin turns Obama’s ‘Win the future’ into ‘WTF’ (video) [WaPo]
DHS to Scrap Color Code Terror Alerts by April [ABC]
Republicans want a return to workplace immigration raids [LAT]
To target Fox News over ‘Nazi’ label, rabbis make use of Murdoch’s other media [WaPo]
Senate tea party: Members wanted [POLITICO]
Michele Bachmann poses challenge for GOP [POLITICO]
Snowstorm Wallops Northeast, Piling on the Misery [ABC]
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January 21, 2011
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January 4, 2011
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