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]
Posted in Daily News | Tagged 2012, 60 minutes, afghanistan, AFP, al-jazeera, AP, apostasy, aquino, assange, australia, bangladesh, BBC, belarus, bloody sunday, bloomberg, Britain, Burma, CA, cables, cairo, california, cameron, chavez, china, clinton, CNN, cyclone, dai bingguo, daily beast, dalai lama, dawn, denuclearization, deutsche welle, donga, DPJ, DPRK, east china sea, egypt, ennahda, enrichment, eurozone, facebook, financial times, fred korematsu, FT, ghannouchi, global times, GOP, guardian, haiti, HHDL, hillary, huntsman, ichiro ozawa, iran, Ireland, israel, jan25, january 25, Japan, julian assange, karmapa lama, kazakhstan, korea, korea times, koremastu, Labour, leaks, li gang, Lukashenko, mainichi, memos, mexico, michigan, mosque, mubarak, myanmar, NATO, nazarbayev, netherlands, new york times, niger, nireland, nkorea, North Korea, NYT, Obama, oman, ozawa, Pakistan, peshawar, philippines, piractes, piracy, potus, PRC, preval, republican, reuters, ROK, romney, shaheed, sinai, skorea, somalia, south korea, sri lanka, sudan, telegraph, time, tom donilon, tunis, tunisia, UAE, UK, UN, united nations, venezuela, voting reform, WaPo, Washington Post, Wikileaks, xinhua, yonhap | 1 Comment »
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]
Posted in Daily News | Tagged 2037, ABC, afghanistan, al-jazeera, AP, asia, assange, australia, bachmann, BBC, belarus, ben ali, berlusconi, bloomberg, cables, celestin, china, christian, clinton, colombia, Congress, conservation, DADT, david kato, davos, DOD, DPRK, earmarks, egypt, elbaradei, EU, euro, european union, financial times, fix news, FNC, france, FT, germany, Glenn Beck, GOP, guardian, haaretz, haiti, hariri, harry reid, hezbollah, immigration, india, iraq, islam, israel, italy, Japan, joongang, kato, korea, korea times, LA Times, LAT, leaks, lebanon, Lukashenko, mandela, manning, memos, merkel, michele bachmann, mikati, miqati, mubarak, murdoch, muslim, nazi, new york times, nkorea, North Korea, NYT, Obama, Pakistan, palestine, palin, Pentagon, politico, potus, PRC, reid, republican, reuters, ROK, RSA, russia, S&P, safrica, Sarah Palin, sarkozy, senate, shark, shi'ite, shia, skorea, snow, social security, sonawane, south africa, south korea, switzerland, tea party, thundersnow, tunisia, uganda, utah, volcano, wall street journal, WaPo, Washington Post, west bank, Wikileaks, win the future, workplace raids, WSJ, WTF, xinhua, yemen | 1 Comment »
January 21, 2011
Posted in Daily News | Tagged afghanistan, africa, al-jazeera, all africa, andy coulson, AP, aristide, BBC, belarus, blackwater, blair, boston globe, Britain, Burma, CFR, chicago, china, chosun, christian science monitor, CNN, Congress, cote d'ivoire, coulson, council on foreign relations, CSM, deutsche welle, DPRK, drone, duvalier, DW, east asia community, FBI, france, futenma, gay marriage, Gaza, gbagbo, GE, general electric, giffords, GOP, guardian, haiti, hariri, hezbollah, house, hu, hu jintao, human rights, IL, immelt, iran, iraq, iraq war, islam, islamophobia, israel, istanbul, ivory coast, Japan, kan, karzai, korea, korea times, kyodo, LA Times, LAT, lebanon, loughner, Lukashenko, mafia, mainichi, mars, mcclatchy, mexico, muslim, myanmar, new york times, nkorea, North Korea, NYT, Obama, okinawa, ouattara, P5+1, Pakistan, palestine, piracy, pirates, potus, PRC, prejudice, republican, reuters, ROK, romney, russia, saad hariri, skorea, somalia, south korea, south sudan, state visit, sudan, tea party, tony blair, tunisia, turkey, UK, UN, united nations, vivendi, WaPo, warner, Washington Post, xi, yonhap, zimbabwe | Leave a Comment »
January 4, 2011
Posted in Daily News | Tagged afghanistan, AFP, africa, al-jazeera, alexandria, AP, argentina, austerity, australia, bashir, BBC, belarus, bird, bird flu, bloomberg, bosworth, brazil, cartel, china, climate, constitution, coptic, copts, cote d'ivoire, currency, daley, deficit, desertification, deutsche welle, discrimination, DPJ, DPRK, drilling, egypt, enterprise, environment, EU, floods, food safety, gacebook, gay, gbagbo, goldman, GOP, greece, guatemala, Homosexual, honors, IAEA, immigration, iran, israel, issa, ivory coast, Japan, JPMorgan, kan, karzai, korea, kyrgyzstan, lebanon, Lukashenko, mexico, navy, new york times, nkorea, North Korea, NYT, Obama, ouattara, owen honors, Pakistan, palestine, potus, PRC, punjab, putin, Pyongyang, Rehman Malik, republican, reuters, ROK, russia, Rymashevsky, sanctions, scalia, SCOTUS, SEC, settlement, Shenouda, skorea, south korea, spain, steel, steelmaking, sudan, supreme court, tijuana, turkey, uganda, USS enterprise, virus, wall street journal, WaPo, Washington Post, west bank, WH, white house, WSJ, yonhap, yuan, zapatero | 1 Comment »