East Asia
N Korea human rights ‘abysmal’ [BBC]
Japan FM: US Marine base should stay on Okinawa [WP]
–Funny picture of Okada and Mullen comparing hand size on this article.
AfPak
NATO agrees need to boost effort to Afghan transition [Reuters]
Refusing runoff would be ‘insulting democracy,’ Karzai says [CNN]
Middle East
Iran fails to accept U.N.-drafted nuclear deal [Reuters]
Israel/Palestine
Israel asks UN chief to nix Gaza war crimes report [AFP]
EU/UK
Economists revolt over surprise recession data [Times of London]
David Miliband set to sink Tony Blair’s hopes of EU presidency [Evening Standard]
Czechs, NATO back new US missile defense plan [WP]
Americas
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