Daily International News
October 27, 2010
Global
Global extinction crisis looms, new study says [WaPo]
Northeast Asia
Clinton heads to Asia to assure China’s neighbors [AP]
Clinton Starts Asia Trip to Build Trade, Alliances [Bloomberg]
China
China holds first live-fire joint drills in Tibet [AP]
China looms large over Clinton’s Asia-Pacific tour [Reuters]
China to expand fleet to patrol disputed seas [Reuters]
CPC Central Committee’s proposal for 12th 5-year plan [Xinhua]
Analysis: Rare earths next big thing or will the bubble burst? [Reuters]
Beijing Plans to Boost Product-Safety Rules [WSJ]
Koreas
Aid Request Snags Korea Talks [NYT]
Japan
Kan’s desire to join Trans-Pacific Partnership talks sparks spat within DPJ [Mainichi]
With UN nature talks stalling, Japan offers $2 bln [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Philippines calls Myanmar elections a ‘farce’ [AP]
Cambodia rebuffs UN chief on Khmer Rouge trials [AP]
Indonesia’s twin disasters kill more than 300 [Reuters]
South/Central Asia
India signs nuclear liability pact, a U.S. demand [Reuters]
India says fears militant attack during Obama visit [Reuters]
Afghan contractor deadline delayed [Al Jazeera]
NATO Can’t Stop Flow Of Bomb Materials From Pakistan [National Journal]
Suspected US missile strikes kill 7 in Pakistan [AP]
Middle East
Washington pushes prospect of Middle East peace deal [FT]
Iran acknowledges it funds Afghan government [AP]
Sanctions widen gap between Iranian poor and rich [Reuters]
Turkey seizes al-Qaeda suspects [BBC]
Clashes as nationalists march in Israeli Arab town [BBC]
Anbar Province, Once a Hotbed of Iraqi Insurgency, Demands a Say on Resources [NYT]
Ruler of UAE’s Ras al Khaimah emirate dies [AP]
Africa
Sudan president on safer ground as summit shifted [BBC]
Jailed Eritrean journalist wins press freedom award [BBC]
Europe
Report: Russia seeks to limit new NATO members [AP]
Bin Laden warns France over Afghan war, veil ban [AP]
French MPs adopt pension reform [BBC]
Romania’s government survives no-confidence vote [AP]
Germany hopes to make forced marriage a crime [AP]
Americas
Latin leaders question move to legalize marijuana [AP]
Venezuela announces takeover of U.S. glass-making plants [CNN]
Cuba sets out rules and taxes for self-employed workers [BBC]
Rousseff lead widens to 15 points in Brazil race [Reuters]
Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies [AP]
Domestic
Democrats Say Jon Stewart Rally Will Spur Enthusiasm to Vote [Bloomberg]
Obama to appear on ‘The Daily Show’ [AP]
Path for vote on New START this year goes through Kyl [FP]
Soros gives $1M to Calif. pot legalization measure [AP]
U.S. Deports Record Number of Illegal Aliens in 2010 [LAHT]
Fed Gears Up for Stimulus [WSJ] and Fed looks set for new round of monetary easing [Reuters]
Rockefeller Presses Facebook, MySpace on Privacy; May Write Bill [Bloomberg]
Bloody Video Games May Get Same Age Curbs as Porn [Bloomberg]
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