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Daily International News
October 1, 2010
Northeast Asia
G20 Summit
G20 Seoul Summit ‘May Test Relations with New N.Korean Leadership’ [Chosun Ilbo]
Asian leaders to pressure EU over IMF seats [EU Observer]
Koreas
What Group Photo Says About New N.Korean Power Elite [Chosun Ilbo]
Korean families will meet at Mt. Geumgang this month [Korea Times]
U.N. humanitarian chief considering N. Korea visit [Mainichi]
Korean Parliament Approves New Prime Minister [Chosun Ilbo]
China/Japan
China launches Moon mission [BBC]
Geithner Plays Down Risk of Trade Battle With China Over Yuan [Bloomberg]
Japan PM urges China to act responsibly [AP]
South/Central Asia
Purported bin Laden message focuses on relief issues [CNN]
Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan [AP]
Holbrooke doubts Pakistan border will stay closed [AP]
U.S. tense over Pakistan [WaPo]
Middle East
Aides: Iraqi Shiite cleric backs al-Maliki [AP]
Obama envoy in shuttle to save Middle East talks [Reuters]
U.S. Presses Israelis on Renewal of Freeze [NYT]
Iraq breaks record for longest time with no government [WaPo]
Yemen: U.S. has carried out airstrikes in Yemen [CNN]
Africa
Explosions kill at least 7 near Nigeria ceremony [AP]
Rwanda: UN Report to Accuse Rwanda Army of DRC Massacres [All Africa]
6 foreign hostages freed in Cameroon [AP]
Europe/UK
Eurozone unemployment stuck at 10.1% in August [BBC]
Ireland to bail out 3 banks, costing billions and renewing fears over deficit [WaPo]
Amanda Knox faces preliminary slander hearing [Reuters]
Ukraine’s pro-Russian president gets new powers [AP]
BMW to recall 350,000 luxury cars [BBC]
Paris female trouser ban one step closer to being abolished [Telegraph]
Americas/Domestic
‘No pardon’ for Ecuador rebels, says President Correa [BBC]
Standoff in Ecuador Ends With Leader’s Rescue [NYT]
Republican Pledge to Freeze Spending Poses Deep Budgetary Cuts [Bloomberg]
Government issues tighter rules for deep-water drilling [LAT]