Daily International News
July 28, 2010
Northeast Asia
Japan hangs two death row inmates [BBC]
“Freak wave” damages Japan supertanker off Oman [Reuters]
Strict immigration rules may threaten Japan’s future [WaPo]
China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move [AP]
China’s government news chief ‘missing’ in Britain [Telegraph]
Deadly explosion hits Chinese plastics factory [Reuters]
Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped [AP]
China Pushes to End Public Shaming [NYT]
Escaped South Korean prisoner of war ‘sent back to North after fleeing to China’ [Guardian]
AfPak
Central Command pick backs Afghan strategy [Wash Times]
Blast kills 25 on bus in southern Afghanistan [LAT]
Pakistan plane crashes, all 152 on board dead [Reuters]
David Cameron: Pakistan is promoting the ‘export of terror’ [Telegraph]
Middle East
Hans Blix: Blair government became ‘prisoner’ of US before war in Iraq [Guardian]
Pentagon can’t account for how it spent $2.6 billion in Iraqi funds, audit finds [WaPo]
Iran to pay for new babies to boost population [AP]
Israel rejects Abbas terms for direct talks [AFP]
Alleged al Qaeda message mourns comrade, mentions flotilla raid [CNN]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Israeli PM Netanyahu meet [CNN]
Africa
We can build United States of Africa, Gaddafi says [Reuters]
Egyptian policemen go on trial in torture case [Reuters]
11 Somalis killed in gunbattle in Mogadishu [AP]
Europe
Report finds Russians may not be in compliance, could sink new START pact [WaPo]
Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote [BBC]
German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur are freed [BBC]
Iceland defies EU fishing rules as bid talks open [BBC]
Domestic
BP-Lockerbie hearing postponed [Politico]
House approves $37 billion war-funding bill [WaPo]
GOP senators leaning toward yes on New START [FP]
WikiLeaks Founder Defends Afghan War-Data Release [Bloomberg]
Holder Says U.S. Probing Afghanistan Document Leaks [Bloomberg]
Incoming BP CEO thinks, but ‘can’t guarantee,’ oil flow has ended [CNN]
Gingrich defines Mosque Exclusion Zone for New York [Salon]
Former Arlington superintendent, deputy subpoenaed [Salon]
Americas
Venezuela nabs 6 Colombian paramilitary suspects [AP]
Mexico police find human heads dumped near Durango [BBC]
4 journalists reported missing in northern Mexico [AP]
Climate change set to boost Mexican immigration to the US, says study [CSM]
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