Daily International News
September 28, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan
DPJ divided over whether to resume operations at nuclear power plants, build new facilities [Mainichi]
Koreas
North Korea ‘Intent’ on Engaging in Proliferation, Treasury Undersec. Says [Bloomberg]
North Korea unlikely to give up nuclear arms, outgoing British ambassador says [Telegraph]
N. Korean vice FM urges U.S. be more proactive for talks [Yonhap]
Kim Jong Un marks 1 year as N. Korea heir, ranking up to 3rd [Kyodo]
Scott Snyder: DPRK-China Ties Discourage Reform [Atlantic]
Russia Wary of Guaranteeing Pipeline Through N.Korea [Chosun]
SKorean military hit by 2,770 hacking attempts [AP]
China/Taiwan
China currency vote puts pressure on White House [POLITICO]
China opposes attempts to internationalize South China Sea disputes [Xinhua]
China: Taiwan arms sale will disrupt US exchanges [AP]
Taiwan’s Soong: Beijing does not want me to run [AP]
In Taiwan military, Chinese spy stirs unease [WaPo]
News conference held on China’s first space-docking procedure [Xinhua]
US urges China on Tibetan rights after monks’ protest [BBC]
China authorities under fire after subway crash [Reuters]
South/Central Asia
Adm. Mullen’s words on Pakistan come under scrutiny [WaPo]
UN: Clashes, bombings on rise in Afghanistan [AP]
Middle East
U.N. committee to take up Palestinian bid Friday [POLITICO]
Europe and US condemn Israel settlement plans [Al Jazeera]
Yemenis protest again, tribesmen shoot down plane [Reuters]
Bahrain upholds life sentences for Shia activists [BBC]
West drops immediate Syria sanctions demand at UN [Al Jazeera]
Nuclear engineer assassinated in central Syria [AP]
Kurdish lawmakers end boycott of Turkish parliament [AP]
Africa
Egypt sentences former information minister [Al Jazeera]
Libya’s NTC thinks Gaddafi hiding near Algeria [Reuters]
Anti-Gadhafi commander killed in loyalist bastion [AP]
Deadly crackdown on protests in Guinea [Al Jazeera]
UN reports gains in fight against Somalia’s famine [AP]
France rejects Rwanda’s Habyarimana extradition bid [BBC]
Europe
Russia’s Putin faces warnings of crisis [Reuters]
Ukraine ex-premier’s lawyer asks court to free her [AP]
Kosovo-Serbia talks off after renewed clashes [BBC]
NATO reinforces tense Kosovo border crossing [Reuters]
Irish presidency election: nominations to close [BBC]
Shrien Dewani’s South Africa extradition approved by UK home sec. [BBC]
Amanda Knox cautious about appeal verdict, sister says [BBC]
Expanded Euro Bailout Fund Clears Hurdle [NYT]
Barroso: Greece will remain in the eurozone [Al Jazeera]
Americas
Five severed heads left outside Mexican school [BBC]
More resignations over Bolivia road row [Al Jazeera]
Chile students agree to education reform talks [BBC]
Domestic
US fugitive hijacker caught after 41 years [Al Jazeera]
Supercommittee operating in secret [POLITICO]
US tries to block release of bin Laden images [Al Jazeera]
Defiant Team Perry’s plan: Hit harder [POLITICO]
Christie Again Rebuffs Pleas For Presidential Run [TPM]
Michael Moore likes Jon Huntsman 2012: From the Dept. of Unhelpful Praise [POLITICO]
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tabled unveiled (live blog)[WaPo]
Deaths in US listeria outbreak [Al Jazeera]
E. coli scare prompts Tyson to recall ground beef [AP]
