Daily International News
September 30, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan
Japan lifts some nuclear evacuation advisories [AP]
Japan’s answer to next tsunami: mini-Noah’s Ark [AP]
Koreas
S. Korea Ruling Party Head Calls for Flexible Policy on Visit to DPRK [Bloomberg]
Ban urges more help for North Korea [UPI]
NKorean leader’s grandson joins Bosnia school [AP]
N. Korean, Russian vice foreign ministers hold talks [Yonhap]
South Korea to launch campaign promoting benefits of reuniting with North [Stars & Stripes]
China/Taiwan
Chinese Stocks Plummet on News of Justice Department Inquiry [NYT]
AP EXCLUSIVE: US scientist trapped in China [AP]
Russian PM to visit China in mid-October [Xinhua]
Taiwan professor accused of spying for China [AP]
‘America the Beautiful’ accompanies China launch [AP]
China denies int’l baby trafficking reports [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
New Zealand Suffers Double Ratings Downgrade [NYT]
Burma dam: Work halted on divisive Myitsone project [BBC]
Asia reels from floods as storm whacks Vietnam [AP]
Philippine immigrant maid wins landmark Hong Kong case [BBC]
Sri Lanka releases 1,800 former Tamil rebels [AP]
South/Central Asia
NATO presses Pakistan on ‘terrorist’ safe havens [AFP]
Pakistani Politicians Reject Mullen’s Charges [NYT]
Telangana: India new state protest enters 18th day [BBC]
Middle East
US strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen [AP]
Blast outside paramilitary building in southern Turkey – media [Reuters]
Iran’s hosting of Taliban reflects desire for greater role [WaPo]
Abbas to tour for more support for statehood bid [Xinhua]
Syrians protest as army and defectors clash [Reuters]
Yemeni president sets new conditions to quit [Al Jazeera]
U.N. condemns Bahrain over jail terms for doctors [Reuters]
Africa
Libyan fighters seize Sirte airport [Al Jazeera]
McCain head Senate delegation to Tripoli [NYT]
Italian FM in first visit to post-Gadhafi Libya [AP]
U.N. court acquits two ex Rwandan ministers of genocide [Reuters]
Kenya’s Kenyatta at Hague, blames Odinga [Reuters]
Somali Shebab fighters attack border town [AFP]
Europe
Russia’s Medvedev defends Putin swap plan [Reuters]
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko’s trial adjourned to October 11 [Reuters]
US fugitive wants to serve time in Portugal [AP]
NATO troops raid Serb barricade in Kosovo’s north [Reuters]
Americas
Ecuador’s Correa says opposition, US groups behind last year’s coup attempt [McClatchy]
Hugo Chavez denies media reports of health emergency [BBC]
Education reform debate begins in Chile while angry students clash with riot police [MercoPress]
Domestic
On Solyndra, the buck stops with Secretary Steven Chu [POLITICO]
Obama administration widens challenges to state immigration laws [WaPo]
Jon Huntsman moves his campaign headquarters to New Hampshire [WaPo]
Herman Cain: The GOP’s next big thing? [WaPo]
