Daily International News
April 27, 2010
East/Southeast Asia
Burma leaders ‘shed uniforms for polls’ [BBC]
Australia shelves key emissions trading scheme [BBC]
South Korean Growth Accelerates, Government Warns on Won Gains [Bloomberg]
Okada stresses U.S. Marines’ role for Japan’s defense [Kyodo]
Central Asia
U.N. shuts mission in Afghanistan’s Kandahar [Reuters]
Karzai’s brother says UN should not leave south [AP]
Kyrgyz interim government charges Bakiyev over massacre [Reuters]
Private zoo discovered at Kyrgyz ex-leader’s home [BBC]
Middle East
Iraqi panel voids candidacies of 52 substitutes in March vote [LAT]
Israeli forces demolish settlers’ ‘Obama’s Shack’ [AP]
Iran FM hopeful for nuke fuel deal, no sanctions [AP]
Africa
Bashir Wins Election as Sudan Edges Toward Split [NYT]
War crimes court rejects new bid to try Darfur rebel chief [AFP]
Europe
Ukraine parliament hit by brawl, eggs, smoke bombs [AP]
Belgian PM’s resignation accepted [CNN]
General election 2010 live blog [Guardian UK]
Electioneering row as Boris Johnson opens East London Line at ceremony [Times UK]
Americas/Domestic
Mexican officials condemn Arizona’s tough new immigration law [WaPo]
Arizona immigration law puts police in ‘impossible situation’ [CSM] [Economist]
The hub nation: Immigration places America at the centre of a web of global networks. So why not make it easier?
Venezuela’s Chavez rebuffs Pentagon report [AP]