World Politics Review Media Roundup: 07 Jul 2011

Media Roundup: 07 Jul 2011

After 41 Years, Syria Begins to Imagine a Future Without an Assad in Charge

By: Nidaa Hassan | The Guardian

A new idea of national identity free of oppression is driving the protests, which initially called for reforms rather than revolution.

Berlin 'Playing With Fire' in Saudi Tank Deal

By: David Crossland | Der Spiegel

The German government's approval of the sale of "Leopard" tanks to Saudi Arabia has outraged opposition parties in Berlin, and the ruling conservatives aren't happy about it either.

Myanmar Ethnic Clashes Put Spotlight on China

By: Sebastian Strangio | World Politics Review

On June 9, deadly clashes broke out in northern Myanmar between the country's army and the ethnic minority Kachin Independence Army. The fighting reportedly erupted after Myanmar's military moved to secure the Tarpein Hydropower Project, a Chinese-built dam that sits close to rebel-held areas.

More News

• Greece Stops Gaza-Bound Boat, Immobilizes Flotilla
  By: Renee Maltezou | Reuters
  
• Afghan War Troop Cut Includes Combat Units Amid Rising Violence
  By: Viola Gienger | Bloomberg News
  
• Libyan Rebels Gain Inches Toward Link to Tripoli
  By: C. J. CHIVERS | The New York Times
  
• Restive City of Hama Tests Will of Syrian Government
  By: ANTHONY SHADID | The New York Times
  
• Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline Targeted
  By: Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani | Inter Press Service
  
• Paris Says Russia Reviewing Syria Stance
  Reuters
  
• N. Korea Said to Have Paid for Nuclear Secrets
  By: R. Jeffrey Smith | The Washington Post
  
• State Releases Names on Terror List
  By: Alexander Bratersky | The Moscow Times
  
• Nagorno-Karabakh Balances Between Peace and War
  By: Haykaram Nahapetyan | World Politics Review
  
• Arctic Treaty With Norway Opens Fields
  By: Howard Amos | The Moscow Times
  
• Russia's Medvedev Sides With Human Rights Activists on Sergei Magnitsky Killing
  By: Fred Weir | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• Bomb Implants Seen as Terror Threat
  By: KEITH JOHNSON And SIOBHAN GORMAN | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Jiang Zemin: China's Censors Clean Up Ex-Leader Online Search
  By: Alexa Olesen | The Associated Press
  
• China's Hated Municipal Officers Seek Empathy
  By: David Pierson | Los Angeles Times
  
• Web's Openness Is Tested in Tunisia
  By: STEVE STECKLOW | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Senegal's Wade Must Choose Between Stability and Power
  By: Alex Thurston | World Politics Review
  
• Russia to Gain Monopoly in Space
  By: ROBERT LEE HOTZ | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Strauss-Kahn Prosecutor Stands Firm Over 'Leaks'
  BBC
  
• Jubilant South Korea Savours Olympic Success
  By: Lim Chang-Won | Agence France-Presse
  
• NSG's India Waiver Highlights Flawed U.S. Approach
  By: Javier Serrat | World Politics Review