World Politics Review Media Roundup: 12 Jul 2011

Media Roundup: 12 Jul 2011

U.S. Set to Sell Fighter Jets to Iraq

By: ADAM ENTOUS, BEN LANDO AND NATHAN HODGE | The Wall Street Journal

Iraq has quietly started talks to buy U.S. fighter jets and air-defense systems worth billions of dollars, a purchase Washington hopes will help counter Iranian influences and cement long-term ties with Baghdad after U.S. troops pull out.

Afghan President Karzai's Brother Assassinated

By: Hashim Shukoor and Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers

Ahmad Wali Karzai, one of the most powerful men in Afghanistan and the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated Tuesday in Kandahar, the family's home town. It appears the assailant was one of his own security personnel.

Europe's Real Problems

By: GORDON BROWN | International Herald Tribune

By focusing solely on the deficit, European leaders are missing the true nature of the Continent's economic crisis.

More News

• Crowds in Syria Attack U.S. and French Embassies
  By: NADA BAKRI | The New York Times
  
• Why Italy May Need a Bailout, Too
  By: Robert Marquand | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• Eurozone 'May Allow' Selective Greek Debt Default
  By: Georges Gobet | Agence France-Presse
  
• Sudan Takes Austerity Steps, Launches New Currency
  By: Shaimaa Fayed, Edmund Blair and Ulf Laessing | Reuters
  
• India's Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet
  By: AMOL SHARMA | The Wall Street Journal
  
• India Unprepared for Urban Boom
  By: Rama Lakshmi | The Washington Post
  
• China's Top General Calls U.S. Naval Exercises Inappropriate
  By: Shaun Waterman | The Washington Times
  
• Politicians Criticize Prize for Putin
  Der Spiegel
  
• Georgia's Democratic Stagnation Threatens Its Legitimacy
  By: Michael Cecire | World Politics Review
  
• Gordon Brown Attacks News International Tactics
  BBC
  
• Nigeria: Thousands Flee City as University Shut Down
  By: Hamza Idris and Yahaya Ibrahim | Daily Trust
  
• Chavez Cites Nietzsche to Revive Superman Image as He Recovers From Cancer
  By: Charlie Devereux | Bloomberg News
  
• Gunmen Blow Up Egypt Gas Pipeline to Israel
  The Associated Press
  
• German Intelligence Agency Looking Into Reports of Stolen Blueprints
  By: NICHOLAS KULISH | The New York Times
  
• In Iraq, Panetta Fails to Break Impasse on U.S. Forces
  By: Laith Hammoudi, Roy Gutman and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Suspected U.S. Drones Kill 38 in Pakistan
  The Associated Press
  
• Chinese Court Jails Six for Role in Guangdong Riot
  By: Ben Blanchard | Reuters
  
• Calls Mount to Investigate Bush Era Officials for Torture
  By: Naseema Noor | Inter Press Service