World Politics Review Media Roundup: 20 July 2011

Media Roundup: 20 Jul 2011

In Cuba, a Prayer For Chávez

By: JOSÉ DE CÓRDOBA | The Wall Street Journal

The Castro regime, whose survival depends greatly on the ill Venezuelan leader's largess, will do everything possible--short of an invasion--to keep Hugo Chávez or a like-minded ally in power.

Serbia Arrests Last War Crimes Fugitive

By: JOVANA GEC | The Associated Press

The last fugitive sought by the U.N. Balkan war crimes tribunal was arrested by Serbian authorities Wednesday, answering intense international demands for his capture and boosting the country's hopes of becoming a candidate for European Union membership.

Afghanistan Security Forces Take Control of Helmand Capital

By: Nick Hopkins | The Guardian

One of Afghanistan's most important cities is formally back under the control of local security forces, after a symbolic ceremony that passed responsibility from the British military.

More News

• New U.S. Friend in Africa Has Spotty Record on Democracy
  By: Alan Boswell | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Frank Talk, Little Action on Clinton's India Visit
  By: Neeta Lal | World Politics Review
  
• Two Charged With Illegal Lobbying for Pakistan
  By: EVAN PEREZ AND MATTHEW ROSENBERG | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Despite Threats, Malawi Protesters Rally Against High Prices, Corruption
  By: Joseph Kayira | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• China, ASEAN Set "Guidelines" on Sea Row, But No Deal Expected
  By: Michael Martina and Olivia Rondonuwu | Reuters
  
• Philippine MPs Visit Spratlys Amid China Warnings
  Agence France-Presse
  
• U.S. Softens Its Criticism of Syria
  By: Paul Richter | Los Angeles Times
  
• In Scarred Syria City, a Vision of a Life Free From Dictators
  By: ANTHONY SHADID | The New York Times
  
• FBI Interviews Syrian Activists in Washington
  By: Alice Fordham | The Washington Post
  
• Execution Videos Strike Terror in Pakistan
  By: Ashfaq Yusufzai | Inter Press Service
  
• UN Declares South Somalia Famine
  BBC
  
• A 2nd News Executive, Now Arrested, May Have Counseled Cameron
  By: GRAHAM BOWLEY and DON VAN NATTA Jr. | The New York Times
  
• U.S., India Share Focus on Homeland Security, But Collaboration Comes Slowly
  By: William Wan and Rama Lakshmi | The Washington Post
  
• Ex-State Department Aide Says Israel Won't Attack Iran
  By: Ben Birnbaum | The Washington Times
  
• Russia and Germany Bolster Trade Ties
  By: JUDY DEMPSEY | The New York Times
  
• The "Disappeared" -- New Face of Mexico's Drug War
  By: Daniela Pastrana | Inter Press Service
  
• Mexico Cartel Issues Booklets for Proper Conduct
  By: E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | The Associated Press
  
• Drone War in Pakistan: Photos from the Ground Show Civilian Casualties
  By: Hasnain Kazim | Der Spiegel
  
• Japan's Lower House Approves 2nd Recovery Budget
  Agence France-Presse