World Politics Review Media Roundup :27 Jul 2011

Media Roundup: 27 Jul 2011

India, Pakistan Agree on Confidence Measures

By: AMOL SHARMA | The Wall Street Journal

The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan agreed on measures to promote increased travel and trade across their border in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, moves aimed at boosting trust between the countries as they seek a thaw in their long-frosty relations.

Dozens of Russian Officials Appear 'On U.S. Blacklist'

By: Nikolaus von Twickel | The Moscow Times

The United States has blacklisted dozens of Russian officials implicated in the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a U.S. media report said Tuesday.

Spanish Indignants Start Long Protest March to Brussels

BBC

Spanish activists, known as "the Indignants", have set off from Madrid on a long march to Brussels.

More News

• Taliban Claims Responsibility for Fatal Attack on Kandahar's Mayor
  By: Joshua Partlow and Sayed Salahuddin | The Washington Post
  
• Dozens of Iraqis Pardoned at Sadr Movement's Behest
  By: Ned Parker | Los Angeles Times
  
• Iran's Sanction Fight Reshapes Wealth
  By: JAY SOLOMON AND FARNAZ FASSIHI | The Wall Street Journal
  
• People Find Online Power Now in Malaysia
  By: Lim Li Min | Inter Press Service
  
• China's Local Debt Problem Needs Political, not Economic Solution
  By: Iain Mills | World Politics Review
  
• Al-Qaeda Could Collapse, U.S. Officials Say
  By: Greg Miller | The Washington Post
  
• U.S. Freezes Grant to Malawi Over Handling of Protests
  By: CELIA W. DUGGER | The New York Times
  
• Egypt's 'Extremely Weak' Mubarak Refuses Food
  Agence France-Presse
  
• U.K. Recognizes Libyan Rebels
  By: GUY CHAZAN | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Abyei Remains Tense as UN, Sudanese Army Disagree on Troop Presence
  By: Laura Heaton | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• South Sudan Continues Custom of Beating and Jailing Reporters
  By: Ashish Kumar Sen | The Washington Times
  
• U.S. in 'Denial' Over China's Pacific Plans
  By: Craig Guthrie | Asia Times
  
• Riot in South China After Death of Fruit Vendor
  By: Ben Blanchard | Reuters
  
• Grass-Roots Party Sways Spanish Politics
  By: RAPHAEL MINDER | The New York Times
  
• Why Netanyahu Is Suddenly Unpopular in Israel
  By: Joshua Mitnick | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• The Door Opens for More Cuba Travel
  By: Mimi Whitefield | Miami Herald
  
• Cuba Draws on the Past as it Struggles With Economic Reform
  By: Tracy Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times
  
• Crime Reporter Believed Probing Boss's Death Killed in Mexico
  By: Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers