World Politics Review Media Roundup :10 Aug 2011

Media Roundup: 10 Aug 2011

North, South Korea Exchange Fire Along Tense Western Sea Border

By: John M. Glionna and Jung-yoon Choi | Los Angeles Times

The exchange took place shortly after noon in an area of ocean that in November brought the last lethal exchange between the two sides -- when North Korean shelling killed four people on Yeonpyeong Island.

China's First Aircraft Carrier Takes to the Sea

By: Kathrin Hille | Financial Times

China has taken its first aircraft carrier to sea, in a forceful sign of the country's burgeoning naval power.

More News

• European Stocks Rise on U.S. Move
  BBC
  
• Tripoli Says NATO Strike Kills Dozens of Civilians
  By: Missy Ryan | Reuters
  
• Dissident Chinese Artist Speaks Out Using Twitter
  By: KEITH BRADSHER and RICK GLADSTONE | The New York Times
  
• Armenia Plans More NATO-Backed Defense Reforms
  By: Emil Danielyan | Eurasia Daily Monitor
  
• Cuban Human Rights Activists Report Dissidents Injured in Crackdown
  By: Juan O. Tamayo | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Drone Strike Kills 20 Militants in Pakistan
  The Associated Press
  
• Violent Protests for Education Reform in Chile
  By: FEDERICO QUILODRAN | The Associated Press
  
• Student Protests Mark Low Point for Chile's Piñera
  By: Roque Planas | World Politics Review
  
• In Iraq's Oil-Rich South, Concerns About the Neighbors
  By: Ed O'Keefe | The Washington Post
  
• Syrian President Bashar Assad Target of War Crimes Investigation
  By: Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times
  
• On 4th Night of Violence, Unrest Spreads Far From London
  By: JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL | The New York Times
  
• What the Financial Crisis Means for Germany
  By: David Böcking | Der Spiegel
  
• West Africa Rising: New effort to Boost Regional Trade By Fighting Delays, Corruption
  By: Clair MacDougall | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• Tanzania Donates Food for Famine-Hit Somalia
  Agence France-Presse
  
• Austria Says 2 Russians Purchased Citizenship
  By: Nikolaus von Twickel | The Moscow Times
  
• Endgame Nearing for Unpopular Japan PM
  By: Linda Sieg and Kaori Kaneko | Reuters
  
• Trial Resumes of Relatives of Tunisia's Ousted Leader
  Agence France-Presse
  
• Egypt's Rulers Stoke Xenophobia
  By: YAROSLAV TROFIMOV | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Rick Perry to Try His Luck in Presidential Race
  By: Chris McGreal | The Guardian