WPR Media Roundup:30 Jun 2011

Media Roundup: 30 Jun 2011

U.S. Monthly Combat Deaths in Iraq at 3-Year High

By: TIM ARANGO | The New York Times

With three more American soldiers killed this week, the combat-related deaths for United States forces in Iraq reached a monthly toll not seen since 2008.

Afghan Taliban Sends Message With Hotel Attack

By: Laura King and Aimal Yaqubi | Los Angeles Times

If the Taliban was trying to play on unease among Afghans and Western governments about the ability of the police and army to safeguard the country, it chose the right target and time.

Taiwan Unveils Upgraded Fighter Jets

By: Sam Yeh | Agence France-Presse

Taiwan on Thursday unveiled an upgraded version of its locally developed fighter jet in a bid to boost its air defences against China after the US declined to sell it F16 warplanes.

More News

• Greek Parliament Expected to Endorse Second Austerity Bill
  By: Dina Kyriakidou and Renee Maltezou | Reuters
  
• Syria Pulls Armed Forces From Some Contested Cities
  By: ANTHONY SHADID | The New York Times
  
• Health Woes Cause Chávez to Postpone Key Summit
  By: DAVID LUHNOW AND EZEQUIEL MINAYA | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal Shifts Into High Gear
  By: Luke Hunt | World Politics Review
  
• Brennan: Counterterrorism Strategy Focused on al-Qaeda's Threat to Homeland
  By: Karen DeYoung | The Washington Post
  
• Senegal Cracks Down on Riots
  By: WILL CONNORS | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Bangladesh Abolishes Caretaker Gov't for Elections
  By: FARID HOSSAIN | The Associated Press
  
• Colombian President Santos Condemns Deadly FARC Attack
  BBC
  
• Sudanese Leader Is Welcomed in Visit to China
  By: MICHAEL WINES | The New York Times
  
• WikiLeaks Haiti: Country's Elite Used Police as Private Army
  By: Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives | The Nation
  
• In Tit-for-Tat, Russia Wants to Blacklist Foreigners
  By: Alexandra Odynova | The Moscow Times
  
• Arms Transfers to Russia: An Internal Challenge to NATO
  By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor
  
• France Defends Ams Airlift to Libyan Rebels
  By: Louis Charbonneau and Hamuda Hassan | Reuters
  
• Assailant Grabs Sarkozy During Crowd Visit
  The Associated Press
  
• As Poppy Fields Flourish in Mexico, Heroin Use Surges in U.S.
  By: Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Clinton: U.S. Pursuing 'Limited Contacts' With Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
  By: Ben Birnbaum | The Washington Times
  
• Egypt Rejection of U.S. Aid a Sign of Future Rifts?
  By: Hannah Allam | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Arab Spring Exposes Turkey's Western Moorings
  By: Michael Cecire | World Politics Review
  
• Japan: Renewable Energy Grabs Limelight
  By: Suvendrini Kakuchi | Inter Press Service