World Politics Review Media Roundup: 28 Jul 2011

Media Roundup: 28 Jul 2011

Shift in Europe Seen in Debate on Immigrants

By: NICHOLAS KULISH | The New York Times

Less than a week after the mass killings in Norway, evidence of a shift in the debate over Islam and the radical right in Europe already appeared to be taking hold on a traumatized Continent.

Somali Famine: Fighting in Mogadishu After Aid Delivery

BBC

Heavy fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a day after the UN World Food Programme airlifted in its first famine emergency aid.

Exclusive: Eritrea Behind AU Summit Attack Plot: U.N. Report

By: David Clarke | Reuters

Eritrea was behind a plot to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is bankrolling al Qaeda-linked Somali rebels through its embassy in Kenya, according to a UN report.

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  The Associated Press
  
• Latvia Facing Its Toughest Test Since 1991 In Upcoming Elections
  By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor
  
• China's Banned Churches Defy Regime
  By: BRIAN SPEGELE | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Guatemala Presidential Election Campaign Heats Up
  By: Alex Renderos | Los Angeles Times
  
• U.S. Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Afghan Civilian Murder
  The Associated Press
  
• Iran's Image Plummets in Arab World, Poll Finds
  By: Barbara Slavin | Inter Press Service
  
• UN's Iraq Mission Poised for Larger Role as U.S. Forces Withdraw
  By: Bill Varner | Bloomberg News
  
• Russia Gives U.S. Warning on Magnitsky Case
  By: Nikolaus von Twickel | The Moscow Times
  
• Before a Diplomatic Showdown, a Budget Crisis
  By: ETHAN BRONNER | The New York Times
  
• Blasts Kill at Least 12 in Iraq's Tikrit: Official
  By: Muhanad Mohammed and Suadad al-Salhy | Reuters
  
• Iraqi Army Calls U.S Forces 'Brothers,' But Some Politicians Want Them Out
  By: Roy Gutman | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Kosovo Firebombing Underscores New Ethnic Tensions
  By: JUDY DEMPSEY | The New York Times
  
• Aides Urge Medvedev to Run Again
  By: GREGORY L. WHITE | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Asia Security Needs India: Australia Minister
  By: Shaun Tandon | Agence France-Presse
  
• Australia: Offshoring the Boat People
  The Economist
  
• Silvan Report Indicates Major Breakthrough in Turkish Military
  Today's Zaman