World Politics Review Media Roundup: 29 Jul 2011

Media Roundup: 29 Jul 2011

Chavez Opponents See an Opportunity

By: Juan Forero | The Washington Post

Chavez's adversaries sense that they may be in a position to get the upper hand in next year's presidential election.

Bahrain Reform Proposals Fail to Win Over Opposition

By: ANDREW HAMMOND | Reuters

Proposals for a stronger lower house of parliament in Bahrain after the suppression of pro-democracy unrest give it more powers of scrutiny but not to pass legislation, preserving the dominance of an upper house appointed by the royal elite.

U.S. Should Not Retreat From the Hemisphere

By: BILL RICHARDSON | Miami Herald

Just two months ago, I joined a delegation of 70 international observers in Lima to ensure a free and fair presidential election run-off in Peru. The electoral process worked, and our neighbors to the south are completing a peaceful transition of power.

More News

• Top Libyan Rebel Commander Killed Amid Spying Allegations
  By: Suliman al Zway and Osama al Fitory | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• U.S. Sees Iran, al Qaeda Alliance
  By: JAY SOLOMON | The Wall Street Journal
  
• Suicide Bombers, Gunmen Attack Afghan Provincial Capital
  By: Laura King | Los Angeles Times
  
• Despite Its Turmoil, Syria Still Looks Like an Oasis to Iraqis
  By: TIM ARANGO | The New York Times
  
• Bomb Blast Hits Oil Pipeline in Western Syria
  By: ZEINA KARAM | The Associated Press
  
• India's Anticorruption Campaign Tainted by Scandal
  By: Aarti Betigeri | The Christian Science Monitor
  
• India to Press Pakistan on Fugitives
  By: Amir Mir | Asia Times
  
• Gazprom's Inroads Highlight EU's Energy Policy Woes
  By: Matthew Hulbert | World Politics Review
  
• UK Boost for Bolivian Battle Against Cocaine Production
  By: Mattia Cabitza | BBC
  
• African Nations Look to U.S. for Model of Democracy
  By: Ben Birnbaum | The Washington Times
  
• Zapatero Calls Early Spanish Elections as Support Wanes
  By: Emma Ross-Thomas | Bloomberg News
  
• Somalia Militants Bedevil Famine Relief
  By: CHRISTOPHER RHOADS AND MUSTAFA HAJI ABDI | The Wall Street Journal
  
• World's Biggest Refugee Camp Extended as Somalis Flood In
  By: Katy Migiro | Reuters
  
• Ollanta Humala Sworn in as Peru President
  By: Jim Wyss | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Clearing Mines With Nerves of Steel
  By: David Zucchino | Los Angeles Times
  
• In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship
  By: MICHAEL WINES and SHARON LaFRANIERE | The New York Times
  
• Egypt Islamists Lead Cairo 'Unity' Rally
  Agence France-Presse
  
• Ex-Counterterrorism Aide Warns Against Complacency on Al Qaeda