World Politics Review Media Roundup :03 Aug 2011

Media Roundup: 03 Aug 2011

China Calls on U.S. to Manage Its Debt 'Responsibly' From Now On

By: Tania Branigan | The Guardian

The governor of China's central bank has urged the US to take "responsible" measures to deal with its debt issues, warning that uncertainty could damage global growth, in the country's first official response to the bill.

For Italy, Political Farce Could Descend Into Financial Tragedy

By: RACHEL DONADIO | The New York Times

Italy's financial position is deteriorating at the same time that its politicians are mired in a host of judicial investigations and lurid rumors.

Bedridden Mubarak Appears in Court

By: Ernesto Londono and Leila Fadel | The Washington Post

The ousted Egyptian president, bedridden and looking sickly, is wheeled into the cage of a Cairo courtroom to be put on trial. The former autocrat's appearance gripped millions of Egyptians awestruck by the reversal of fortune of a man who ruled the Arab world's most populous nation for three decades.

More News

• U.S. Seeks Pressure on Syria, But Options Are Few
  By: STEVEN LEE MYERS and NEIL MacFARQUHAR | The New York Times
  
• Escaping From Somalia's Famine Into a Perilous Refuge
  By: Samuel Loewenberg | Time
  
• Iraq, U.S. to Discuss Extended Stay for Troops
  By: Ned Parker and Raheem Salman | Los Angeles Times
  
• More Kurdish Politicians Face Separatism Charges
  The Associated Press
  
• Oil Tensions Rise in South China Sea
  By: PATRICK BARTA AND CRIS LARANO | The Wall Street Journal
  
• For India's Prime Minister, Corruption Refuses to Stay 'at Arm's Length'
  By: Simon Denyer | The Washington Post
  
• Analysis: Honeymoon Over, Yingluck Treads Political Tightrope
  By: Martin Petty | Reuters
  
• Brazil Moves to Boost Local Goods
  By: PAULO PRADA | The Wall Street Journal
  
• New Setback for Haiti's Pop Star Turned President
  By: Joseph Guyler-Delva | Reuters
  
• UK Government Drops Website Blocking
  BBC
  
• France Confirms It Will Extradite Panama's Noriega
  Agence France-Presse
  
• U.S. Embassy Bombing a Plausible Escalation for Russia in Georgia
  By: Michael Cecire | World Politics Review
  
• South Korean Red Cross Offers Flood Aid to North
  Voice of America
  
• Latest Word From Yemen's Ill President Doesn't Allay Tensions
  By: Adam Baron | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Arab Spring Haunts Flexible King
  By: Abderrahim El Ouali | Inter Press Service
  
• Cubans Set for Big Change: Right to Buy Homes
  By: DAMIEN CAVE | The New York Times
  
• Mexico Says Its Arrests Weaken Top Crime Gangs
  By: Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers
  
• Independent Women Lead Social Change in Japan
  By: Christopher Johnson | The Washington Times