Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, March 29, 2012

29 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, March 29, 2012

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North Korea has reportedly started fuelling a rocket for launch next month
In a surprise move, Myanmar has invited foreign observers to monitor Sunday’s elections
For the first time since 2010, Japan has executed three multiple murderers.
The Guardian has live updates of the Arab-League Summit in Baghdad.
Syrian President Assad has rejected any Arab-League initiatives to come out of the summit and the violence continued on Wednesday despite Assad’s acceptance of the six points plan.
Israel has reportedly bought an airfield in Azerbaijan just north of Iran’s border in a move that worries US intelligence officials.
The UN is considering reducing the number of peacekeepers in Darfur.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation according to which extreme weather events, such as cyclones and heatwaves, will become more frequent.
In his visit to Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the US trade embargo on Cuba.
A Bloomberg column is critical of Obama’s choice of Jim Yong Kim as the candidate for the World Bank’s top job, and argues that Obama should have supported Dr. Okonjo-Iweala instead.
Reuters reports a heated exchange between the head of a Chinese state-owned bank and a US Treasury Official during the WTO Seminar on Trade and Exchange Rates.

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