04 May Weekday News Wrap: Friday, May 4, 2012
04.05.12
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- Prosecutors are seeking an 80-year sentence for Charles Taylor. The sentencing will take place on May 30th.
- The US solar industry is pushing the government to bring a WTO complaint against India’s local content requirements in the production of solar panels.
- Despite recent nationalizations in Bolivia and Argentina, the IMF has declined to call it a trend.
- Speaking in Beijing, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the US is willing to work with North Korea if it reforms.
- China has said that dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply for a visa to study abroad, signaling perhaps an end to the diplomatic crisis that has soured US-Chinese relations.The Telegraph reports that Chinese newspapers have started a propaganda war against Mr. Chen.
- Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to follow an African Union roadmap, laying out plans for negotiations and giving the two battling nations three months to reach an agreement.
- The European Central Bank urged fiscal discipline to EU countries along with planning their growth strategies.
- ECOWAS has warned Mali and Guinea-Bissau juntas and has also begun preparing troops in case the violence in the two countries does not cease.
- Previously classified documents from the Bin Laden raid last year were released yesterday. Foreign Policy has an analysis of what they tell us. Other takes from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.
- As the first Asian country, South Korea’s Parliament nearly unanimously approved an Emissions Trading Scheme.
- Deadly attacks have occurred in Pakistan, Dagestan, and Nigeria.
- The US National Academy of Sciences has casted doubt over the ability of the planned US missile defense shield in Europe to defend the US homeland.
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