14 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked the ICTY for a new war crimes trial, accusing prosecutors of delaying the disclosure of crucial information.
- Ecuador will decide on the application of political asylum from WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, this week. Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, has said officials must weigh that if he were to be extradited to the United States, he may face the death penalty. In other Assange news, the Australian island where he lived as a child is contemplating a monument in his honor.
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said that ending global poverty begins with ending discrimination against women.
- Syrian rebels claim that they are holding the pilot of a downed government aircraft and have said they will hold him in accordance with the Protocols of the Geneva Conventions related to prisoners of war.
- Foreign ministers at a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation have agreed to suspend Syria, further isolating president Bashar al-Assad.
- Reuters offers an insight into how a militant threat is growing in Egypt’s Sinai Desert that mimics the structure and tactics of al-Qaeda.
- Foreign Policy has more about the row between Japan and South Korea on the disputed group of islands we reported on yesterday.
- China is signaling that it will support economic reforms in North Korea by promoting investment.
- The White House is of the opinion that there is still time for a diplomatic solution on Iran, contrary to Israel’s position on which we reported in yesterday’s news wrap.
- Two Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule.
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