31 Aug Weekday News Wrap: Friday, August 31, 2012
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- France and the United Kingdom reported at the Security Council that all options are on the table regarding Syria.
- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that he will speak on Iran at the UN General Assembly in a speech next month.
- An IAEA report has indicated that Iran has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and has doubled its centrifuges.
- Approximately 80% of the internally displaced persons from a camp in North Darfur have returned to the camp after recent violence in the area.
- Foreign Policy offers an analysis of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsy’s decorum on the world stage in light of how he presented himself at the recent Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran. One example of this was calling for intervention in Syria saying that the “oppressive regime” in place there must go.
- At Justice in Conflict, Mark Kersten offers an analysis of Assad supporters in Syria calling to allow the ICC to investigate the situation in the war-torn country.
- Julian Assange gave a speech yesterday in which he said he sees six months up to a year of living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and that he hopes that Sweden will drop its case against him.
- Using the Apartheid-era “common purpose” doctrine, prosecutors have charged South African miners with the murder of 34 of their colleagues who were shot by police two weeks ago.
- In the aftermath of the ruling against it, Samsung bites back saying consumers will now face fewer options, less innovation and higher prices when it comes to smartphones and tablets.
- In the ongoing tit-for-tat requests for consultations between Argentina and other WTO Members, Argentina has complained to the WTO about US restrictions on imports of Argentinian beef and other meat products.
- New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor Allan Bollard has opined that the WTO could be an appropriate global body to oversee exchange rate practices and has criticized the IMF for being too dominated by European interests.
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