21 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Friday, September 21, 2012
21.09.12
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- A Syrian airstrike has killed at least 54 amid heavy fighting in northern Syria.
- At a UN Security Council meeting, Iran was attacked about the aid it is providing to Syria’s government forces.
- At the IAEA’s meeting in Geneva, Iran and Israel squared off about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East region.
- The US has lifted a ban on New Zealand naval ships visiting US ports or bases in place since 1986, after New Zealand’s decision to ban any nuclear powered ships or nuclear armed ships from its ports, as part of its nuclear free policy.
- According to a top Cuban official, ending the US’ embargo on Cuba would help both countries.
- Japan will try to broker a deal at the upcoming IMF meeting in order to bring debt relief to Myanmar.
- Japanese exporters are reporting severe delays clearing customs in China, as part of the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.
- The Chicago Tribune reports that the Appeals Court hearing the ACLU’s challenge of the Obama Administration’s secrecy about the US drone program was skeptical of the government’s position on the first day of oral arguments.
- A German court has ruled in favor of Microsoft on a patent case involving the sale of several Motorola products in Germany and the US.
- ASIL has posted an Insight entitled The UN Arms Trade Treaty: Temporarily Holstered (.pdf).
- As the US Supreme Court readies for new rounds of oral argument in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum on October 1, International Law Grrls offers a post discussing the assorted viewpoints in the case.
- And for those looking for something to watch perhaps over the weekend, Foreign Policy has highly recommended Frontline‘s new documentary entitled “The Battle for Syria,” available online.
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