06 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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- The United States heads to the polls today to choose a second term for President Obama or to put Mitt Romney in the Oval Office.
- It may be election day in the US, but Bloomberg has a profile of Xi Jinping, who will most likely be chosen to replace Chinese President Hu Jintao later this month.
- Amnesty has reported that Malawi’s Justice minister has suspended the country’s controversial laws against homosexuality until Parliament has had a chance to vote on their repeal.
- China has filed a request for WTO consultations with the EU over Italy and Greece’s policies to offer higher prices for solar power generated using locally sources components.
- Brazil has asked the WTO to take action countering the distortive effects of exchange rate movements on trade commitments.
- Human rights organizations have criticized the ASEAN proposals for human rights protections.
- The hearing for a US Army sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in March began yesterday and will continue through the rest of the week.
- Russia’s foreign minister says that his country is supplying arms to Syria under Soviet-era commitments that were meant for defense against external threats, not to support President Bashar al-Assad.
- Palestinians have rejected demands from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to drop their bid for an elevated status at the UN.
- Sweden has indicted a suspect for genocide in Rwanda, the first such case in the Nordic country.
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