Monday, April 12, 2010
International Headlines
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 13 April, 2010
> UKRAINE ANNOUNCES IT WILL REMOVE URANIUM STOCKPILE
Ukraine has announced that it will get rid of all its nuclear
weapons-grade enriched uranium as a 47-nation summit on nuclear
security kicks off in Washington.
> TALIBAN THREATENS TO KILL JOURNALISTS
Taliban militants in Afghanistan are threatening to kill two
kidnapped French journalists unless their demands are met,
including the release of some detainees held by France.
> POLISH PRESIDENT TO BE BURIED SATURDAY
Polish President Lech Kaczynski will be buried alongside his
wife on Saturday following the couple's death in a weekend plane
crash, Polish state television reports.
> SUDAN EXTENDS VOTING BY TWO DAYS
Voting in Sudan's first multiparty elections in 24 years has
been extended by two days, a United Nations official said
Monday.
> THAI HOLIDAY CANCELED AMID PROTESTS
Bangkok's local government cancels major Thai holiday
festivities that were to begin Monday amid anti-government
protests that have left 21 people dead.
> SHOOTOUTS IN MEXICO KILL AT LEAST 9
At least nine people died in shootouts over the weekend in
northeastern Mexico, an area where two drug cartels have been
waging a bloody war since January.
> STUDY: ANTI-SEMITISM RISES SHARPLY
The number of anti-Semitic incidents around the world more than
doubled from 2008 to 2009, according to a Tel Aviv University
study.
> VATICAN REVISES SEX ABUSE PROCEDURES
The Vatican is overhauling its rules on how it handles
accusations of sexual abuse by priests, it said Monday, without
giving any details.
BUSINESS
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> EUROZONE MAKES $40B GREEK PROMISE
Eurozone members have made a commitment to providing up to
€30bn in loans to Greece over the next year to help stave off
a debt crisis that has roiled financial markets and posed the
most serious challenge to the euro in its history.
> CHINA POSTS 1ST TRADE DEFICIT IN 6 YEARS
China records a $7.24 billion trade deficit in March, the
country's first monthly deficit since April 2004, while it still
posted a trade surplus in the first quarter.
> APPLE BATTLES GOOGLE FOR MOBILE ADS
Apple launched a war with Google over mobile advertising
revenues on Thursday as it announced its own iAd network for the
iPhone.
