North Korea readies rocket launch amid centennial events
Delegates gather in Pyongyang for the fourth party conference as Kim Jong Un is poised to inherit titles. A three stage rocket aims to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite between Thursday and Monday, despite international warnings and U.N. concerns. Ryu Kum Choi defends space ambitions, citing sovereignty and a universal right to a satellite.
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Kim Jong Il
Workers’ Party
Chilly Pyongyang
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Kim I] Sung
Ryu Kum Choi
Korea
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U.N. Security Council
Department of Space Technology
Pyongyang
Islamist warns of election of new Mubarak in Egypt
Khairat el Shater, Muslim Brotherhood strategist and financier, warned in an Associated Press interview that Egypt’s presidential vote may be rigged. He said vote fraud could produce a new Mubarak, referring to Omar Suleiman, Mubarak era ally and intelligence chief, as a candidate. The race pits Islamists against old power structures, including the military and security services.
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Khairat el-Shater
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El-Shater
Omar Suleiman
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Bo Xilai ousted as wife tied to murder inquiry
China moved to contain a major scandal by suspending Bo Xilai from the Politburo and Central Committee while naming his wife as a homicide investigation suspect. The case, tied to a British businessman’s death, threatens the party’s transition and reveals intra leadership tensions ahead of the 18th Party Congress.
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Bo Xilai
Communist Party
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Cheng Li
Brookings Institution
Washington
Syria defies cease-fire as peace hopes fade
Syria's government defied a U N backed cease-fire by renewing attacks on rebel areas despite Kofi Annan saying the plan remains the only peace chance. The U N Security Council voiced grave concern as shelling intensified in Homs and a withdrawal deadline passed without evidence of a pullback.
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Assad
Free Syrian Army
Spanish town votes on growing marijuana to pay debts
Basquera in Catalonia approved a plan to lease land to an association to grow cannabis for 1.7 million over two years, enough to cover debt only if 75 percent voted yes. The 308 yes votes represented 56.3 percent, blocking the project. The town of 960, faced with high unemployment and debt, hosts a 12th century castle and sought a creative economic fix.
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Catalonia
Barcelona
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Pallisa
Jose Maria Insausti
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