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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Morning News Roundup
Top of the news and stories of interest from the American and global press: - Sunni Awakening leaders increasingly targetted in Iraq. (NY Times)
- French bank reveals $7 billion fraud. (NY Times)
- Greek PM visits Turkey for first time in 49 years. (NY Times)
- Mosul police chief killed at bomb site. (AP/NY Times)
- In snub to Senate Democrats, White House renominates controversial Justice Dept. official. (NY Times)
- Wall St. U-turns after Fed rate cut, bond insurer news. (WaPo)
- Russian FM attacks NATO on enlargement. (IHT)
- Iran allows IAEA inspectors to visit new centrifuge lab. (Reuters/IHT)
- Economic crisis, flour shortage threaten Musharraf. (McClatchy)
- Obama shifts gears on how to address race in campaign. (LA Times)
- Pentagon plans to train Pakistani forces. (LA Times)
- China GDP grows 11.4% in 2007, fifth straight year of 10-plus percent growth. (PDO, China)
- China industrial output up 18.5% in 2007. (PDO, China)
- Sixth nuclear fuel shipment arrives for Bushehr reactor. (PDO, China)
- Iran refuses to receive US protest over naval incident. (Xinhua)
- Gas producing countries consider OPEC-like natural gas cartel. (RIA Novosti)
- Russia, France begin joint naval exercise. (RIA Novosti)
- Russian FM downplays Kosovo domino effect for breakaway Georgian provinces. (Turkish News)
- Ahmadinejad moves to block critics in parliamentary elections. (BBC)
- Sarkozy backs liberalization plan. (FT)
- Iran, Russia spearhead 'natural gas OPEC'. (Alalam News, Iran)
That's it for this morning.
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