Guardian, Deadline, CNN, WikiLeaks, Telegraph, Russia Today, Reuters Sony Hack Subterfuge, Spooks, Liars, Surveillance Blast for December 19 With anonymous hackers said to be from North Korea defeating the First Amendment, the trend of shredding of the Bill of Rights took an odd turn this week. We have been told that 'the United States has identified the source of the hack as the government in Pyongyang.' So we are asked to trust the U.S. government after years during which U.S. intelligence services have been thoroughly discredited. There are many parties that stand to gain from the fears that arise out of this, not least of which is the national security state and the NSA at its heart. with this in mind and with the ramifications of the story beginning to sink in, it is time for our regularly occurring 'hack, surveillance, spy tech post', which includes the latest on Edward Snowden, a warning that Chinese Coolpad Smartphones have been found with a 'built-In hacker backdoor'; the most recent WikiLeaks leak on the U.S. drone program; CHCQ's new 'app for kids'; and top Google searches for 2014. — LIES, SPIES, FIRST AMENDMENT

SONY: JUSTIFYING SURVEILLANCE?

Vermelho, Brazil Cuba's Unprecedented Triumph Over Adversity TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The history of Cuba, victim of attacks on its territorial integrity and the sabotage of its agriculture, industry, trade, and so on, including on its leader Fidel Castro who escaped thousands of conspiracies to assassinate him unharmed, is worthy of a long treatise on the art of how not to drown in the face of incomparable storms." — ANALYST Eduardo Bomfim IS THIS A VICTORY FOR HAVANA?

Carta Maior, Brazil Cuba's Mariel Port: Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Ties a Victory for President Rousseff TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The resumption of relations between Cuba and the United States established yesterday by President Obama shows just how great Lula and Dilma are as statesmen and global leaders." — ANALYST Jose Augusto CUBA PORT GAMBLE PAYS OFF

El Universal, Mexico Obama's Cuban 'Electoral Coup' TRANSLATED SPANISH “By approaching Cuba in such a definitive and historic way, Mr. Obama gives the Democratic nominee for president a golden opportunity to make Florida the party's most valuable state in electoral terms. In short, what Obama has done, in terms of U.S. policy, is a win-win-win. Not bad for a president who seemed finished." — COLUMNIST Leon Krauze GOOD FOR HILLARY?

Opera Mundi, Brazil FLASH: Demonization of 'Cuban Five' Shows U.S. is the Real Terror Threat TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The island's government invited two FBI officials to Havana to give them a report on the criminal actions of organizations based in Florida. In fact, Cuba intelligence services had infiltrated several of their agents in Florida. But instead of neutralizing the people responsible for terrorist activities, the U.S. government decided to arrest five Cuban agents." — Dr. Salim Lamrani HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY

La Jornada, Mexico From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa - Racism and Criminalization of Social Protest is the Rule “Although the issue of racism in the United States has been at the center of the political debate about police violence, in Mexico it has been little dealt with by analysts. The fact that most of the 43 disappeared students are indigenous has scarcely been said." — BY R. Aida Hernandez and Shannon Speed CONNECTING PROTESTS IN U.S. AND MEXICO

North Korea Central News, North Korea VIDEO: American Asylum Seeker Condemns U.S. and Praises North Korea Dec. 15, 00:02:30 "A 29-year-old man from El Paso, Texas, Arturo Pierre Martinez, denounced U.S. domestic and foreign policy on North Korean TV yesterday, after 'seeking asylum' in Venezuela by fleeing to North Korea. According to him, he too the 'risky journey to reach the (North) so that I could pass along some very valuable and disturbing information." — NEWS FROM NORTH KOREA SEEKING ASYLUM IN VENEZUELA?

The Philippine Inquirer, Philippines Angry She wasn't 'Real Woman', Report Says U.S. Marine Killed Jeffrey 'Jennifer' Laude “The prosecution panel found aggravating circumstances that included treachery, abuse of superior strength and cruelty. ... The panel theorized that the U.S. Marine may have been provoked to kill Laude upon discovering that she wasn't a real woman." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi CONVINCING TRANSGENDER AND ENRAGED MARINE

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia U.S. Senate Report on CIA Torture Threatens International Relations "The ramifications are already rippling out internationally and may inflame anti-Americanism in Muslim-majority countries whose support could be key for U.S. success in the campaign against terrorism. This will only add to the Obama's tremendous public diplomacy challenge." — FORMER U.K. GOVERNMENT ADVISER Andrew Hammond

The Age, Australia Sydney Hostage Drama Ends "The exchange was started by three discrete bangs. The first brought about five people from the building. A space followed between the subsequent two and then a near-continuous volley rang out. Dozens of shots were fired." — SMH Reporter James Robertson A HOSTAGE DRAMA UNFOLDS IN SYDNEY

Australia, Australia VIDEO-TEXT: Sydney Siege - Muslim Terrorist, Home Grown, Holds Hostages "It is evening in Sydney Australia, about 15 hours since a man entered the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney and took about a dozen hostages. Monis a 'self-described cleric and spiritual healer' named Haron Monis. Early in the siege, Monis had some of the hostage unfurl a banner with Arabic text that read 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God' - although it was not an Islamic State banner. Below is a roundup of coverage from Australia media, including a live video feed from Sky News." — COVERAGE OF THE SIEGE

Folha, Brazil U.S. Schools Brazil on Confronting Torture TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The difference in behavior of the two countries is very likely due to, among other things, the non-existence south of the equator of 'accountability' - a word that has no exact translation into Portuguese (or into Spanish)." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi ROUSSEFF WEEPS OVER TORTURE

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia U.S. Senate Report on CIA Torture Threatens International Relations "The ramifications are already rippling out internationally and may inflame anti-Americanism in Muslim-majority countries whose support could be key for U.S. success in the campaign against terrorism. This will only add to the Obama's tremendous public diplomacy challenge." — FORMER U.K. GOVERNMENT ADVISER Andrew Hammond

Toronto Star, Canada Federal Government Will Act on Intelligence Obtained by Torture “The primary responsibility of Canadian security agencies is to protect Canadian life and property. ... We will continue to ensure that intelligence is reviewed and assessed by our intelligence experts before it is acted upon." — PUBLIC SAFETY SPOKESMAN Jean-Christophe de Le Rue

The Express Tribune, Pakistan Pakistan Condemns CIA Torture Tactics "We deplore the systematic torture of the detainees at various locations by the CIA. ... the Senate Intelligence report reinforced Pakistan's viewpoint that international human rights, humanitarian law must be respected while fighting the terrorist menace." — Foreign Office Spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam

Globe & Mail, Guardian, RT, Canada, U.K., Russia Sony Hack, Spooks, Liars, Surveillance "This is our latest roundup f rom the dark corners of human society, starting with fallout from the hack of Sony pictures, reaction from Canada, Britain and Edward Snowden to the Senate torture report, news that CIA Chief John Brennan plans to stay on despite justified calls for him to resign, comments from the commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe that terrorism is no justification for mass surveillance, and news about a new app that will allow you to sell 'anything to anyone in total privacy.'" — LIES, SPIES AND TORTURE

JOHN BRENNAN: REFUSES TO LEAVE

Toronto Star, Canada Recriminations Divide Washington in Wake of CIA Torture Report "In Washington, the news felt more like an end than a beginning. With a newly elected, Republican-led Congress poised to take power, powerful chair positions will also change, including Feinstein’s seat on Senate intelligence. This one extraordinary day of looking back, however long in coming, seems unlikely to repeat in the near future." — REPORTERS, Mitch Potter, Michelle Shephard

FEINSTEIN'S LAST HURRAH?

Folha, Brazil Black Friday Shows Brazil's Enduring Love for the United States TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “This imitation of the 'American way of life' doesn't surprise me: a survey by the reputable Pew Research Center shows that 65 percent of Brazilians have a positive view of the U.S. About Brazil itself, even as patriotic as we are, the percentage of Brazilians who like the country is only slightly higher (77 %)." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi THANKSGIVINGLESS BLACK FRIDAY

CBC News, Canada Ottawa Man's ISIL Video Called 'Silly,' By Experts "The newest recruitment video with young Ottawa jihadist John Maguire verges on preposterous by, among other things, trying to make common cause over hockey." — REPORTER Andre Mayer

JOHN MAGUIRE: THE SILLY JIHADIST?

ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO: Ottawa
Man John Maguire Seeks
Recruits for Islamic State

The Nation, Pakistan Al-Qadea Leader Adnan el Shukrijuma Killed in Raid, the Army Claims “Top Al-Qaeda commander el-Shukrijumah, carrying a U.S. bounty of $5 million on his head for plotting attacks on the U.S. and U.K., was killed and a soldier martyred, in an operation in South Waziristan Agency. ... Pakistani helicopter gunships swooped on the militant hideout, killing Shukrijumah." — NEWS ITEM, The Nation ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

La Jornada, Mexico Racism: Police Injustice in the U.S. Leads to Even Greater Injustice TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "It's no coincidence that the U.S. imprisons more of its people than any other country (with less that 5 percent of the world's population, it accounts for about 25 percent of the planet's imprisoned population)." — EDITORIAL, La Jornada

CAN THE U.S. ESCAPE THIS CYCLE?

Xinhua, China Racial Unrest a Stain on a Hypocritical America “When it comes to human rights issues, there are few other states in the world as self-righteous and complacent as the United States. ... It is undeniable that racism against African Americans or other ethnic minorities, though not as obvious as before, persists in every aspect of the social life of the country." — COLUMNIST Li Li POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK?

New Zealand Herald, RT, unBound Digital, N.Z., U.K. VIDEO and TEXT: Kim Dotcom Avoids Jail Again; to Launch United States Political Party LINKS TO VIDEOS, TEXT, FROM U.K. AND NZ "a New Zealand court rejected a plea by the U.S. Justice Department and New Zealand authorities to have his bail revoked. He also announced plans to launch a political party in the U.S. The U.S. Justice Department claims that Megaupload made more than $175 million before it was closed, and that it cost the film and TV industry and other rights-holders more than $500 million." — FOUR LINKS TO VIDEO AND TEXT OUT ON BAIL: NO RETREAT FOR DOTCOM

Huanqiu, China How Does U.S. Stay So Calm in the Face of Ferguson Unrest? TRANSLATED CHINESE “We must consider the why American society can remain calm as a whole, whereas if faced with such issues, China's society would have a far greater sense of concern. This may reflect that China has more of an awareness of crisis, but it could also be due to a lack of self-confidence." — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu FERGUSON: U.S. COPING WELL?

The Australian, Australia Pax Americana to Give Way to New World Order "Future historians may well come to see 2014 as a bellwether year in world affairs, marking an shift to a new, more turbulent world order no longer dominated by the values or power of America and its Western allies." — Alan Dupont, University of New South Wales

PAX AMERICANA TO PAX ... WHAT?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Kim Jong-un Calls Americans 'Cannibals' and 'Homocides' “The purpose of my visit [to Sinchon's Museum of American Atrocities] is to further enforce education about class consciousness and opposing American imperialism. This is to help create the political conditions needed to arouse tens of millions of troops and prepare citizens for a decisive confrontation with American. Holding illusions about the enemy will lead only to death." — SUPREME LEADER Kim Jong-un KIM JONG-UN DOES HIS OWN DIRTY WORK

La Cronica De Hoy, Mexico The Missing 43 and the CIA TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "A growing number of voices point to the presence of destabilizing agents in Mexico. The can clearly be seen from the perspective of a general uprising - which is what these protests are. They are well calculated, progressive, and have sources of funding no one checks. Let’s turn to the never-answered charges of WikiLeaks: that U.S. soldiers are actively involved in the drug war [in the form of negotiations with the drug cartels]." — COLUMNIST Carlos Ferreyra

MEXICO'S MISSING 43: A CIA HAND?

National Post, Canada When he Needs his Friends Most - Obama Humiliates Australia, Ignores Canada “There are ominous parallels in how Obama deliberately humiliated Aussie Prime Minister Abbott last weekend, publicly accusing him of being a laggard on climate change, and how the U.S. leader has kept Prime Minister Harper waiting at the altar by withholding approval of the Keystone pipeline." — COLUMNIST Matthew Fisher PRESIDENT OBAMA: BURNING HIS BRIDGES?

La Jornada, Mexico Undocumented Cannot Count on Obama Migration Initiative TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "It is fair to wonder whether Obama has the necessary determination to carry out his plan to offer temporary migration regularization, particularly given what this may mean for the remainder of his term. Among other items, the possibility exists that the Republican opposition will hold up passage of the country's budget package for next year, which would bring significant economic risk not only to the United States but the world." — EDITORIAL, La Jornada

DOES PRESIDENT OBAMA HAVE THE MOJO?

El Universal, Mexico Mexican Leaders Must Back Mr. Obama on Immigration TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The economic and social agenda of the U.S. continues to run up deficits, deficiency and imbalances. Migration is one of them. The situation should be reviewed carefully and responsibly in terms of what Mexico can do to support Mr. Obama in his battle for regularization, which to us is not an issue involving foreigners." — COLUMNIST Luis Herrera-Lasso

WHAT CAN MEXICO DO FOR OBAMA?

Globe & Mail, Canada For GOP, Keystone is a Weapon - and Obama the Target "The GOP holds all of the cards, they're winning, and they have every interest in keeping the game going. The way for Mr. Obama to make his problem go away? Cut his losses and end the game. Approve the XL pipeline before Congress returns." — EDITORIAL, Globe & Mail KEYSTONE: TIME TO SAY YES?

GLOBE & MAIL: Obama's Keystone
Stance Unworthy of Good Neighbors
NATIONAL POST: Canadians
Finally Get Why Americans
gave up on Obama
TORONTO STAR: Why the
Keystone Pipeline Doesn't Matter
TORONTO STAR: Canada Losing
Friends Over Climate Change

Estadao, Brazil Like her Friend Putin, the 'Incompetent' Dilma Lives in 'Another World' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Guided only by puerile anti- Americanism, Dilma was one of the few heads of state among G20 leaders to save Putin from the isolation to which he condemned himself. In doing so, she may please her third world cheerleaders who always thrill at the sight of someone challenging the U.S. and its Western allies, but she diminishes the role of Brazil. ... The cynicism of the Russian autocrat is no greater than Dilma's incompetence." — EDITORIAL, Estadao

ROUSSEFF: ON THE WRONG SIDE?

O Globo, Brazil U.S. and China Pact: Climate Change Game 'Begins in Earnest' TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “In Beijing, U.S. President Obama and China President Xi signed an agreement that sounds like a great first step toward everything scientists, the U.N., environmentalists and climate experts have been begging for. Together, the two giants account for 45 percent all the world's air pollution. The initiative sends the message that the game has begun in earnest." — EDITORIAL, O Globo WILL THIS REALLY HELP?

The Diplomat, Japan China and Russia Seek Expanded Defense Ties "The message is clear: China and Russia may both be more or less estranged from Western powers, but they have each other. China and Russia share the same stated goal as the U.S. and its allies - a peaceful, stable Asia-Pacific - but they have very different views about how to get there." — COLUMNIST Shannon Tiezzi

PUTIN-XI: THEY HAVE EACH OTHER

Local Media, Australia G20: Threesomes, Beer, and Social Media in Brisbane It's time to get a last take on the G20 from Brisbane's local media outlets. Not only does it include some left- handed compliments for President Obama and some off-color references to a 'threesome' involving President Obama, Aussie Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it includes a look at the obvious: a summary of what the final G20 Communique says. — CANADIAN COVERAGE A FAREWELL TO BRISBANE

Brisbane Times, Canberra Times, The Age Wall-to-Wall G20 Coverage from Australia The G20 Summit is underway in Brisbane, and the Aussie press is covering it wall to wall. This is the latest news and the sounding of some of the nation's leading columnists on Russian warships, the 'frontshirting' of Vladimir Putin, hand-wringing over the U.S.-China emissions agreement, and some badmouthing of the U.S. — Latest from G20 in Brisbane

MAJOR ECONOMIES IN TIME OF WAR

Briz 21, 7 News, RT, FT, Sky News, Euronews VIDEOS: G20 Opens in Australia; Russian Warships Raise Tension It's time for the last summit of President Obama's Asia trip - the G20 in Brisbane Australia. Unlike the G8/G7, Vladimir Putin has not been excluded to the G20, the ramifications of which are already being felt. After Australia Prime Minister Abbott challenged Russian President Putin over MH17 at the APEC Summit in Beijing, Russian warships steamed over to the time Australian coast just as Putin landed in the country. Here is a sampling of global coverage of these and other issues from around the world - starting with local reports from Brisbane, Australia: — VIDEO on the G20 in Brisbane

Financial Post, Toronto Star, Macleans, Canada Canadians Watch, Hope, and Fret Over Keystone Pipeline Debate in U.S. With the Republicans taking complete control of the U.S. Congress and the sealing of an emissions reduction deal between the United States and China, Canadian papers are packed with comment about whether all of this means that President Obama is more ikely to approve Phase 4 of the Keystone XL pipeline. Here is a sample of the debate in the Canadian press today. — CANADIAN COVERAGE

The National Post, Canada Talk of 'Significant Progress' on Trans-Pacific Trade Deal is 'Pure Bureaucratic BS' "'Significant progress' was made at the 8th round of talks in September 2011. The same meaningless cliche was used again in July, August, and September 2012, July and October 2013, and May 2014. Then there was the sense of a breakthrough in Hanoi in September when 'important progress' was made." — CORRESPONDENT John Ivison TRANS-PACIFIC PARNERSHIP BS

SCMP, CCTV, White House, China, U.S. TEXT-VIDEO: Obama Meets Xi; Climate Deal; Obama Denies U.S. Role with HK Protesters After a 'private banquet' and 'an evening stroll,' Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports that Presidents Obama and Xi signed agreements on trade, defense and security, but the deal on the environment will likely to have the greatest impact. Of course, whether agreed to limits on emissions are kept is entirely dependent on the economies of the two countries. The two leaders agreed to military 'confidence building measures' to 'reduce the risks of accidental clashes - which one would have hoped was already the case. And a few days ago, an agreement was struck to reduce duties on electronics. — The Latest from APEC and Beijing

XI AND OBAMA: SIGNING DEALS IN BEIJING

Folha, Brazil Republican Victory Plunges Americas Summit into Crisis TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The so-called Bolivarian countries have announced that they will only take part in the Summit in April if Cuba were invited, which the U.S. opposes. President Dilma Rousseff supports Cuba, which means she will support a de facto 'disinvite' to Obama precisely when, in theory, a rapprochement between the two nations would be under way after the Edward Snowden episode. … This situation was there before the Republican victory, but after it, things have gotten far more difficult for Obama." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi A SHOWDOWN NEXT APRIL

Russia Today, CCTV, White House VIDEOS: Putin, Obama, Xi, Entertainments at APEC Summit in China This is a posting of video from the APEC summit so far, which includes a look at the dizzying array of entertainment put on for APEC leaders, starting with the kooky dinner welcomes, the keynote speeches of Putin, Obama and Chinese President Xi, and then performances for visiting dignitaries - which are quite impressive indeed. — PUTIN, OBAMA, XI AND APEC POLITICS AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Daily Tribune, The Philippines FLASHBACK: New York Times, CNN Join in Shaming Aquino Response to Typhoon Haiyan It was precisely a year ago that the Philippines was struck by typhoon Haiyan/aka typhoon Yolanda. The strongest storm ever recorded at landfall, the monster typhoon killed at least 6300 Filipinos. This column from the Daily Tribune of the Philippines, posted November 14, 2013, outlines the scale of the disaster and the response which was nearly as catastrophic as the weather event. — REPORTERS Angie M. Rosales, Ed Velasco, Charlie V. Manalo and Gina Peralta-Elorde TYPHOON HAIYAN: A YEAR AGO

Huanqiu, China U.S. Midterms: Two Years of 'Bickering' is Opening for China TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "With the United States in need of political consensus to push through domestic reforms, its political system continues to bleed out its resources on partisan battle. Whether this is being done out of pride or frustration is even being debated by the Americans themselves." — EDITORIAL, Hunaqui

MIDTERMS A BOON TO CHINA?

The Age, Australia VIDEO: Seinfeld Aussie Parliament Takeover Nov. 5, 00:03:10 This is strange: moments from the Seinfeld comedy series interposed into clips of Australian Parliamentary debates. Why you may ask? You'll have to e-mail the prankster who made it - his name is Huw Parkinson. — SEINFELD IN CANBERRA SEINFELD INVADES AUSTRALIA

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Americans Despair at Nation's Direction "The U.S. midterm election results are the equivalent in a parliamentary system of a vote of no confidence in President Obama. They also reflect a serious crisis of confidence for Americans.'" — COLUMNIST Tom Switzer AMERICA'S CRISIS OF CONDFIDENCE

Globe & Mail, Canada Do Republicans Simply Understand Voters Better? “Personally, I think most Americans are basically pragmatic. Domestically, they want governments that work, and globally they want strength without adventurism. That seems reasonable enough to me. As for Mr. Obama’s legacy - right now, it's hard for me to see it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he sinks without a trace." — COLUMNIST Margaret Wente REPUBLICANS: MORE UNDERSTANDING?

TORONTO SUN: It's Time
to say 'Yes' to Keystone
GLOBE & MAIL: Republicans
Win, but America Suffers

Toronto Star, Canada Republicans Dealt Blow, But Have Yet to Seal Deal “Two in three Americans - whipped into a lather by strident Republican negativity - have succumbed to a futile anger. They have persuaded themselves that the nation is heading for a train wreck when it remains the envy of much of the world. ... Crucially, the Republicans have yet to give working Americans a positive reason to support them. " — EDITORIAL, Toronto Star AMERICANS MISLED BY REPUBLICANS?

Global View, Europe, Asia, Africa VIDEOS: Global Tour: Reaction to Midterms - France, Britain, Iran, Russia, China, South Africa and Australia Nov. 5, THIRTEEN VIDEOS This is a sampling of how broadcasters around the world are covering today's midterm election results. — MIDTERMS: A Global View TAKING THE GLOBAL PULSE

Macleans, Canada Obama's Horrid Night May Be Good News for Canada “Republicans have wrested control of Congress—and that could help Canada’s energy and infrastructure agendas. ... By replacing Democrat Mark Udall of Colorado with Cory Gardner, Republicans gained a 60th Keystone pro-pipeline vote, making their majority filibuster-proof. " — COLUMNIST Luiza Ch. Savage A BOOST FOR KEYSTONE PIPELINE

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia China's Secret Submarine Caves: Beyond the Prying Eyes of the United States "Beneath the surface of the South China Sea off the tropical Chinese resort island of Hainan, an under- water tunnel guides subs into a lair reminiscent a Bond spy film." — REPORTER David Tweed

CHINA'S HIDEOUTS UNDER THE SEA

Indian Country Today, Native America U.S. Students Need to Be Taught Native American History “In Germany, students in elementary school recieve mandatory lessons on the Holocaust. In South Africa, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission bore witness to Apartheid. ... It is time for America to shine a light on its relationship with the native Indians." — Kevin Leecy, Chairman of the Bois Forte Ojibwe TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

INDIAN COUNTRY: U.S.
Founding Fathers Knew
Indian Nations are Sovereign

La Jornada, Mexico Despite 'Disgust' with Obama, U.S. Hispanics Need to Go and Vote TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "If the Senate is lost, however, the plan to reform treatment of the undocumented would be forbidden, and without a congressional counterweight to Republican policies against illegals in the House, numbers of deportations would rise. For those two reasons alone, it is important that Hispanics go and vote on November 4th." — COLUMNIST Arturo Balderas Rodrigue

WILL MINORITIES SAVE THE DEMS?

Folha, Brazil Modern Terrors: West's Criminal Justice 'Off Rails' TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “If people are to lose their status as citizens for having been sent to prison, the only logical solution would be to shove criminals into prison forever. Or, to have them executed and be done with it." — COLUMNIST Joao Pereira Coutinho CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Vermelho, Brazil Defeat for Dilma Means Victory for the 'Empire TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "A Dilma win would guarantee that the project of integration will suffer no interruptions, while a victory of Aecio Neves may delay not only the process of Latin American liberation from the clutches of Empire, but compromise the BRICS." — COLUMNIST Umberto Martins

WHY THE BRAZIL POLLS MATTER

Macleans, Canada Canada Needs Less Security - Not More “You could build higher fences around Parliament Hill. But then the next one will shoot up a parade. You could put a rifle on every street corner. Yet the next one will use a grenade. You could pat down everyone coming into Downtown Ottawa. Then the next one will attack us at Rideau Hall.'" — COLUMNIST Scott Gilmore ON NOT GIVING IN TO TERROR

GLOBE & MAIL: Ottawa Gunman
Sought to Renew Libyan Passport
THE STAR: Prime Minister Hid in
Anteroom - 'We were Fu--ing Lucky'
THE SUN EDITORIAL: Attack Shows
Why Canada Must Help Defeat ISIL
THE SUN: Obama
and the Red Line Lie

The National, Canada VIDEO: Terrorist Attack Details Come Into Focus Oct. 23, 00:48:05 Canada's national nightly news broadcast from last night. The program examines in detail surveillance footage showing the gunman before his attack, Canada's tribute to the man who shot dead the gunman, and a look at how Canada might change after the attack. — HOST Peter Mansbridge TERROR ATTACK AFTERMATH

Globe and Mail, Canada Attack on Ottawa: What We Know so Far “THE SUSPECT: Michael Zehaf- Bibeau -- 32 years old -- Father is a Quebec businessman who may have fought in Libya in 2011 -- Mother is deputy chair on Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board -- Zehaf-Bibeau intended to travel to Libya and study Islam, but was unable to secure valid travel documents from federal officials -- Zehaf- Bibeau frequently talked about the presence of Shaytan, an Arabic term for devils, in the world, according to a friend.'" — REPORTER Evan Annett SHOOTER: WHY DID HE DO IT?

GLOBE & MAIL EDITORIAL:
After Attack, We're Still Canada
GLOBE & MAIL: VIDEO: Reporter
Josh Wingrove on the Mood in
Ottawa the Day After the Attack

Toronto Sun, Canada An Isolated Incident or the First of Many Terrorist Attacks? “While people who monitor the radicalization of Islamic youth and of converts were talking of this heinous act being perhaps a retaliatory act for Canada sending six CF-18 hornets to Iraq and question what our security apparatus may have missed, people here seem to be of the opinion it’s more about a fame-seeker's breakdown." — COLUMNIST Joe Warmington CANADA ON ALERT: IS IT TERROR?

NATIONAL POST: After Terror
Attack, We Must Remember a
to Balance Security, Freedom
NATIONAL POST: After Ottawa
Shooting, a Sense that 'Nothing
Will Ever Be the Same Again'

Ottawa Citizen, Canada Prime Minister Harper Accused of Using Terror Issue for Political Benefit “I certainly hope that's not what the prime minister is doing - latching on to this kind of crisis to help himself. I know that Canadians deserve better than just that. They deserve answers." — OPPOSITION NDP LEADER Tom Mulcair

Macleans, Canada Facebook Tentacles: 'Freeze Your Eggs, Ladies - it's On Us! "We should ask whether the focus on lady parts reflects another form of sexism: Why no perk for the freezing of the male gonadal product? Male fertility has a shelf life, too, though it's a topic that is seldom discussed." — COLUMNIST Anne Kingston

EGGS FREEZE: WHY WORRY?

Folha, Brazil Specter of a Dilma Defeat Puts Fear into Latin American Left TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “'Of course it's a concern that the right might return,' says Bolivia President Evo Morales. Aecio has said he will approach toward the Pacific Alliance - a notion that Evo rejects outright. He argues that the Pacific Alliance is 'an instrument of the U.S.,' that seeks to 'privatize electricity, the water and the telephone.' Clearly, economists from the Aecio camp would introduce ideas that are opposed to Chavismo." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi BRAZIL: LEANING RIGHT?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Al-Qaeda Magazine Calls for Return of Xinjiang to Caliphate; and Boycott of McDonalds, Walmart "This shows how China's actions in the region, like encouraging the migration of Han Chinese into Xinjiang and restricting religious dress, are being used by jihadists to confirm beliefs that Muslims are threatened." — REPORTER James Griffiths

CHINA IN AL-QAEDA'S SITES, TOO

News, Australia Aussie Troops on Standby in UAE, Awaiting Status of Forces Deal with Iraq "Australia wants a Status of Forces Agreement to legally indemnify the Special Forces as they stand alongside Iraqi Forces in combat and call in air strikes on IS targets. Australia sees the SoFA as crucial, because the agreement would mean it could not be accused of participating in an invasion of Iraq, as occurred back in 2003." — NEWS ITEM, NEWS TROOPS AWAIT BAGHDAD DEAL

Semana, Colombia Fighting the 'Media-Created' Scarecrow of Islamic State TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The Americans seem to follow the example of the Mongol hordes, having exchanged only medieval horse archers for modern jets and guided missiles. So today, under the guise of the media-invented scarecrow caliphate, or yesterday, al-Qaeda, they have launched what they call a 'universal war on terror,' which is abstract enough, but has quite specific targets on its radar." — COLUMNIST Antonio Caballero

QUESTIONING U.S. MEDIA NARRATIVE

United States, Defense Department Super High Resolution Electron Micrographs of the Ebola Virus For a real good look at what we're dealing with, these are three images that will give it to you. The articles describe, among other things, the 'medical countermeasures program to protect U.S. troops from biological warfare agents.' — ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS EBOLA: EXAMINING THE ENEMY

Australian, Australia Australia Says 'Too Risky' to Send Doctors in Ebola Zone “There's a world of difference between praising the selflessness of volunteers ... and ordering Australian personnel to go into a situation without the kind of risk reduction that any responsible Australian government would have to put in place." — PRIME MINISTER Tony Abbott AUSTRALIA KEEPS ITS DOCTORS HOME

El Espectador, Colombia Dania Londono Suare: The Girl Who Rocked the U.S. Secret Service TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "She didn’t seem upset while in my cab ... She even laughed from time to time. She said the man was on Obama's security detail, that he told her this while at the disco, and that the man was rude, not only because he only paid her 30 dollars, but because he slammed the hotel door right in her face." — Cartagena Taxi Driver Jose Pena

PERKS OF THE SECRET SERVICE

El Universal, Mexico U.S. Lawmakers Blind to the Corruption and Cartels in their Midst TRANSLATED SPANISH “The amount of the influence amassed by Mexico's crime cartels would be unthinkable without active involvement of accomplices within the U.S. government. Up until now, it has been found that the level of infiltration has reached border county sheriffs. One must consider the possibility that these networks have already spread beyond that level to higher authorities." — EDITORIAL, El Universal BRAZIL'S RIGHT SIDES WITH U.S.

The Diplomat, Japan The Downfall of Kim Dotcom "The fact that no real proof emerged at the 'Moment of Truth' to back Dotcom's much promised 'big reveal' – which revolved around a conspiracy that New Zealand had granted him residency only to make it easier for the U.S. to extradite him – only added to voters' impression that he was a charlatan.'" — Professor Geoffrey Miller

KIM DOTCOM: OVERPLAYED HIS HAND

Carta Maior, Brazil As Dilma Calls for Peace, Right Calls for 'Captain America' TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “Our foreign policy columnist 'gunmen' accuse the president of wanting to negotiate with terrorists and recognizing the Islamic State. In so doing, they are firing blanks as part of a concerted effort to deprive the president of whatever handful of votes they can. ... How dare Dilma and Itamaraty [Foreign Ministry] appeal for a peaceful solution to conflict?” — COLUMNIST Antonio Lassance BRAZIL'S RIGHT SIDES WITH U.S.

The Monthly, Australia America and the Fourth Amendment: What Drives Mr. Edward Snowden? "Snowden had decided that, unlike most previous whistleblowers, he wouldn't try to remain anonymous. He was convinced that the public had a right to learn his motives and determined to protect his NSA colleagues from investigation. Nor would he allow all his documents to be dumped indiscriminately." — COLUMNIST Robert Manne

THE FOURTH AMENDENT MATTERS

La Jornada, Mexico Confronting the 'Digital Panopticon' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "In Mexico, the digital sphere has become an area in which the state exercises direct coercion: threats, intimidation, the falsification of Tweets and the cloning of Web sites are part of a catalogue of practices designed to immobilize critics and suspend basic freedoms of expression." — COLUMNIST Ilan Semo

THE STATE VS. THE PEOPLE

Huanqiu, China Inviting U.S. Meddling, Hong Kong 'Radicals' are Courting Disaster TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Hongkongers should take a wider perspective and look beyond the friction of this particular circumstance. Hong Kong society should be keenly aware of its position in the geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States. Hong Kong people should firmly oppose the minority of radicals in their midst attempting to kidnap the destiny of the entire city for their own political ends. U.S. influence will inevitably stretch out its hands toward Hong Kong. If Hong Kong turns into a wrestling arena for America's 'Asia Pivot' to limit China's rise, it would be a disaster for our community.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu HONG KONG: AMERICA TO BLAME?

BBC Mundo, Argentina Pope Francis Closes in on Priest Charged w/Pedophilia Who Escaped U.S. Justice TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "In July, a special papal envoy, Spanish Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, paid a rare visit to Paraguay that has been interpreted as a mission to evaluate the situation in the Dioceses of Ciudad de Este, where the Argentine priest accused of sexual abuse had been working for nine years. One source of tension within the heart of the Paraguayan Church has been the presence of Priest Carlos Urrutigoity who was charged in 2002 of sexual molestation by a student of the Saint Gregory Academy in Pennsylvania." — REPORTER Ignacio de los Reyes

POPE CLOSING IN ON PEDOPHILE PRIEST

O Globo, Brazil Post-Fukuyama: Between Socialism and Barbarism TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “As Fukuyama himself now admits, in a review of his phrase, history reacted. Predatory finance capital retains its power to dictate the morals and customs of the time, but it is no longer certain of a future for only itself, nor does this synthetic philosophy have the undisputed blessing the Confucius on the right. ... How about the role of the left in post-Fukuyama history? Socialism is having an identity crisis. We may not know what socialism is any more, but to know what barbarism is, you need only open your eyes.” — COLUMNIST Luis Fernando Verissimo END OF HISTORY? NO? SOCIALISM? NO AGAIN

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Netanyahu Tells U.N. 'ISIS and Hamas are Branches of Same Tree' Sept .29, 00:35:20 " ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree. ... ISIS and Hamas share a fanatical creed, which they both seek to impose well beyond the territory under their control. So when it comes to their ultimate goals, Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas.” — PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu NETANYAHU: COMES OUT SWINGING

U.N. Headquarters, New York VIDEO: President Mahmoud Abbas says Israeli Occupation Breeds Terrorism Like ISIL's Sept .26, 00:36:15 "This last war against Gaza was a series of absolute war crimes carried out before the eyes and ears of the entire world, moment by moment, in a way that makes it inconceivable that anyone today can claim that they didn't realize the magnitude and horror of the crime.” —PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas ISRAEL PART OF THE CAUSE OF ISIL?

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Syrian Envoy says Anti-ISIL Coalition 'Better Late than Never' Sept .29, 00:20:59 "The war on terror is not only Syria's war. One day, those terrorists will return to their respective countries, and then no country in the world will be immune to terrorism recognizing neither borders or geography.” — FOREIGN MINISTER Walid Al-Moallem SYRIAN REGIME: VICTIM OF TERROR?

U.N. Headquarters, New York Holy See: Dogma of a 'Clash of Civilizations' Reinforces Terrorism Sept .29, 00:20:57 "With the dramatic situation in northern Iraq and some parts of Syria, we are seeing a totally new phenomenon: the existence of a terrorist organization which threatens all States, vowing to dissolve and replace them with pseudo- religious world government.” — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State THE VATICAN WEIGHS IN ON ISIL

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Foreign Miniser Lavrov Says West Forced Russia's Hand in Ukraine Sept .27, 00:16:24 "It should be stated honestly that no one has the monopoly on truth and no one can anymore tailor the global and regional processes to one's own needs. ... forget about unilateral interests and national electoral cycles when it comes to countering the global threats to all of humanity.” — FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov STAUNCH DEFENSE OF RUSSIAN ACTIONS

U.N. Headquarters, New York VIDEO: India Prime Minister Modi Castigates Nations Using Terrorism as a 'Tool' Sept .27, 00:35:39 "Today, slowly, the whole world is witnessing terrorism spread all over. But are we really making integrated efforts to battle this scourge? ... there are still some countries that offer refuge to international terrorists and use terror groups as a tool of their policy. Good terrorism and bad terrorism. That is what we hear these days.” — Prime Minister Narendra Modi MODI MAKES SMASHING U.N. DEBUT

Folha, Brazil A Self-Fulfilling Clash of Civilizations TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "What a pity that the values which sustain the United States domestically aren't also embraced by its foreign policy." — columnist Clovis Rossi

IS AMERICA CREATING THE CLASH?

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: At U.N., Venezuela President Maduro Calls for a Decolonized Puerto Rico Sept .24, 00:32:23 "Oscar Lopez, whose only offense was to defend Puerto Rico, has been in a United States prison for almost 35 years. Mr. Lopez has been tortured. We call for the immediate release of Mr. Lopez.” — President Nicolas Maduro TIME TO 'LIBERATE' PUERTO RICO?

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Ukraine Premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk at U.N. General Assembly Sept .24, 00:17:39 "Mr. Putin, you may win the fight against the troops, but you will never win the fight against the united Ukrainian nation - please help us God.” — PRIME MINISTER Arseniy Yatsenyuk UKRAINE CRISIS UNRESOLVED

Midia News, Brazil Silva Presidential Campaign Looks to Turn NSA Scandal to Advantage; Woos Obama TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE " The United States of Barack Obama will have great affinity with Marina Silva's Brazil, says campaign adviser Mauricio Rands. According to him, a focus of her program will be to take a new approach to relations with the U.S., which are being hurt by the espionage scandal exposed by ex-NSA analyst Edward Snowden." — NEWS ITEM, Media

SILVA: BLACK PRESIDENT FOR BRAZIL?

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Egypt President Al Sisi Seeks Legitimacy Sept .24, 00:17:39 "Egypt has suffered the scourge of this terrorism since the 1920s, when it concealed its poisonous viewpoints behind religion to achieve power and then seek to establish a Caliphate State.” — President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi AL-SISI USES IS TO DEFEND COUP

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Erdogan Defends Turkey and Cites Double- Standards of its Critics Sept .24, 00:22:14 "All killings are crimes regardless of weapons used. The U.N. did nothing but watch events unspool in Egypt, and the man committing a coup was legitimized. If that was a legitimate path to power, why does the U.N. exist at all?” — President Recep Erdogan BROADSIDE AGAINST EGYPT CHIEF

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: President Obama Speech to 69th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept .24, 00:38:00 "The only lasting solution to Syria's civil war is political – an inclusive political transition that responds to the legitimate aspirations of all Syrian citizens, regardless of creed of ethnicity. ... Cynics may argue that such an outcome can never come to pass. But there is no other way for this madness to end – one year or ten years from now.” — President Barack Obama OBAMA COMES OUT PUNCHING

United Nations, New York LIVE FEED: The 69th Opening of the U.N. General Assembly For the next few days, leaders from almost every nation in the world will address one another, highlighting the issues they believe most deserve consideration. There are 35 heads of state and government scheduled to speak today - and President Obama is number 14 on today's speaker list. — LEADERS ADRESS U.N.

HEADS OF STATE ADDRESS WORLD

The Australian, Australia John Key Wins Smashing Victory in New Zealand, with Help of Kim Dotcom "Kim Dotcom's big thrust to bring down Key was a rally to highlight government surveillance, billed as 'The Moment of Truth.' ... the bid urging voters to abandon the government, due to its claimed surveillance of the people seems to have had a reverse effect." — CORRESPONDENT Rowan Callick

DID SPY CHARGES HELP KEY WIN?

Guardian, NZ Herald, Intercept, U.K., N.Z., U.S. VIDEO and TEXT: Kim Dotcom, Greenwald, Assange, Snowden Drop NZ Surveillance Bombshell LINKS TO VIDEOS, TEXT, FROM U.K., U.S., AND NZ "Web entrepreneur holds panel with Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange and Ed Snowden, to expand on revelations that New Zealand government sought to implement top-secret mass surveillance program and misled public." — SIX LINKS TO VIDEO AND TEXT MASS SURVEILLANCE SHAKES UP NZ RACE

O Globo, Brazil Battle of Granada Redux: Islam's Revenge on West TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "After the grand illusion of the Arab Spring, which laughably foresaw democratic tomorrows for the Middle East, the wheel of history now rotates in reverse. The threat of forces that seek a rematch against Charles Martel and the Catholic kings of Granada is a systemic, never seen threat." — FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER Luiz Felipe Lampreia

ISLAMIC STATE: RETURN TO IBERIA?

Meet The Press (NBC), U.S. VIDEO: James Baker III: 'Now People See Why We Didn't Invade' Iraq SEPT. 15, 00:07:09 "We need to have Russia, the E.U., China and ourselves and have a discussion, a conference a negotiation over how we empower the moderate forces in the region, how we limit the extremists in the region and how we do all this without inflaming the Sunni-Shia conflict." — FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE James A. Baker III BAKER ON COALITION BUILDING

Global GPS (CNN), U.S. VIDEO: Henry Kissinger on a World in Crisis and President Barack Obama SEPT. 14, 00:06:07 "I'm very ambivalent (on Obama), but I have gone out of my way never to attack him personally or not to harass individual policies. ... I have had concerns. I thought we withdrew too rapidly from Iraq, not just militarily but also with a political presence, and I have concerns about what will happen in Afghanistan - but we should try to come up with nonpartisan solutions." — FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE Henry Kissinger KISSINGER'S HAT IN THE RING

CCTV, China VIDEO: China Calls for Joint Terror Strategy; Warns of Violations of National Sovereignty Sept. 11, 00:01:18 In expressing 'firm opposition' to all terrorism,' Beijing has signaled its disapproval of U.S. operations in Syria without Syrian government approval. — NEWS SEGMENT, CCTV ATTACK ON SYRIA IN QUESTION

O Globo, Brazil 'Ostentatious Terrorism': 9-11 to the Islamic State TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “George Bush declared war on a generic enemy, attacking the wrong country and using faulty logic. ... It was not the attack of 9-11 that changed the world. It was the reaction of the U.S. after 9-11 that changed the world' - and not for the better.” —COLUMNIST Dorrit Harazim

TERRORISM: TACTIC OF THE WEAK

CCTV, China VIDEO: Chinese Analyst Li Guofu on President Obama's ISIL Strategy Sept. 11, 00:04:35 Li Guofu, Director of the Center for Middle East Affairs at China's Institute of International Studies, discusses the importance for of building a 'broad coalition' to take on the Islamic STate - especially if it strikes Syria without approcal of the Syrian government, which he says would be regarded as a violation of international law. He says the United States 'needs legal cover' in order to do so. — NEWS SEGMENT, CCTV ATTACK ON SYRIA IN QUESTION

Xinhua, China France's Right-Wing Leader Le Pen Denounces Suspension of Warship Delivery to Russia "This decision is very serious, first since it runs contrary to the interests of the country and reveals our subservience to U.S. diplomacy. It will have a huge cost. This order represents four months of full employment in Saint-Nazaire." — FRENCH NATIONAL FRONT LEADER Marine Le Pen

Folha, Brazil IS: Holy War of the 'Center' of the World TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Until very recently, the war conducted by the Islamic State was the real War of the End of the World - the title of a book by Mario Vargas Llosa. ... The problem is that the group's supporters have moved from the end of the world to, for example, Oxford Street in London, the busiest shopping street in the world, where they hand out leaflets. All in all, it is clear that bombing mountains in Iraq will not be enough to win this war." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi

IS ISIL COMING TO TOWN?

Korean Central News, North Korea Ferguson: American Society a Human Rights 'Graveyard' “Every year, the U.S. issues a report taking issue with 'human rights record of other nations as if it were a global human rights judge. This time, though, the U.S. is itself disgraced and is now a global laughing stock. ... The U.S. must sincerely accept the accusations of the broad international community and mind its own business.” —NORTH KOREA Foreign Ministry Spokesman

NORTH KOREA TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS

The Australian, Australia Russians Pushing Flight MH17 Crash Conspiracy "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is alleging there is a lack of transparency in the probe into MH17 after a document emerged proporting to show a secret deal between Australia and Ukrainian." — CORRESPONDENT Jacquelin Magna

WHAT OF THE BLACK BOX DATA?

Folha, Brazil Brazil Must Take Stance on Continuing Gaza Crisis TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Another bloody stage of the Gaza Gaza war seems to have come to an end, but by no means does this mean an end to the way it haunts Brazil's diplomatic agenda, exactly the one labeled a 'dwarf' by Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Palmor.” —COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi

WILL BRAZIL LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE?

Nikkei Asia Review, Japan Sanctions Push Russia, China Closer; Hurt Dollar "Incapable of walking on its own two feet, Iraq seems chained by internal divisions and an unending cycle of interventions. ... Iraq continues to be a testing ground for foreign ideological practices, whether U.S. democracy or Saudi fundamentalism." — COLUMNIST Eiji Furukawa

PUTIN AND XI: A FRIEND IN NEED

TIP NEWS (SIGNAPORE): The
Decline of U.S. Economic
Architecture; Rise of China's

Terra, Brazil Obama Running for Office in Brazil - with bin Laden! TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “U.S. President Barack Obama and terrorist Osama bin Laden were long in conflict, until the al-Qaeda leader was killed in a military operation in May 2011. More than three years have gone by, and far from the U.S. and the Middle East, Brazilian versions of the two are vying for to be federal deputies in the October elections.” —NEWS ITEM, Terra

'OBAMA' NOT DONE CAMPAIGNING

Epoca, Brazil Post-Bush Iraq Remains a Theater of War for Others TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Incapable of walking on its own two feet, Iraq seems chained by internal divisions and an unending cycle of interventions. ... Iraq continues to be a testing ground for foreign ideological practices, whether U.S. democracy or Saudi fundamentalism." — COLUMNISTS Rogerio Simoes and Fillipe Mauro

IRAQ: A DEVILISH CHALLENGE

Xinhua, China Riots in Ferguson Expose U.S. 'Human Rights Flaws' "The Ferguson incident again shows that even in a country that has for years tried to play the role of global human rights judge, there is much room for improvement at home." — COLUMNIST Li Li BEIJING CRITICIZES ITS CRITICIZERS

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Ferguson Crisis Exposes America's 'Political Decay' "Many in the U.S. and across the world have weighed in on the underlying causes of escalating violence in Ferguson. ... There has been an utter decimation of a politics capable of changing the immediate and underlying facts that led Michael Brown's murder." — PROFESSOR Thomas Adams

A DETERIORATING BODY POLITIC

SMH: How Ferguson Police
Became a Militarized Unit
Equipped for War
SMH: Ferguson a Symptom
of a Wider American Malaise

Edmonton Journal, Canada Ferguson: Militarized Policing in Canada Now Under Scrutiny "If you don't keep this in check, it's like a cancer, it will metastasize into the justice system. ... We can learn from what's going on in the U.S. by making sure that it does not happen here." — REPORTER Tyler Dawson

ROLE OF POLICE QUESTIONED

La Presse, Canada Time, Demographics Will Prevent Future Fergusons TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH "The demonstrations we are seeing will eventually run out of steam. The chasm that exists in the United States promises to eventually fade, particularly since, within decades, the number of visible minorities will supplant those held by the Whites." — COLUMNIST Pascale Breton WILL BLACK COPS MAKE IT BETTER?

O Globo, Brazil Obama to Rousseff: Get Your Data House in Order Already! TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Last year you were angry because my NSA monitored the communications of your government, but now you have shown that you haven't taken care of it. What your government says is that it doesn't permanently track the communications network. That data needs to be stored for eternity - not for just six months! Madam, the security of your network is flea bitten." — PRESIDENT Obama

ADVICE ON SURVEILLANCE

Folha, Brazil Vladimir Putin 'No Hero' for Troubling the U.S. TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Putin's Russia is homophobic. Beyond that, it is extremely reactionary. ... There are plenty of reasons for Brazil not to be tempted to get too close to Putin. ... Part of the left has always remained anti- American, so when someone like Putin comes to the fore trying to create complications for the U.S., they begin to treat him almost like a hero. That's nonsense." — COLUMNIST Clovis Rossi SHOULD BRAZIL BACK SANCTIONS?

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan Don't Smear Afghan Forces for U.S. General's Murder "Being ensconced in a hasty retreat, President Obama asked the Afghan government to speed recruitment and to stand up the Army and police to weather the U.S. withdrawal. Under pressure, the Defense Ministry had to process 7,000 new recruits per month, so corners were cut on background checks." — EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times

AFGHANISTAN: BLAMING THE U.S.

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan U.S. Still Killing Afghans 'Like We Were Insects' "America has two faces: one it wears at home and another it wears abroad. The two faces are 180 degrees opposed. At home, Americans are told that their government fights for democracy and human rights - including women's rights and tackling terrorism. Abroad, however, U.S. leaders go against what they say at home. — EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times

OBAMA: NO BETTER THAN BUSH?

Prensa Libre, Guatemala Breaking Power for the Few and 'Democratizing Liberty' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Many of today's problems arise from concentrations of power and wealth: slow growth, social exclusion, media manipulation, migration, violence, impunity, corruption, barriers to competition and many other negative conditions. An economy concentrated in the hands of a few, and democracy captured by the same, becomes a plutocracy (government of the rich)." — COLUMNIST Samuel Perez-Attias FLEEING PLUTOCRACY IN GUATEMALA

O Globo, Brazil America's 'Justified' Intervention in Iraq TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "The creation of the caliphate, with its fundamentalist take on Islam, doesn't only threaten Iraq, Syria, and the region. It threatens the entire world. — EDITORIAL, O Globo

BACKING FOR U.S. INTERVENTION

Diario Co Latino, Brazil The Undeniable Power of Our Migrant Children TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Unaccompanied Central American children have achieved what all others efforts have failed to do: they have brought together the presidents of the Northern Triangle nations with the world's most powerful chief executive - Barack Obama. How wonderful that the children have power." — EDITORIAL, Diario Co Latino THE MOST VULNERABLE HAVE POWER

La Jornada, Mexico Obama on Immigrants: 'Indifferent and Erratic' "Obama's statement yesterday is consistent with the erratic, disappointing, and quite tardy presentation that characterizes his White House performance." — EDITORIAL, La Jornada

OBAMA: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

Folha, Brazil The Price of Hamas' 'Phychological Win' Not Worth Paying TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "My sense after many trips to the region is that there is a growing national pride among Israelis for having to live as they do under fire. The Palestinians are also besieged and paying a price - not just mentally but with their lives. All so Israel can soothe the nerves of its own people." — COLUMNIST Clovi Rossi WHAT IS TOO HIGH A PRICE?

El Periodic, Guatemala John McCain Bodes Ill for Central Americans TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "If Senator McCain, who sits on the Subcommittee on Western Hemispheric Affairs, is going to be the standard bearer of the Republicans' new policy toward Latin America, in terms of immigration we are entering a new low in relations with the United States, accompanied by collision, tension, and hostility. In the middle will be extremely vulnerable child immigrants. — COLUMNIST Edgar Gutierrez

CENTRAL AMERICA'S 'BAD NEIGHBOR'?

Multiple Outlets, India VIDEOS: Frying Pan Into Fire: John Kerry Faces India Spy Storm EIGHT VIDEOS ON KERRY'S VISIT While Secretary of State Kerry may have escaped the Middle East cauldron, he seems to have landed in another one in India, since almost every news item mentions Indian outrage over NSA mass surveillance against India, its government, and its political parties,notably the BJP. — VIDEOS ON KERRY IN INDIA NSA SURVEILLANCE STRIKES AGAIN

Carta Maior, Brazil ISIL: The Latest Disastrous Tool of Western Statecraft TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "For the sake of its obsessively anti- Iran stance, Washington allowed the growth of Wahhabism (the most radical branch of Islam), and the formation of a large army, to which it gave a territorial basis to dominate areas of Syria and Iraq - something that al-Qaeda never succeeded in doing. America. acted like Harry Potter with his first magic wand: the United States liberated forces it didn't understand or control." — COLUMNIST Francisco Carlos Teixeira

WHY WASHINGTON WANTS MALIKI OUT

La Jornada, Mexico Obama Deportations Fail Child Migrants "The massive deportation of an undetermined number of migrant children, which Obama announced in front of fellow Central American leaders, will not ameliorate the problem, but worsen it." — EDITORIAL, La Jornada IS THE U.S. BLIND TO HISTORY?

Carta Maior, Brazil Protesters at BRICs Summit Seek Asylum for Edward Snowden TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Member of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee, Ivan Valente said that in addition to having a tradition of granting asylum, Brazil needs to defend its sovereignty. 'The Brazilian government has already given a tough response from the point of view of international relations, but there needs to be consequences,' he said." — REPORTER Najla Passos

NEW PUSH FOR SNOWDEN ASYLUM

The Japan Times, Japan Kerry 'Warns Abe' About Visiting North Korea "Secretary of State Kerry warned that such a trip could disturb the coordination involving Tokyo, Washington and Seoul to rein in N Korea's missile, nuke programs." — NEWS ITEM, Kyoto WASHINGTON LEANS ON TOKYO

Diario Co Latino, El Salvador Child Migrants: 'Promises and PR' are No Match for the Power of 'U.S. Myth' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "There is no quick fix; no controls can contain hope. The prevailing myth of a better life in the U.S., achieved at any cost, the mirage of better life in the land of the eagle and dollar, cannot be vanquished with promises, PR campaigns, social media, or future projects. It can only be defeated through social, economic, and human realities." — COLUMNIST Cesar Ramirez

BATTLING THE APPEAL OF THE U.S.

El Universal, Mexico The Mass Migration of Children Mexican Authorities 'Missed' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The Foreign Ministry says that things are going well. Deputy Foreign Secretary Rubio says that Mexico's authorities make sure that child migrants are safe in shelters. ... To address a problem, one must begin by recognizing it. ... The fact is that the authorities of this country are not." — EDITORIAL, El Universal

DENIAL: NOT A RIVER IN EGYPT

La Jornada, Mexico U.S. Republican 'Police Approach' to Crisis of Child Immigration is 'Aberrant' "This isn't the first time the most fervent enemies of undocumented immigrants have demanded the massive deportation of those from countries south of the Río Grande. ... The difference is that, in this case, the life of the deported minors would be endangered." — COLUMNIST Arturo Balderas Rodríguez SHAMELESS POINT-SCORING WITH BASE

Excelsior, Mexico Mexico is Doing 'Nothing' as Migration Issue Spirals TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The immigration policies of our country over the past few years have oscillated between inaction and the corruption of authorities responsible for migration issues. ... The truth is that Mexico has no immigration policy directed at tackling the root of the problem." — COLUMNIST Martin Espinosa

STANDOFF AT THE U.S. BORDER

La Prensa, Honduras 'Nobody's Children' at the Mexico-U.S. Border TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Along the way, over 70% of migrant children will die or be enslaved. They never reach their destination because they are prey to vultures lying in wait in Guatemala or Mexico to sexually abuse them, force them to join criminal gangs that operate with impunity, or kill them to intimidate others. They are kids unwanted by anyone - the children of no one." — COLUMNIST Jorge Ortega PITY THE LITTLE CHILDREN? ...

La Jornada, Mexico Our Migrant Children and Irresponsible Governments "That the presidents of the United States and Mexico agreed during a phone call, to execute 'a regional strategy to expedite repatriations' is inadmissible and unbelievable!" — Dr. Ana Maria Aragones

STATES COMPLICIT ON MIGRATION

Asia Times, Hong Kong Iraq Pays Price of U.S. Sectarian Meddling “Iran's influence and interests are so strong that despite much saber-rattling by US President Obama, the U.S. cannot possibly modify the massively changing reality in Iraq without Iran's help.” — COLUMNIST Ramzy Baroud

O Globo, Brazil Finally, an American Cry of 'Collective Sanity' on Guns TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "When will this insanity stop? When will the nation say 'stop this madness?' ... Richard Martinez' cry of pain was not a lone one. The words of this middle-aged man, shaken by a wound that he will carry with him as long as he lives, sounded like a collective call, a cry for reason on behalf of life." — JOURNALIST Dorrit Harazim

ARE AMERICANS TURNING ON GUNS?

The Australian, Australia U.S. Military Base in Australia Formalized - 'Likely to to Expand' “The two leaders approved a legal agreement formalizing the deployment of around 1,300 U.S. Marines to the Northern Territory of Darwin. ... While it is up to the U.S. to propose specific military cooperation, the agreement means Australia is open to hosting more U.S. Marines over time, and the use of a West Australian naval base as a port for U.S. destroyers.” —CORRESPONDENT David Crowe

La Jornada, Mexico The 'Nazi Stench' and U.S. 'Fascism' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The stench that emanated in the wake of 9/11 and the series of martial regulations and wartime powers granted to the Executive under laws based on anticipatory self defense are reminiscent of the 1933 fire at the Reichstag set by the Nazis for the purpose of seizing power. It is in this context that one grasps the significance of President Eisenhower's warning about the threat to freedom and constitutional rights posed by the military-industrial complex. ... In the words of Chris Hedges, the U.S. is now in a post-constitutional era." — COLUMNIST John Saxe-Fernandez

WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IS THIS?

La Jornada, Mexico 'Not Since Slavery' Has U.S. Treated People Worse than the Undocumented TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Its unacceptable persecution confirms its role as the main violator of individual rights both in and out of its territory. At the same time, it shows a stubborn ignorance of a phenomenon inherent to human societies, accentuated by the very global economy the U.S. promotes." — EDITORIAL, La Jornada

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: WHO IS AT FAULT?

SCMP, Honk Kong China Plans Artificial Island in Disputed Spratly Islands "Fiery Cross Reef, known as Yongshu in China, Kagitingan in the Philippines and Da Chu Thap in Vietnam, is close to sea lanes and would serve as a strategic naval staging post, said Asian scholar analyst Alexander Neill." — REPORTERS Kristine Kwok and Minnie Chan CHINA THINKS BIG IN SPRATLY ISLANDS

Huanqiu, China U.S. 'Garbage' Congress Shows True Colors With Talk of Beijing Turmoil Twenty Five Years Ago TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "U.S. lawmakers overestimate the capacity of U.S. resolutions to manufacture mischief in China. This is like spitting at a brick of the Great Wall of China. ... Today's U.S. lawmakers have experienced the climax of American power and the rise of China, and the odor coming from the U.S. is because the U.S. Congress has become a garbage dump for anti-China emotion." — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

THE BITTER FRUIT OF TOTALITARIANISM

Outlook Afghanistan, Afghanistan Obama Mimics Karzai Plan of Freeing Taliban "Kabul long ago embarked on a policy of releasing Taliban prisoners. Hundreds have been released from Bagram prison. Yet no one knows of their whereabouts, and no one takes responsibility for what they have done - kill soldiers and innocent civilians. Meanwhile, Pakistan was also asked to do so." — EDITORIAL, Outlook Afghanistan MAKING NICE WITH THE TALIBAN

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan Gitmo Prisoner Swap an 'Absurd Act of Deception' "The Taliban kill and get away with it, but some are arrested. Then the Americans knowingly set them free. ... .. Saving hundreds of lives clearly outweighs saving one soldier." — EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times FREEING BERGDAHL: TOO HIGH A PRICE?

O Globa, Brazil Manning and Assange: When Exposing Crime is a 'Crime' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Manning and Assange are accused of the crime of disclosing crimes. Their position that they want to trigger a global, open, and 'hopeful' discussion, which could give rise to reforms, were of no use. ... Free people who love freedom cannot, unfortunately, offer Manning and Assange no paradise, but they can offer them something better: solidarity. And words of admiration, courage and friendship." — Dr. Daniel Aarao Reis

ASSANGE: TWO YEARS IN CONFINEMENT

The Nassau Guardian, The Bahamas In The Bahamas, NSA Finds Smugglers, Not Terrorists "The NSA documents state that access to Bahamian GSM communications has led to the discovery of international drugs traffickers and alien smugglers. Many ask why the NSA, an agency that is focused on terrorism, is interested in drug traffick and human smugglers." — REPORTER Travis Cartwright-Carroll MASS SURVEILLANCE SLIPS THE LEASH

The Nassau Guardian, The Bahamas NSA Spying on Bahamas a Prelude to 'Blackmail' "What this intelligence program gives the United States is another means by which to blackmail the people of The Bahamas. Dangling this power over the heads of a people is an act of hostility. There is nothing friendly about blackmail." — EDITORIAL, Nassau Guardian BAHAMAS: OUTRAGE DOWN UNDER

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan Obama Visit 'Annoys and Insults' Afghans "Obama should stop lying to the world. The first truth that Afghans want to hear is that the United States and its allies have flopped when it comes to eliminating terrorism. ... If that is not the case, then key U.S. officials should stop visiting Afghanistan under cover of darkness." — EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times

AT BAGRAM: WELL PLAYED?

Huanqiu, China Chinese Troops Must Take Up 'Legal Arms' Against United States TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "We believe that these five men accused by the U.S. Justuce Department should take up legal arms to defend their reputations. We suggest that the five sue the American government in China's courts for defamation and threats against their person, and demand compensation." — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu CYBER-THIEVES OR SCAPE GOATS?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong China and Russia Right to Cooperate on Energy Rather than Military “eijing has repeatedly said that relations with Moscow need not focus on politics and military affairs. Since the Ukraine crisis, there's been excited talk of a return of the cold war. Such hyperbole is unhelpful. Instead, practical cooperation should guide relations. It will help strengthen Sino-Russian ties.” —NEWS ITEM, Reuters

The Diplomat, Japan The Bottom Line Origins of the U.S.-China Spying Row "China and America's disagreement over the legitimacy of China’s state- run economic espionage is not just a reflection of their power positions. Rather, the clash is ultimately rooted in their differing conceptions about the proper role of the state." — COLUMNIST Zachary Keck

NEVER SHALL THE TWAIN MEET?

China Daily, China The Self Defeating Charges of 'Cyber-Thief' America "The Snowden leaks indicate that the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command are the most formidable state-sponsored cyber threats in the world today. If they can be exonerated for what they have done and still do, accusing others is just a shameless double standard." — EDITORIAL, China Daily

FROM ONE CYBER THIEF TO ANOTHER?

Global Times, China 'Double Dealer' John Kerry Misleads Vietnam "This Vietnam War veteran is now a double-dealer. Hanoi and Manila must have been intensely exhilarated when the word 'provocative' came out of his mouth. To maximize its interests, Uncle Sam uses its 'Asia pivot' to seduce Hanoi and Manila into being its pawns." — EDITORIAL, Global Times IS THE U.S. STOKING CONFLICT?

Indian Express, India Like Americans After Bush's Win, 'We Indians' Apologize for Modi "A day after George W. Bush - the man responsible for the 'global war on terror' - was re-elected U.S. president in 2004, a young man posted a photograph of himself on the Web holding a sign that read: 'Sorry world (we tried) - from Half of America.' ... Has 2002 been forgotten and forgiven? Is it our turn to say sorry to the world? I think so." — COLUMNIST Javed Anand

SHOULD INDIANS SAY 'SORRY'?

Opera Mundi, Brazil Cuba Faces Threat of Terror from U.S., Not the Other Way Around TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Washington refuses to act to stop Florida's extreme right Cuba groups from planning attacks against the island. ... For over half a century, Cuba has suffered from terrorist violence orchestrated by the United States - first by the CIA, and now by right-wing Cubans.” —Dr. Salim Lamrani

CARRILES: TERRORISM WE LIKE?

The Diplomat Japan Narendra Modi: India's Shinzo Abe "Like Abe, Modi is expected to focus on reviving India's economic fortunes while simultaneously bolstering its defenses and strengthening its strategic partnerships with likeminded states, thereby promoting regional stability and blocking the rise of a Sino-centric Asia." — Dr. Brahma Chellaney

BUT HOW MUCH LIKE ABE?

El Universal, Mexico CNN: A Symbol of Journalism in Decline TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The reporting policies of a news network that was launched in the mid-1980s and which changed the news business forever with a 24-hour cycle has become a source of shame and ridicule. ... The fact is that journalism as a counterweight to power has blurred, becoming in many cases a business at the service of corporate and political power, or a vulgar little window good only for entertainment.” —COLUMNIST J. Jaime Hernandez

SHAMELESS SENSATIONALISM

Milenio, Mexico Donald Sterling Saga Indicts Owners, Fans, Political Correctness TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "I wonder how many sports team owners and celebrities would face the consequences for saying what they think without thinking about what they say. And how many fans would have to be denied access to stadiums for using discriminatory language?" — COLUMNIST Carlos Gutierrez

SHOULD CRITICS CHECK THEMSLEVES?

O Globo, Brazil U.S., E.U. are Correct to Apply Stronger Sanctions on Russia TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The question is the dosage: not so weak that they don't affect the Russian economy - and the information is that up to now they haven't; and not so strong that they lead Putin into military madness. ... In the case of the latter, it's certain that his popularity would break through the stratosphere among Russians, and the West will have more serious problem to face.” —EDITORIAL, O Globo

TO SANCTION OR NOT TO SANCTION

Toronto Sun, Canada 'Rehab is Amazing' Mayor Ford Claims "I feel great ... Rehab is amazing. It reminds me of football camp. Kind of like the Washington Redskins camp I went to when I was a kid. — TORONTO MAYOR Bob Ford MAYOR FORD PHONES IN

Globe & Mail, Canada Toronto Mayor Bob Ford 'Missing' After 'Declining Entry' into United States "After announcing he was taking time off to go to rehab, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford boarded a plane to Chicago, landed, but he turned around before officially entering the United States. ... The mayor's lawyer maintained his client has checked into a treatment facility, although he, too, would not say if he was in the United States. — REPORTERS Robyn Doolittle and Greg McArthur MAYOR ROB FORD: MISSING IN ACTION

Korea Central News, North Korea Pro-U.S. 'Sycophants' Use Cultural Treasures to Insult North Korea "Even their American masters admitted that the treasures were taken by the Americans. Sycophantically and traitorously, the Park group hurled mud at their compatriots, floating a story about the north's 'plunder of [Korea's national] treasures.'" — COMMENT, Bureau of Guidance for the Preservation of National Heritage NORTH VS. SOUTH OVER TREASURES

The Monk Debates, Canada VIDEOS: Munk Debate on State Surveillance May 3, 01:33:37 This is a series of videos culminating in a showdown that pits Michael Hayden and Alan Dershowitz against Glenn Greenwald and Alexis Ohanian on the issue of State Surveillance. At the end, the audience votes on who won. — COVERAGE, UKRAINE CRISIS SHOWDOWN ON SURVEILLANCE

The Philippine Star, Philippines Aquino Gave Obama 'Everything for Nothing' "The new security agreement gives U.S. sailors and flyboys ports and facilities from which to launch ships, fighters, and spy drones. In exchange, Filipino troops are to receive disaster rescue assistance, some training, and old equipment the Americans might have discarded." — COLUMNIST Jarius Bondoc TIME TO SET COLONIALISM ASIDE?

China Daily, China Obama's 'Un-Neighborly' Visit to His Asian Allies "Chinese have long cherished the naive notion that when unruly allies go too far, the U.S. will rein them in. Obama's trip should be a wake-up call that this idea was just wishful thinking. ... By ganging up with its troublemaking allies, the U.S. is presenting itself as a security threat to China." — EDITORIAL, China Daily

IS PHILIPPINE SECUITY ILLEGAL?

Vancouver Sun, Canada Google 'Stung' by Canada for Advertisements Linked to Personal Health History "Canada's privacy law does not allow consumers to be targeted based on sensitive personal information. ... 'The monitoring system was not tight enough, not robust enough to ensure compliance, it wasn't extensive enough to deal with the ad volume.' — Canada's Interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier GOOGLE IN ADVERTISING SLAPDOWN

The Manila Times, The Philippines Aquino Defense Pact with America 'Unconstitutional' "For this 10-year agreement security agreement, which binds our country beyond his term and conscripts the nation as a cog in imperial America's global defense network, and clearly not without risk, President Aquino didn't even bother to consult the Senate, even though the Constitution requires Senate approval for treaties." — EDITORIAL, Manila Times

IS PHILIPPINE SECUITY DEAL ILLEGAL?

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines U.S. Hardware, Not Nationalist Rants, Can Defend the Philippines " In lieu of an enhanced security agreement, what can nationalist activists contribute to defending our territorial sovereignty from creeping Chinese encroachment? The Chinese have greater respect for military hardware than for nationalist rants and outpourings" — COLUMNIST Amando Doronila TIME TO SET COLONIAL PAST ASIDE?

The Manila Times, The Philippines Filipinos, African-Americans and the 'Black Man's Burden' "The Philippine-American War turned the U.S. into a global empire. I refer here to the role played by the African- American soldiers in this war, and their curious ambivalence to the proclaimed mission of 'taking up the White man's burden' and 'civilizing' the Filipino." — EDITORIAL, Manila Times

PHILIPPINE WAR: TRAITORS AND HEROES

Reforma, Mexico The 1914 U.S. Siezure of Veracruz: Fountain of Enduring 'Grievance' "Will some U.S. president (or congressional block) take on the challenge of studying this history of grievances, spite and distrust to try to write a happy ending with those of us in 'the other America?'" — COMMENTATOR Enrique Krauze MAKING AMENDS FOR THE PAST

The Manila Times, The Philippines U.S. Defense Treaty with Philippines an 'Elaborate Charade' "Obama himself admitted that insofar as trade is concerned, China is vital to the U.S. If that's so, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement we just signed is nothing but an elaborate charade." — EDITORIAL, Manila Times

OF PAWNS AND CHESS BOARDS

Philippines TV, Wall St. Journal, CCTV China VIDEOS: President Obama in Malaysia, the Philippines NINE VIDEOS ON THE VISIT This is a video roundup of coverage of President Obama's visit to Malaysia and the Philippines, where the U.S. president has been keenly awaited. — VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS OBAMA IN MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES

The People's Daily China Who is Obama to Preach 'Responsibility' to China? TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "The war against Iraq wasn't just irresponsible, it amounted to a war crime, and war crimes charges have already been raised with the International Court. However, America has so far failed to express even a hint of remorse. Is that the way that a 'responsible' country should act?" — EDITORIAL, People's Daily

CHINA-U.S.: WHO'S MORE RESPONSIBLE?

O Reporter, O Globo, Brazil Brazil Passes NSA-Driven Internet Law, Seeks Global Action at First NetMundial TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The participation of governments has to occur on an equal footing and without any one state having undue influence. In Brazil, citizens, firms and diplomatic agencies had their communications intercepted. These facts are unacceptable. They go against the very nature of the Internet - open, pluralistic and free..” —PRESIDENT Dilma Rousseff

BUT WILL UNITED STATES GO ALONG?

Arirang, Reuters, White House VIDEOS: Barack Obama on Visit to South Korea SIX NEWS SEGMENTS Our April 25 roundup of video from President Obama's visit to South Korea, including Press conferences and official visits — COVERAGE, OBAMA IN KOREA OBAMA: ON THE GROUND IN KOREA

Japan Times, Japan Japanese MP Asserts Obama 'Cheats' and Divorce Looms "Kazuyuki Hamada of the Upper House, said Obama's low approval ratings are blamed on poor relations with his wife Michelle, and that the two will be divorced after his term." — NEWS ITEM, Japan Times JAPAN MP: OBAMA 'CHEATS'

Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan President Obama Interview “The policy of the United States IS clear—the Senkaku Islands are administered by Japan and they therefore fall within the scope of Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Security.” — PRESIDENT Barack Obama U.S. SIDES WITH JAPAN ON ISLANDS

PEOPLE'S DAILY: Obama's
Assurances to Japan Just
'Political Cliche'
GLOBAL TIMES: Uncle Sam is
No 'Blood Brother' of Japan
YOMIURI SHIMBUN: Summit
Brings No TPP Breakthrough
YOMIURI SHIMBUN: U.S.
President Meets Families
of Abduction Victims
KOREA HERALD: China
Warns of 'Chaos' Over Possible
North Korea Nuclear Test

NHK Tokyo, CCTV China, BBC, Daily Mail, White House VIDEOS: President Obama in Japan FOURTEEN VIDEOS ON THE VISIT This is a series of videos from around the region and world on President Obama's visit to Japan. — VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS A HIGHER BOW THIS TIME

Sankei Shimbun, Japan Whaling Advocate Wants Obama Served Whale Meat TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE "While Former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai boldly asserted, 'I want to see whale meat on the table at the state dinner for President Obama' ... Ultimately, the government decided it wasn't wise to attract the attention of anti- whaling countries right before Mr. Obama's visit, and that a 'fresh start' could be made afterwards." — REPORTERS Yoshinori Higo and Takaki Rikitake

WHALE WITH YOUR SUSHI, MR. OBAMA?

Xinhua, China Japan Right 'Hijacking' Mr. Obama's Asia Pivot “Obama may find himself on a tightrope. ... By siding with Japan, which behaves like a spoiled child of the U.S., Mr. Obama will anger China. ... Obama should keep a careful eye trained in his Asian ally.” —COLUMNIST Zhu Dongyang

SEEKING 'BALANCE' IN ASIA

Japan News, Japan Scientists Prepare for Arrival of Tsunami Debris on U.S. Coasts "The government can go ahead and announce that it has initiated a campaign calling on America to make us the 51st state, and not only would it be met with near- universal approval, it would set us into a frenzy of jubilation. ... Which brings me to the other Filipino bias. ... Obama is Black. ... Black-skinned people are objects of ridicule, making them, along with the pandak and kinky- haired, the foils of sitcoms." — NEWS ITEM, Japan News

Japan News, Japan Obama Arrives in Japan for Summit to Show the Solidity of Security Ties “The cancelation of a previous Asia tour last October raised doubts about U.S. credibility as a regional partner. This trip is seen as a test of Obama's ability to recover his reputation among Asian leaders. Obama will be scrutinized closely by regional powers gauging U.S. willigness to take a proactive role.” —REPORTER Reiji Yoshida

SUSHI AND SECURITY IN TOKYO

JAPAN NEWS: On First-Name
Basis, Barack and Shinzo
Chow Down on Prime Sushi
JAPAN TIMES: Sushi Legend
Jiro Enlisted in a Bid to
Wow President Obama
JAPAN TIMES: Obama Says
Senkaku Islands 'Within
Scope' of U.S.-Japan Treaty
THE HANKYOREH: Pyongyang's
Nuke Test: Prepping or Bluffing?

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines Except for His Dark Skin, Obama Can Do No Wrong While in the Philippines "The government can go ahead and announce that it has initiated a campaign calling on America to make us the 51st state, and not only would it be met with near- universal approval, it would set us into a frenzy of jubilation. ... Which brings me to the other Filipino bias. ... Obama is Black. ... Black-skinned people are objects of ridicule, making them, along with the pandak and kinky- haired, the foils of sitcoms." — COLUMNIST Conrado de Quiros

LOVING ALL THINGS U.S. ... ALMOST

Nippon, Japan Japan and the Ukraine Crisis “When global problems like Ukraine occur, rather than taking a passive stance as it has up to now, Japan should consider how to use the opportunity to improve its own geopolitical position.” —FORMER Diplomat Kawato Akio

JAPAN PREPARES FOR OBAMA

ASIA TIMES: Barack Obama
Runs 'China Pivot Guantlet'
CHINA DAILY: U.S. and Japan
- Uncomfortable Bedfellows
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: Abe Needs
a New Approach to Yasukuni

Asahi Shimbun, Japan Ahead of Obama's Arrival, Abe Skips Yasukuni Visit, - but His Cabinet Can Go “Abe shelved a visit during the spring festival apparently out of consideration to U.S. concerns deteriorating ties with other Asian countries. ... On the other hand, Abe is allowing cabinet ministers to visit the controversial shrine 'of their own free will.'” —NEWS ITEM, Asahi Shimbun

ABE: NO SHRINE VISIT THIS YEAR

JAPAN TIMES: Obama's State
Visit Comes at a Critical Time
AUDIO: Can Obama Save the
Asia Pivot? (THE DIPLOMAT)

THE STAR [MALAYSIA]: Trade
Deal Imperiled if U.S. Calls
Others 'Currency Manipulators'
NEW STRAITS TIMES: 'Selamat
Datang' [Welcome] to Malaysia,
Mr. President

Sankei Shimbun, Japan 'Japanese Should Continue Whaling' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE "What Japanese need to do is not care about the criticism of America and Europe, and tell the truth about whaling. Taiji should confront them with confidence." — Journalist Simon Wearne

AN AUSTRALIAN CONVERT

Global Times, China In Ukraine, West Again Defines Democracy Based on its Interests “Because Western interests have penetrated the entire system of global discourse, terms like 'democracy' and 'human rights' are thrown into the mix whenever the West wants to impose its will on the rest of the world.” —EDITORIAL, Global Times

La Jornada, Mexico Mexican's Execution Confirms U.S. 'Decline' and 'Xenophobia' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The execution confirms a pattern of racism and xenophobia within U.S. society and institutions, which coincide paradoxically with the arrival of the first non-Caucasian U.S. president." —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT AMERICA?

Blogos, Japan 'Research' Whaling: It's Time for Us Japanese to Move On TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “No matter how you look at it, this whaling was for commercial and gastronomic purposes, with 'research' nothing more than an inventive interpretation of the facts. ... The reason the whale population is so diminished is because of the indiscriminate whaling of the United States and other countries simply for the extraction of oil, so it isn't that I'm not annoyed when these same people vilify Japan for having a whale-consuming culture. Yet, whale meat is not so important.” —Attorney Toru Ino

JAPAN: THE END OF WHALE EATING?

Opera Mundi, Brazil Venezuela: Can Latin America Resolve Crises without U.S. Influence? TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "The U.S. position will be the key challenge to the ambitions of Brazilian foreign policy in the 21st century. While Brazil influences the creation of institutions to ensure decision- making autonomy for states in the region, this can create long-term tensions with the U.S." —SCHOLAR Raphael Camargo

VENEZUELA: A TEST FOR THE SOUTH

Huanqiu, China Hagel Must Be Told: China is Not Russia TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “China has nothing to learn from Russia when it comes to dealing with friction on its periphery. Rather, it is the U.S. that has to learn a lesson from the Crimea situation. Washington has squeezed Russia's strategic space, but it got cold feet when Moscow upped the ante. From the point of view of great power ties relations, that is the heart of the Crimea incident.” —EDITORIAL,Huanqiu

BEIJING'S MESSAGE FOR HAGEL

Semana, Colombia America and Russia: Two Empires 'Nakedly Imperial' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Apparently President Obama, as educated as he was, doesn't know his history. Or is it that he knows but won't admit to it? This is not only an insoluble element of his function as president, which is to tell lies, but part of the education of Puritan hypocrisy. ... Russia, on the other hand, arrogantly boasts of having been an empire for centuries, hoping to remain so." —COLUMNIST Antonio Caballero

EMPIRES BY AN OTHER NAME ...

The Frontier Post, Pakistan The Afghan Polls: Don't Believe Western Hype “Proclaiming Saturday's polls 'historic' or a 'landmark' is not only premature, it is a crude show of linguistic acrobatics and histrionics. Hadn't this galaxy of voices said the same same about the 2009 polls? And what came of that?” —EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post

NOT SUCH A GREAT ELECTION?

Outlook Afghanistan, Afghanistan Job One for New Afghan President: Sign Security Deal “A complete withdrawal of U.S.-led forces would put Afghanistan at risk of reverting to the dark era of the Taliban, which is something no sensible Afghan wants to see.” —EDITORIAL, Outlook Afghanistan

GOOD NEWS FOR WASHINGTON?

The Liberty Times, Taiwan President Ying-jeou Manages to Disappoint Both U.S. and China TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "It is clear that China has more pull with President Ma than the United States does. ... At this critical moment, the question of whether Taiwan and China agree to far reaching economic integration has created a vast gulf between generations. ... Taiwan must safeguard the people's right to be masters of their own state, and guarantee its citizens are never stripped of the right to free expression." — EDITORIAL, Liberty Times

CHINA TRADE DEAL IMPERILED

La Jornada, Mexico At the Vatican, Obama's Immigration Hypocrisy Shines Through TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The current U.S. president has not only shown a reluctance to abandon his country's traditional policies of persecution and violations of human rights regarding immigration, but he has continuously intensified them.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

CLAIMING THE MORAL HIGHGROUND?

The Age, Australia Sea Shepherd 'Vindicated' after International Court Upholds Japan Whaling Ban “I am so pleased that after a decade of anti-whaling campaigns in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean, we won't have to go there again. ... We feel vindicated, this has always been an illegal whale hunt.” — SEA SHEPERD FOUNDER Paul Watson THE END OF 'SCIENTIFIC' WHALING?

MAINICHI SHIMBUN: U.N. Court's
Ruling Worries Japan's Whalers
ABC NEWS: Will Japan Find
Way Around Whaling Ban?

Carta Maior, Brazil Venezuela, Ukraine: Upending the Best Laid Plans of Washington TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Beyond the disparities that distinguish the two situations, there is a commonality: both Venezuela and Ukraine are geostrategic and energy targets of an aggressive U.S. foreign policy, and both have challenged, in different ways, the course laid out by the global hegemon United States.” —PROFESSOR Larissa Ramina of UFPR

U.S-SPONSORED TURMOIL?

Reforma, Mexico Crimea and Texas: Russia's Version of Manifest Destiny TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Washington hasn't always opposed regions that declare themselves free to join other countries. Its current refusal to recognize Crimea as a part of Russia contradicts its past positions. ... In 1835, the U.S. government supported the Texan rebellion, which led to Texas independence in 1836. In 1845, Texas joined the Union." —COLUMNIST Sergio Sarmiento

CRIMEA: RUSSIA'S 'MANIFEST DESTINY'?

Asia Times, Hong Kong The Obamas: Oiling Beijing-Vatican Links “In Holland with Xi and Obama, or in Beijing with Michelle, will the Chinese or Americans broach the subject of the Holy See and a possible thaw in China-Vatican relations? That is, will Obama convey some words from China to the Pope, or will he or his wife mention the Catholics in talks with the Chinese?” —COLUMNIST Francesco Sisci

THE OBAMAS AS HOLY MESSENGERS

ASIA TIMES: Gains for China,
India in New Cold War
ASIA TIMES: Asia Will
Not 'Isolate' Russia

TED Conference, Canada VIDEO: Google CEO Larry Page at TED Mar. 21, 00:23:30 "It is disappointing that the government secretly did this stuff and didn't tell us about it. ... It is not possible to have a democracy if we have to protect our users fro m the government. The government has done itself a tremendous disservice and we need to have a debate on it." — GOOGLE CEO Larry Page LARRY PAGE ON THE FUTURE

TED Conference, Canada VIDEO: Deputy Directory of the NSA Responds to Edward Snowden's Talk Mar. 20, 00:33:34 "We don’t sit there and grind out metadata profiles of the average person ... If you are not connected to one of those intelligence targets,then you aren't not of interest to us." — NSA DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard Ledgett NSA OFFICIAL REBUTTS SNOWDEN

Chunichi Shimbun, Japan 'Screams' of Fukushima Must Not Be Ignored Like Those of Okinawa TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The government has averted its gaze from the problem of low dose radiation exposure. It has relaxed its criteria on acceptable radiation exposure in an attempt to encourage local authorities near the plant to make an early return. It certainly looks like a superficial recovery effort - and a premature rush to rebuild.” —EDITORIAL, Chunichi Shimbun

HAS FUKUSHIMA BEEN FORGOTTEN?

Huanqiu, China Crisis Over Ukraine Could Spell 'Disaster' for China TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "'Once the Russia-U.S. confrontation gets out of control, it will result in disaster for China. This won't be like two crickets threatening one another - it's is more like great monsters roaring. Many countries will reevaluate the global political climate leading to major changes." —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

BEIJING WATCHES WITH CONCERN

TED Conference, Canada VIDEO: Edward Snowden Talk at TED Conference Mar. 18, 00:35:17 "Is it really terrorism that we're stopping? I say no. ... The bottom line is that terrorism has always been cover for action. Terrorism evokes an emotional response. ... More communications are being intercepted in America about Americans than Russia on Russians." — Edward Snowden SNOWDEN TALKS SPY TECH AT TED

Asia Times, Hong Kong Beijing to Kiev to Taipei: Why China Worries About Ukraine "The PRC's most apparent vulnerability to a Ukraine-style coup is on Taiwan. ... U.S. allegiance to the One China principle is, like most of Washington's undertakings with adversaries, conditional, laden with formal and unspoken caveats, and ripe to be discarded once an opportunity arises." —COLUMNIST Peter Lee

UKRAINE CRISIS AND THE TAIWAN ANGLE

ASIA TIMES: Russia 1, Regime Changers 0
ASIA TIMES: Crimea and Western 'Values'

The Australian, Australia Brits Probe Shoe Bomb Connection to Missing Malaysian Airliner “An al-Qaeda whistleblower, a U.K. national, told a U.S. court last week that 4 or 5 Malaysian men had planned to hijack a plane and had obtained a show bomb to blow open the cockpit.” —CORRESPONDENT Jacquelin Magnay

WAS IT A SHOE-BOMBER HIJACKING?

Taipei Times, Taiwan In Case of Chinese Attack, Intelligence Chief Doubts Taiwan Would Last Month "'The Defense Ministry has said that Taiwan's military would be able to withstand a Chinese attack for one month. However, whether the nation is capable of holding out for a month also depends on the public's will to resist an invasion. If people want to leave, we may not be able to hold out for an [entire] month." —REPORTERS Rich Chang, Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung

WOULD TAIWANESE RESIST INVASION?

Xinhua, China Biased Western Mediation Created Fiasco in Ukraine “The West's strategy for installing a so-called democratic and pro-West government has gotten it nowhere. On the contrary, it has created a mess they don't have the capacity or wisdom to clean up. ... Western leaders deluded themselves into believing that with their diminished moral authority and shrinking coffers, coffers, such a grand task of nation- building could be accomplished.” —COLUMNIST Ming Jinwei

A WESTERN POLT, OR WESTERN BUNGLE?

47 News, Japan Hurt By Obama, Tokyo Pins Hopes to Victory for Republicans in 2016 TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE "'Obama is too businesslike ... it is rather difficult to build a personal relationship with him,' the prime minister let slip recently when commenting to aides. ... Koichi Hagiuda, who serves as special adviser to the prime minister, commented in relation to the U.S. expression of disappointment that 'such fault-finding never occurred under Republican administrations." —EDITORIAL, 47 News

TOKYO GOES REPUBLICAN FOR 2016

El Espectador, Colombia El Chapo's Arrest and the 'Bloodbath that it May Unleash' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Any drop in strength for Sinaloa is a gain for Zetas, the most bloody of the cartels. So it is that unless the authorities have plans to attack Zetas with the same ferocity they have against the Sinaloans, the success of these arrests may be diminished by the bloodbath they unleash.” —EDITORIAL, El Espectador

IS THE WORST STILL TO COME?

Carta Maior, Brazil Toppling of Salvador Allende Still Sizzles on Streets of Venezuela TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "After so many presidential defeats, the lesson looming large is that an element of conservatism - personified there by Leopoldo Lopez - has concluded that electoral politics is too constraining. ... This isn't only a problem of Chavismo, but an entire region traumatized by the skirmishes that accumulated during the many attempts to shift to a more just society." —COLUMNIST Saul Leblon

THE GHOST OF SALVADOR ALLENDE

El Universal, Venezuela CNN Host Advises Venezuelans: 'Don't Believe Falsehoods' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In Venezuela, there is censorship. That isn't something I think, it is something I see. Anyone can see it. ... Chavista leaders see what they want to see. The picture I have is of a very closed group. There is no room for those who do not follow their script - which is their plan for . the nation Democracies persuade - not force.” —Fernando del Rincon, CNN Espanol

CNN HOST TALKS VENEZUELA

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Japan Says 'Liability Over WWII Acts in China Settled' "'No outstanding problems exist' with regard to liability, including claims by individuals, following a 1972 statement that normalized ties between the two countries after World War II, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said." —NEWS ITEM, Kyoto

JAPAN: NOTHING TO DISCUSS ON WWII

Foreign Correspondents' Club, Japan VIDEO: Fukushima Survivors Plead for Attention, Justice Feb. 21, 00:51:31 "The biggest problem we have now is a deliberate cover-up of the levels of radiation that people have been exposed to and the health problems they have. There is a continuing and intentional concealment of facts that Japan's media will not properly report. What we need is for foreign countries to pressure Japan to tell the truth." — NEWS REPORT, Russia Today FUKUSHIMA: ABANDONED AND BETRAYED

La Jornada, Mexico Capture of El Chapo: Like a Drop of Water in Rain TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "Without politicians arrested, and their assets and property seized and forfeited, and even more; without reducing the availability of drugs and addressing damage to civilians; without eliminating crimes associated with drug trafficking, such as kidnapping and extortion; and without destroying the structures of the rest of the gangs, capturing El Chapo is in vain." —SECURITY AND JUSTICE ANALYST Simon Vargas Aguilar

EL CHAPO: WILL HIS ARREST REALLY HELP?

Milenio, Mexico El Chapo's Capture Will Help Restore Mexico's Reputation TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The capture of El Chapo Guzman is an undeniable achievement of President Nieto's government. It is a success no matter how one looks at it ... Today is not a day to demand more. Without haggling, we applaud the government." —COLUMNIST Juan Ignacio Zavala

EL CHAPO CAUGHT: TIME TO CELEBRATE?

Pagina 12, Argentina Venezuela Calls U.S. and Canada More Repressive TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Venezuela Ambassador to the OAS Roy Chaderton repudiated the interventionist acts of the U.S. against Venezuela. ... In response to accusations by the U.S. and Canada about their repression of student activists, Chaderton said foreign agents infiltrated the demonstrations. ... He recalled that in 2012, during protests against Wall St., more than 700 students were arrested. He also pointed to images of police repression of students in Oakland, California, when a large amount of pepper spray was used on demonstrators.” —NEWS ITEM, Pagina 12

U.S. POT CALLS VENEZUELA KETTLE BLACK?

El Universal, Venezuela Maduro Accuses CNN of Preparing the Ground for a 'Gringo' Invasion TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “'Enough of war propaganda. We don't accept war propaganda aimed at Venezuela. Unless CNN corrects itself - then out of Venezuela! Out!' He accused the demonstrators of 'forcibly removing uniforms' from Metro workers and leaving them unclothed. 'Pay attention to what they do with these uniforms. They [the opposition] suddenly appear on CNN to say that whoever struck the workers - it wasn't them. ... The objective of CNN is for the civil war to justify a gringo military intervention in Venezuela.” —PRESIDENT Nicolas Maduro

RIOTS AND BROKEN GLASS IN CARACUS

La Jornada, Mexico The 'Summit of Mexican Submission' to the U.S. "Mexico's countryside is devastated because we are flooded with agri- food imports, mainly from the U.S. U.S. farmers benefit from Mexican workers' labor, many of whom are undocumented, and as such, their products are highly competetive. ... the Center for Economic and Policy Research, believes the treaty was a terrible mistake for Mexico." —COLUMNIST Ana Maria Aragonés

MYSTERY: WHO LIKES NAFTA?

LA JORNADA: 'Same Old Same Old'
at U.S.-Canada-Mexico Summit

Japan Times, Japan U.S. Nukes May Soon Make Return to Japan “Japan may officially allow the United States to bring nuclear weapons into the country if an emergency threatens national safety, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida hinted on February 14.” —NEWS ITEM, Japan Times

Radio New Zealand, New Zealand Kim Dotcom Suffers Legal Blow Making Extradition to United States More Likely "The decision overturns a ruling by Chief High Court judge Justice Winkelmann in June 2012 that the warrants were too broad and therefore unlawful. The United States is is seeking the extradition of Dotcom on charges of breach of copyright and money laundering." —NEWS ITEM, Radio New Zealand

2012 SEARCH WARRANT RULED LEGAL

Chosun Ilbo, South Korea Beijing's 'Astounding Change' Portends Korea Reunification TRANSLATED FROM KOREAN “Official Beijing is commenting on the issue in ways that have been previously unimaginable. ... The gist of the report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is that if it must, Beijing can and will distance itself from the North Koreans. This is simply astounding.” —EDITORIAL, Chosun Ilbo

GROUND SHIFTING UNDER KOREA PENNINSULA

The Conversation, Australia Whatever Happened to the Pivot? "Eventually some new relationship will be arrived by America and China. Hopefully this process will be peaceful, but however it is decided, it is fair to assume that for both of the principal protagonists, it will be decided by their national interests, not ours." —Mark Beeson, Murdoch University

El Mundo, Colombia Obama 'Deals Blow' to Dream of Latin American Integration TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The omission of Latin America from the State of the Union is a setback for efforts to integrate, and is a vacuum that others will certainly want to take advantage of. We can see this already. At the CELAC summit, a document was approved declaring America 'a zone of peace at the southern border of an empire that was born and grew strong thanks to war, looting of other nations' resources, and territorial expansion.'” —COLUMNIST Koga Shigeaki

HAS U.S. CEDED GROUND TO AVERSARIES?

Toronto Star, Canada Sochi: Pampered Journalists Behave Like 'Ugly Americans' "Too many journalists of all nations turn into Ugly Americans whenever venturing beyond their comfort zone. Naturally, because reporters tend toward utter self-absorption, these kinks became matters of melodrama and Twitter urgency." —COLUMNIST Rosie DiManno

BACKLASH AGAINST PAMPERED REPORTERS

Toronto Sun, Canada Obama's Keystone Follies “The thing you must understand about the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline is that it’s not a fight about reality - it's s about politics.” — COLUMNIST Lorrie Goldstein WILL U.S. EVER APPROVE PIPELINE?

The National Post, Canada Why Terrorism Plotter Sought to Derail NY- Toronto Amtrak Train "You go to a land which is far away from you. You go with your army and you kill people and you took their land. And then you cry 'terror, terror.'" —Terror Suspect Chiheb Esseghaier

CONVERSATION WITH A TERRORIST

The National, Canada VIDEO: Snowden Leak Sparks Outrage Over Spying on Canadians Jan. 31, 00:04:17 WARRANTLESS IN CANADA

VIDEO: Canada's 'Top Spies' to
Testify Before Senate Defence
Committee (The National)

AUDIO: With CSEC Monitoring
People in Airports, How Much
Spying is Done on Canadians?
(The National)

Huanqiu, China Chinese Dissidents Depend on West's 'Out-and-Out Lies' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "In stressing constitutional guarantees of free speech, dissidents champion fundamental change to China's political system. ... As long as China remains behind in terms of soft and hard power, dissidents who ally with the values and even actions of the West will emerge" —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

SEEKING EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER LAW

Macleans, Canada VIDEO: Canadian Lawmaker Calls Greenwald a 'Porn Spy' Jan. 31, 00:01:05 "Why is furthering porn spy Glenn Greenwald's agenda and lining his Brazilian bank account more important than maintaining the CBC'S journalistic integrity?" — CANADA MP Paul Calandra SMEARING MESSENGER IN CANADA

Opera Mundi, Brazil U.S. Be Damned, CELAC Makes Real 'Our America' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Not a miracle - but nearly one: Hugo Chavez, and those who joined him in this patriotic endeavor, had to leap over all kinds of hurdles. ... Galileo would have said eppur si muove [and yet it moves] in mulling the creation of this Bolivarian project - which includes, for the first time, the entirety of Latin America and the Caribbean, with the exception of Puerto Rico - for now!" —Dr. Atilio Boron, Argentina

TOWARD A U.S.-FREE LATIN AMERICA?

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan Afghans are Behind Karzai U.S. Security Deal Demands “America's problem is - it has utterly failed in grasp the Afghan psyche. To think that the hearts and minds of Afghans would be won simply by injecting dollars into their economy as their loved ones were killed and the sanctity of their homes and houses of worship violated - was delusional.” —EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times

KARZAI: THE AFGHANISTAN END GAME

El Comercio, Ecuador CIA Help with FARC Attack; Snowden, Worsen U.S. Ties TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "What explains this point of contention between Quito and Washington? ... The issue may be related to CIA participation in Colombia's attack on a FARC camp in Angostura. ... In addition, Ecuador unilaterally rejecting the Andean Trade Preference Act due to 'pressure' being exerted by Washington for Quito not to grant asylum to Edward Snowden." —COLUMNIST Santiago Zeas B.

Ismedia, Japan Abe Adopts 'North Korean Tactics' on Yasukuni Shrine TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The constitution of Japan rejects the resolution of conflict by force, and doesn't even allow a standing army. Most members of the ruling party, including Prime Minister Abe, believe that occupying U.S. forces imposed these principles on Japan.” —COLUMNIST Koga Shigeaki

VISITING YAKASUNI: WHY DID ABE DO IT?

Huanqiu, China Why China's People Favor U.S. Cops Over Their Own TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE "We often criticize America for employing 'double standards' in regard to China. Yet, when comparing police in China and the U.S., we do the same thing." —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

CHINESE FAVOR JAYWALKER ARREST

El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua Using Bitcoin, U.S. Banker Makes Home in Nicaragua TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “ I think that apart from Nicaragua, there are only two other countries. In Chile and Mexico, there are properties available that can be purchased using this cryptocurrency.” —EX-U.S. BANKER Greg Simon

NICARAGUA NOW BITCOIN-FRIENDLY

La Jornada, Mexico U.S. 'Interference' in Michoacan State is Last Thing Mexico Needs TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "The unacceptable transfer of sovereignty by the previous administration under a pretext of the war against drugs led to almost complete dependency on Washington in terms of security, intelligence, and foreign policy. Yet this failed to reduce the level of violence in our country." —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

RISE OF THE MEXICO VIGILANTES

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Ambassador Kennedy Draws Nationalist Japanese Ire After Condemning Dolphin Slaughter “One poster added a poem emphasizing how delicious dolphin meat is, while several others compared consuming beef with dolphin and said that Westerners are hypocritical for condemning the hunt.” — CORRESPONDENT Julian Ryall

CAROLINE KENNEDY MAKES SOME WAVES

Opera Mundi, Brazil GMO's Benefit No One but Companies Like Monsanto TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "The only ones to benefit from GMOs have been the multinational biotech firms that patented them. Having conquered a growing slice of the global market for highly-monopolized seeds, their goal is long-term profits, indifferent to the impact on the environment, health, or family farms." —COLUMNIST Leonardo Bof

GM FOODS: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong China, Too, is Building Quantum Supercomputer "The potential uses of a quantum computer make it the holy grail of intelligence encryption and could be used to break even the most secure codes used by banks, governments, militaries around the world. While there is no sign that China is close to developing a practical, working model, it has pulled out all the stops to build the ultimate code-breaker." — REPORTER Stephen Chen WORKING ON DEATH OF ENCRYPTION

Deccan Herald, India U.S. Embassy School on India Radar for Visa, Tax Violations "With India having chosen to enforce strict reciprocity on privileges enjoyed by American diplomats, the government has already withdrawn extra privileges they enjoyed, such as airport passes that gave them special access at Indian airports." —NEWS ITEM, Deccan Herald

INDIA-U.S. DIPLOMATIC TUSSLE

Sydney Morning Herald, New Zealand Secret Draft of TPP Trade Talks Reveals 'Toothless' Environment Enforcement "WikiLeaks says top words are 'enhance' (12), 'consider' (12), 'encourage' (11), 'address' (10), 'endeavor' (9) and 'seek' (9). ... The chairpersons of the deal's environment section despair at ever getting agreement, saying the so-called 'red line' or non- negotiable positions appear irreconcilable.'Many of the red lines for some parties were in direct opposition to the red lines expressed by other parties.'" — REPORTER Peter Martin

Xinhua, China Newly-Found Documents Detail Imperial Japan's Mass Biological Crimes "According to a Japanese military police report from Aug. 9, 1937, in place of the phrase 'biological war' was a code name, 'plague prevention.' ... 'This explains why so few mentions of Japanese biological warfare could be found in public documentation,' said Gao Wei of the Jilin Provincial Archives." —NEWS ITEM, Xinhua

JAPAN-CHINA BIO-PROPAGANDA WAR

News, Australia Report: U.S. Tested Biological Weapons in Okinawa in 1960s “In the tests conducted at least a dozen times between 1961 and 1962, rice blast fungus was released over rice fields and data was collected on how it affected rice production, Kyodo said, citing the documents.” — NEWS ITEM, News BIOWAR: JAPAN STRIKES BACK?

JAPAN TIMES: Japan Considers
Drones and Aircraft Carriers
ASAHI SHIMBUN: Tokyo-Beijing
Mudslinging a Global Embarrassment
MAINICHI: Okinawa Governor
Ready to Approve Okinawa Base
Relocation; Turmoil Expected
MAINICHI: U.S. Embassy Considers
Showing Hiroshima Bomb Film

Asia Times, Hong Kong The U.S. Corporate Media's 'Whitewash' of Ariel Sharon "Sharon's demise and the flood of robust eulogies will neither change the facts of his blood-soaked history, nor erase the 'facts on the ground' - as in the many illegal colonies that Sharon erected with such dedication on Palestinian land Israel occupies." — COLUMNIST Ramzy Baroud SHARON DIES: A PALESTINIAN VIEW

Chosun Ilbo, South Korea U.S. Playing with Fire By Coddling 'Outrageous' Abe "If German politicians continued to pay homage to Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Hitler, and deny their country's crimes during WWII, what would have happened? The E.U. would have entirely fallen apart. In that case, would the U.S. urge other European nations to join hands with Germany to address regional security? ... Only America can put the brakes on Abe's actions." —EDITORIAL, Chosun Ilbo

TIME TO REIN IN RIGHT-WING FANATICS?

Times of India, India Indicted but Immune, Deputy Consul General Khobragade Exits U.S. “The United States and India put a lid on a torrid month- long diplomatic fiasco, after agreeing to remove Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade from New York, without prosecuting her, despite her criminal indictment.” — REPORTER Chidanand Rajghatta

DIPLOMAT 'REMOVED' IN MAID ROW

DNA: Opposition Leader:
Khobragade's Return
a 'Defeat to the Nation'
DNA: Khobragade's Father
Says Diplomat Daughter
Rejected Compromise
DECCAN HERALD: Maid
Speaks Out: 'I Suffered
Working for Diplomat'

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Would-Be Owner of The New York Times Relates, 'I am Good at Working with Jews' "Chen said he was aware that many U.S. papers were Jewish-owned. He said he was up for the job since he had 'equally competent IQ and EQ' compared with Jews. ... 'I am very good at working with Jews.'" —REPORTER Amy Li

CHEN: FOOT PUT FIRMLY IN MOUTH

Global Times, China Buying The New York Times Won't 'Rebuild' Public Image of China "Among China's public, there is both support and derision toward recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao's ambition to buy The New York Times. Some mock the possible purchase as a step toward turning it into an official newspaper Excited about capturing a core liberal U.S. asset, voices of support come from segments of the population fed up with one- sided coverage of The Times." —COLUMNIST Liu Yun

NEXT OWNER OF NEW YORK TIMES?

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea 'Comfort Women' Outrage Not Confined to Countries Harmed by Japanese Army “If Japan politicians thought like most people do, they would be ashamed that sculptures honoring comfort women are being built in the United States. It goes to show that Japan's past is not only an issue of controversy for the countries it harmed. ... Japan's attitude demonstrates its moral vulgarity and brazen nature.” — COMMENTARY Rodong Sinmun PYONGYANG CLAIMS THE HIGH GROUND

Carta Maior, Brazil Exposing, Confronting the 'Global Corporate Empire' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "How much inhumanity can people stomach? Now, however, we see the guts of the beast. It's breaking everything in sight: the crystal, the crockery - and trampling people. But for how much longer? ... A society cannot long survive based on extreme forms of exploitation, lies, and the opposition to life." —COLUMNIST Leonardo Bof

CORPORATIONS OVER GOVERNMENTS

O Globo, Brazil U.S. and Cuba: Pragmatic Capital Will Soon Triumph Over Rural Conservatives TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "The handshake between Barack Obama and Raul Castro was more than formality. The Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of U.S. Protocol could simply have removed Obama from the Castro's proximity. This is something they have always been good at. Why not this time? ... When it comes to increasing the benefits to capital, there is a clarity and objectivity that egocentric philosophers and moralists fail to comprehend." —COLUMNIST Andre Laino

IS U.S.-CUBA ICE ABOUT TO CRACK?

The Express Tribune, Pakistan End of Year Survey: After U.S., Pakistan Considered Top Threat to World Peace “Twenty four percent of the world believes America represents the top threat to peace. In comparison, only 8 percent believe it is Pakistan, which is closely followed by China (6 percent), and Afghanistan (5 percent) and Iran (5 percent).” — REPORTER Talha Ahmed

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Asahi Shimbun, Japan Abe’s Yasukuni Shrine Visit Stirs Hornet's Nests in Beijing, Seoul “We cannot help feeling lament and rage. ... It is an anachronistic act to fundamentally destroy stability and cooperation of Northeast Asia.” — South Korean Government WHEN 'PAYING RESPECT' IS AN INSULT

ASAHI SHIMBUN: Abe's Visit
to Yasukuni Shrine a Futile
Act of Self-Righteousness
ASAHI SHIMBUN: U.S.
Expresses Disappointment at
Abe Visit to Yasukuni Shrine
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: Shrine
Visit Won't Alter Japan's
Stance on History, Diplomacy
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: Abe's
Yasukuni Visit Reflects
Conservatives' Priorities
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: Abe's
Visit to Yasukuni Could Isolate
Japan from Rest of World
YOMIURI SHIMBUN : Abe’s
Yasukuni Shrine Visit a
Personal, Calculated Risk
YOMIURI SHIMBUN: Abe’s
Visit to Yasukuni Must be
Followed by Diplomacy

The Hacker News, India 1400 Institutions, 88 Countries: The Year of the Bank Trojans “In 2013, emerging threats included advanced phishing attacks by Syrian Electronic Army, financial malware and exploit kits, Cryptolocker ransomware infections, mass Bitcoin theft, a large number of privacy breaches from NSA, and many more.” — COLUMNIST Swati Khandelwal

A PROBLEM KNOWING NO BORDERS

Epoca, Brazil China on the Moon: Move Over America and Russia TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "This success on the part of China, which with its space program seeks to show that it can compete with the traditional technological powers after decades of underdevelopment and global isolation, occurs 10 years after the country launched its first astronaut into space, Yang Liwei." —NEWS ITEM, EPOCA

WILL CHINA SPUR AMERICA INTO ACTION>

Caixin, China Government, Scientists Struggle to Root Out Opposition to GM Foods “The public has been slow to accept scientifically altered rice and other staples, setting back industrial cultivation.” — REPORTERS Cui Zheng, Yu Dawei and Yang Jie

MONSANTO'S PEOPLE IN BEIJING

Greater Kashmir, India Gay Carnality of 'Domineering Western Culture' Bad for India “Talk of 'contemporary values and relationships' is simply a surrender to domineering Western atheist culture. It is amazing to see that in the name of 'freedom' and 'dignity,' the power-wielding class is pro- actively engaged in defending the 'rights' of a tiny number of sodomists.” — COLUMNIST Hassan Zainagiree DO GAYS THREATEN CIVILIZATION?

Pak Observer, Pakistan Disrespectful America is Rightly Snubbed by India “How strange it is that America expects all sorts of courtesies and privileges - due and undue - for not only its diplomatic staff, but its undercover spies, yet it is unwilling to extend the same to diplomats of other countries.” — EDITORIAL, Pak Observer

RARE PAKISTAN-INDIA AGREEMENT

Outlook India, India Indian Diplomat's U.S. Detention: Her Domestic Aid is the Real Victim “The Indian establishment colluded to victimize the domestic assistant, Sangeeta Richard, who arrived in the U.S. in November 2012 and began working for Devyani Khobragade as a domestic aid.” — NEWS ITEM, Outlook India SANGEETA RICHARD: THE VICTIM?

OUTLOOK INDIA: U.S. Attorney
General Answers Critics Over
Indian Diplomat's Detention
OUTLOOK INDIA: India Foreign
Ministery Replies to U.S.
Attorney General Preet Bharara

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea 'We Will Finish All Who Challenge Marshal Kim Jong-Un; Even Our Kin'! “If anyone dares come against our supreme leader, we will finish them off then and there, even if he is our kin.” — EDITORIAL, Rodong Sinmun

REGIME ISSUES LOYALTY OATH

Hindustan Times, India BJP Party Leader Suggests 'Arrest Same-Sex Partners' of U.S. Diplomats in India “We have issued visas to a number of U.S. diplomats' companions. 'Companions' means that they are of the same sex. Now, after the Supreme Court ruling, this is illegal in our country, just as paying less wages was illegal in the U.S. ... So, why doesn't the Government go ahead and arrest and punish them? ” — BJP Leader Yaswant Singh U.S.-INDIA DIPLOMATIC ROW ESCALATES

TIMES OF INDIA: Kerry
Expresses Regret Over
Devyani's Treatment
TIMES OF INDIA: Devyani
Case: It's All a 'Maid-in-U.S.'
Conspiracy, India Says
INDIAN EXPRESS: A Diplomatic
Row and a Public Spectacle

New Media Animation, Taiwan VIDEO: Megyn Kelly says Santa is White; In Fact He's the Color of Money Dec. 18 00:01:32 The assertion of Fox News host Megyn Kelly that Santa Clause is a White man has attracted the attention of Taiwan's Next Media Animation, which has lampooned America's annual 'war on Christmas.' — NEW MEDIA ANIMATION CARTOON LAMPOONS FOX NEWS

Times of India, India Indian Diplomat's Arrest to Bring 'Strongest Action in Years' Against America “National Security Advisor Menon described the arrest of Deputy Consul General Khobragade as 'barbaric,' as he and Parliament Speaker Meira Kumar refused to meet a group of U.S. lawmakers. Today the anger spread, as Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi and Sushilkumar Shinde also refused to meet the Amercian lawmakers. ” — REPORTER Indrani Bagchi ARRESTED: DEVYANI KHOBRAGADE

TIMES OF INDIA: Strip-Search
Helps India Find its Spine
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: Stop Special
Benefits for U.S. Diplomats in India

Folha, Brazil Edward Snowden's 'Open Letter' to the People of Brazil “When someone in Brazil visits a Web site, the NSA keeps a record of when it happened and what you did there. If a mother in Porto Alegre calls her son to wish him luck on his university exam, NSA can keep that call log for five years or more. ... They even keep track of who is having an affair or looking at pornography, in case they need to damage their target's reputation. ” — Edward Snowden

SNOWDEN LOOKS TO BRAZIL

FOLHA: Brazil Needs
a Bigger U.S. Lobby
FOLHA: Edward Snowden
Seeks Asylum in Brazil

O Globo, Brazil Bush, Obama, Clintons and Mandela ... 'People Like Us' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE Brazilians have a special feeling for being human that comes out in this article by O Globo's Dorrit Harazim. Looking at the Mandela memorial last week through the prism of George W. Bush, when all was said and done and the boos and applause were over, a trip of one incumbent president, two former presidents, and one potential future president, ended with a simple gesture: George W. Bush showing his traveling companions dog paintings on his iPad. —COLUMNIST Cesar Navarro

PUTTING ON THEIR PANTS LIKE US ALL

La Jornada, Mexico Explaining Mandela's Loyalty to Fidel and the Cuban Revolution TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The ambitions of the South African racists and the United States were not only to crush the Angolan regime, but to eliminate the training bases of the ANC and Namibia's South West African People's Organization, which were established in Angola with Cuban trainers. ... A long and bloody war to confront the South African military intervention ensued, lasting from 1981 to 1988. ... The cracking of this racist and genocidal military adventure which was the harbinger of the end of apartheid.” —COLUMNIST Cesar Navarro

BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS

La Jornada, Mexico Mexico Surrenders Underground to U.S. “The United States consider the 'law of the land' to be a supreme value of respect on their territory, and violate it in foreign nations: Puerto Rico, Honduras, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, and even the occupation of Guantanamo. The list is never ending.” —PROFESSOR Adolfo Gilly

Huanqiu, China For Exposing American Hypocrisy, Ed Snowden Deserves Global Respect TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “We owe Snowden our respect for challenging American soft power and its right to define justice and injustice. The young man is the first person in recent years to have knocked America U.S. off of its moral pedestal.” —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

FP'S GLOBAL THINKER OF THE YEAR

Huanqiu, China Sochi Boycott Call Reflects Lack of Western 'Humility' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The West is chock full of people who always have a sense of moral superiority. In the eyes of non- Western countries, however, they seem more like an arrogant mob, using brutality to promote their values and ruin cultural diversity.” —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

IS THE WEST HUMANE - OR ARROGANT?

El Espectador, Colombia 'Mind Control' is Achieved in Post-Snowden United States TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Writers are self-censoring. They are leaving certain areas untouched, especially if they involve using certain terms in their communications. So it has come to this: the reality of life in the most powerful democracy in the world has achieved what has been impossible for the very worst totalitarian systems and theocracies - mind control over individuals.” —COLUMNIST Juan Gabriel Vasquez

U.S.: TOPPING THE TOTALITARIANS

La Jornada, Mexico Hollywood: Where the U.S. Frowns on Spying TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Leaders allied with the great superpower and millions of their citizens have been victimized by the mass surveillance of communications by our neighbor and trading partner. In contrast, Anthony Pellicano, the most well known private detective in Hollywood, has been sentenced to ten years in prison. He was found guilty of 76 offenses, including wiretapping, extortion, fraud, and blackmail. ... So good going Edward Snowden, for working in Moscow under Russian government protection.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

HOLLYWOOD: SPYING IS A NO NO

The Register, Ausralia Trans Pacific Partnership Papers to Remains Secret ... Until Deal is Signed! “Australians interested in knowing what will be in the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership agreement will have to hope someone leaks it.” —Fairfax Media

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Who's Monitoring the Covert Operations of World's Spy Agencies? “Even if Australian law is said to offer some measure of privacy protection, how can that be more than a fig leaf when most of these services are headquartered outside Canberra's jurisdiction, with so much data routed offshore?” —COLUMNIST Deborah Snow

Carta Maior, Brazil Will Humanity Allow Itself to be Excised Like 'Cancer'? TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE "Either we again begin to feel a part of nature and show respect for it and ourselves, or we will move into a paradigm of conquest and domination. We can live together and respect the natural rhythms and exist within the limits of our ecosystems, or prepare ourselves for the bitter lessons that Mother Earth will teach us." — THEOLOGIAN AND PHILOSOPHER Leonardo Boff PHILIPPINES' DELEGATE SPEAKS HIS MIND

China Daily, China 'Facts' for Joe Biden on Who is Responsible for South China Tensions “Despite trying to present itself as an impartial mediator, the U.S. has obviously taken Japan's side. By turning a blind eye to Tokyo's provocations, the root cause of the tensions, Washington has wrongly pointed an accusing finger at in China's direction.” —EDITORIAL, China Daily

BIDEN: TRINKET SHOPS IN BEIJING

Global Times, China Biden Should 'Show 'Kindness' To China “It is extremely unlikely Biden has shown up in China to be an opponent. If so, however, China won't hold back. ... Americans might consider adjusting their own behavior, when a country as mild and undemanding as China begins to cultivate nationalism toward the U.S.” —EDITORIAL, Global Times

BIDEN: CALMING THE WATERS?

Infobae, Argentina Obama's Weakness Triggers Torrent of Mideast Trouble TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH "It's clear that when it comes to both the Syria crisis and the Iran nuclear controversy, the deception and fraud laid out by Russia has been a trap that President Obama walked right into, pulling the majority of E.U. leaders in with him. Now it's too late for regrets." — COLUMNIST George Chaya NETANYAHU PLEADS CASE TO PUTIN

Daily Tribune, The Philippines China ADZ 'Should Not Have Been Done': Defense Chief Gazmin “What was done by China - should have not been done, because things are getting dangerous. This may trigger an unexpected incident. ... Common sense will tell you that you should not commit the same mistake twice - if they recognize it as a mistake.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

CLINGING IN THE FACE OF CHINA

Guardian Australia, Australia Spy Service Puts Privacy of Ordinary Australians Under Serious Threat
SPIES HELP SPIES	“Intelligence agents offered to share the confidential data of law-abiding Australians with international partners. In this Orwellian climate, who guards the guardians?” — ATTORNEY Geoffrey Robertson

Guardian Australia, Australia Revealed: Australian Spy Agency Offered to Share Data on Australia Citizens “Australia's surveillance agency offered to share information collected on ordinary citizens of Australia with its leading intelligence partners, according to a secret 2008 document leaked by the Edward Snowden.” — REPORTERS Ewen MacAskill, James Ball, Katharine Murphy

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
Orwellian Spying on Indonesia
Breaches Australian Law
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
Prime Minister Must Find
those who Decided to Snoop

La Jornada, Mexico Assange's Warning 'Urgent' for the Developing World TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It's required and urgent to create and operate independent access to the Worldwide Web in order to break U.S. dominance in this area. It's not for nothing that the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS advocate the creation of an alternative Internet structure, known as CABLEBRICS, consisting of a system of fiber optic cables 20,000 miles long, which would exclude major centers of U.S. and E.U. telecommunications.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada

ASSANGE URGES LATIN AMERICA TO ACT

CBC News, Canada Top Spy Refuses to Answer Queries on G20 Espionage “The documents show the federal government allowed the NSA, the U.S.' largest spy agency, to conduct widespread surveillance in Canada during the 2010 summits.” — REPORTER Laura Payton

NATIONAL POST: No Reason
for Canada to be Ashamed of
Spying on Other Countries
GLOBE & MAIL: Don't Listen to
Our Guests or Our Protesters

Global Times, China Claims Made By U.S. About Air Defense Zone 'Ridiculous' “How will the interests of the U.S. and its allies be impacted by a Chinese ADIZ on China's own doorstep? Why didn't U.S. call the establishment of Japan's ADIZ in 1969, which included China's Diaoyu Islands within it, and Tokyo's 'nationalization' of the islands, 'one- sided?' Threats will not sway China. Defending the territory of the nation will always be its top priority.” —COLUMNIST Luo Yuan

HOW FAR WILL AMERICA DEFEND JAPAN?

Peeople's Daily, China The U.S. and Japan Must Be Shown: 'White is Not Black' “China's announcement of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea has drawn criticism from the United States and Japan - wrongly. ... The logic of the two countries is simple: they can do it while China cannot, which might be explained by a Chinese saying, 'the magistrates are free to burn down houses, while common folk are forbidden to light their lamps.'” —COLUMNIST Wu Liming

A RILED CHINA RILES THE REGION

News, Australia U.S. Responds with B-52s to China's 'Air Identification Zone' Over Japan-Claimed Islands “Three days ago China declared a no fly zone over waters claimed by Japan. Yesterday, the U.S. flew B52 bombers over them. Today, China sent in an aircraft carrier. Are these the drums of war being beaten on our doorstep?” —NEWS ITEM, Australia News U.S. SENDS CHINA A BIG MO MESSAGE

Minyu Shimbun, Japan Short of Manpower, TEPCO Boosts Pay for Fukushima Workers TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “TEPCO will build a larger lounge for workers to take breaks and decontaminate more of the site, so over a larger area, workers will be able to work without full face masks - thought to lower worker efficiency. The firm will also raise the daily bonus for workers from $100 to $200. ... this newspaper has continued to report on the reality of TEPCO's plants, where the environment is atrocious and commission of mistakes is continueous.” —EDITORIAL, Minyu Shimbun

FIDDLING OVER YEN AS JAPAN BURNS?

El Tiempo, Colombia JFK's Murder Badly Hobbled Latin American Democracy TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In Latin America he proposed the Alliance for Progress and gave financial support under exceptional circumstances. ... The town of Kennedy is testament to his journey through Bogota where he was accompanied by Jacqueline. ... How much could have been avoided and how much progress would have been in terms of democracy if that precious existence had not been criminally cut short as it was? ” —COLIMNIST Abdon Espinosa Valderrama JFK - AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

The Hindu, India Doctor Who Helped CIA Find bin Laden Charged with Murder “Even as Dr. Shakeel Afridi, who allegedly helped the CIA track down Osama Bin Laden, awaits a decision on re-trial of his earlier case, Afridi has been charged with killing a boy in 2006- 2007 while performing surgery in Khyber Agency.” —REPORTER Meena Menon

NO GOOD DEED UNPUNISHED?

La Jornada, Mexico Kerry 'End of Monroe Doctrine' Seems More Like a New Beginning TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It's clear that if the colonialist policy enunciated by President James Monroe doesn't signify a desire of the political powers in Washington to renounce their never-ending zeal for foreign intervention in Latin America. Kerry himself, in his speech at the OAS, made evident that among the U.S. political class, thinking toward its continental neighbors hasn't changed an iota.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada AN END TO U.S. INTERVENTIONISM?

Outlook Afghanistan, Afghanistan Ignore Propaganda Against Afghan-U.S. Security Deal “Some people, who took money surrounding countries, are trying to prevent signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement, which has tremendous political, economic and security benefits for Afghans. These people close their eyes to the miseries of the past. They fail to grasp that if they are able to televise their thoughts and ideas in the first place, it is solely due to systems created with support from that very same United States.” —EDITORIAL, Outlook Afghanistan

CAN THE AFGHANS GO IT ALONE?

Cebu Daily News, Philippines Post 9-11 U.S. Leadership a Model for the Philippines “The model for solidarity among public officials of opposing political parties remains the September 11 terrorist attacks, when New York Mayor Rudy Guilani, a Republican, stood shoulder to shoulder with then-U.S. Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat, as they went to Ground Zero. ... That would not be the case with Filipino officials and politicians, who each go their separate ways and go to lengths not to be seen together.” —EDITORIAL, Cebu Daily News CAN FILIPINOS SET ASIDE DIFFERENCES?

The Philippine Star, Philippines An 'Irrelevant President', Not CNN, is Our Problem “The sobering reality never sinks into the heads of administration officials, their seeming ignorance of the breadth and length of the destruction hard to fathom. ... The humanity of the entire world, now converging on the Filipinos, honors the victims. Never mind if the most powerful man in the Philippines has not. He no longer matters. He's no longer our leader.” —COLUMNIST Antonio Montalvan II CAN AQUINO RECOVER FROM HAIYAN?

The Philippine Star, Philippines Filipinos 'Thank God for the United States!' “The faces of those who suffered in this mega disaster will haunt us all forever, but we will always be grateful to all countries that came to their succor, most especially to our No. one ally. God bless America!” —COLUMNIST Babe Romualdez AMERICAN SOFT POWER WIND THE DAY

ABC, Australia Indonesia Ambassador Pulled from Australia Over Spy Revelations “Australian intelligence attempted to listen in to President Yudhoyono's telephone conversations, and targeted the phones of his wife and inner circle.” —CORRESPONDENT George Roberts

LONG ARM OF ED SNOWDEN

The Daily Tribune, Philippines 'Thankfully', Americans Reject Aquino Typhoon Relief Control “The only discernible distribution system yet to provide relief to devastated Leyte Province has been mounted by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which has deployed its choppers in non-stop airlift and air drop operations for the desperate.” —EDITORIAL, The Daily Tribune U.S. MILITARY WINS FRIENDS IN PHILIPPINES

El Diario Decoahuila, Mexico Ex-U.S. Marine and Kidnapper-for-Hire Gang Leader Caught TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The leader was identified as 32-year-old Luis Ricardo Gonzalez Garcia, aka/Javier Aguirre Cardenas, member of the U.S. Marines from 1998 to 2002, and cop in Laredo, Texas from 2002- 2009, when he moved to Tamaulipas and began to engage in criminal activity.” —NEWS ITEM, El Diario Decoahuila

MARINE RUNS MEXICO GANG

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines The Unfair Typhoon 'Blame Game' of CNN and the Rest “We coulda done this, we shoulda gone that way, or we woulda made more of a difference. And to shore up our self-flagellation, we take out of context what foreigners have to say about our relief efforts. People should understand that Anderson Cooper's analysis of relief efforts were based on only one location: the destroyed Tacloban Airport.” —COLUMNIST Solita Collas-Monsod COULD ANY NATION DEAL WITH THIS?

Japan News, Japan 'Big Welcome for a Big Name': Caroline Kennedy “The government is going to great lengths to show Kennedy a warm welcome. On Tuesday she is to offer her credentials to the Emperor ... Wednesday she is scheduled to lunch with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the other scheduled greetings. ” — CORRESPNDENT Imai JFK'S DAUGHTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO

JAPAN TIMES: Japan Pins
Hopes on Caroline Kennedy

La Jornada, Mexico Obama's Hope-Killing 'Virtual Political Death' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Obama's announcement puts him in a state of near political death. His position seems reduced to a mere managerial role representing the interests that really pull the strings of power in his country. ... his administration is a hope killer, to the extent that it renders the U.S. incapable of resolving the miseries and distortions it suffers economically, politically, diplomatically and socially.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada OBAMA: NOW A PENCIL PUSHER?

Folha, Brazil Often Wrong - Give Iran Credit when it's Correct TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Even if you want to continue believing that the Iranian regime lies 24 hours a day and is talking just to rid itself of sanctions that damage its economy (and its citizens), an imperfect deal is still better than no agreement.” —EDITORIAL, Folha

UNDUE ISRAELI INFLUENCE?

The Daily Tribune, Philippines New York Times Joins CNN in Shaming Aquino Typhoon Response “'We've been telling the media that the Aquino government is not responding systematically enough to save the victims of Yolanda. Now CNN has finally exposed the truth that the president has been attempting to hide from the world for the past five days - that people are being left to their own devices in dealing with this mass disaster.” —Representative Emmi De Jesus PHILIPPINES' KATRINA MOMENT

Cebu Daily News, Philippines Without CNN Help, Desperate Filipinos would be Forgotten “Yolanda's destructive fury and the slow response of the government to come to the aid of hundreds of thousands of displaced people, especially in Leyte and Samar, are being reported around the clock by CNN. ... Their compassion and generosity strengthen our faith and help keep our hopes alive.” —REPORTER Malou Guanzon Apalisok FROM THE HEART OF DESOLATION

The Daily Tribune, Philippines CNN Rightly Shames the Aquino Government Over Typhoon Response “CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper, who is in Tacloban City, pointedly criticized the Aquino government for its response to the desperate survivors of typhoon Yolanda, who after five days have yet to receive any aid.” —REPORTERS Ed Velasco and Paul Atienza PHILIPPINE FINGER POINTING BEGINS

People's Daily, China 'Racist' Jimmy Kimmel Skit Damages America and Hurts the Chinese “Offensive words like these not only hurt the feelings of all Chinese people, but they damage the interests of the U.S. itself. As a multi-racial nation built on a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world, such remarks do no good for the social cohesiveness of America itself.” — EDITORIAL, People's Daily

KIMMEL'S CHINESE BACKLASH

El Tiempo, Colombia JFK's Murder Badly Hobbled Latin American Democracy TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In Latin America he proposed the Alliance for Progress and gave financial support under exceptional circumstances. ... The town of Kennedy is testament to his journey through Bogota where he was accompanied by Jacqueline. ... How much could have been avoided and how much progress would have been in terms of democracy if that precious existence had not been criminally cut short as it was? ” —COLIMNIST Abdon Espinosa Valderrama JFK - AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

Tico Times, Costa Rica Report: Reagan in Bed with Drug Traffickers; The CIA Ordered DEA Agent Killed “I am convinced U.S. authorities are hiding something. There appears no will in the media, where I have many close and respected friends, to take up the challenge of putting the facts in their proper place. Ask yourself why? To my Costa Rican colleagues: have courage, do not remain silent. Demand explanations. They deceived my generation. I hope my generation, with the help of younger journalists, can now have the unadulterated truth.” —Reporter Lafitte Fernandez

IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL RISES AGAIN

Tico Times, Costa Rica Was U.S. Marine Murdered to Hide CIA-Cocaine Link? “Colonol Sabow, a straight-arrow Marine and decorated fighter pilot, learned a day before he was killed that these aircraft were using El Toro and other military bases to fly cocaine into the United States.” —By Writer Robert O'Dowd KNEW OF CIA DRUGRUNNING INTO U.S.?

Huanqiu, China 'Vile' CNN Shows the World America's 'Dark Psychology' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “After the 9-11 incident, many Chinese were quite pleased. Over many a dinner table, Chinese folk praised Osama bin Laden's arguments, some even referring to him as a modern day Robin Hood. Such attitudes, however, never made it into China's media, all of which was harshly critical of his evils, and very sympathetic to the U.S. government and standing alongside the American people.” —EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

DOES U.S. PRACTICE TERROR HYPOCRISY?

Folha, Brazil Shaming NSA is First Step to Ending 'State of Nature' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “There is no doubt that as far as possible, everyone spies on everyone else. The question is whether there is any way to that we can change that.” —EDITORIAL, Folha HOBBES: THINGS TO SAY ON SPYING?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea 'Illegal' American Spying Lays South Korea Bare “It is no exaggeration to say that the inner workings of the Seoul government are an open book to U.S. authorities. When an ally is treated in such a way, what hope can there be of reciprocal and equitable cooperation between us?” —EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh

SOUTH KOREA JOINS THE CHORUS

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Seoul Lawmakers are Told that Without United States, North Would Defeat South “If we fight under the current plan as an alliance with the United States, we will win by an overwhelming margin. If South Korea fights alone, however, North Korea has superior strength, so South Korea would lose.” —Jo Bo-geun, National Intelligence Service

Folha, Brazil NSA Scandal is Just a Temporary Annoyance TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Up until now, the Snowden documents have succeeded in reinforcing a certain diffuse anti-Americanism, causing diplomatic embarrassment and disrupting talks - but they will hardly do much else.” —EDITORIAL, Folha JUST A BLIP ON THE SCREEN?

O Globo, Brazil America Must Employ Famed 'Checks and Balances' on NSA TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “While the issue was limited to Latin America, the damage was contained. However, with France and Germany involved in the scandal, the trouble became far greater, as it involves an agenda of heavyweight interests that has a far more international impact.” —EDITORIAL, O Globo HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES FAILED?

China Daily, China U.S. 'Anti-Terror' Spies Have No Place in China “According to Der Spiegel, U.S. Special Collection Service cells operate in five Chinese cities - Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei. Please don't tell us they are here to fight terrorism. While China has contributed earnestly to the global war on terror, its own vulnerability to terrorism has hardly been a U.S. concern.” —EDITORIAL, China Daily

La Jornada, Mexico Human Rights, the NSA, and U.S. Moral Decline TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The massive spying against governments, organizations and citizens - allegedly for reasons of security - is the most immediate example of moral backsliding by our neighbor nation's institutions, a setback that has translated into a deterioration of rights of people on a planetary scale.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada NSA: VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS?

Ryukyo Shimpo Shimbun, Japan Japan Must Safeguard Data from 'Superpower in Decline' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “America's self-righteous surveillance activities are a shameful mistake that compromises the whole objective of preventing terrorism. Intelligence, which would have been obtained effortlessly in the past, is now more difficult to glean because America is no longer as credible. ... the United States should not be permitted to continue tapping our conversations.” —EDITORIAL, Ryukyo Shimpo Shimbun

EVEN JAPAN STEPS BACK FROM NSA

JAPAN TIMES: NSA asked
Japan to Tap Regionwide
Fiber-Optic Cables in 2011

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Australian Embassies Part of 'U.S.-Led' Spy Network “The top secret Defence Signals Directorate operates clandestine surveillance facilities at embassies without the knowledge of most serving Australian diplomats.” —CORRESPONDENT Philip Dorling

Asia Times, Hong Kong Will the House of Saud Pivot to China? “Beijing's 'socialism with market characteristics' is badly in need of Saudi oil; after all the House of Saud is already China's top supplier. King Abdullah looks East and he sees an aspiring superpower, flush with unlimited cash, which would never intertfere in Saudi internal affairs.” — COLUMNIST Pepe Escobar

ASIA TIMES: Time for a
Pax Sinica in the Middle East?

The Daily Jang, Pakistan Progess for Nawaz: Drones, War Crimes and Sovereignty “This year has already seen a significant drop off in the number of drone attacks, and while that may not be the same as halting them altogether, it does show that Pakistan's continuous focus on the issue may be making a difference.” —EDITORIAL, The Daily Jang WILL AMERICAN DRONE STRIKES DIMINISH?

La Jornada, Mexico NSA Leak Putting President Nieto's Credibility at Stake TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The government must adopt a more assertive and forceful attitude toward the neighboring country, and demand the immediate cessation of spying, an exhaustive explanation of the ways and means with which it has been practiced, and proof that all information obtained through these illicit channels has been destroyed.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada CAN MEXICO PRESIDENT STAND UP TO U.S.?

Yonhap News Agency, South Korea Kim Il-sung Planned Second Korean War: China Scholar “In 1965, North Korea asked China to send troops in preparation for another war on the Peninsula, a China scholar said Thursday, citing declassified diplomatic documents.” —Yonhap News Item

O Globo, Brazil NSA's 'Anti-Privacy Services'; NASA's 'Earth-Shaking News' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “What news could create such a commotion? The exact date of the end of the world? Confirmation that ETs live among us? The locale of God's dwelling place in spiral galaxy NGC 4414? ... Given the blackout of NASA's Internet site, I realized that there was nothing abstract about the U.S. shutdown.” —COLUMNIST Hermano Vianna PUZZLING QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERICA

Globe & Mail, Canada Canadian Spy Agency Sued for Illicit Phone Surveillance “There's no question that recent revelations … have sparked a global debate ... It has been in the media. The world is asking questions of these governments. The time is now.” —Caily DiPuma, counsel for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

Globe & Mail, Canada Post-Shutdown America Appears on the Verge of Outright Civil Conflict “The denizens of Old America regard themselves as the descendants of the founders of the United States. They now live in fear that they are losing the mastery of the country they once assumed was theirs.” —COLUMNIST James Laxer

El Observador, Uruguay Citizens Demand Accurate Predictions for Doomsday! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Responsible citizens, who hoard groceries and buy ammunition for our guns, need someone to tell us when everything is to explode, in order to know when we need to renew our provisions or whether we'll be able to survive on what we have. It would be awful if, after waiting all this time, the end of the world found us with our gunpowder wet, so we couldn't shoot the heads off those who'd rob us of our canned corned beef!” —COLUMNIST Bimbo Depauli A PLEA FOR GREATER ACCURACY

O Globo, Brazil My Time with America's 'Suicide Bombers' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Tea Partiers are more dangerous than the Islamist guerillas who blow up trains and planes. They seek to destroy the global economy out of spite, rage and racism, like the little bastards who humiliated the Black people in Florida when I was there.” —COLUMNIST Arnaldo Jabor IS 'TERRORIST' TOO STRONG A WORD?

El Tiempo, Colombia Google and Facebook Thrive Off of Our Own Indiscretions TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “With some reluctance, because nobody likes to be spied on, and less, be used by companies that could benefit economically from our indiscretions, I think we have to admit that it is the propensity for voyeurism and exhibitionism in us all that provokes the ambition of Google and Facebook.” —COLUMNIST Arnaldo Jabor NO PRIVACY? BLAME OURSELVES

The Hindu, India Covering Snowden and Facing Leveson “The Guardian’s move to defend its publication of the NSA revelations shows how polarised the British press is over the ground rules of investigative journalism, and the far larger issue of regulation ” —COLUMNIST Parvathi Menon BRITISH FREE PRESS IN PERIL

National Post, Canada More Questions than Answers about Canada's Secretive Spy Agency
CANADA SPYING	“The government now has a choice to make: It can wait for more explosive allegations about our spy agency's surveillance programs to surface, or come clean now about the activities it has pursued.” — COLUMNIST Jesse Kline

MACLEANS: If Canada is Spying on
Brazil, Who Else is Under Surveillance?
TORONTO STAR: Reports that Canada
Spies on Brazil Should Surprise No One
GLOBE AND MAIL EDITORIAL:
The Slides that Came in from Brazil
GLOBE AND MAIL: Why is Canada
Spying on Brazilian Industry?

Ottawa Citizen, Canada 'Don't Shrug at Spying' “This stuff does matter, and we need to know about it. We need to know about it because publicly, the powers that be insist that spy agencies exist to protect you and me from the bad guys. But we now know, courtesy of Snowden and Shorten, that we're the real targets. They're spying on us.” —COLUMNIST Andrew Mitrovica

Sydney Morning Post, Australia Australia Collecting Data for the NSA, Leaks Show “Australians' e-mail and instant messaging contact lists are hoovered up by the nation's electronic intelligence agency under a massive surveillance partnership with the U.S., top-secret documents show.” —CORRESPONDENTS David Wroe and Ben Grubb ANOTHER NSA PARTNER EXPOSED

Xinhua, China U.S. Fiscal Failure Demands a 'De-Americanized World' “Instead of honoring its duties as a responsible power, a self-serving America has abused its superpower status and introduced even more chaos into the world by shifting financial risk overseas, instigating regional tensions amid territorial disputes, and launching baseless wars under the cover of outright lies. ... Alarming moments like these, when the destinies of others are in the hands of a hypocritical nation, must be terminated and replaced with a new world order.” —COLUMNIST Liu Chang TIME FOR WORLD TO DECOUPLE FROM U.S.?

La Jornada, Mexico Nations Should Quickly Heed Words of Greenwald, Assange TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “If one considers that U.S. information technology platforms are infected with government and private espionage mechanisms, as shown in documents obtained by WikiLeaks and published in La Jornada, it is imperative to seek and develop our own platforms and options to those of the United States.” —EDITORIAL, La Jornada WEB INDEPENDENCE FROM UNITED STATES?

Times of India, India Malala Yousafzai Wows Washington after being Nixed for Nobel Prize “You can shoot me, but listen to me first. I want education for your sons and daughters. Now I have spoken, so you can do whatever you want.” —RIGHTS ACTIVIST Malala Yousufzai MALALA: NEW FORCE FOR GOOD

Outlook India, India No One Listens to the Sole Superpower
DIMINISHED	“Ever fewer countries, allies, or enemies, are paying attention, much less kowtowing, to the once-formidable power of the last superpower. The list of defiant ones is growing by the day.” — AUTHOR Dilip Hiro

Epoca, Brazil NSA's 'Undemocratic' Surveillance is More Invasive than China's TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The American intelligence services have such a gigantic operation, it makes China's seem like a harmless joke. Drawing from news reports that have by spanned the globe, the control exerted by the American government - not just in the U.S. but on every continent - seem larger, more powerful, and more invasive. ... A world in which we have no right to privacy is not a world that is free.” —COLUMNIST Eugenio Bucci ON SPYING AND DEMOCRACY

Huanqiu, China America Seeks Growth at the Expense of Emerging Nations TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Developing countries in the era of globalization drive global growth. ... Europe and the United States need to recognize this trend, as their own national interests can only be secured with ongoing overall human progress. A man should not be too selfish, and the same goes for a nation. If the United States continues to protect its own economic growth at the expense of economic and social progress in developing countries, it will only be harming itself for short term gain.” —EDITORIAL, Haunqiu CHINA ISSUE U.S. DEBT LIMIT WARNING

El Periodico, Guatemala The U.S. is 'Torturing' Our Former President! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Excessive cold can, without doubt, be a form of torture - whether it is intentional, negligent or unintentionally imposed. ... I have learned that a senior United Nations official was there to visit him - and good on them! The official said much in his favor. He found the president living under deplorable conditions, limited to only one hour of sunlight a day, and severe torture ... he possesses just four books at a time to satisfy his intellectual thirst!” —COLUMNIST Acisclo Valladares Molina THE TRAVAILS OF PORTILLO

The Jakarta Post, Indonesia APEC to Proceed 'Just as Smoothly' Without Obama “Given the political situation now taking place there [in the U.S.], we fully understand the decision. We look forward to Secretary of State Kerry's effective presence representing America. Obama's absence is a disappointment, but [in any case,] the show must go on. ” —Indonesia Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa KERRY: STANDING IN FOR OBAMA

The Jakarta Post, Indonesia Obama's Canceled Asia Visit May Mean End of Dominance “If Obama doesn't attend APEC in Bali, China may steal the show, and this could be a pivotal start of greater influence in the future ... For now, U.S. domestic political reality hinders its capacity and outreach to make its presence and influence felt far from home. This could be the beginning of the end of American global dominance. ” —Dr. Bantarto Bandoro, Indonesian Defense University WITH U.S. AWAY, CHINA WILL PLAY ...

Hindustan Times, India The Sub-Prime Crisis Still Poisons America “Washington needs a few more years to work out the populist poison that since the subprime crisis has infected its body politic. Until then, expect the U.S. to act like an emerging economy or an isolationist nation: shutting down at home and shutting out the rest of the world. ” —EDITORIAL, Hindustan Times

Bernama, Malaysia U.S. Shutdown Scuttles President Obama's Keenly- Awaited Malaysia Visit “I informed him that I understand the domestic situation in the U.S. that prevents him from making an official visit, and that even if he did come, it would be questioned by American society. If they don't deal with the debt ceiling, it will have serious global consequences. ” —MALAYSIA Prime Minister Abdul Razak CLOSURE TAKES BITE OUT OF ASIA PIVOT

Folha, Brazil NSA's Great Power Challenge to Brazil TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The spying on Brazil is repulsive, unethical and immoral. but is a part of the arsenal of the great powers. The question being asked of Rpusseff is whether she's adopted any action to halt these esionage activities, or if the president is all talk.” —EDITORIAL, Folha WILL BRAZIL PAY TO PLAY?

Estadao, Brazil Warning to Brazil Lawmakers Before Meeting with Snowden TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “We must assume that the committee's desire to interview Snowden is to the liking of the U.S. intelligence services, because if granted, it would provide them with a unique opportunity to try and uncover the whereabouts of the former analyst, and then commence an operation to return him ... Lawmakers shouldn't rule out the possibility of becoming unwitting participants in a scene worthy of a spy thriller - before, during and after their meeting in Russia.” —JOURNALIST Paulo Sotero

Folha, Brazil 'In His Heart,' Obama Knows Rousseff's Right about Spying TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “According to protocol, Obama spoke right after President Rousseff, as if he didn't preside over a country accused of violating human rights and civil liberties. ... Of course Obama knows Dilma is right. However, as in the fable The Emperor's New Clothes, Obama will likely continue unmoved.” —EDITORIAL, Folha COMPLAINTS ON NSA COME TO NAUGHT

Huanqiu, China 'Imagine if Chinese Had Access to Firearms' as Americans Do! TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Imagine what would happen if Chinese civilians were permitted to own guns! Look at what occurred after the stabbing incident involving Chinese students. The public demanded that the government take fast and decisive action. In the U.S., however, even after repeated shootings on college campuses and public places, American society remains relatively calm. ” —EDITORIAL, Haunqiu BEIJING'S STARTLING ADMISSION

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Uruguay President Jose Mujica Addresses the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 24, 00:46:54 "We have destroyed the jungles, the green jungles, and we have created anonymous cement jungles. ... We have tackled sedentarianism with walkers, insomnia with pills, solitude with electronics. Are we happy?” — President Jose Mujica CALL TO PROTECT NATURAL WORLD

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Bolivia President Evo Morales at the U.N. General Assembly Sept .25, 00:40:34 "Not only do they spy, they also hatch coup d'etats. ... How is it possible, when there are so many unemployed, for your leaders, for your president, to spend $700 billion on the military? ... I simply cannot understand how they can spend so much money interfering in other countries while leaving their own unprovided for.” — President Evo Morales STRIKING OUT AT THE 'EMPIRE'

Pak Tribune, Pakistan Unable to Strike U.S. Targets, Frustrated Taliban Kill Christians “The Taliban claim to be waging war on America for its policies toward the Muslim world. However, since being attacked by U.S. drones, the militants have few U.S. targets to avenge themselves against. Frustrated by this, the militants have turned their guns on proxy targets, attacking mosques, religious gatherings, and worshipers.” —COLUMNIST Azhar Nadeem UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

The Hindu, India NSA Bugged Indian Embassy and U.N. Mission: Documents "Obama and other top U.S. officials all claim that surveillance was aimed exclusively at preventing terrorist attacks. However, spying on Indian diplomatic buildings may have been done for political and commercial reasons - not NSA's responsibility." — REPORTER Shobhan Saxena

THE HINDU: With Obama, India
Cannot Compete with Rouhani
TIMES OF INDIA: U.S.-Iran Thaw
Fuels Hope in Energy-Hungry India

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: Brazil President Rousseff at Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept .24, 00:22:55 "The argument that the illegal interception of information and data aims at protecting nations against terrorism cannot be sustained. Brazil, Mr. President, knows how to protect itself. We reject, we fight, and do not harbor, terrorist groups.” — President Dilma Rousseff BRAZIL UPBRAIDS NSA SNOOPING

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: President Obama Speech to 68th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept .24, 00:44:33 "Iranians have long complained of a history of U.S. interference in their affairs and of America’s role in toppling Iran's government during the Cold War. On the other hand, Americans see an Iranian government that has declared the United States an enemy.” — President Barack Obama AN OLIVE BRANCH FOR IRAN

El Espectador, Colombia U.S.-Backed Chilean Coup Led to Sarin Gas Attacks TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The animosity and expectations in opposition to Allende were so unanimous among U.S. officials - he was more feared than Fidel Castro himself - that they wanted Chile to have a dictatorship similar to the one they backed in Brazil, which sought total war on the left.” —COLUMNIST Oscar Guardiola-Rivera U.S. HANDS ARE FAR FROM CLEAN

Opera Mundi, Brazil An Outraged Evo Morales Wants Obama Tried for 'Crimes Against Humanity' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Shortly after claims by Venezuela that the U.S. had denied President Nicolas Maduro's aircraft passage through Puerto Rico territory, Bolivia President Evo Morales said he would ask other governments not to participate in the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. 'We will prepare for an international trial so U.S. President Obama and his government can be tried for crimes against humanity. This is the proper venue for defending the rights of other countries.” —NEWS ITEM, Opera Mundi TEMPERS FLARE IN LATIN AMERICA

O Globo, Brazil Opposition Attacks Rousseff for Delaying U.S. State Visit TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “We support a strong reaction from the president in rejection of espionage. But, we think it was wrong to cancel the trip, because she should seize on the opportunity to take the trip to tell the White House that this spying is completely intolerable.” —Senator Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party IS THIS JUST POLITICS AS USUAL?

The Hindu, India 'Pigment of Our Imagination' "People here shake with outrage that Americans should react in this manner to the achievement of a person of Indian origin. But before rushing to denounce American attitudes, it would be pertinent to ask if Ms. Davuluri would have ever made it past the qualifying rounds of a beauty contest in this country." — EDITORIAL, The Hindu MISS AMERICA: WHAT'S IN A COLOR?

THE HINDU: Beauty and the Skin':
India No Better than America on Race

Folha, Brazil Dilma Postpones Her U.S. State Visit; Saves Face for Both Sides TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The fact that it didn't entail any major losses to Brazil no doubt helped the decision along. ... There is also another aspect that shouldn't be overlooked: the risk that during the visit additional revelations based on documents from Edward Snowden would be made public.” —EDITORIAL, Folha STATE VISIT OFF, DILMA HEADS TO U.N.

Huanqiu, China Vladimir Putin Letter Exposes 'Exceptional' American Inequality TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Russia's pursuit of power and influence based on its own interests benefits the fragile global balance of power. So Putin's decision to submit a letter to a U.S. newspaper and to speak directly against 'American exceptionalism' should be applauded by people around the world.” —Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro A JUSTIFIED CRITIQUE?

The Hindu, India Miss America, Nina Davuluri, Has Her Roots in Vijayawada “Nina's family hails from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, and the city is celebrating her victory. Her maternal grandmother V. Koteshwaramma, who runs the local Montessori schools, was elated by her grand daughter's feat. Her mother, Shiela Ranjani, and her father, Koteswara Chowdhary, are both doctors who emigrated to the United States in the early 1980s.” —CORRESPONDENT M. N. Samdani NINA DAVULURI TAKES THE CROWN

Correo del Caroni, Venezuela Maduro: 'Two-Faced, Hypocritical, Liars' are Seeking OAS Backing TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “ they are mounting a brutal war on the economy, so that when we reach [the next election period in] October, November, we're in a dire situation. ... We will seek a new system [for accepting non- dollar currencies] to stabilize the so-called foreign exchange market ... I've been told that the White House has remained 'strangely' silent. You know anytime someone says anything, some spokesperson emerges.” —Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro MADURO: JUSTLY PARANOID?

Epoca, Brazil President Rousseff: Snowden Docs Show U.S. Trade Espionage TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The reason for the violations and espionage are not about security or counter-terrorism, but are related to economic and strategic interests. ... Brazil's government demands concrete measures be taken to definitively do away with this offensive espionage against our human rights, our national sovereignty and our economic interests.” —Brazil President Dilma Rousseff PECK ON CHEEK - STAB IN BACK?

The New York Times, U.S. A 'Plea for Caution' From Vladimir Putin “I rather disagree with a case he [Obama] made on American exceptionalism. It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. .. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we mustn't forget that God created us equal.” —RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin PUTIN'S 'EXCEPTIONAL' OP-ED

Epoca, Brazil After NSA Scandal, Brazil Seeks Reduced U.S. Control Over the Worldwide Web TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “From the moment you carry out this type of surveillance, you can look for any type of data ... for industrial warfare and commercial espionage. ... Our view is that there is an excessive concentration of the Internet on U.S. soil. This concentration must change.” —Brazil Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo HAS U.S. LOST ITS INTERNET BIRTHRIGHT?

ABC.AZ Azerbaijan China 'Grabs' Control from U.S. of Massive TAPI Gas Pipeline “By gaining control over the Galkynysh gas field, China has in fact grabbed control over TAPI, a development that the U.S. appears to have been ready for and doesn't mind. To some extent, as it was with the USSR in its day, it will be more convenient for the U.S. to have China mired in the Afghan mayhem.” —NEWS ITEM, ABC.AZ CHINA SLAKES ITS NATURAL GAS THIRST

La Jornada, Mexico 'Not a Single Soldier, Not a Single Peso' for Syrian Misadventure! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This is a typical response of capitalism to a long economic crisis that appears without end: international financial capital expects, as it has in the past, to end the slump with a great war that will destroy property, deprive millions of people of their lives, and create a situation requiring mass rebuilding under conditions of global servitude and enslavement.” —COLUMNIST Guillermo Almeyra CAN WE HEAL SYRIA'S DIVISIONS?

Outlook India, India American Roulette in Syria
CRAZY OR JUST?	“Obama actually said that the reason for the planned assault was that these chemical weapons 'might be turned against the United States.' By whom? By al-Qaeda etc.? Excuse me? Aren’t they on your side in this particular conflict?” — COLUMNIST Tariq Ali

The Times of India, India On the Road to Damascus
WORLD UNHINGED	“The U.N. structure, that gave permanent veto power in the all- important Security Council to just five nations that happened to be on the same side in World War II, is ludicrous, having long passed into geriatric impotence handling today’s global crises.” — COLUMNIST Gautam Adhikari

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Assange: Hong Kong would have 'Played by Book' Over Snowden “We legally analyzed his situation ... and conveyed to him that very few refugees who applied for asylum in Hong Kong had received it. However, we assessed there was a 65 percent chance he would win his extradition case ... that he would ultimately prevail.” —WIKILEAKS Chief Julian Assange WHY SNOWDEN LEFT HONG KONG

Radio Australia Australia Ball in 'America's Court' as Rodman Back to Pyongyang “They've only met a few times, Kim Jong-un has been a big fan of U.S. basketball ... since his teen years as a student in Switzerland, at least as far as we know. In particular he's followed Dennis Rodman's former team the Chicago Bulls. So there's a bit of a star element there.” —J Charles Armstrong, Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University CAN RODMAN FREE CAPTIVE AMERICAN?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Rupert Murdoch's Estranged Wife is a 'Chinese Spy', says Mining Tycoon Clive Palmer “It's time this fellow was brought to account, this foreigner who tries to dictate what we do. ... You know, Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng is a Chinese spy, and that's been right across the world . She's been spying on Rupert for years, giving money to Chinese intelligence. ... Deng is a spy and that’s why Rupert got rid of her.” —NEWS ITEM, South China Morning Post MURDOCH'S CHINESE MATA HARI?

O Globo, Brazil President Rousseff U.S. State Visit Imperiled By NSA Spying TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “When the interception of data is due not to probe illegal activity, but things of a political and business dimension, the situation is without a doubt much more serious. They told us, verbatim, that no interceptions were undertaken for political and economic purposes on behalf of American companies.” —Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo BRAZIL LEADER 'INDIGNANT' OVER SPYING

Cuba Debate, Cuba Castro: 'Who Was Paid to Lie' about Snowden Being Allowed in Cuba?' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Who was paid to utter this lie. Who said it? Who uttered these libelous comments to Russian daily Kommersant? ... Fifty-four years of resistance, defending ourselves without a ceasefire and confronting the criminal embargo imposed by the mighty empire, have not been in vain - and will continue as long as necessary.” —Former Dictator Fidel Castro 'SNOWDEN COULD HAVE COME'

People's Daily, China Dennis Rodman Back in North Korea to Visit 'Friend' Kim Jong-un “Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived Tuesday for his second visit to the DPRK at the invitation of the North's Sports Ministry. 'I am happy to come back here again, to meet my friend,' Rodman told the media upon his arrival.” —NEWS ITEM, Peoples' Daily MOST UNLIKLY AMBASSADOR

Huanqiu, China 'Moral Obscenity' a Flimsy Pretext for an Illegal War TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Talking about 'moral obscenity' as a pretext to wage war looks rash and careless. ... When it comes to striking small nations, Washington is more hesitant than it was 20 years ago. The world must constantly push the U.S. until the overwhelming odds force it to think again about resorting to the use of force.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH

The Hindu, India Attack on Syria a 'Bad Idea' “Even if law and morality were on its side, armed Western strikes would still be a bad idea. ... even if the U.S. and its allies were to succeed in destroying the Syrian state, as they did the Iraqi and Libyan ones before, an anarchic, partitioned Syria will radiate instability throughout West Asia.” —EDITORIAL, The Hindu A VOTE AGAINST ACTION IN SYRIA

JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea Google Glass: Preparing for a 'Cyborg-Surveillance Society' “The emergence of the magical glasses can bring new life to some. They can be the seeds for new industries. At the same time, however, they can violate peoples' privacy and enable crimes in entirely new ways. ... The ongoing U.S. debate over Google Glass should be a lesson for Korea. We need a system and standards. A cyborg surveillance society is fast approaching.” — COLUMNIST Lee Gyu-yeon GOOGLE GLASS: WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

Estadao, Brazil Explaining John Kerry's Shellacking in Brasilia TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Marx repeated a phrase by Roman playwright Publius Terentius Afer: 'I consider nothing human alien to me.' When an organ of the world's most powerful state acts as if that were its motto, there are no limits to what it is capable of perpetrating.” —EDITORIAL, Estadao GLOBAL NSA OUTCRY GOES ON

O Globo, Brazil Miranda Detention Makes the 'Threat to Democracy' Plain TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Cuba's government pressures family members to threaten those it pursues. China's government does the same. Now we can put Britain's government on that list. ... This is a very sad time.” — COLUMNIST Pedro Doria WHEN JORNALISM AND SECURITY COLLIDE

The Herald, Australia The Death of Chris Lane: Since When is Boredom an Excuse for Murder?
SENSELESS	“It is just horrific to think that the life of Melbourne baseball player Chris Lane has ended just because 3 bored teenagers were looking for kicks. What an appalling reflection on today's youth.” — COLUMNIST Susie O’Brien

HERALD SUN: Duncan Oklahoma
Police Chief 'So Sorry'; Fund to for
Chris Lane's Parents Hits $90,000
THE AUSTRALIAN: Evidence in
Lane Murder Found on Facebook
HERALD SUN: Chilling 911 Call Details
Last Moments of Chris Lane's Life

SKY NEWS VIDEO: Father
of Chris Lane Calls Sons
Murder in U.S. 'Senseless'

People's Daily, China America Must Come to Table on Surveillance TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “With rapid globalization, the science and technology which is now the sole preserve of the U.S. is spreading rapidly, and network attacks will no longer be a weapon to which the U.S. has exclusive access. This could soon put the United States in a very delicate position.” — Dr. Shen Dingli, Dean of International Studies at Fudan University HOW LONG CAN U.S. KEEP EDGE?

Ibaraki Shimbun, Japan Embarrassing Words of Japan's Leaders 'Ring Absurdly Hollow' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Entangled in constitutional reform, Deputy Prime Minister Aso referred to the Nazi regime, suggesting 'we could learn from Nazi tactics.' This is absolutely egregious. ... If Aso had been a politician in any Western nation, his career would likely have ended then and there. Wise political words are required from Japanese politicians, who, it is claimed, emerged from a more mature nation.” — EDITORIAL, Ibaraki Shimbun CAN JAPANESE CONFRONT THEIR PAST?

National Security Archive, U.S. CIA Confirms its Role in 1953 Coup in Iran “U.S. and U.K. involvement in Mosaddeq's ouster has long been public knowledge, but today's posting includes what is believed to be the CIA's first formal acknowledgement that the agency helped to plan and execute the coup in Tehran.” — NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE WHEN U.S.-IRAN TIES WENT BAD

Internet Video, Japan VIDEO: Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, at Tokyo Foreign Correspondents' Club August 12, 01:28:00 "We need Edgar R. Murrow. Where is he now? He's in our documentary. He is interviewing Truman and he gets some of the best stuff ever from Truman. You see Truman's attitude - when Truman says to Murrow, 'I never lost a night's sleep over it' [the atomic bombings]. It's just heartbreaking that Truman is incapable of feeling empathy for the victims, or anyone, for that matter." — Filmmaker Oliver Stone HISTORY ACCORDING TO STONE

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Oliver Stone Advises Japan: 'Admit Wrongs; Stand Up to the U.S.' “The truth is difficult in both countries, but history must be remembered ... Japan should apologize to China for what it did. We need people to stand up to the United States as a regional power balance. ... Japan has lost its way. I don't know what you stand for.” — Film Director Oliver Stone OLIVER STONE: BLUNTLY SPEAKING

Global Times, China China Must Warn the World of Japan's Growing 'Insanity' “As it did before WWII, by using nationalism, Japan is attempting to strengthen national cohesion. ... China has little leverage over the behavior of Japan, but we should show Japan's insanity to the entire world. This will not only raise the political cost for Japanese who clamor for extreme nationalism, but will make global opinion more favorable toward China.” — EDITORIAL, The Global Times HAS JAPAN TAKEN LEAVE OF ITS SENSES?

Jornal Do Brasil, Brazil Foreign Minister Tells Kerry: 'Terminate' Spying on Brazil TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGIESE “If [these issues] are not resolved satisfactorily, we run the risk of casting a cloud of suspicion over our work. ... the process of U.S. clarification is not an end in itself, and the provision of clarifications should not be the only reaction from the U.S. to these complaints.” — Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota IS U.S. PAYING ANY ATTENTION?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea On Korean Independence Day, Japan Must Admit to Crimes “Japan hasn't made a clean break with its imperialist history, nor is there any reason to believe that it will. ... Indeed, it would be bizarre for nations that actually suffered a country's invasions to simply accept the inader's denial that such events ever occurred.” — EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh JAPAN'S WHITEWASH OF HISTORY

The Hindu, India What India Can Learn from the United States "There may be dirty politics in the U.S., but the public interest is not compromised. Local issues are given importance and national or international issues do not come in the way of resolving local issues and bringing about improvements. ... Everything in America is not rosy but it is time we learnt some of their good practices." — COLUMNIST C. A. Nair THINGS AMERICA HAS TO OFFER

HINDUSTAN TIMES: Indian Men
Need 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'
TIMES OF INDIA: What is Freedom?

JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea Like Germans, Nazis, Japanese Must Admit to Imperial Crimes “We know how the surviving families of Japan's war dead feel. They also suffered in the defeat. But they don't yet seem to realize that the monster which dragged them into the hell of war was internally grown militarism.” — EDITORIAL, JoongAng Ilbo ABE: INSENSITIVITY WORRIES NEIGHBORS

Asia Times, Hong Kong Vladimer the Hammer vs. Obama the Wimp 'Yes, We Can' has morphed into 'Yes, We Scan'; and now it's 'Yes, We Scorn.' This may apply to assorted poodles of European breeding, but it won't stick to the 'Hammer.'" — COLUMNIST Pepe Escobar

ASIA TIMES: Iran's Rouhani Adds
to Weakening Third World Fire
ASIA TIMES: Bandar
Bush, 'Liberator' of Syria

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Japan Leads Battling 'Cowardly and Deplorable' Sports Doping “The fact that the disgraced 'A-Rod' is being slotted back into the lineup, is manning third base, and is batting cleanup, is somewhat troubling. Not only do these drugs have bad long- term effects on an athlete's body, but to rely on them to boost on-field results is a fundamentally cowardly and deplorable act. It debases the very meaning and value of sports.” — EDITORIAL, Mainichi Shimbun A-ROD: SYMBOL OF A GLOBAL PROBLEM

Nara Shimbun, Japan Japanese Must Continue to Lead 'Battle' to Abolish War TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “There is no such thing as a good war, a heroic war, a bad war, or a wrong war. All war must be abolished. Even if it may seem idealistic or fanciful ... we must not back down from this. That is the best way to apply the lessons of the defeat of WWII.” — EDITORIAL, Nara Shimbun ARE JAPANESE STILL 'ANTI-WAR'?

Estadao, Brazil Latin Americans Must Brace for New Economic Winds from U.S., China TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The U.S. recovery and the slowdown in China have already had effects on Latin America. Though we don't yet know the future impact of these processes, they are certain to grow in the next few years. The new global economic winds are not promising for commodity- export dependent states.” — Michael Hanfeld, Executive Director, Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute ECONOMIC SURVIVAL PLAN

Huanqiu, People's Republic of China 'United Global Front' Defeats America in Snowden Affair TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The perception of Russia as winner is correct. In fact, the Snowden case constitutes a win for an international 'united front' - every state involved save the United States has a victory.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu PUTIN WINS PLAUDITS FROM BEIJING

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Bezos 'Clicked on Washington Post Sale by Mistake': Chinese State Media Think it's for Real “The headline on The Borowitz Report was first translated and picked up by China Radio International (CRI) on Wednesday. It later appeared on the Web sites of of Xinhua, the People's Daily and Phoenix News on Wednesday.” — COLUMNIST Amy Li

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan On the 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing, Nagasaki Mayor Lashes Out at Japan Help to India Nuke Program "Cooperating on nuclear power with India, who has not signed the NPT, renders the NPT meaningless as its main tenet is to limit the number of nuclear-weapon states. Japan's cooperation with India would also provide North Korea, which has withdrawn from the NPT and is committed to nuclear development, with an excuse to justify its actions." — NAGASAKI MAYOR Tomihisa Taue FAT MAN: 68 YEARS AGO TODAY

VIDEO: Hiroshima Marks Atomic
Bombing Anniversary (NHK News, Japan)

VIDEO: Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary
of Atomic Bombing (NHK News, Japan)

VIDEO: Oliver Stone Visits Hiroshima
on Anniversary of Bombing (NHK News, Japan)

MAINICHI SHIMBUN: Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe Mourns
Souls of A-Bomb Victims
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: A-Bomb
Survivor, 95, Still Conveying
Horror of Nuclear Weapons
ASAHI SHIMBUN: Obama
'Sincere' about Wanting to
Come to Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Indian Country Today, Native America Is There a Pathway for Liberating Indian Nations From U.S. Colonialism? “Many make the mistake of assuming that to invoke the right of political independence for Indian nations is the same as invoking a right of secession.” — Steven Newcomb, Co-Founder of the Indigenous Law Institute THE NATIVE AMERICAN STRUGGLE

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: Why
Papal Bull Claiming Dominion Over
Non-Christian Lands Still Matters

La Jornada, Mexico With Snowden, Latin America Shows Old Continent How to Deal with the United States TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The episode starring Edward Snowden has not only exposed the huge, massive, and illegal apparatus in numerous states by Washington to spy on governments, civil servants, businesses and citizens, it also shows the degree of subordination by some governments to the designs of the White House, and the progress made by others in terms of sovereignty.” — ATTORNEY Luiz Flavio Gomes HAS SOUTH AMERICA SHOWN UP EUROPE?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan In Egypt, America Has 'Blood on its Hands “Yet another Muslim nation has been gored, and the spike will repeatedly pierce its heart until its conscience is dead and it falls again into total submission to U.S. interests. That how U.S. policy works in the Muslim world: submit or be gored.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post BOTH SIDES TURN ON AMERICA

El Nacional, Venezuela Bienvenido to Venezuela, Double Agent Snowden! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “If you, defender of human rights, before coming here, could take a short course on Cuba, that would fit perfectly, because the skills you acquired at the CIA and NSA, along with those of the KGB you are now learning, are the perfect formula for continuing to act as a double agent, and would help the over half of Venezuelans, i.e.: those who voted against this regime, who were branded little Yankees, and sellouts to U.S. imperialism.” — ATTORNEY Luiz Flavio Gomes SNOWDEN AND VENEZUELA OPPOSITION

Huanqiu, China Chinese Second-Guessing of Korean War 'Pointless' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “In recent years, opinions with unrealistic assumptions have surfaced, such as: If China had not entered the war, Taiwan may have reunited with the Mainland, China and the United States may have been friendlier toward one another, and China's reform and opening-up may have occurred 20 years earlier.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu DO THE PARTIES TRULY WANT PEACE?

Korea Central News, North Korea Celebrating 'Imperial Defeat' in Fatherland Liberation War “On June 25, 1950, the American imperialists ignited the Korean War to realize their wild ambition of dominating Asia and the world, with the Korean Peninsula as springboard ... In that war, the army and people of the DPRK defeated invaders of 16 countries, including the U.S. and south Korean puppet forces.” — Kim Yong-nam, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly PYONGYANG CELEBRATES 'VICTORY'

Processo, Mexico The U.S. and Mexico: Indecisive Empire and its Stuttering Colony TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The U.S. is a peculiar empire. A paradoxical one. Its hesitance to recognize itself as an empire is unprecedented. Mexico, as its neighbor, reads this hesitance as convenient hypocrisy. Within the U.S., it is seen as reluctance.” — PLAYWRIGHT Sabina Berman

Carta Maior, Brazil Invasions of Privacy and the Tools of Terror Maintenance TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Under the pretext that terrorism must be defeated, the actions of Uncle Sam stretch across the world. With continuous threats and attacks, America maintains its strategy of citizen submission by means of fear.” — ATTORNEY Luiz Flavio Gomes INTENTIONAL GENERATION OF TERROR?

O Globo, Brazil The Phrase 'Yankees, Go Home!' Back in Fashion TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “This genuine invasion of privacy not only undermines our authorities, but Brazilian citizens in general, because this is an attack on the individuality of each and every one of us. ... In the times of protest and posters, it isn't surprising that an outmoded slogan has been reborn and is in fashion: 'Yankees, go home.'” — COLUMNIST Zuernir Ventura HARDER TO BE AN AMERICAN ABROAD

O Globo, Brazil Adjusting to Our 'Brave New World' of Liberty TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “In the macro and micro, we are condemned to the end of all disguises and mysteries. ... According to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, 'Our politics is part of biological evolution.' If we fail to understand this and build our democracy based on it, Edward Snowden's personal sacrifice will have been in vain.” — FILM DIRECTOR Caca Diegues TIME TO EMBRACE THE INEVITABLE?

Digital Journal, Canada The U.S. Double Standard - Snowden Versus Seldon Lady and Jose Carriles “The U.S. double standard is right before our eyes but no doubt few will even notice. Panama released Robert Seldon Lady and he is back to the U.S. While a confessed terrorist lives in retirement with no fear about being extradited, Snowden is hounded at every juncture and those countries who refused to hand him over such as China and Russia are being threatened with dire consequences.” — COLUMNIST Ken Hanly NOT ALL TERRORISTS ARE CREATED EQUAL

FLASHBACK - ADELANTE, CUBA:
America's Favorite Terrorist Free
FLASHBACK - ADELANTE, CUBA:
Posada Carriles and Al Capone:
How U.S. History Repeats Itself
FLASHBACK - PERIODICO 26, CUBA:
U.S. to Shelter Terrorist Who Bombed
Cuban Plane, Tried to Kill Castro
FLASHBACK - LE FIGARO, FRANCE:
Bush Refuses to Extradite 'Friendly'
Criminal to Venezuela

People's Daily, China After NSA's PRISM: Toward a New World Internet Order TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The Internet cannot be based on the law of the jungle. Its abuse by a single dominant power cannot be permitted - even if that power has the means to do so. ... from now on, no matter the power of U.S. Internet technology, its domination of the virtual world must be relegated to the 'past tense.'” — SENIOR EDITOR Ding Gang TIME FOR A NEW VIRTUAL ORDER?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Outgoing U.S. Consul says U.S. 'Owes No One Apology' Over the Snowden Affair “I don’t think we owe an apology to anyone. ... The root of the problem here is we have somebody [Snowden] who violated his trust with the U.S.and chose Hong Kong to demonstrate that.” — U.S. CONSUL to Hong Kong Stephen Young

JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea Asiana Tragedy: American Racists Should Face Django “It is truly unpleasant that some Americans mock Korean culture at a time of such a tragic accident. The antidote is a movie. I would recommend Django Unchained. Let Django deal with these racists.” — COLUMNIST Nahm Yoon-ho INSENSITIVITY, RACISM, INCOMPETENCE?

O Globo, Brazil Leading Brazilians Condemn U.S. Spying Against Country TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE From the arts to sports to academia, Brazilians speak out about American justifications for and consequences of U.S. espionage against the nation. — REPORTERS Audrey Furlaneto, Flávio Freire, Leonardo Cazes, Leticia Fernandes, Nice De Paula, Rodrigo Fonseca, Sanny Bertoldo, and Silvio Essinger

Globe & Mail, Canada 'My Day with Snowden' “What I saw before me was madness: a tangle of shouting people, microphone assaults and countless cameras. ... The first thing I thought was how he looks - like a school kid.” — Tanya Lokshina , Human Rights Watch

GLOBE & MAIL: Our PCs
are Not Going to Kill Us:
Cyber-War is Military FIction
TORONTO STAR EDITORIAL:
Americans Rethink Trade-Off
of Freedom and Security

El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua 'Imperial Countries' Making a Mockery of International Law TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “ The imperial nations, which consider themselves exempt from international law, knew full well that Evo Morales was on that plane, and knowingly took these actions hoping tragedy would occur, i.e.: the plane would go down and the leader of Bolivia would perish. The event was undoubtedly a criminal act with malice aforethought, with the clear intention of assassinating a the head of state of a Latin American nation.” — ATTORNEY Valentín Barahona Mejía ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED MURDER?

O Globo, Brazil The NSA Targeted Latin American 'Trade Secrets' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “One aspect that stands out in the documents seen by O Globo is that, according to them, the U.S.doesn't appear interested in military affairs alone, but also in trade secrets - 'oil' in Venezuela, and 'energy' in Mexico, according to a list produced by the NSA in the first quarter of this year.” — REPORTERS Glenn Greenwald, Roberto Kaz, Jose Casado THERE GOES ANOTHER NSA FIG LEAF ...

O Globo, Brazil Brazil 'Gravely Concerned' Over Reports of Massive NSA Espionage Against it TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “This claim is serious and should be discussed within the United Nations on order to determine liability. This revives the worst nightmares of George Orwell's Big Brother, but with stronger ingredients, if we consider the technical progress of spy agencies in the world's most powerful nations. We are all, literally, vulnerable, exposed, not knowing where to turn, and with a sense of unbearable impunity.” — Marcus Furtado, President of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil ANOTHER ALLY PEEVED AT AMERICA

Pagina Siete, Bolivia U.S. Fears, Not Evil, Motivate Desperate Search for Snowden TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “PRISM , the persecution of this former agent, and the intolerable Guantanamo Bay prison, are all reactions of fear: fear caused by a sense of uncertainty felt by U.S. citizens . This is understood, but also dangerous, leading nations to sacrifice freedom in the name of security. This is authoritarianism amid a democratic environment.” — COLUMNIST Meridiano Fernando Molina JUST A NEUROTIC EPISODE?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea What Hugo Chavez Would Say about U.S. Surveillance “I think he may have said something like this: "Obama, I thought you were just a glib talker, but it turns out that you're no different from that devil who preceded you. I sense a whiff of hell's sulfur from you, as well!” — REPORTER Lee You Ju-hyun CHAVEZ CALLS BUSH 'EL DIABLO'

Global Times, China Despite Western Aid to Xinjiang Terrorists, China Will Overcome “Western public opinion has once again stood against the facts and feelings of China's people. ... The people of Xinjiang and all Chinese should be encouraged to speak out. China public o pinion should overwhelm public opinion in the West, deterring Xinjiang's terrorists.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times

China Daily, China Terrorism in Xinjiang is Like Terror on 9-11 “Separatists, extremist and terrorist forces that have launched attacks in Xinjiang have their own political objectives, but so do other terrorist groups like al-Qaeda. Whatever their political objectives may be, they can never justify acts of terror.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily BEIJING APPORTIONS BLAME

El Nacional, Bolivia Snowden Affair: South America Must Take Stand Against Old Continent TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This wasn't a snub of Evo Morales, but of Bolivia, and by extension, South America. This is Old Europe, which despite decolonization, continues to feel like it owns the planet. Even if it were true that Edward Snowden traveled in the president's plane, the principle of sovereignty must still prevail.” — COLUMNIST Pedro Godoy Perrin VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

El Universal, Venezuela Maduro Uses Snowden Asylum Offer to Distract the Venezuelan People TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “What is behind all this is the urgent need of 'Madurism' to distract people from their real concerns. While government officials are busy creating news bubbles, insecurity continues to harvest victims in the streets, with more than 400 homicides in June alone, the continuing rhythm of nationwide blackouts several hours a day, services like drinking water shut off for days, the shortage of many products, and increases in the cost of living, which are now part of Venezuelans' anguish.” — COLUMNIST Francisco Olivares VENEZUELA AND EDWARD SNOWDEN

Le Jornada, Mexico Mexico's 'No Policy Policy' on Militarized U.S. Border “Mexicans don't know what to do about it nor what position to take when the United States Congress makes a sovereign decision, one which directly affects Mexico and complicates our bilateral relations.” — COLUMNIST Jorge Durand

The Hindu, India India Turns Down Edward Snowden Asylum Request “We have carefully examined the request. Following that, we have concluded that we see no reason to accede to [Snowden's] request.” — External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin

THE HINDU: Americans Spied on
Indian Embassy, Too, Says Report

El Commercio, Ecuador Wanting to Keep U.S. Trade Privileges is Not Treason! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Anticipating the liklihood that some might issue opinions contrary to his own, President Correa said traitors and servants of empire will always come forward to criticize. ... It seems the president confuses blind trust in his own judgment with the exercise of national sovereignty.” — COLUMNIST Jose Ayala Lasso JUSTICE WITHOUT, TYRANNY WITHIN?

Hoy, Ecuador Like Bush, Obama Fans and Exploits Fears of the People TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The 21st century drama triggered by the events in Afghanistan and the medieval abuses at Guantanamo Bay reaffirm that the U.S. continues to sow its bad seeds, which are products of the fear and terror embraced precisely to combat terrorism. Paradoxical, isn't it? The planting of bad seeds always leads to a bad crop!” — EDITORIAL, Hoy BUSH AND OBAMA: TWO PEAS IN A POD?

El Universal, Mexico Sealed U.S. Frontier Will Be 'Unprecedented Challenge' for Mexico TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “ The sealing of the border will be a major challenge for Mexico's government and border cities, as the region becomes a genuine human cork. Our country must prepare itself to confront the unprecedented consequences.” — DIPLOMAT Enrique Berruga Filloy A MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR MEXICO

The Inquirer, Philippines Philippines Plans Subic Bay Presence for U.S., Japan “If and when there is agreement on the access, then there will be equipment coming in from the States. ... As far as Japan, we do welcome other states - particularly Japan, since it is a strategic partner.” — Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin

THE INQUIRER: U.S., Philippine
Forces Hold Panatag Shoal Exercises

People's Daily, China Time to End Hypocrisy of 'Free Flows of Information' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “To promote the removal of Web oversight in pushing for 'free flows of information,' while eavesdropping on citizens, is hypocritical and suspect.” — EDITORIAL, People's Daily IS THIS JUST A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE?

Hoy, Ecuador Snowden Highlights Ecuador's Paradoxical Decision-Making TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The circumstance is paradoxical, since a new Communications Law has been passed that has been criticized both here and abroad, precisely because it could be used as an instrument of censorship and silence, thereby compromising free expression. This is the same freedom that serves as an argument for defending Snowden.” — EDITORIAL, Hoy ECUADORIANS ASK 'WHY ECUADOR'?

Times of India, India VIDEO: Secretary Kerry, External Affairs Minister Khurshid Field Questions, Mostly on NSA Program June 24, 00:30:04 Skip the opening statements and go to 17 minutes into the video. India's external affiars minister Khurshid responds to a question about whether Indians should be worried about NSA surveillance; and Secretary of State Kerry is asked if there is one standard for Americans' right to privacy; and another for 'all the rest of us.' TOUGH GOING AT INDIA PRESSER

Times of India, India Open Letter to John Kerry: U.S. Immigration Reform Bill Will Hurt “India's IT industry has serious concerns about the provisions in the proposed Immigration Bill that arbitrarily singles out a group of multinational info- tech companies. These will amount to discriminatory and punitive treatment of the Indian Information technology.” — CEO of Nasscom, Som Mittal

HINDUSTAN TIMES: India
to Have No Further Access to
Mumbai Attacker Headley

Xinhua, China The 'Biggest Villain of Our Age', America Owes World an Explanation “The United States, which has long been trying to play the innocent victim of cyber attacks, turns out to be the biggest villain of our age. ... It owes China and other countries it has allegedly spied on an explanation.” — COLUMNIST Ming Jinwei

SCMP: Snowden Sought
Booz Allen Job to Gather
Evidence on NSA Spying
TIMES OF INDIA: Countries
Exchange Surveillance
- 'We are All Being Spied On'

Asia Times, Hong Kong Snowden: Our Man in Quito “Amid all the excitement, one should not lose focus; the most crucial aspect of the story is Obama and spy supremo Keith Alexander swearing that the Orwellian privatized intelligence- corporate-industrial complex is vital to prevent terrorism. It is not. This is a lie - and Mr. Obama is complicit.” — COLUMNIST Pepe Escobar A GLOBAL SUPERPOWER MANHUNT

The Standard, Hong Kong Snowden's Welcome Departure “Was Snowden mistaken for choosing to come here? Yes and no. ... He was wrong because, despite freedom of speech, Hong Kong couldn't give him refuge since we have an extradition agreement with the U.S. ... He wasn't wrong because, had he chosen another place else - say Ecuador in the very beginning - it is unlikely he would have gotten the media attention he wanted.” — COLUMNIST Mary Ma HONG KONG BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF

Folha, Brazil Trust in the State Inadequate as a Pretext for NSA's Spying TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “This web of espionage is even more astounding for a people so jealous of individual liberty and a government that is so ready to condemn and punish other countries which violate human rights and international law.” — EDITORIAL, Folha IS THIS WASHINGTON HYPOCRISY?

Folha, Brazil For Women's Sake, Michael Douglas, Educate the Young! TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Now that we've set our tongues on the issue, dear Michael, did you know that women have never complained as much about the lack of orality on the part of men as they do today? ... There are grown men nearing the age of 30 who are indifferent to orally pleasuring on the young ladies.” — COLUMNIST Xico Sa A PLEA FOR PLEASURE FROM BRAZIL

Global Times, China Demonizing China Will Backfire on Americans “Snowden has drawn global sympathy. By not extraditing Snowden to the U.S., Hong Kong will retain the moral high ground. China's media should more closely engage with Snowden in order to disseminate valuable information to the world.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times JUST KISS SNOWDEN GOODBYE?

SCMP: Hongkongers
Don't Want Snowden
Handed Over to U.S.
ASIA TIMES: Obama's
Monica Moment

Global Times, China Extraditing Snowden Would Be a Mistake “If Snowden were to be extradited, it would be a face-losing outcome for both the governments of Hong Kong and China. Snowden believes in Hong Kong democracy and freedom, and his whistle- blowing is in the global public interest. ... China's growing influence is attracting asylum seekers to China. That cannot be avoided and must be used to accrue moral standing.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times JUST KISS SNOWDEN GOODBYE?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong America's Prying Eyes Have Been Focused on China 'for Years' “U.S. intelligence agencies have been spying on China via land, sea, air and via cyberspace for years, which includes a failed attempt to acquire confidential data about China's latest stealth fighters, state TV reports.” — REPORTER Choi Chi-yuk

Xinhua, China 'Idealistic' Edward Snowden Should be Welcomed by China “We appreciate and salute the efforts of Snowden et al., who have gambled careers, family, personal freedom, and even their lives to allow the global public know what the most powerful force on earth is doing with perhaps the central infrastructure.” — COLUMNIST Xu Peixi OF RATS, THE WEB, AND FREEDOM

SCMP: Hongkongers
Don't Want Snowden
Handed Over to U.S.
ASIA TIMES: Obama's
Monica Moment

Toronto Star, Canada Edward Snowden is 'Messenger, Not Message' “It is pointless to dwell on Edward Snowden, something Snowden has himself said while speaking calmly of his own bleak - and perhaps brief - future. I do admire his sangfroid.” — COLUMNIST Heather Mallick RIGHT OR WRONG - HE ISN'T THE POINT

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Snowden is Right to Put Trust in Hong Kong's 'Fair and Open Courts' “no matter what the Beijing or the U.S. government may wish to do, Snowden's rights under the extradition treaty, including his right to defend and fully argue his case, are well protected and shielded from all geopolitical concerns.” — HONG KONG Legislative Councilor Dennis Kwok DEPENDING ON HONG KONG JUSTICE

SCMP: Hong Kong's Rule
of Law Takes a Front Seat
SCMP: A Brave New
World of Hi-Tech Tyranny
TIMES OF INDIA: China
Seeks U.N. Intervention
to Rein in U.S. Snooping
TIMES OF INDIA: Receipt
Proves India Rejected
Assange Asylum Request

The Frontier Post, Pakistan On America's Global Spying for Selfish National Interest “Snowden's revelation has rocked Americans and the outside world alike. It has not only triggered a furor, but has culminated in a debate over the spy apparatus of the U.S. government, which has invaded the privacy and threatened the hard-earned civil liberties of people on ever part of the globe.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post

El Espectador, Colombia Please Consider Yourself Watched! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The interesting thing is that now, it seems, spy activities that emerged to protect against an outside attack are being turned against the citizens themselves. ... Apparently, we can all be watched, save those who are watching. The problem is, who's watching the watchers?” — COLUMNIST Hector Abad Faciolince NSA WATCHES WORLD - AND US

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Snowden Tells SCMP: 'Let the Hong Kong People Decide My Fate' “People who think I made a mistake in picking Hong Kong as a location misunderstand my intentions. I am not here to hide from justice; I am here to reveal criminality.” — NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

Folha, Brazil Being 'Carioca' Helped Glenn Greenwald Break NSA Surveillance Story TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “People [sources] think they are more protected because of the distance, and I'm less vulnerable to being targeted by political retaliation or lawsuits because I live in Brazil. That gives me an additional layer of protection.” — JOURNALIST Glenn Greenwald THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING ABROAD

El Mundo, Colombia Why Colombia Needs to Partner with NATO TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In the face of the deployment of Venezuelan weaponry, the Colombia government has a duty to seek allies that allow it to show that our nation will not be alone if one of its neighbors attempts an assault against it.” — EDITORIAL, El Mundo NATO: GOOD FOR LATIN AMERICA?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong What Will Hong Kong do with Edward Snowden? ... The World is Watching “Much is at stake for Sino-American relations and Hong Kong's reputation. Our respect for rights and freedoms and our judicial system are our strengths; they are why so many companies decide to be based here. As Snowden's case unfolds, we in Hing Kong need to be mindful of our city's place and role in history.” — EDITORIAL, South China Morning Post

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST:
Why Hong Kong? Chinese Wonder if
Edward Snowden is in the Wrong Place

Global Times, China Like 'Husband and Wife', America and China Must Tolerate One Another “These new ties will require greater tolerance on both sides. China and America must realize that even a husband and wife cannot avoid quarreling and must still tolerate one other.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times START OF A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP?

Times of India, India News of NSA Surveillance Raises Troubling Questions About Indian Intelligence “Indian intelligence have often flouted the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 and the Information Technology Act of 2008 in the name of national security.” — EDITORIAL, Times of India

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Snowden Hailed as Hero on Social Media; Iceland MP Welcomes

The Hankyoreh, South Korea For Information Crisis, We Need International 'Constitution of Data' “We must come to terms with the information revolution and take the first steps to create global institutions to assure that our society, and governments, can continue to function through this chaotic. disconcerting period.” — PROFESSOR Emanuel Pastreich WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT DATA?

Times of India, India A Greek Lesson for America and China “In his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides writes, 'What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear that this caused in Sparta.” — COLUMNIST Nayan Chanda MANAGING THE RISE OF CHINA

Global Times, China Presidents Xi, Obama to Plot 'Irreversible Stability' “Both Chinese and U.S. leaders have the power to direct the future of political civilization. They carry the hopes of turning over a new leaf in global politics.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times XI IN CALIFORNIA: A NEW ERA DAWNS?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong China's Poor Treatment of Chinese-American a 'Warning' to Returnees “Such inhumane practices are not worthy of an emerging great power. ... Hu was jailed for 17 months on commercial theft charges over which even prosecutors had cast doubts. After his release, he was not permitted to leave for reasons that were never explained.” — COLUMNIST Alex Ho SHOULD CHINA RETURNEES WORRY?

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Jolie and Douglas Offer Hollywood Health Education “Angelina Jolie and Michael Douglas have been praised for going public with their medical conditions. ... Both stars certainly got what stars need most: attention.” — COLUMNIST Alex Ho

Clarin, Argentina Iran Accused of Using 'Latin America Spy Net' in Argentina Bombing TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Iran's government rejected findings of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who charges that for decades, the Iranians have been assembling a intelligence network in Latin America, and that this penetration is tied to the 1994 attack on a Jewish center that left 85 people dead. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the charges reflect the 'Zionist character' of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.” — NEWS ITEM, Clarin IRAN'S TENTACLES IN LATIN AMERICA

Times of India, India American 'Gangraped' by Trucker and Two Others “The California resident, who is married, was travelling alone in India. ... She saw a truck slowing down on the way and sought a lift. But, instead of dropping her at her hotel, the three men took turns raping her inside the truck.” — NEWS ITEM, TNT News Agency

La Jornada, Mexico Monsanto and DuPont-Pioneer Threaten Mexico Food Security TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “These crops are a risk factor for the health of people and biodiversity. Their consumption is causally-related to conditions of the vital organs, while their production is tied to the irreversible destruction of indigenous species.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada MONSANTO TAKES ANOTHER PR SHELLACKING

El Espectador, Colombia REVEALED: Fearing Extradition, FARC Guerillas Contact U.S. TRANSLATED FROM SPANSH “Today, 52 guerrilla leaders have pending indictments in U.S. federal court for drug trafficking and kidnapping three Americans who spent 65 months in captivity. What- ever is agreed upon, the fate of those commanders will define the future of the 8,000 strong FARC guerilla force.” — REPORTERS Maria del Rosario Arrazola, Juan David Laverde Palma THE FARC SEEKING U.S. ASSURANCES

Folha, Brazil A Bold Departure Emerges Out of Failed 'War on Drugs' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “After more than 40 years embroiled in a failed war against drugs, calls for a profound change in strategy are rising by the day. In Latin America, the debate is in high gear. We begin with the realistic assumption that the demand for psychoactive substances will continue to exist, and that only a minority of users become dependent.” — EDITORIAL, Global Commission on Drug Policy NEARING THE END OF DRUG PROHIBITION?

O Globo, Brazil The 'Nexus' of Terrorism in Boston, London, Stockholm TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The United States and countries in Europe must carry out government actions that lead to the assimilation of communities excluded due to creed, origin, culture, skin color or any other reason. It's hard, but it's necessary. Segregation aids terror.” — EDITORIAL, O Globo THE NEW FACE OF MODERN TERROR

O Globo, Brazil 'Political, Ideological' Acts Put U.S. Credibility at Risk TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “As one of the weakest countries in Northeast Asia, North Korea is the most prominent victim of the Cold War. All parties should sympathize with the DPRK's predicament and treat it with respect. This is the political prerequisite for resolving problems on the Korean Peninsula.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu HAS BARACK OBAMA GONE TOO FAR?

Huanqiu, China Treat Pyongyang With 'Respect' and Resume the Six-Party Talks TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “As one of the weakest countries in Northeast Asia, North Korea is the most prominent victim of the Cold War. All parties should sympathize with the DPRK's predicament and treat it with respect. This is the political prerequisite for resolving problems on the Korean Peninsula.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu TIME TO 'JAW JAW' WITH PYONGYANG?

Times of India, India U.S. Senate Confirms Indian-American to the Court of Appeals “This is the highest judicial appointment achieved by an Indian-American, a precursor to his forecasted elevation to the Supreme Court before the end of Obama's second term.” — CORRESPONDENT Chidanand Rajghatta

NEXT U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?

Japan Times, Japan Osaka Mayor Retracts Sex Plan for U.S. Military - Not 'Comfort Women' Remarks “He reiterated his excuse that it had been his intention to urge the U.S. military to 'get serious about holding down the number of sex offenses against Okinawans and women in the U.S. military. But he did not retract his remark that the system to recruit women into sexual servitude 'was necessary' to maintain discipline in the Imperial Japanese military.” — NEWS ITEM, Japan Times

PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR 'SEX SLAVERY'?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea 'No Compromise' on Japan's Whitewashing of Colonial Rule “Prime Minister Abe refuses to accept Japan's defeat in WWII and the outcome of the subsequent war crimes trials. ... Abe's twisted views on these historical matters should be denounced not just by Koreans, but by all who love peace.” — EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh

People's Daily, China White House 'Counterattacks' Against News Media 'Sunshine' “Since the Nixon Administration, which attempted to punish the Washington Post for issuing reports on the Watergate scandal, to the WikiLeaks 'Robin Hood' who almost flattened the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence, this type of struggle between the American government and the American media never ends.” — COLUMNIST Liu Zhun

C-SPAN, United States VIDEO: President Obama Speech on the Future U.S. Counter-Terrorism Policy May 23, 01:02:00 "America is at a crossroads. We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. We have to be mindful of James Madison’s warning that 'No nation could preserve its freedom amid continual warfare.” — President Barack Obama BENJAMIN: INTERRUPTER-IN-CHIEF

Yonhap, South Korea North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles “A more detailed analysis will be needed but the missiles launched may be a modified anti-ship missile or KN-02 surface-to-surface missile derived from Soviet era SS-21 with a range of about 120 kms.” — Seoul official

Toronto Star, Canada Angelina Jolie's Empowering Example “Angelina Jolie’s decision to go public about cancer surgery is a powerful statement that preventive care trumps vanity.” — EDITORIAL, Toronto Star

National Post, Canada Confluence of Scandals Cuts to Core of Obama's Appeal “It's different this time, because the president is being questioned by some of his staunchest supporters. It's so bad that liberals are questioning whether they were wrong to give him a break on other controversies. ... If a Democrat president loses Jon Stewart, can he hang on to liberals?” — COLUMNIST Kelly McParland OBAMA: CAN HE SURVIVE THIS CRISIS?

Aporrea, Venezeula Timothy Hallet Tracy: Filmmakers, Spies and Imperial First Ladies TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The Venezuelan right and the U.S. president himself, are trying to downplay the incident, calling the possibility that Timothy H. Tracy might be a U.S. spy 'absurd' and even 'ridiculous.' ... I'm not going to speculate on whether the guy is a shoemaker or a film- maker. An intelligence agent (in other words, a spy) need not have, written out in his CV, a course in spying from the CIA or Mossad.” — COLUMNIST Vladimir Sosa Sarabia OF ESPIONAGE AND HOLLYWOOOD

El Universal, Venezuela 'Arrest of Timothy Hallet Tracy Infringes Upon Free Expression in Venezuela' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “We urge the government to show utmost transparency and objectivity in dealing with Mr. Tracy's case. And given that this a matter of a movie professional whose work has been brusquely interrupted for political reasons, we urge his quick release. By failing to do so, the government of Venezuela is directly infringing on the right to gather and distribute information [and news] in this nation.” — PETITION Signed By Many of Venezuela's Leading Filmmakers VENEZUELA: FEAR OF FREE EXPRESSION?

Globe & Mail, Canada Terrorist Suspect Suggested Bacteria Plot: U.S. Officials “Mr. Abassi is accused of entering the United States specifically to advance a terrorism plot. ... The FBI says that 10 days before the arrests, Mr. Abassi was caught discussing plots to get fake U.S. work permits in order to 'remain in the U.S. to engage in 'projects' tied to terror activities, including recruitment."” — CORRESPONDENT Colin Freeze

TORONTO SUN: Prime Minister
Harper Thanks U.S., Canadian
Agencies for Terrorism Arrests
TORONTO SUN: Boston and
Canada Rail Terror Cases
Altered Views on Snitching
NATIONAL POST: Canadian
Jihadist's Video Shows Fanaticism;
May Have Inspired Boston Bomber

La Cronica De Hoy, Mexico Mexico's 70,000 Dead Demand Rejection of U.S. Pressure on Drugs TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The efforts of the Nobel Peace Prize winner in the White House are designed to continue the war against drug trafficking. In four years, he has yet to lift a finger to change the repressive approach of the anti-drug strategy imposed by his nation on the entire world.” — COLUMNIST Aurelio Ramos Mendez THE HIDDEN BATTLE OVER DRUG WAR

Global Times, China U.S. Should Reconsider Support for Right-Wing Japanese Leadership “Japan's pacific constitution was adopted under the guidance of the U.S. military after WW II and is one of the cornerstones of lasting peace in East Asia. ... Because of Japan's dismissive attitude toward its war crimes, its planned constitutional revisions are raising alarm bells.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times FEAR GROWS OF JAPAN'S RISING SUN

Folha, Brazil Guantanamo Bay: A Continuing Cloud on Democratic Tradition TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Now in his second term, Obama can no longer delay closing Guantanamo. His inaction mars the image of America and encourages those who condemn the president for not translating his beautiful talk into reality.” — EDITORIAL, Folha ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO

La Cronica De Hoy, Mexico Immigration Reform Will Strengthen U.S. Democracy TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “President Pena Nieto should insist on a resolution of the migration issue. It is through such a strategic alliance that the U.S. can go from democracy of migrants to a democracy of citizens.” — COLUMNIST Isidro H. Cisnero MANAGING CLOSER TIES TO MEXICO

El Financiero, Costa Rica Compared to Obama, Costa Rican Politicians are Sorely Lacking TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “You can be for or against the vision, actions and projects of Barack Obama, but you cannot deny that he is far more than a mere politician: he is an nfluential politician with the 'power, manners, authority, grace and inspiration' needed to intervene to win benefits and advantages for others. ... I repeat my question: Do Costa Ricans have truly influential politicians - or just politicians?” — COLUMNIST Jose David Guevara Munoz COSTA RICAN PRAISE FOR OBAMA

Ottawa Citizen, Canada Canada and Syria at War? It's Not Impossible “A consensus appears to slowly be emerging that at some point in the next months or year, Obama will likely order a no-fly zone and, perhaps, some targeted airstrikes. To sell this to the American people and wider world, Washington will once again call on Ottawa and a handful of other Western capitals to ask them for their support. — COLUMNIST Matthew Fisher

Tico Times, Costa Rica 'Most Powerful President' in the World Descends on 'Army-Less' Costa Rica “I have friends that shook President John F. Kennedy's hand when he came, but that cannot happen now. Look at all this security; the whole city of San Jose is shut down.” — Costa Rican Eliecer Valverde COSTA RICA: WHO SAID WHAT TO WHOM

TICO TIMES: Obama, Regional Business
Leaders Agree: Better Infrastructure,
Cheaper Energy, Less Militarization

El Universal, Mexico Guns, Drugs and Money Laundering: What Does Obama Want in Mexico? TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “While here we bury the dead of this war, there they provide the places and conditions for marijuana consumption. Nor is there any evidence that political forces in the United States are willing to halt the free sale of guns, nor is there any sign that a serious crusade against money laundering is on the horizon.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada BATTLING DRUGS; LEGALIZING POT?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea U.S. Asks North Korea to Release American Citizen “Tour operator Kenneth Bae could be indicted on charges of trying to overthrow the Pyongyang regime.” — REPORTER Kang Tae-ho TOUR OPERATOR IN NORTH KOREA HANDS

YONHAP: North Korea Sentences
Korean-American to 15 Years Hard Labor

JoongAng Daily South Korea America's Shielding of Emperor Hirohito Behind Japan's Denial of History “Much would be different if Hirohito was questioned and tried. He could have admitted to Japan's militarist excesses and left an apology on the historical record. If so, his water carriers, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, would not have the audacity to deny this past. — COLUMNIST Kim Jin SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED?

Tico Times, Costa Rica 'Largest Security Operation in History' for Obama Visit “Following deadly attacks in Boston and an attempted poisoning of the president with ricin, Costa Rica will employ 1,000 police officers, 180 intelligence agents, 150 traffic cops officers and an unknown number of U.S. Secret Service agents to guard U.S. and Central American presidents.” — TICO TIMES News Item

La Nacion, Argentina 'Magical Surrealism' and the Arrest of Timothy Hallet Tracy TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The magical surrealism of Venezuela these days is the latest chapter in th e Bolivarian Revolution, this time with a new protagonist: U.S. man Timothy Hallet Tracy ... alias, 'El Gringo.' — COLUMNIST Ivana Cardinale ESPIONAGE - OR THE LATESY 'LIKELY SUSPECT'?

Apporea, Venzuela Timothy Hallet Tracy: U.S. Spy or 'Filmmaker'? … You be the Judge TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “When does an innocent filmmaker go to a country without a film crew? To our knowledge, Tim Tracy was alone in Venezuela. ... As we know, agents of the CIA, NSA, Mossad, etc., have agents who are disguised and have a thousand ways of entering countries undetected: as filmmakers, mountain climbers - even diplomats. — COLUMNIST Ivana Cardinale U.S.: MESSING AROUND IN VENEZUELA?

People's Daily, China Over-Emphasis on Individual Rights 'Damages America' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “By holding itself out as the role model for human rights and arrogantly seeking to impose its model on other countries not only hinders human rights progress in America, it is disastrous for progress on human rights around the world.” — BEIJING SCHOLAR Jian Chang HAS AMERICA LOST THE PLOT ON RIGHTS?

La Jornada, Mexico The Boston Marathon Bombers: 'Caught Between Two Worlds' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Despite having begun a family, everything points to Tamerlan Tsarnaev never forgetting his roots and being stuck between two worlds that could not be reconciled, especially with Islamism posing such a terrible threat and one of the principle enemies of the United States. — EDITORIAL, La Jornada THREAT TO GUN CONTROL?

The National Post, Canada Canada Tried, Failed, to Deport Rail Terror Suspect Nine Years Ago “Canadian immigration authorities tried to deport one of the Toronto VIA Rail terror suspects nine years ago but never did so because, as a stateless Palestinian, he could not be sent to any other country.” — REPORTER Stewart Bell TERROR SUSPECT RAED JASER

Business Insider, Australia Stephen Colbert Makes Complete Laughingstock of the Austerity Crowd “This is one of those cultural moments where you can see the losing side made to look like mass media laughingstocks. — COLUMNIST Joe Weisenthal COMEDY TROUNCES AUSTERITY

El Pais, Uruguay A 'Thousand Terrorist Tentacles': Latin America Knows Pain of Boston TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “With good grace, we must resign ourselves to the inconveniences that we as citizens must endure, such as an erosion of civil liberties, privacy, and respect for individual rights that play such a fundamental and distinctive role in democratic societies. This is a terrible fight against an enemy in the shadows.” — COLUMNIST Julia Rodriguez Larreta WHAT MUST WE SACRIFICE FOR SECURITY?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Despite Threat from North, South Must Take 'Wartime Control' Back from the U.S. “Wartime operational control is the authority to control the military in time of emergency. It is symbolic of a nation's sovereignty. ... And if the U.S. refuses to return this exercise of sovereignty, we should demand it. It is humiliating to watch ourselves as we refuse to accept something - even when the U.S. is offering it. — EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh

Globe & Mail, Canada Tip from Imam Led Police to 'First Known al-Qaeda Plan We've Experienced’ “Detectives, who spent months on the case, claimed the duo relied on 'direction and guidance' from al-Qaeda-tied terrorists in Iran as they plotted carnage here.” — REPORTERS Colin Freeze and Patrick White

VIDEO: Terror Attack Thwarted in Canada
has al-Qaeda Links: RCMP (Globe & Mail, Canada)

VIDEO: VIA Train Plot Tip Came
from Religious Leader (Globe & Mail, Canada)

NATIONAL POST: Al-Qaeda, Iran
Share Top Billing as 'Enemies of
West,' but are Far from Friends
GLOBE & MAIL: The Tehran
Factor - A New Wrinkle for
Canada Counter-Terror Efforts
GLOBE & MAIL: Trains Between
Toronto and New York Searched
for Weapons, Dangerous Cargo
MACLEANS: What We Know about
the VIA Terrorist Plot Suspects
MACLEANS: Government Denies
Link Between Bomb Plot Arrests
and House Terrorism Debate
NATIONAL POST: If Train Plot
Went Ahead, Who Would have Been
'Face of Canada's Terror Bombing?'

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Gutless U.S. Senate Bows to Gun Lobby ... Not Argument “Excuse me, next time the U.S. struts the world stage, claiming American exceptionalism, setting itself out as leader of the the so-called free world, it risks being dismissed as a nation of idiots. — CORRESPONDENT Paul McGeough AMERICA: 'NATION OF IDIOTS'?

News.Com, Australia Australia Shouldn't Panic Over Boston “The balance of opinion among terrorism and security experts is that the Boston marathon bombing was the work of either a disgruntled or unhinged individual probably with no links to Islamic extremism.” — COLUMNIST Ian McPhedran

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: U.S.
Bomb Response 'Refreshingly Honest'
STUFF, NEW ZEALAND: Journalist
Seymour Hersh Discounts al-Qaeda
NEWS.COM: Boston Terrorism is
Strike at Very Heart of America

La Jornada, Mexico After Boston, Washington's Next Moves will be Telling TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The always-ambiguous relationship of the U.S. authorities toward terrorism includes the direct use of the practice in its state terrorism form, or in its advocacy against governments that the U.S. considers hostile. Recall, for example, the long history of terrorist attacks perpetrated by the CIA in Guatemala, Cuba and Nicaragua, or the bloody bombing of civilian targets in various parts of the world and at various times by the U.S. armed forces. — EDITORIAL, La Jornada AFTER BOSTON: WILL THERE BE WAR?

The Nation, Pakistan After Boston Marathon Bombings, Humanity Must 'Look Within Itself' “It would be tempting to blame, allege, belittle and bemoan, but ultimately, the reality is that humanity the world over feels unsafe. How can we protect ourselves once and for all from hate and despair? No single nation has the answer ... we all suffer.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation

O Globo, Brazil Terrorist Attacks Must Not Prompt 'Laws of Exception' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “A country under attack, like the United States in 2001 and now in Boston, has the right to defend itself. But the trauma ends up being reflected in the laws of exception that, in turn, endanger civil rights. It is a fine line that separates a nation's defense from upholding protections of the individual. — EDITORIAL, O Globo ARE CIVIL LIBERTIES ENDANGERED?

The Hindu, India After Boston Attack, Rights of Accused Again Under Threat “After nearly a decade of polarizing experience with hate crimes, Islamophobia and the suspension of civil liberties under laws like the U.S. Patriot Act, it is only recently that the U.S. has enacted stronger protections for minorities and free speech. There is a real risk that Monday's bombing and Obama's promise that the attackers would feel the 'full weight of justice' may lead to the rollback of these rights.” — EDITORIAL, The Hindu

TIMES OF INDIA: Boston Calls for
Support of America, Not Criticism
HINDUSTAN TIMES: Boston Shows
America 'Still in the Danger Zone'

China Daily, China Like 9-11, Boston Attack Poses a Danger to the Global Economic Recovery “The sense of fear the 9-11 attacks generated around the world cost the world dearly, psychologically and economically; the bloodshed in Boston has sent similar shock waves.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily CHINESE CITIZEN KILLED IN BOSTON

South China Morning Post, China U.S. Coverage of Boston Marathon Bombing 'Holds Lessons' for China “Among the posts most shared was by a Chinese journalist in New York who said American coverage of the tragedy holds lessons for China. 'All Web sites and TV stations report live there is no reporting ban.'” — COLUMNIST Patrick Boehler 'OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY' IN CHINA

People's Daily, China China's Message to the United States, Japan, and to Both Koreas “Preventing troublemaking on China's doorstep means ending the vicious cycle of tension on the peninsula; preventing any party from stirring up trouble; and saying no to the use of force for a resolution of the issue. — COLUMNIST Huayi Wen FIRST CONTACT: KERRY IN BEIJING

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea Korean People will Never Give in to America's 'Aid Blackmail' “Our enemies say if we give up our nukes, they will help us. This is just a dastardly attempt to break our will to remain independent and keep us defenseless. Such a clumsy trick won't work on the people of penninsula.” — COMMENTARY, Rodong Sinmun AN OVERABUNDANCE OF TESTOTERONE?

The Hindu, India WikiLeaks: U.S. Cables Prescient on Aftermath of Indira Gandhi Death “The bureaucracy and security forces may become increasingly demoralized and vulnerable to infiltration. The danger of assassination of Mrs. Gandhi or her son, Sanjay, might increase. — Diplomatic Cable, U.S. Embassy in Dehli, 1974 LEAKED U.S. CABLES GOT IT RIGHT

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Yuan Reaches Record High Against U.S. Dollar "The People's Bank of China set the midpoint at 6.2506 yuan per U.S. dollar - ahead of a visit by Secretary of State John Kerry.” — REPORTERS Jane Cai, Kwong Man-ki

China Daily, China 'Selfish Gain' Should No Longer be Basis of Foreign Policies “In today's world, the law of the jungle is the wrong answer to security concerns. Nor does diplomatic realism mean that one nation can trample on interests of others in pursuing its own. — EDITORIAL, China Daily XI'S 'NEW' FOREIGN POLICY

C-Span Video, United States VIDEO: Lady Margaret Thatcher Speaks at Ronald Reagan Funeral June 11, 2004, 00:11:12 "Others prophesied the decline of the West. He inspired America and its allies with renewed faith in their mission of freedom. Others hoped at best for an uneasy cohabitation with the Soviet Union. He won the Cold War - not only without firing a shot, but also by by inviting enemies out of their fortress, turning them into friends.” — Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher LOOKING BACK: THATCHER ON REAGAN

The Indian Express, India Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks Work on Film about Life of Gorbachev “The film will chronicle Gorbachev's time as president through the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the once mighty Soviet Union.” — NEWS ITEM,Press Trust of India

Juventud Rebelde, Cuba Fidel Castro on Kim Jong-un's 'Duty to Avoid War' in Korea TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “I had the honor of knowing Kim Il-sung, who wa a notably courageous and revolutionary figure. ...we remind North Korea of her duty to nations that have been its good friends, and it would not be right to forget that such a war would greatly affect more than 70 percent of the planet's people.” — Former Cuba Leader Fidel Castro WILL FIDEL HAVE ANY PULL?

Huanqiu, China For Peace, U.S. Must Pledge Not to Topple Regime in Pyongyang TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The basis for a soft-landing of this entire situation are normalizing the North Korean economy, and a guarantee of the DPRK regime's security. Until that happens, Pyongyang will continue to make trouble. — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu GUARANTEE KIM'S SECURITY?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Agreement Calls for 'Early' American Intervention After North Korea Provocation “This plan will have the effect of deterring North Korea provocations ... And if Pyongyang does make a provocation, it will bitterly regret it.” — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jung Seung-jo AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION?

La Jornada, Mexico Illegal Immigration: Cruelty, Xenophobia, U.S. Business TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The criminalization of undocumented migration in the United States and the violations of human rights that come with it, is a strategy that results in huge political, economic and corporate profit, the very existence of which contradicts the founding principles of that country.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada GROWING COST OF OPPOSING MIGRANTS

Global Times, China China Cannot Afford a North Korean Fukushima “The possibility that nuclear leakage could pollute underground water supplies cannot be ruled out. ... The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan is a lesson. Fukushima Prefecture, where agriculture was a key industry, is highly contaminated, and food production has been severely hurt. China can't afford to risk a repetition of Fukushima's crisis in its Northeast.” — COLUMNIST Kang Chol-su TRIGGERING SECOND THOUGHTS IN BEIJING

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea 'Master and Stooge' Conspire to Spark Second Korean War “U.S. nuclear missiles on mainland Korea are prepared to strike the DPRK, and its nuclear strike forces are amassing. If the provocateurs do manage to ignite a war, the army and people of the DPRK will utterly destroy the aggressors, their facilities and their military installations.” — COLUMNIST Kang Chol-su CONTEMPLATING NUCLEAR WAR IN KOREA

Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun, Japan Abe to Humiliate Okinawa with 'Restoration of Sovereignty Day' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Under the Treaty of San Francisco, in exchange for Japanese independence, Okinawa was isolated from Japan and remained under U.S. military rule. As the head of every Okinawa city knows, Apr. 28, 1952, the day the Treaty came into effect, is called 'Humiliation Day' in Okinawa. Not a single one of them will vote in favor of holding an event to celebrate 'Restoration of Sovereignty Day' - justifiably and understanably not.” — EDITORIAL, Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun WORLD WAR II HAUNTS PRIME MINISTER ABE

Japan Times, Japan Washington 'Doesn't Want to Know' Truth about Iraq “How did the system of checks and balances go so wrong? How did the U.S. unite so completely around a position that was so flawed? ... Ten years on, no answers are expected. Worse, it almost appears as though the U.S. does not want to know.” — EDITORIAL, Japan Times ASAHI SHIMBUN: 'Long Overdue', Japan Must Assess its Support of Iraq War OKINAWA TIMES: Japan's Compliant Use of Force in Iraq Must be Investigated

Korea Central News, North Korea Kim Jong-un Approves Plan to 'Settle Accounts' with the United States “Marshal Kim Jong-un said that in view of the current situation, he has judged that the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists. If, in the event the imperialist aggressors recklessly provoke the DPRK with their huge strategic force, Marshal Kim said that the Korean People's Army should mercilessly strike the American mainland.” — NEWS ITEM, Korea Central News Agency KIM JONG-UN: BLUFF OR SUICIDE?

Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan Karzai is Right - Taliban are in the Service of Washington “Those who have become angry with President Karzai should appreciate his boldness. The entire nation backs his perceptions. The nation fully grasps this very stark fact: that Taliban have always been foreign proxies and cannot be loyal to land of Afghanistan.” — EDITORIAL, Afghanistan Times KARZAI PUTS HAGEL ON BACK FOOT ...

Okinawa Times, Japan Japan's Compliant Use of Armed Force in Iraq Must be Investigated TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “There is a persistent opinion that since forces of our ally the United States were involved, there was little choice but to back the war. At first glance, this may sound logical and reasonable, but ideas like this conceal real danger. That would mean that Japan follows whatever the U.S. does and asks for, and suggesting a cessation of independent thought. This is a way of thinking too warped for words.” — EDITORIAL, Okinawa Times TIME FOR A JAPAN WAR INQUIRY?

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Iraq Invasion: U.S. War for Oil 'Lacks a Punchline' “Oil was one of the few reasons still standing when all of their stated excuses for going after the dictator evaporated. Bush wanted to blame Saddam for Sept. 11 – the dots won't join; Cheney had the notion of Iraqi agents meeting Bin Laden's guys in Prague – didn’t happen; Iraq was buying yellow cake in Niger – documents were forgeries; Iraq had a mobile bio-weapons lab on a truck – lies; Curveball said it was all true – but too bad Curveball was a nutter.” — CORRESPONDENT Paul McGeough IRAQ: A WAR FOR OIL? YUP ...

China Daily, China America has Learned Nothing from Iraq War “Although the Iraq War was a foreign policy catastrophe - neither George W. Bush nor Tony Blair has offered any kind of apology. Nor have they been forced to face accusations that they committed war crimes.” — U.S. Editor Chen Weihua EVADING INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE?

Hokkaido Shimbun, Japan Shinzo Abe Must End Gamesmanship Over Post-War Constitution TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “One must not sit idly by if Abe's purpose is to use National Soveriegnty Day as a stepping-stone to his goal of revising the Constitution. ... The old Constitution led Japan down the road of militarism, plunging it into reckless wars that brought devastation to other Asian nations and peoples as well as to Japanese themselves.” — EDITORIAL, Hokkaido Shimbun ABE: TOO FAR RIGHT FOR COMFORT?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan U.N. Rapporteur Calls Drone Strikes 'Illegal'; Seeks End to Attacks “British counter-terrorism expert Ben Ammerson, U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights, was appointed to conduct a probe. ... The report shows as false the dominant Obama narrative - that drones in Pakistan are precise and effective, and that they make America safer.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post

JoongAnd Ilbo, South Korea Source: Assassination Attempt on Kim Jong-un Aided Military Hardliners “During a 2012 power struggle, there was an attempt on the life of Kim Jong-un, an intelligence source in Seoul has told the JoongAng Ilbo. According to him, South Korea intelligence believes Kim Jong-un's latest ratcheting up of tensions through a series of threats are linked to the incident.” — REPORTERES Chang Se-jeong and Ser Myo-ja IS KIM JONG-IL RUNNING SCARED?

Korea Central News, North Korea Armistice is 'Dead Letter'; 'Provocateurs' Will Face Sudden Retaliatory Strike “All the most sophisticated methods of attack, including a nuclear strike, await orders to fire on the correct targets. They are the ones, the arch criminals, who have systematically violated the Armistice Agreement since the moment it was adopted.” — Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea STALINIST THREATS - NOW WITH NUKES

El Universal, Venezuela Electoral Martyrdom and the Cult of Hugo Chavez TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The deification of Chavez has more earthly and short-term goals: preserve the movement, win elections and maintain authoritarian controls to keep the nation's economic crisis from destroying any plans for survival.” — COLUMNIST Ricardo Trotti CHAVEZ: CULT OF PERSONALITY

Juventude Rebelde, Cuba Hugo Chavez Brought 'Era of Wealth-Centric,' 'Eurocentric' to Close TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It is clear that the genie has escaped the lamp, and if that weren't enough, the genie has gone marvelously over to the side of the eternally forgotten and humiliated.” — COLUMNIST Ricardo Ronquillo Bello CHAVEZ: MORE 'SPIRITUAL'?

Ahora, Cuba Glory to the 'Irreversible' and 'Immortal' Chavez! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “From now on, one must speak of Venezuela and Latin America as before and after Chavez, and it wouldn't be rash to speculate that like few peopel in history, the changes he began carry the imprint of irreversibility.” — JOURNALIST Atilio Boron Martes WILL THE CHAVEZ LEGACY LAST?

Carta Maior, Brazil Why the Right 'Hates' Latin America TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The right's colonial mentality and interests bind it to states at capitalism's heart, specifically the United States, which has historically had a relationship of conflict with our continent. ... The right doesn't understand Latin America, nor can it. Its mind goes blank before what the imperial powers send to our countries; it reacts with only acceptance and happy resignation to the interests of such powers.” — COLUMNIST Emir Sader RIGHT AND LEFT DIVIDE DOWN UNDER

La Tercera, Chile Death of Chavez Opens the Way for Democratic Recovery in Venezuela TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “His death opens the possibility that Venezuelans could move into a democratic normalization unthinkable while the towering figure of the 'Comandante' lived.” — EDITORIAL, La Tercera AFTER CHAVEZ: TIME TO MOVE ON?

Ahora, Cuba What Barack Obama Should Be Told about Hugo Chavez TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Obama - the commander-in-chief of drone murders, the maintainer of the anti-democratic blockade of Cuba, the violator of the law who kept Bradley Manning imprisoned without trial for years, should know that there is no turning back history. In Latin America, largely because of actions taken by Hugo Chavez, it no longer matters much what is said in Washington.” — JOURNALIST Iroel Sanchez ORTEGA OFFERS A FINAL FAREWELL

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Korea Pennisula 'Braces for War,' as U.S.-South Korea Excercises Begin “As the two sides face off in a 'chicken game' of large-scale military exercises - and under a pseudo-state of war, many observers are voicing growing fear of a potential military clash.” — REPORTER Kang Tae-ho NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ON ALERT

DAILY NORTH KOREA: North
Korean Citizens 'Feel the Tension'

La Razon, Bolivia President Morales Says 'Empire Has All the Tools' to Have Poisoned Chavez TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “President Morales said, 'I'm nearly convinced that comrade Chavez was poisoned.' The Bolivian president also noted that the 'empire has all of the tools' necessary to conduct operations to defeat governments, leaders and social movements that oppose capitalism, 'but when it fails to overcome them, it takes up the task of ending the life of a leader.'” — Bolivia President Evo Morales WOULD U.S. USE CANCER TO KILL?

Global Times, China 'Demonized' by the West, Hugo Chavez was Friend to China “Chavez was an old friend to the Chinese people. It will be the Americas that will have to judge his rocky relationship with America.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times CHAVEZ: ADVERSARY AND ALLY

Venezula Analysis Venezuela Your Anti-Chavez Corporate Media 'Decoder Ring' “Divisive - Hugo Chavez supported the poor and the working class, rather than U.S. interests and local elites. ... Anti-U.S. - He showed the United States Venezuela was not part of its backyard.” — The Outside Agitator IS U.S. MEDIA TOO BIASED?

Japan Times, Japan Abe Plan for Sovereignty Day Fete Irks Okinawans “Abe was apparently ignorant of the fact that the people of Okinawa regard April 28 as a 'day of infamy' because the prefecture stayed under U.S. control for another 20 years.” — COLUMNIST Reiji Yoshida

MAINICHI: North Korea
Cuts 'Hotline' with South
MAINICHI:
Starbucks Coffee Lookalike
Called Trademark Violation

LOGO TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

Daily North Korea, South Korea Average North Korean 'Shocked' at Rodman's 'Gangster' Appearance “The appearance of a man wearing not only earrings - but with pierced lips and tattoos everywhere, was shocking. To see Kim Jong- un seated next to such a tall, bizarre-looking giant, and showering him with gifts, made Kim look like an immature leader.” — Source in North Korea's North Hamkyung Province RODMAN: SHOCKING THE LOCALS

La Jornada, Mexico Washington's 'Sequester' Makes Argentina Leaders Appear More Responsible TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Now, the Afro-American politician has been forced to decree, against his own will, plans that will trigger enormous damage to the already maimed U.S. economy. ... while the government of a minor economy like Argentina's has found it possible to advanced its agenda of social and economic transformation despite pressure and destabilizing campaigns.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES

El Nacional, Venezuela Maduro Asserts: U.S. 'Infected' Hugo Chavez with Deadly Disease TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “We have no doubt - the time will come for a medical board to be formed to prove that he (Chavez) was attacked with this disease. ... We have no doubt that the historic enemies of the nation sought a way to damage the health of our commander. There have been several cases like this - the most notorious being that of Yasser Arafat, the former leader of Palestine.” — Venezuela Vice President Nicolas Maduro HUGO CHAVEZ: DEAD AT 58

China Daily, China Why Chinese Like the Oscars and Ignore their Own Movie Awards “Part of the reason I'm not crazy about Oscar is that it isn't Chinese. Don't get me wrong. I'm no xenophobe. I am a patriot! We've got our own movie awards. ... the reason for the lack of popularity of our awards likely lies in the political orientation of our state and in the awards themselves.” — COLUMNIST Wang Hongqiang OSCARS SET THE STANDARD

The Hankyoreh, South Korea U.S. Seeks to Rein in Japan's Attempts to Deny its History “Since revision by the Abe administration of Japan's stance on history could severely damage relations with neighboring nations like South Korea and China, the U.S. government is concerned stability in the Asia-Pacific region could be be compromised, which it regards as a priority.” — QUOTE, Nikkei Newspaper

JAPAN DAILY PRESS: Labeling
of Sea Shepard as 'Pirates'
By U.S. Court Called 'Wrong'

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea Kim Jong-un Praises Dennis Rodman and American Delegation “Dear respected Marshal Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju came to watch. Greatly excited to see the game along with Kim Jong-un, the players and audience broke into cheers. Dennis Rodman was also there and came over to offer a bow to Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-un warmly welcomed him and permitted Dennis Rodman to sit next to him.” — NEWS ITEM, Rodong Sinmun RODMAN: CLOSE TO THE MAN

Japan Daily Press, Japan Court Calls Sea Shepherd 'Modern-Day Pirates' After Attacks on Japan Whalers “When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal- reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point powerful lasers at other ships, you are, without any doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.” — U.S. FEDERAL COURT JUDGE Chief Judge Alex Kozinski HOW FAR TO PROTECT THE WHALES?

JAPAN DAILY PRESS: Labeling
of Sea Shepard as 'Pirates'
By U.S. Court Called 'Wrong'

Xinhua, China Kim Jong-Un and Dennis Rodman, 'Sit Together, Talk and Laugh' at Game “During the match, Rodman, who wore dark glasses and a hat, sat to the left of Kim Jong-un. Without translators, the two spoke directly and laughed, witnesses there said.” — NEWS ITEM, Xinhua DIPLOMACY - THE RODMAN WAY

Toronto Sun, Canada Dennis Rodman on Diplomatic Mission to North Korea “Talk about an odd choice ... The free-spirited, hard- partying, heavily tattooed, NBA champ sticks out like a sore thumb in the staid, buttoned-down despotism.” — REPORTER Ryan Wolstat

Daily North Korea, South Korea American and South Korea to Incite Unrest Inside North Korea “Among the many elements of a South Korea-U.S. policy targeting North Korea, it is likely that strengthening those promoting internal discord will be one of them.” — Park Hyung-jung, Korea Institute for National Unification PREPARED FOR AN UPRISING

Global Montreal, Canada Canada Shines on Oscar Night “A movie about a Canadian plan to free hostages from Iran and an adaptation of a Canadian novel won big.” — CORRESPONDENT John R. Kennedy OSCAR ACCLAIM FOR CANADA

Huanqiu, China 'Demented' Hacking Charges Betray Washington's Scheme for Global Cyber Domination TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “We consider these accusations that China's military is engaged in hacking to be a demented attempt by the U.S. to establish Internet hegemony by putting the hat of the villain on China. ... China has no obligation to foster ties when the American people spit at them. Our entire society will work together to strengthen ourselves.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu WHERE CHINA SPIES ON THE WORLD?

The Japan Times, Japan Obama Drops Demand that Japan Cut Tariffs for Trade Agreement “Our governments confirm that should Japan participate in TPP talks, all goods will be subject to negotiation. As the outcome will be determined during the talks, Japan is not required to make a previous commitment to unilaterally eliminate all Japan tariffs.” — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe OBAMA THROWS ABE BONE

VIDEO: Abe and Obama to 'Breath New
Life' into an Old Alliance (NHK News, Japan)

JAPAN TIMES: Japan Offer on
Abducted Children Disappoints
YOMIURI SHIMBUN: Japan, U.S.
Consider Joint DPRK Sanctions

Huanqiu, China Internet 'Muckraking Frenzy' Damages China's International Interests TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Many people, in the midst of a 'muckraking frenzy,' damage confidence in the government and public officials, which also reduces support for China's government during foreign disputes. Even patriotism is questioned and mocked, and among some circles, 'universal values' have become the fashion.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu

Iwate Nippo Shimbun, Japan Imposed 66 Years Ago, the Time Has Come for Japan to Revise 'Pacific Constitution' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “With China's continuing attempts to expand its maritime jurisdiction on one side, and a nuclear-armed North Korea on the other, peace and stability in the far east is at stake.” — EDITORIAL, Iwate Nippo Shimbun SHOULD JAPAN GET ITS MILITARY BACK?

Diario Co Latino, El Salvador 'Benevolent' U.S. Migration Reforms Should Shame Nations of Latin America TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The irony is that as Latin American states call for U.S. migration laws to be more benign and compassionate toward our fellow citizens, they fail to acknowledge that their treatment of their Latin American brothers is a far cry from the benefits granted by the government of the United States.” — COLUMNIST Ricardo Antonio Ibarra Manzanares LATIN AMERICA NEEDS REFORM, TOO

Huanqiu, China Beijing Must Punish Pyongyang; Not Join Anti-North Alliance TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “China should stick to being a reconciler and harmonizer, and not join one side in confronting the other. It is unlikely China will become allies with North Korea, but it is even more unlikely that it would join an alliance with the U.S., Japan and the South.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu CHINA PUZZLES OVER WHAT TO DO

Estadao, Brazil Obama's Drones: Drawing the Wrong Conclusions from bin Laden's Demise TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The notion of a 'global theater of battle' has terrifying implications, which moves humanity closer to the sphere of barbarity. With this legal defense, U.S. drones would exterminate al-Qaeda terrorists in London or Sao Paulo, while Israeli drones would assassinate Hezbullah militants in Lebanon and their China counterparts would eliminate Uygur separatists in Kazakhstan.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DRONES

Estadao, Brazil Major Powers Appear Intent on Continuing Currency Tampering TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Brazilian officials have tried, alone, to force discussion of the monetary policies of the U.S. and the eurozone, and their effects on the foreign exchange market. In this, there has been little success.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao IS CURRENCY MANIPULATION OK?

La Jornada, Mexico U.S. Immigration Reforms Demand Mexican 'Firmness' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH ““For Mexico, Obama's second term represents an opportunity to restore the imperative of immigration reform to the place it should never have lost.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada CAN MEXICO ADVANCE THE PROCESS?

The Korea Times, South Korea 'Pulling a Reagan': How South Korea Can Defeat Pyongyang “The Strategic Defense Initiative, also called Star Wars ... lured the Soviets into an arms race it couldn't win. ... Let's do a Reagan: play along with the North in a game that it calls its own, but statistics show it can never win. Official data show our population is twice as large as that of the North; our Gross Domestic Product 40 times the North's and Gross National Product per capita close to 20 times larger ... All Pyongyang needs may be a little push.” — COLUMNIST Oh Young-jin SHOULD THE SOUTH OUT-ARM THE NORTH?

Proceso, Mexico Ex-Mexico Diplomat Returns Harvard Diploma to Protest Presence of Felipe Calderon “I believe the presence of Calderon at Harvard contradicts the values of ?? representative democracy, critical thinking, personal and intellectual honesty that the university promotes. I hope that the Kennedy School will reconsider and be sensitive to the feelings of millions of Mexicans.” — Former Ambassador Hector Vasconcelos

Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun, Japan Okinawans Will Not be 'Pawned Away' to Curry American Favor TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Like a souvenir, you [Prime Minister Abe] would like to bring signs of progress on the Futenma Air Base relocation to the U.S. president. Could this be the reason for your visit to Okinawa? If so, you are not welcomed here.” — EDITORIAL, Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun

Global Times, China U.S. Worsens 'Profound' North Korean Insecurity; Provokes Missiles, Nukes “in fact, North Korea's defiance is deeply rooted in its powerful sense of insecurity after years of confrontation with South Korea, Japan and a militarily superior United States. Pyongyang's latest nuclear test appears to be another example of a desperate attempt to try and keep the threat at bay.” — EDITORIAL, The Global Times IS THE UNITED STATES TO BLAME?

Asahi Shimbun, Japan Nuclear Test to Send Obama Message on State of Union Eve “The third nuclear test, coupled with the North's successful missile launch last year, was designed to deliver a message to Washington stronger than anyt before. Conducting it on the eve of Obama's State of the Union speech adds even more punch.” — Dr. Shunji Hiraiwa, Kwansei Gakuin University STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea With Sanctions, Seoul 'Traitors' Inch Closer to 'Grand War' with North “The Seoul group of traitors consists of unmatched villains and hooligans who are intent on exterminating the nation in collusion with outsiders [on sanctions]. ... The group of traitors should stop its foolish act, and finally understand the fierce nature of the historic stand-off between the DPRK and United States government.” — Statement of North Korea's Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification NORTH ASIA HOLDS ITS BREATH

THE HANKYOREH: North Korea
May be Developing Hydrogen Bomb
KOREA HERALD: North Korea
Device 'Weaker than Feared'
KOREA HERALD: Seoul Citizens
Express Concern Over Nuke Test

The Korea Times, South Korea Seoul Condemns North Korea's Nuclear Test “"North Korea won't be able to escape from (taking) grave responsibility for each of the consequences resulting from this provocation.” — Presidential Secretary Chun Yung-woo WHAT TO DO WITH THE NORTH?

El Commercio, Ecuador Correa Challenger Would Revoke Assange's Asylum TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “'If we win the presidency, will take a serious look, with total impartiality, and review this decision, which was taken in haste, by the Ecuadorian government. ... There is an independent judiciary in Sweden, and justice is not handled like it is in Ecuador.” — Former President and Current Candidate Lucio Gutierrez SHOULD ASSANGE PACK HIS BAGS?

El Universal, Mexico Cuba as President of CELAC: '51 Years of U.S. Isolation Ended' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Upon being seated as the emporary president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Cuba ended the continental isolation that began 51 years ago. ... Now, half a century later and with the same communist ideology, the Cuban regime has broken through the policy of continental exclusion animated by the United States.” — COLUMNIST Jose Melendez WHAT WILL THE U.S. DO NOW?

The Nation, Pakistan Drones Strikes: Unequal, Unethical and Unwise “Wisdom and far-sightedness demand that such violations are immediately brought to an end.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation PAKISTAN SEEKS END TO DRONE STRIKES

El Mostrador, Chile CELAC and the E.U.: Sarcasm in the Press and Winds of Change TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Let us get used to the idea that it is possible to create wide-ranging hemispheric forums without the United States and Canada. Despite all the sarcasm in the press, CELAC isn't doing a bad job, particularly when countries like the U.S., Japan and China all call for observer status at CELAC summits.” — COLUMNIST Carlos Monge LATIN AMERICA: COMING OF AGE?

Express Tribune, Pakistan Zero Dark Thirty: Why Ban in Pakistan is Wrongheaded “Countries that fail to clean up their own backyards pay a very heavy price. Being depicted as Pakistan is in the film Zero Dark Thirty is that price.” — COLUMNIST Syed Talat Hussain PAKISTAN BANS 'ZERO DARK THIRTY'

The Toronto Star, Canada Obama Rationale for Killing American Terror Suspects Tests Limits “The president's orders must be seen to be utterly necessary, exceptional, accountable and lawful. That isn't the case now.” — EDITORIAL, The Toronto Star

Huanqiu, China U.S. 'Cold War' Against China Gives Way to a War of Values TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “America's handiest method of struggle is the 'values offensive.' In this respect, the U.S. has many roads to penetrating China. The Chinese public has a very low level of resistance to these values, and in fact is widely receptive to them.” — EDITORIAL, Hanqiu BROKE, IS U.S. TURNING TO VALUES?

Argen Press, Argentina The CIA is Alive and Well in Latin America TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The CIA exists - it exists in our countries. It acts whether or not you want it, or see it.” — COLUMNIST Alberto Maldonado DARK U.S. IMAGE SOUTH OF BORDER

Excelsior, Mexico U.S. Weapons Culture: A 'Stupid Fascination' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “One of my most interesting sociological experiences in the United States was a visit to a gun show in Texas. ... It was amazing to watch the children. They were all over, looking at the weapons, even picking them up as though they were pieces of fruit or vegetables, with no move from the parents. There is something wrong with a society so fascinated by weapons. It just isn't normal.” — COLUMNIST Leo Zuckermann MAKING SENSE OF U.S. GUN LOVE

La Razon, Bolivia Latin America Condemns U.S. Blockade of Cuba; Castro to Lead CELAC TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The island's nomination to lead the 33-nation organization - that excludes the United States and Canada - was described by some governments as a Cuban victory without precedent since 1961, when Fidel assumed power after the revolution that ended the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. ... The Santiago Declaration calls on Washington ... to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.” — REPORTER Ivan Parede CUBA NOW PRESIDENT OF CELAC

Sakigake Shimbun, Japan With Dreamliner Crisis, 'Prestige and Profit' Have to Be Set Aside TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Any airline that continues to use these aircraft despite such reports and concerns is putting prestige and profit before safety. Such airlines must take heed of these issues and reconsider the importance of putting safety first.” — EDITORIAL, Folha DREAMLINER A PR 'NIGHTMARE'

El Universal, Mexico U.S. Conservatives See the Writing On the Wall for Immigration Reform TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The interpretation of analysts and politicians is clear: their opposition to Mitt Romney was in retaliation for his party's anti- immigrant position. It has never been more costly for a U.S. politician to oppose this reform.” — EDITORIAL, El Universal IS THE RIGHT-WING IN RETREAT?

CTV, Canada Randy Quaid Denied Permanent Resident Status in Canada “Quaid was denied because he lacks a passport. Quaid sought permanent resident status in Canada claiming he was being sought by'Hollywood star- whackers.' He claimed the group killed actors David Carradine and Heath Ledger.” — CTV News Item AVOIDING THE 'STAR WHACKERS'

The Tribune, India Successful Underwater Rocket Launch Makes India Part of Elite Club “India will become the sixth state to have such technology after the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France and China.” — REPORTER Ajay Banerjee INDIA 'SHOOTS' FOR NUCLEAR TRIAD

Sergio Aguayo, Mexico Mexican 'Fatalism' in the Face of U.S. Gun Trafficking Must End “Neither Barack Obama nor his opponents from the NRA mention the harmful fireams being smuggled into Mexico. They ignore us. Those killed by U.S. bullets do not exist. ... The denial is cheap because of the passivity of those who govern Mexico: when it has to do with the United States, most officials prefer silence.” — Sergio Aguayo, Professor, College of Mexico

Korea Central News, North Korea U.N. Security Council Must Apologize for Being 'American Marionette' “At the heart of this matter is the brigandish logic of America, which is that a peaceful satellite launch by states antagonistic toward America should not be permitted. And why not? Because any carrier rocket can be converted into a long-range ballistic missile that threatens the U.S. From this it is clear that the U.N. Security Council is in fact a marionette of the United States.” — North Korea Foreign Ministry KOREAN DICTATOR WANTS APOLOGY

Folha, Brazil Obama's Legacy Depends Most on Energy Transition TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The U.S. is witnessing a remarkable change in the domestic production of energy - gas and oil extracted from metamorphic rock - which is lowering the cost of production in the country. Battles in Congress tend to galvanize public attention. But Barack Obama's place in the history books may depend more on the actions of his government in accelerating, and not hindering, the economic transition now underway.” — EDITORIAL, Folha REPUBLICANS NOT OBAMA'S CHALLENGE

Xinhua, China Barack Obama: 'Handsome and Young to Hoary and Old' “The sad moments overshadowed the happy ones in Obama's first term, since the number of things he cannot do is far greater than those he can. Even his own doctor admitted that Obama looks eight years older than four years ago. ... Whether the next four years will be easier remains a mystery, but one thing is for sure: constantly up to his neck in problems at home and abroad, Obama will never look any younger.” — EDITORIAL, Xinhua OBAMA'S RAPID AGING SYNDROME

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Don't Rush Ahead with U.S. Drones “U.S. Embassy cables made public by WikiLeaks show that pressure from the U.S. to purchase the drones may have been greater than the Korean government's actual interest in buying them ... If these cables are credible, the government is pushing to buy weapons that cost an astronomical sum of money just to satisfy U.S. interests.” — EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh

El Universal, Mexico Influence-Flush U.S. Latinos Must 'Exploit Unprecedented Time' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The 2012 Latino vote is a juncture of unprecedented importance that could lose its novelty on the public agenda. Another unexpected event may occur that quickly causes U.S. people to close off the possibility of 'amnesty' for illegal immigrants. The best course would be to exploit the current situation.” — EDITORIAL, El Universal LATINOS: CALL IN THEIR CHIPS?

Ottawa Citizen, Canada Obama Fails to Make Convincing Case for Strong Government “Only a handful of crackpots think people would prosper entirely without government. Obama's speech does a good job refuting them. But once justification for government is conceded, the question becomes how much more of it is needed at the margin. On that he is much less persuasive.” — PROFESSOR William Watson of McGill University GOVERNMENT: MORE OR LESS?

OTTAWA CITIZEN: Obama's 'Ask Not' Moment
OTTAWA CITIZEN: Obama's
Address 'More Prose than Poetry'
GLOBE & MAIL: Obama Talks
Alternative Energy While
Counting on an Oil Boom'
GLOBE & MAIL: Obama Pragmatist,
Meet Obama the Liberal '
TORONTO STAR: Obama
Has a Shot at 'Near Greatness'

Okinawa Times, Japan Futenma Relocation Plan a 'Slap in the Face' to Okinawan People TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Right now, the entire Okinawa Prefecture Assembly, 41 mayors from within the prefecture, and all 41 city assemblies, oppose the Henoko plan and demand the base be relocated outside of Okinawa. How far is Japan's government willing to 'subordinate itself to the United States' to curry favor with it? Is Okinawa a 'souvenir' for the Japanese government to hand over to the United States?” — EDITORIAL, Okinawa Times UNFINISHED POST-WAR BUSINESS

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea Gun-Toting U.S. ... 'Hell on Earth' “The White House is trembling with fear and the entire society is in pandemonium. America's rulers like to call brightly lit streets and very tall buildings standing in a row 'civilization.' But in quiet corners of its small towns, what governs is the law of the jungle.” — EDITORIAL, Rodong Sinmun

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Jackie Chan Brands U.S. 'More Corrupt' than China “America is the most corrupt in the world - not China. Where does this great breakdown [of corruption] come from? It came from the world, the U.S. … If our own countrymen don't support our country, who will?” — COMIC ACTOR Jackie Chan CHAN: CURRYING CHINA'S FAVOR?

El Universal, Mexico Obama and Guns ... 'Yes, You Must' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Obama's Hail Mary pass should be to amend the Constitution, and by so doing, provide further evidence that the Nobel Peace Prize he won when his achievements were minimal was justified. If Mr. Obama has failed to achieve global nuclear disarmament, he must at least disarm his citizens.” — SURGEON, Dr. Arnoldo Kraus TIME FOR U.S. TO DISARM?

Huanqiu, China China Requires Capacity to Shoot Down U.S. Satellites TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “In 2008, China and Russia issued a proposal for a treaty prohibiting the deployment of arms in space, but they were rebuffed by the U.S. ... Against this background, it is essential for China to have the capacity to confront U.S. satellites.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu TIME TO PREPARE FOR SPACE WAR?

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea U.S. Space Crime Must be Stopped! “When it comes to incriminating us, America's ruling circles are brazen. While we launched a satellite for peaceful purposes, they are shooting off space weapons helter-skelter in violation of global space law.” — COMMENTARY, Rodong Sinmun AMERICA: PLANNING SPACE WAR?

Xinhua, China 'Fiscal Cliff' Chicken Game Shows Faults of U.S. Political System “In a democracy like the U.S., tax increases and spending cuts, the very medicine needed to cure its chronic debt disease, have long proved unpopular among voters. So politicians have chosen to kick the can down the road again and again. ... But as we all know, the can will never disappear.” — COLUMNIST Ming Jinwei IS WASHINGTON BEYOND REPAIR?

O Globo, Brazil Why Does Half the World Imitate 'Peaceful' Newtown and Aurora? TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “What goes on in the American suburbs and the types of neurosis they create, with all of their invisible, solitary and often suffering individuals, is something everyone seems to find interesting - yet half the world seeks to create imitations of such 'havens' with their identical homes, baptizing them with bucolic names. The marketing says these are great places 'to raise children' away from it all. Are they?” — COLUMNIST Raul Juste Lores THE SUBURBS: GOOD FOR THE KIDS?

O Globo, Brazil U.S. School Shootings and the 'Externalization of Evil' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “It's a known propensity of American life to repress social problems with the externalization of evil. ... This externalization of evil produces a spectacular catharsis on film, as the Soviets, extraterrestrials, and more recently, Islamic terrorists, are annihilated. But the genre of school massacres - which have similarities to Islamic terrorism - in addition to the tragedy itself, brings an added difficulty: lack of an external enemy.” — COLUMNIST Francisco Bosco U.S CULTURE: IS IT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE?

Indian Country Today, Native America Christmas from a Native American Perspective “Every day is our Christmas. Every meal is our Christmas. Every meal, we take a little portion of the food we are eating, and we offer it to the spirit world on behalf of the four-legged, the winged, and the two-legged. We pray, but not like most Christians. We thank the Grandfathers and we thank the Great Spirit.” — COLUMNIST Floyd Hand, Oglala Lakota Nation CHRISTMAS: 'WE'RE ALL RELATED'

022 China, China Chenping to Newtown: 'Don't Let Our Children Go to School in Fear' TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The number of mental patients with personality disorders has gradually risen, and their friends, relatives and societies have failed at every level to offer the proper care and concern. If a 'fuse' is lit, a 'bomb' will explode. At that moment, these apparently meek lambs may become great butchers.” — COLUMNIST Li Guohui U.S. AND CHINA: JOINED BY TRAGEDY

Prensa Libre, Guatemala Cowboys and U.S. Gun Culture: Reaffirming Heroism and Warfare TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The regulatory framework in the U.S. allows any citizen to own guns, except convicts and the mentally ill. It's a way of culturally reaffirming the concept of heroism, which is personified by cowboys and soldiers in their use of high- powered weapons - and in which warmongering is seen almost as high patriotism.” — COLUMNIST Carolina Vasquez Araya HOW MANY GUNS IS TOO MANY?

NASA, United States VIDEO: NASA Releases Mayan End-of-the-World Video Early Dec. 11, 00:04:21 “If you're watching this video, it means one thing: The world didn't come to an end yeserday.” — NASA Video on Mayan Prophecy NASA DISPENSES WITH MAYAN PROPHECY

Estadao, Brazil After Obama Must Follow Victoria Soto: Only Action, Not Tears, Will Save Lives TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “We've never seen Obama cry. Yet the president nicknamed 'no drama Obama' fought back tears as he read a short statement after the massacre on Friday, in which he lamented the lost innocence of the children who survived the killing. Victoria Soto didn't cry, but she did save her children. How many children is U.S. President Obama ready to save?” — COLUMNIST Lucia Guimaraes A LESSON FOR COWARDLY LEADERS?

El Universal, Mexico Newtown: A Tragedy Foretold TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Since the years of Ronald Reagan, the U.S. has systematically cut funding for people with mental disorders. Incredibly, many of these people can buy, without further delay, arms of every description.” — COLUMNIST Gabriel Guerra Castellanos HAVE WE IGNORED THE MENTALLY ILL?

Folha, Brazil After Newtown: There is No Better Time for America Debate about Gun Control TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “If a day in which 20 boys and girls younger than 10 years of age are murdered isn't appropriate, when will there ever be an appropriate moment? What Carney argued is that this emotional moment is not the most suitable for a debate on an issue so dear to Americans, which makes sense. But when we talk about school children as targets of a shooter, is there any way to take emotion out of the equation?” — COLUMNIST Luciana Coelho DEBATING THE TIME FOR DEBATING

La Jornada, Mexico Newtown: Gun 'Barbarism' that Can't be Removed by Legislation TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The availability of weapons among the U.S. population doesn't in itself serve to explain the often exasperating massacres that occur there. Canada, Sweden and Finland also have high levels of per capita weapons ownership without leading to such mass murders. This suggests a collective propensity toward barbarism in that country which has never been explained, and which should begin to be discussed as quickly as humanly possible.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada IS U.S. GUN CULTURE A CHARACTER FLAW?

RDS, Canada After Newtown Attack, Sports Must Takes a Back Seat to Healing TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “It is essential to consider, individually and collectively, how to build a world that rejects and condemns this violence, and just as vital, its promotion, whether direct or indirect. We must courageously absorb the sad lessons that this horrible act holds for us. We must be able to assert, and to promise the families of the victims, that their sacrifice is not in vain.” — COLUMNIST Pierre Houde FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Dead Children Not Enough to Stop Surge in U.S. Gun Sales “What's certain is gun and ammunition sales will surge as people stock up in fear of bans. This has been the pattern after all recent mass killings. The best- selling products will be military-style weapons and ammunition of the sort used to kill Newtown's children.” — CORRESPONDENT Nick O'Malley

NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
Newtown - Walk on the Dark Side

Globe & Mail, Canada It is Time for America to Cure its 'Sick' Gun Laws “For the moment, Obama has stuck his head in the sand. Handguns and assault rifles are a blight that make the U.S. one of the world’s most murderous societies, on a par with South Africa and Colombia.” — EDITORIAL, Globe & Mail HOW CAN GUN MADNESS BE STOPPED?

CBC NEWS: Could This Be
the Final Straw for Americans
Sick of the Violence?

OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL:
America: A Nation in Horror

Daily North Korea, South Korea Only Deaf and Dumb Miss the Truth of North Korea Nukes “The fact is we've been daydreaming. ... What is the purpose of Kim Jong-il's nuclear strategy? It is very clear. After reaching agreement on a peace treaty with Washington, it is to break the South Korea-U.S. military alliance.” — COLUMNIST Sohn Gwang-joo KIM JONG-UN: A MISSILE AND A SMOKE

Global Times, China After Rocket, China Should Offer North Korea Added 'Security' “China must not cooperate with the U.S., Japan and South Korea by imposing sanctions on Pyongyang. China will veto allS radical resolutions made by the three countries. At the same time, the North Korea should be made to pay for its actions.” — EDITORIAL, The Global Times MANUFACTURED ENTHUSIASM?

TELEGRAPH VIDEO: Japan Condemns
North Korea Rocket Launch

BBC NEWS VIDEO: North Korea
Defies Warnings to Launch Rocket
KOREA TIMES: Launch Exposes
U.S., ROC IntellIgence Failure
MAINICHI SHIMBUN: North Koreans
Applaud, Voi ce Joy, at Launch

El Tiempo, Colombia As Good as Spielberg's Lincoln is - it is Still a Work of Fiction TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Talking about 'historical' films or novels presents a contradiction in terms. History is based on documents and archives, while fiction is imagination and representation. On the other hand, I think it would be a grave error to underestimate the great value of the great novels and films that address historic themes in an intelligent way, especially when they present ideas to us that we had never considered, like happened to me when viewing Lincoln.” — COLUMNIST Sergio Munoz Bata CAN PRESIDENT OBAMA BE TRUSTED?

Yonhap News Agency, South Korea North Korea Long-Range Rocket Launch a Success “The rocket is estimated to have a range of more than 13,000 km, a distance long enough to put all of America within striking range. The launch was a total surprise.” — REPORTERS Chang Jae-soon, Kim Eun-jung AMERICA NOW WITHIN RANGE?

Obera Mundo, Brazil The Perils for Latin America of Obama's 'Fear-Inspired' Victory TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The U.S. will continue to sabotage regional integration in South America - a priority of both Presidents Lula and Dilma - by means of bilateral pacts and drawing a line across the Pacific. New military bases will be built and attempts will be made to remove progressive governments from power, either with support for right-wing forces or coups.” — COLUMNIST Igor Fuse CAN PRESIDENT OBAMA BE TRUSTED?

Times of India, India Developing Countries Demand 'Climate Equity' from Wealthy “Now that there is limited space in the atmosphere for emissions from emerging countries, will the wealthy nations cut their carbon footprints to make space for the rest to grow? Climate change talks are about sharing the world's ecological and economic space. In Doha, developing countries asserted the need for equity. But the U.S. deputy negotiator said he couldn't 'sell' the idea of equity to the U.S. Congress. This will undoubtedly be the mother of all battles in the years to come.” — CORRESPONDENT Nitin Sethi

Times of India, India U.S., Russia Appear to Opt-Out of Climate Deal “The U.S. took on 192 nations to reject the principle of equity and application of the principles of the U.N. climate convention. The poor nations like the small island development countries and the least developed states got the least out of the deal.” — CORRESPONDENT Nitin Sethi FIDDLING WHILE PLANET HEATS?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Mainland U.S. in Range of North Korean Rocket “The Unha-2 [that was launched] in 2009 could only hit Alaska. The Unha-3 rocket being launched this time around can target the U.S. West Coast ... The fact that it can reach the continental U.S. makes a big difference in terms of our overall strategic posture.” — UNIDENTIFED South Korean Military Official KIM JONG-UN HOLIDAY SURPRISE

El Periodico, Guatemala McAfee in Guatemala: 'Paradise of Impunity'? TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Lamentably, I suspect the public perception of all this, is that he came to hide in a country with a feeble justice system and a pricey lawyer. We'll see whether this event is resolved without bias.” — COLUMNIST Alvaro Castellanos Howell WHY FLEE TO GUATEMALA?

The Belize Times, Belize In John McAfee, Prime Minister Barrow May have 'Met His Match' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “McAfee has cast a net and pulled the world in to watch. With the economy a shambles, poverty expanding, draconian police measures being imposed that infringe on human rights, and the murder rate rising every year, this is the worst time for the prime minister to have so many eyes on Belize.” — EDITORIAL, The Belize Times A THREAT TO BELIZE LEADER?

People's Daily, China 'Irresponsible' American Lawmakers have a Duty to the Global Economy TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Since they forever seek to reform the global system, U.S. lawmakers should feel a sense of responsibility. That requires them to stop partisan interests from getting in the way of proper economic decision making and better look after the interests of the American people.” — EDITORIAL, People's Daily ARE THESE MEN IRRESPONSIBLE?

El Universo, Ecuador 'Insignificant' Ecuador Too Intimidated to Respond to Insult from Julian Assange TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “When the reporter asked him why he would not discuss Ecuador, he dropped the timeless phrase: 'because Ecuador is insignificant.' ... As of the writing of these lines, there is no official reaction, which doesn't coincide with the ordinarily loose tongue of the leader (Rafael Correa) and the agility that usually characterizes his government's formidible propaganda machine.” — COLUMNIST Simon Pachano ASSANGE OFFENDS HIS HOSTS

Estadao, Brazil Mr. Abbas Deserves to Be Congratulated for Victory of Beleaguered Palestine TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The vote in the U.N. last week was an unprecedented triumph for the Palestinians, marked the return of the Palestinian Authority to the global stage, and represents the greatest personal achievement of the septuagenarian Mr. Abbas.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao LEADER OF NON-MEMBER PALESTINE

Folha, Brazil Jane Fonda, Go Home! TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The gift of a lack of brain matter leads beauties like her to remove from their shoulders any negative reaction resulting from deep feelings or profound thought. There is nothing like a marked frivolity to help relieve the dark circles under one's eyes.” — COLUMNIST Barbara Gancia NO BRAZIL LOVE FOR JANE

Carta Maior, Brazil Welcome to 'Happy Hinges' of Capitalism and World Empire TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The history of capitalist development in the 19th and 20th centuries registers the presence of certain countries with high levels of development, wealth, and quality of life, and with low national propensities for expansion or imperialism. These countries, once outposts of the British Empire, today operate as little 'happy hinges' of the military structure and global power of the United States.” — Dr. Jose Luis Fiori, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul CENTURIES OF PROFITING FROM EMPIRE

The Nation, Pakistan U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: 'Please Don't Wait Until 2014!' “Until they are withdrawn, there can be no stability, and thus their withdrawal should proceed as fast as possible. ... Pakistan must make America realize that there is nothing sacred about 2014 - and certainly nothing sacred about the end of that year.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation SHALL WE STAY OR GO NOW?

El Pais, Uruguay Centrality of the Individual: Benjamin Franklin's Message for the People of Uruguay TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Between cocaine paste and marijuana, absorbed in the debate about ways of counting homicides, confronted with a deterioration of the issues and debate, are we in Uruguay are doomed to missing the core message of a universal colossus like Ben Franklin? ” — COLUMNIST Leonardo Guzmán FRANKLIN: ABOUT MORE THAN MONEY

China Daily, China U.S. Asia Pivot Creates Trouble in the Region “In a multipolar world, there is little space left for hegemony. The U.S. should be a constructive cooperator which treats other nations with equality, which will result in more U.S. profits than would be the case if it keeps acting as a hegemonic intruder.” — EDITORIAL, People's Daily CHINA FACES MORE U.S. FIREPOWER

Indian Country Today, Native America The 'Indian Wars' are Far from Over “Our battle today is with historic oppression and generational trauma. Seeds of doubt and shame planted hundreds of years ago continue to take root in the darkness of each new generation, winding their way through Indian Country communities.” — Beverly Cook, the Wolf Clan NATIVE AMERICAN BURDEN

Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun, Japan Battle of Okinawa Victims Deserve Better Treatment from Government in Tokyo TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Far from protecting residents, the Japanese Army actually slaughtered them and forced them out of their shelters. Can we really ask elderly survivors to 'accept and tolerate' suffering described as the 'nadir of grotesqueness?' The plaintiffs have placed their last hopes in this trial, and as the nation's bastion of human rights, the Supreme Court should address their demands head on.” — EDITORIAL, Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun WORLD WAR'S UNSETTLED BUSINESS

La Jornada, Mexico American Generals 'In Love with their Own Biographies' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The Petraeus affair is a godsend for comedians and a delightful distraction for a public which, as in any society since the dawn of history, thoroughly enjoys the long and spectacular fall of those who from atop Mt. Olympus. Meanwhile, young Americans and innocent civilians keep dying in wars led by generals in love with themsleves.” — COLUMNIST David Brooks WHAT HAPPENED TO 'LOVE OF COUNTRY'?

La Jornada, Mexico Federal Police Used as 'Private Assassins' to Murder CIA Agents TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The plain truth is that the Federal Police have been infiltrated by crime to the point that 14 if its officers were used as hired assassins to kill, in an undercover operation, as they did so out of uniform and traveling in private vehicles - two foreign agents, whose presence and operations on national territory constitute are, by the way, also pressing matters of dubious legality.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada MEXICO'S 'WAR ON DRUGS' GOES AWRY

The Nation, Thailand American Democracy Should be Model for Thai Politicians “Thailand is a constitutional democracy, but the scenario on the streets makes it look more like anarchy. ... Although not perfect, there is a lot to learn from America's elections, especially how to concede defeat and move on. Perhaps losing factions and opposition parties in Thailand should listen to Mitt Romney's concession speech for little inspiration.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation THAI DEMOCRACY: LOSING WITH GRACE

Global Times, China Americans Have No Hope of 'Squeezing China from Myanmar' “Obama brought a paltry $170 million in aid to Myanmar. Unless he is able to ensure this amount of aid every month, this will prove a weak bargaining chip when it comes to altering China-Burma ties.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times OBAMA: CROWDING CHINA?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan As Usual, U.S. Backs Israeli Goliath Against Palestine “The international community is often critical of Israeli inaction, but America invariably comes to the help of the Zionists anyway. This is a tactic that has allowed the Mideast crisis and aggression of the Jewish government to linger on for over six decades.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post WHEN WILL THE KILLING END?

The Nation, Thailand U.S. Eyes Myanmar as 'Key Future Ally' “With Obama's visit to Myanmar, the nation's future will be more or less tied to America's global strategic outlook. China is now encircled by nations friendly or accessible to the U.S.” — EDITORIAL, Bangkok Post AN EMERGING ALLIANCE?

Asia Times, Hong Kong Netanyahu Calls Obama's Bluff “The events of the past week in Gaza underscore that unless he musters the political courage - and integrity as a statesman - to address the Palestinian issue, all his talk of a transformative agenda for the Middle East is baloney.” — Former India Diplomat M. K. Bhadrakumar

Voice of America, U.S. VIDEO: President Obama Makes Speech at Yangon University in Burma Nov. 19, 00:30:33 "Instead of being repressed, the right of people to assemble together must now be fully respected ... Instead of being stifled, media censorship must continue to be lifted. As you take these steps, you can draw on your progress.” — PRESIDENT Barack Obama MAKING HISTORY IN BURMA

El Tiempo, Colombia Obama 2012: Yes, We [Sometimes] Can TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Democracy doesn't always triumph in elections. Not always. ... But sometimes it does. ... For example, it just happened in the U.S., where Barak Obama won. ... And he did it confronted by those who believe the world is still Uncle Tom's Cabin, and that Darwin and the state are inventions of Freemans and communists.” — COLUMNIST Juan Esteban Constaín A 'TRIUMPH' FOR DEMOCRACY?

Bangkok Post, Thailand Obama Must Speak for Burma's Long-Besieged Muslim Rohingya Minority “The Burma government continues to deny that the Muslim Rohingya people are citizens - even though many families have been in the country for generations. ... One hopes President Obama will use his visit to try and influence Thein Sein to make a commitment to off the Rohingya people citizenship.” — EDITORIAL, Bangkok Post CAN OBAMA HELP BURMA MUSLIMS?

El Espectador, Colombia 'Whores, Junkies, Queers' Determine U.S. Elections TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Today it turns out that united - whores, junkies, and queers are a powerful electoral force which has stood up to elect a new kind of Western leader. Colombian politicians should take note of the trend lines.” — COLUMNIST Catalina Ruiz-Navarro A CHANGE IN GLOBAL POLITICS?

El Espectador, Colombia U.S. Election: The 'Best thing that Could Happen to the Cradle of Liberty' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Obama should now give a more liberal orientation to his his government. Since he is no longer bound to defend his reelection, he will have far wider political latitude and should become much more involved in decisions regarding minorities, returning to a conviction to his first agenda.” — EDITORIAL, El Espectador OBAMA: TIME TO TURN LEFT?

Estadao, Brazil In Retaining Barack Obama, Americans Choose the 'Known' Over the 'Dangerous' TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “With so many voters with so many reasons to reelect the president, despite the dismantling of his myth, it was no surprise, perhaps, that he performed well at the polls.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao WAS OBAMA THE SAFEST BET?

Huanqiu, China U.S.-Style Democracy: A Great Show but No Fun to Participate in TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Good politics should not seem like a football match, and should definitely not feel like gambling.” — COLUMNIST Wang Wen

Globe & Mail, Canada The 'Audacity Obama Needs' “The agent of change and hope has become the status quo. The Obama who electrified the U.S. electorate in 2008 is gone. The grey man in his place faces a skeptical America and will have a hostile House of Representatives on his hands. Now the really hard work begins.” — EDITORIAL, Globe & Mail CHANCE TO MAKE IT STICK

TORONTO SUN: Obama's
Challenges Just Beginning
NATIONAL POST: Four More
Years: Obama Wins Reelection;
Swing States Fail Romney
MACLEANS: Karl Rove's
Memorable Moment
NATIONAL POST: Four More
Years: Obama Wins Reelection;
Swing States Fail Romney
MACLEANS: 'I Come Not to
Debate GOP Conservatives,
but to Diagnose Them'
NATIONAL POST: Canadian MPs
Blast Record Campaign Spending
in Obama-Romney Showdown

Globe & Mail, Canada Feeling U.S. Election Envy? Canada's the Lucky Country “Four years ago tonight, we Canadians were feeling awfully sorry for ourselves. You’d just elected the coolest, hippest president since JFK. Today, we wouldn't change places with you for anything. Canada has held its own while you've gone downhill. America is flat broke; so are California, New York and Illinois.” — COLUMNIST Margaret Wente NO MORE AMERICA ENVY IN CANADA

El Tiempo, Colombia My Friend George McGovern: 'The World was his Country' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “He lost the 1972 U.S, presidential election outright because his sincerity and good intentions failed to reach voters, who reelected a man who was irresponsible, deceptive, a liar.” — COLOMBIA AMBASSADOR Julio Cesar Gomes Dos Santos MCGOVERN: MAN WHO SPOKE HIS MIND

The Nation, Pakistan For Pakistan, Both Obama, Romney Promise Further Suspicion and Extremism “Incumbent Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney both committed to continuing drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas, and neither gave any indication the U.S. policy toward Pakistan would change, whoever wins.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Romney or Obama: Pakistan Leaders will Pay the Price for Continued U.S. Drone Attacks “Only a few high-value targets have been killed, while innocent civilians are mowed down. Based on the objective surveys carried out by human rights groups , this tragic loss is intolerable and colossal. ... if leaders across the political spectrum are not colluding in this adventurism, how is it that the drones are able to conduct their attacks without ever being intercepted or challenged?” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post PAKISTAN LEADERS FEEL THE HEAT

Folha, Brazil China and Mitt Romney: The Tale of the Mandarin and the Yankee Plutocrat TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The story involves the devil, an ambitious man and a powerful mandarin - a senior government official of an ancient China dynasty.” — COLUMNIST Monica Baumgarten De Bolle BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Dawn, Pakistan Word to the Wise for Pakistanis: 'Moderate Mitt' May Be Fleeting “ If Romney does win the election two weeks from now, he is expected to pick his foreign and national security teams from among the ranks of neocons and hardliners. So 'moderate Mitt' may be a temporary phenomenon, designed to check the commander-in- chief box for an electorate disinterested in the world.” — EDITORIAL, Dawn

Xinhua, China Obama and Romney Best Not 'Go Too Far' Bashing China “During the campaign, regardless of the facts, both have relentlessly blamed China to cover up their own incapacity to get America's economy back on track. It's a tactic that only exposes the world's superpower as bereft of ways to address its existing dificulties.” — COLUMNIST Liu Jie JUST TAKING CHEAP SHOTS?

Indian Country Today, Native America The Death of Russell Means: Let Us Examine His Journey “What Eurocentric societies have done to indigenous people all over the world they are now doing to themselves - poisoning the land and air and water, abusing one another as they abuse our sacred Grandmother. We are nearing the abyss of the suicide of our species.” — Pioneering Indian Activist Russell Means INDIAN COUNTRY LOSES A GIANT

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Means' Death Inspires
Declaration of War on Cancer
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Anti-American Indian Politics,
Washington State Style
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
The Russell Means I Knew

National Post, Canada Zingers on Israel and Battleships Give Obama Decisive Win “His battleship remark made Romney’s attack look like simple-minded boat-counting parading as military policy. Plus, it fed into Obama's larger riff about Romney being a political alien from The Planet Of 1950s.” — COLUMNIST Jonathan Kay WILL 'CLEAR WIN' MATTER?

MACLEANS: 'And in the Red Corner'
... the Debate in Boxing Analogies
GLOBE & MAIL: Only
Nuance Separates
Obama, Romney on Iran
THE AGE [AUSTRALIA]: Obama
'Fixes Romney with Bayonet'

Granma, Cuba Fidel Castro Lashes Out at 'Imperialist Media' for Predicting his Death “Birds of ill omen! I don't even remember what a headache is. As evidence of what liars they are, I present them with photos.” — Former Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro CASTRO CONFIRMS HE'S ALIVE

Okinawa Times, Japan Okinawans to 'Spew Magma' Over Crimes of U.S. Forces TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Okinawans can take it no longer. The volcano of resentment will start spewing magma unless the U.S. and Japanese governments start enforcing visible measures.” — EDITORIAL, Okinawa Times OKINAWANS ON THE WAR PATH

Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan Alleged Rape By American Servicemen Handled Better than 1995 Sexual Assault TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Circumstances have changed since the 1995 rape. Back then, the U.S. side at first refused to hand over to Japan authorities the servicemen involved, even though local police had obtained arrest warrants for their arrest. This time, police now have the suspects in custody. The two sailors are expected to be punished in accordance with Japan's normal judicial procedure.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Yomiuri MORE RESPECT FOR LOCAL RULES

Excelsior, Mexico 'Regressively Extremist' Romney Agenda Gives Edge to Barack Obama TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Obama's reelection depends on the effective dismantling of a Republican agenda that is so regressively extremist that it offends the intelligence of a large segment of U.S. people.” — Jose Valdes Ugalde, National Autonomous University of Mexico DO SIGNS POINT TO OBAMA WIN?

El Arsenal, Mexico #YoSoy132 'Too Busy' for Teenager Killed By U.S. Border Patrol TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed Mexican Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez with eight bullets in his back. He was 16 years old, on Mexico's side of the frontier, and shot from the north side of the border. But #YoSoy132 remains silent about it.” — COLUMNIST Ruben Cortes #YOSOY132: MISSING IN ACTION?

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea Cowering Before America is Sure Path to Catastrophe “In nations that fail to rely on their own strength and are deceived by U.S. propaganda and nuclear blackmail, tragedy strikes. ... It is the mistake of yielding to the U.S. that results in these tragedies.” — EDITORIAL, Rodong Sinmun A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS?

National Post, Canada Yes, Obama Won Debate. But the Victory Comes a with Benghazi Asterisk “Obama's victory was tainted - in the same way that a football victory is tainted when a ref makes a bad call on a big play.” — COLUMNIST Jonathan Kay A VERY TENSE 90 MINUTES

NATIONAL POST: Romney's
Awkward 'Binders of Women'
Comment Doesn't Stand Up
NATIONAL POST: On Streets,
America Still Divided Over
Who Won Tuesday's Debate

La Jornada, Mexico E.U. is as Unworthy as Obama of Nobel Prize TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “During the first decade of this century, and up to now, the E.U. has served as the main ally of a warmongering and colonialist Washington. It is also relevant to note that several of its members took part in the Afghan invasion in 2003, Western intervention in Libya, which resulted in the overthrow and murder of Muammar Qaddafi, and actions to destabilize Syria.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada AN UNDESERVING NOBEL PRIZE?

Toronto Star, Canada 'Angry' Barack Obama Comes Out Swinging “There is, it turns out, an Angry Barack Obama. ... Tuesday he showed himself at last - eyes flashing, teeth clenched, fitted with fact and fury. This debate was no cakewalk, as the two traded blows through 90 feisty minutes running the gamut of all that ails the U.S.” — CORRESPONDENT Mitch Potter

THE AGE [AUSTRALIA]: Urgent Message
from American Bosses: Vote Romney

China Daily, China Huawei-ZTE: U.S. Leaders Malign China for 'Selfish, Short-Term Political Gain' “This is an election in which China has been scapegoated for America's economic woes. Both candidates are trying to show that if elected, he would bash China the hardest. Both have put partisan interests above the interests of the American people.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Qi Li

The Frontier Post, Pakistan U.S. Drones are an Evil, but Terrorists are Worse “Our nation is in the throes of a vicious, multifaceted battle against terrorism. And more appallingly, the government does not appear particularly moved to act on the menace.” — EDITORIAL, Frontier Post COUNTING DEAD IN PAKISTAN

CBC, Canada Country Music and the U.S. Political Spectrum “As we peer over the border to spy on our neighbor's polls, it appears that the cultural divide is pretty clear. In fact, a recent study shows that political partisans are locked in their music listening habits.” — REPORTER Mike Miner MUSIC AND U.S. ELECTIONS

Global Times, China Continued Dependence on America is Bad for Japan “Relying on America will only prove a temporary help to Japanese strategists. The long term consequences are likely to be self-destructive. If one depends on the U.S. means obeying the U.S. That policy will leave Japan increasingly isolated around the region.” — PROFESSOR Yang Bojiang, of Beijing's University of International Relations THE U.S.: A TROUBLING ALLY?

Ibaraki Shimbun, Japan After the Osprey, Japan's Government 'Cannot Be Trusted' TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Okinawa will never accept deployment of the Osprey. ... Any government that so carelessly declares such an arrangement 'safe' cannot be trusted.” — EDITORIAL, Ibaraki Shimbun TURMOIL OVER OSPREY

El Universal, Mexico U.S. Ruling Class Favors a Barack Obama Victory TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The vast majority of the U.S. ruling class in the bank sector, technology, communications, pharmaceuticals and insurance, etc. - like Obama's policies.” — COLUMNIST Emilio Zebadua IS THE ELECTION IN THE BAG?

Toronto Star, Canada Barack Obama's 'Redford Moment' “Redford, by the way, recovers in the film and wins his election. His only problem, in the indelible final shot, is that he has no idea of what to do now.” — CORRESPONDENT Rick Salutin OBAMA'S HAPPY ENDING?

GLOBE & MAIL: Obama Mumbled
Like a 12-Year-Old and Romney
Twitched like Frankenweenie
GLOBE & MAIL: A New
Romney, a Hesitant Obama:
Let the Campaign Begin
THE AGE [AUSTRALIA]: The
Emperor is Naked: the Worst
is Yet to Come for Obama

The National Post, Canada U.S. Skater Simon Cho Admits Tampering with Canadian Rival's Skates “I am deeply embarrassed and sad to confirm certain allegations that have been made in the arbitration demand brought by my fellow speedskaters against the U.S. team and coaches.” — U.S. Olympian Simon Cho

NATIONAL POST: Canadian
Wanted in Connection to
U.S. Murder Flees to Iraq

The Daily Jang, Pakistan Kayani Visit to Kremlin Shows Pakistan Open to Non-American Options “The visit shows that Pakistan may be ready to look at options other than Washington. That may be useful in shaking America's belief that Pakistan has no choice but to lean on it for advice and assistance and demonstrate that Islamabad is more than capable of seeking out new friends.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Jang LOOKING FOR FRIENDS IN RUSSIA

Toronto Star, Canada Mitt Romney Brings his A-Game to Debate with Barack Obama “Depending on how U.S voters absorb the heft of this crucial first encounter, the American election may actually be back in play.” — CORRESPONDENT Mitch Potter OBAMA'S DIFFICULT NIGHT

GLOBE & MAIL: Five Head-
Scratchers About Obama's
Debate Performance
NATIONAL POST: U.S. Debate
Offers Voters a Clear-Cut
Choice of Two Articulate Men
THE AGE [AUSTRALIA]: Win
for Romney in First Debate

The Bohol Standard, The Philippines We Filipinos Must Learn from American Election “Despite the fact that this year's poll is more important than any previous American election, the exercise of political discourse is much more mature and open than we have ever witnessed in any Philippine election.” — EDITORIAL, The Bohol Standard IS THIS A MODEL TO EMULATE?

The Jakarta Post, Indonesia Reject Blasphemy Laws: 'God Needs no Defense' “Blasphemy laws not only stifle free speech, they endanger freedom of religion for Muslims and non-Muslims alike.” — SENIOR EDITOR Endy M. Bayuni

The Nation, Pakistan NATO Troops Should Pack Up, 'Lock, Stock and Barrel' “When the British invaded in the 19th century, Afghans fled to the mountains and fought until they killed all but one British soldier. In this millennium, assumptions that the Afghan mujahedeen's victory over the Soviet Union could be explained by American military superiority have been entirely proven wrong.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation LESSONS OF HISTORY COME HARD

The Hindustan Times, India Obama's Foreign Policy 'Pedaling Nowhere Fast' “At this rate, the only envoys the U.S. will be left with in the Islamic world will be remote-controlled drones.” — CORRESPONDENT Anirudh Bhattacharyya

La Jornada, Mexico As Far as Worldwide Threats, Israel Tops Iran By Wide Margin TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The primary concern when it come to the lack of global peace today is not Iran, but Israel. ... Equally unacceptable is that President Obama used his U.N. Speech to chime in with new condemnations of Iran without at the same time rejecting Israel's repeated saber-rattling toward the country.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada U.S. DOUBLE STANDARD?

La Voz Mundo, Argentina Facing Reelection Battle, Hugo Chavez Plays 'Obama Card' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “I hope this doesn't hurt Mr. Obama. But if I were from the United States, I would vote for him. ... Obama is a good man. I think if he were from Barlovento or a Caracas neighborhood, he would cast his vote for Chavez.” — PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez CHAVEZ: HAIL MARY PASS?

Huanqiu, China China Must 'Strive to Influence' U.S. Presidential Polls TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Regardless of if it is the incumbent or his challenger, China should not tolerate the unrestrained way U.S. candidates take us for fools, especially in the final sprint of a U.S. presidential campaign.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu BEIJING IMPATIENCE

Estadao, Brazil What it Means to be a 'Republican' TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “The public spirit of republicanism is the remedy to the harmful effects of corruption. It is what dispels lies and pretence, including the ideology that undermines the mutual trust between rulers and ruled so necessary for the functioning of democratic and republican institutions.” — PROFESSOR, Dr. Celso Lafer

New Zealand Herald, New Zealand U.S. is Keen for New Zealand to Rethink Nukes “The U.S. still wants to see New Zealand alter its nuclear-free policy, despite the agreement to put the issue aside, saying that changing it would strengthen relations between the two countries.” — REPORTER Claire Trevett

NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
The Dangers of Cozying
up to the United States
NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
Defense Minister Accussed of
'Leaking' Secrets to Panetta
NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
U.S. Lifts Ban on Entry of
New Zealand Naval Vessels
NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
U.S. Marines May Train
New Zealand Forces

Folha, Brazil Only in America Could Mitt Romney Survive His 'Disastrous' Gaffe TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “In many democracies, a declaration like Romney's would ruin any electoral hopes. But in light of the atmosphere of ideological polarization that dominates public discourse in America, one simply cannot be sure.” — EDITORIAL, Folha CAN ROMNEY PULL IT OUT?

Indian Country Today, Native America Scott Brown's 'Racist and Anti-Indian' Rallies: 'Let's Get this Bigot Out' “There is an objective test for when people of conscience should morally link arms and say, 'We will not let this pass': the 'What if it Were Me' test.” — Gyasi Ross, Member of the Blackfeet Nation UGLINESS IN MASSACHUSETTS

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Brown, Warren Went Wrong
When they Played Race Card
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Romney Proves Yet Again
Just How Out of Touch He Is
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Native American Warriors
in the Liberation of France

U.N. Headquarters, Intl. Territory VIDEO: President Obama Speech to 67th Opening of U.N. General Assembly Sept .25, 00:30:56 "Americans have fought and died around the globe in order to protect the right of all people to express their views – even views that we disagree with. We do so not because we back hate speech, but because our Founders understood that without such protections, the capacity of each individual to express their own views, and practice their own faith, may be threatened.” — President Barack Obama ON THE MEANING OF FREE SPEECH

Macleans, Canada Romney Republicans 'Flummoxed By Obama's 'Baby Bump' “Republicans now know that attacking Obama's record is not enough.” — CORRESPONDENT Luiza Ch. Savage

GLOBE & MAIL: Surprise!
We're More Conservative
than Americans
GLOBE & MAIL: Forget
Occupy, the Real
Divide is Generational

National Post, Canada In Praise of Blasphemy “For centuries, unspeakable crimes have been committed in the name of regulating what people say about religion.” — Robert Fulford

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Deputy PM Calls U.S. Republicans 'Cranks and Crazies'; 'Threat to Global Economy' “Let's be blunt: The biggest threat to the world's largest economy are the cranks and crazies that have taken over part of the Republican Party.” — Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan NERVOUS ABOUT REPUBLICANS

THE AUSTRALIAN: Prime
Minister Backs Swan over
Warning of U.S. 'Cranks'
THE AGE: Swan is Spot On,
say U.S. Online Readers

iPolitics, Canada Canada Deports U.S. Army Deserter, Who is Arrested at Border “Parliamentary secretary to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney confirmed the deportation and says the Harper government doesn't believe Rivera will be persecuted in the U.S.” — News Item

The Frontier Post, Pakistan NATO's Afghan Victory 'Hoax' is Fully Exposed “This is not the withdrawal of victorious armies. Verily, it is an organized retreat of the defeated occupiers.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post HAVE AMERICANS BEEN LIED TO?

Folha, Brazil Disproportionate Anti- American Reaction Threatens Arab Spring TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “As hateful as the film is, its aftermath and the violence that followed are clearly disproportionate. In Western countries, where the value of free expression outweighs religious sensibilities, it falls under the category of a lamentable baseness that democracy must tolerate.” — EDITORIAL, Folha DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO HATE

Global Times, China The United States is 'Disrespectful' of Other Cultures “Due to its relatively disadvantageous place in the world, Islamic culture is extremely sensitive. So the world should take care to respect its sentiments.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times MUSLIMS AND THE WEST

MacLeans, Canada Behind Mitt Romney's Response to Killings at Consulate in Libya “Romney, whose campaign book is titled 'No Apologies,' has repeatedly claimed that Obama started his term with an 'apology tour' of foreign countries = a claim the fact- checking agency Politifact rates as a 'Pants on Fire'- caliber mistatement of fact.” — COLUMNIST Luiza Ch. Savage WHY HE SAYS WHAT HE SAYS

GLOBE & MAIL: The Courage of
U.S. Diplomat Chris Stevens

People's Daily, People's Republic of China American Election: Chinas' People See Less to Adore “Blind worship of America's system among Chinese, as in the early days of reform and opening-up, is long past.” — COLUMNIST Shan Renping

National Post, Canada How the 9-11 Tragedy Made Canada a Better, More Sensible Country “Canada is a place where even most mainstream leftists recognize the need for military intervention as a means of disrupting terrorism and protecting besieged local populations.” — COLUMNIST Jonathan Kay

GLOBE & MAIL: Memorial
Under Stress: the 11th
Anniversary of 9/11

Asia Times, Hong Kong Clinton's Strained Swan Song in China “She had a stern reception from Chinese officialdom, including official media, and suffered what seems to have been a personal rebuke.” — COLUMNIST Peter Lee

The Age, Australia Mesmerising Speeches ... and Still Deadlock “Rather than reaching out to new voters, both parties agitated their bases in the hope that enough will turn out to vote and let them lead a truly divided nation.” — CORRESPONDENT Nick O'Malley JUST RALLYING THE TROOPS?

NEW ZEALAND HERALD:
The Good, the Bad and
the Ugly of U.S. Politics

Jakarta Post, Indonesia Why Hillary Clinton is with Us Instead of in Charlotte “What peoples are more important to U.S. than the financially-beaming Asians?” — PROFESSOR Dinna Wisnu

Kanaloco Shimbun, Japan Japan Should Heed American Advice to Confront its History TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The U.S. report asserted the need for Japan to deal with 'historical issues that continue to complicate ties with South Korea.' For the U.S., smooth ties between South Korea and Japan are essential for keeping both China's remarkable military rise and North Korea's nuke program under control.” — EDITORIAL, Kanaloco Shimbun HILLARY IN ASIAN WATERS

Opera Mundi, Brazil In the Name of Money or National Prestige, Mars will be Colonized TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The space race is a reality, and reflects a multipolar geopolitical trend (still only on Earth): Russia, China and India have made significant investments in their space programs, and soon plan to send unmanned artifacts to Mars. Beyond the symbolic impact of the pioneering conquest of the Red Planet, the economic impact of manned missions to Mars are even more compelling.” — ECONOMIST Pedro Chadarevian MARS: PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF?

JoongAng Daily, South Korea Apple vs. Samsung: More Evidence that American Industry has Lost its Edge “It isn't entirely wrong to say Americans discovered, invented and created almost every cutting- edge technology. They were great builders - but not such good defenders. Without deep self-reflection and a dedication to innovation, a strategy of relying on past supremacy will fail to save the U.S. economy.” — COLUMNIST Sunny Yang ARE AMERICANS SORE LOSERS?

China Daily, China America's Unsettling Political 'Hate Speech' “It is character assassination, pure and simple, reminding me of political persecution during the Cultural Revolution, when overnight, Chinese leaders and heroes were labeled traitors and villains.” — COLUMNIST Chen Weihua CHARACTER ASSASSINATION?

ASIA TIMES: U.S. Eyes Spoiler
Role in Japan-China Dispute
GLOBAL TIMES [STATE RUN]:
Hillary Clinton Reinforces
America-China Suspicion
ASIA TIMES: Highlighting
the China-Russia Split
is No Longer Heresy
GLOBAL TIMES [STATE RUN]:
Clinton Must Understand
China's Territorial Stance

La Jornada, Mexico Firing on U.S. Embassy Vehicle Bodes Ill for Mexico's Sovereignty TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This situation, which puts Mexico in a condition like that of a U.S. protectorate, is extremely dangerous for the viability of our nation and its institutions. One wonders to what degree diplomatic tensions and U.S. interventionism might escalate if the fired-upon diplomatic vehicle was less heavily armored, and in the event, resulted in fatalities.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada U.S. ENCROACHING ON MEXICO?

China Daily, China 'Ignorant' Romney Policies Will Result in 'Direct Confrontation' “If his China policy is implemented, it would cause a retrogression in relations and turn the region into a venue for open China-America confrontation. ... any U.S. attempt to more deeply involve itself in South Sea China disputes will result in a head-on China-U.S. confrontation.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily

The Nation, Pakistan
The U.S. Should End
its Drone Attacks:
There's a Better Way

“The three strikes Friday
alone killed 18 people and
injured 14. Some may have
been militants or their
sympathizers, but a majority
of the terrorized were
ordinary citizens forced by
the militants to give sanctuary.”

— EDITORIAL, The Nation

DO DRONES HURT OUR CAUSE?

La Jornada, Mexico Attack on United States Agents Could Worsen Interference in Mexico “The attack on two U.S. agents and a member of the [Mexican] Navy, and seeming contradiction between the government version and that of the U.S. Embassy - the Mexico ? Federal Police says it was 'confused' while the U.S. Embassy says that it was an 'ambush' - makes the implications of the incident cause for concern.” — REPORTER Jesus Aranda

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Foreign Minister 'Rebuffs' Assange on Ill-Treatment; Garzon Hints at 'Surprise' “Mr. Carr called for Assange to go to Sweden on the grounds that extradition to the U.S. is unlikely.” — REPORTERS Rory Callinan, Dan Harrison

ADELAIDE NOW: Assange Could
Go to International Court
GLOBE & MAIL, CANADA: Ecuador
Should Not Give Assange Asylum;
He Should Step Out, Defend Himself

Huanqiu, China China Must Show 'Courage of its Convictions' in Face of Japanese-U.S. Hostility TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “One cannot ignore hostility, disregard the core interests of one's own country, or allow foreign interference to upset the pace of progress. This means maintaining a developmental momentum capable of smashing today's power structure, while having the dedication and courage to maintain the course of China's relationships.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu IGNITING CHINA NATIONALISM

La Hora, Ecuador Assange and Correa: 'The Heart has its Reasons which Reason Knows Nothing of' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Since Assange provided the government privileged information on American diplomacy about Ecuador and interviewed President Correa very flatteringly, there's a tacit commitment to the famed computer hacker accused of raping women in Sweden.” — EDITORIAL, La Hora

Ecuador Times, Ecuador President Calls Britain's Threat to Embassy 'Rude' “Never, at least when I am president, will Ecuador take threats in the way of those presented by the U.K. this week, which are totally rude inconsiderate and intolerable.” — President Rafael Correa DIPLOMACY AND WIKILEAKS

The Times of India, India Sexy, Sexy, Sexy: The Provocative Feminism of Helen Gurley Brown “Brown actually believed in the power of a woman emphasising her feminine desirability, not denying this. By doing so, a woman didn't become less of a person. She became more of a woman, more sexy and MUCH more successful.” — COLUMNIST Srijana Mitra Das ONE WOMAN: WORLD CHANGED

Hoy, Ecuador Ecuador's Embassies - All Embassies - are Off Limits to British Police TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The Vienna Convention explicitly states that police cannot enter a diplomatic mission unless authorized by the head of mission. ... It is also to be hoped that the human rights that the Ecuador government is invoking with respect to asylum matters, will be just as assiduously respected in this country.” — EDITORIAL, Hoy DODGING ANOTHER BULLET

Scoop, New Zealand Ecuador's Declaration on Asylum for Julian Assange “Ecuador has observed that Mr. Assange lacks the protection and assistance that should be offered ald from the State of which which he is a citizen [Assange is Australian].” — Declaration from Ecuador

VIDEO: Julian Assange Asylum
leads to Diplomatic Clash (Sydney
Morning Herald, Australia)

THE AGE: The Latin Mouse
that Roared at British Bulldog
PERTH NOW: 'Australia Government
Fails to Protect Assange': Greens

The Nation, Pakistan U.S.-Afghan Talks with Taliban Must Benefit Pakistan, and Not India “If the U.S. and the regime it has imposed on Afghanistan derive any benefit from talking to Taliban number two Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Pakistan should ensure that it, too, is a beneficiary.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation TUG-OF-WAR TALIBAN TALKS

Korean News Agency, North Korea 'Ridiculous' Americans Say the Songun Ideal Creates Flood Damage “It is a ridiculous sophism to link natural disasters that regularly sweep the world with Songun politics [military first]. This very typical U.S. propaganda offers a glimpse into its unending hostility toward the dignity of the DPRK.” — EDITORIAL, Korea Central News NORTH DEFENDS LOSSES

Globe & Mail, Canada History Does Not Bode Well for GOP's New Pick “The GOP is the party that can’t pick veeps. For more than a half century it has made bad running-mate choices.” — COLUMNIST Lawrence Martin ARE REPUBLICANS SNAKE BITTEN?

La Jornada, Mexico Iran, CIA and Mossad all Suspected in 1994 Argentina Bomb Attack TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “From the very beginning, the U.S. and Israel accused Iran of this terror attack. Iran responds, 'where is the evidence?' Among Argentines, there is a growing sense that Washington and Tel Aviv have transformed the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association into just another instrument in the fight against terrorist states.” — COLUMNIST Jose Steinsleger 18 YEARS; NO EXPLANATION

The Tribune, India Why America Must Better Protect Sikhs and Other Religious 'Soft Targets' “This attack on Sikhs at their place of worship indicates an unacceptable degree of religious intolerance in that society. ... The Sikh needs to be reassured to instill a sense of security among those whose place of worship became a killing ground on Sunday.” — EDITORIAL, The Tribune AMERICAN SIKHS DEMAND PROTECTION

The Star, Canada 'That was Our Win': Canada Women 'Robbed' at Soccer Final with U.S. “We feel like we didn't lose, we feel like it was taken from us. It's a shame that in such an important game, the refferee decided the result beforehand.” — Cananda Captain Christine Sinclair

CANADA DISBELIEF AT REFEREEE CALL

CBC SPORTS VIDEO:
Heartbreaking Olympic Loss to
U.S. for Canada Soccer Women

GLOBE & MAIL: Crushed
Canadian Soccer Squad
Still has Much to Play For
GLOBE & MAIL: Canada's
Soccer Team Shocked
after Heartbreaking Loss
GLOBE & MAIL: Canada
Soccer Coach Livid after
Controversial Olympic Loss
CALGARY SUN: Fans Blame
Refs for Heartbreaking Loss
MACLEANS: Olympic
#expulsion, Canadian
Soccer Against U.S.A.
NATIONAL POST: Canada
Delivers Something Worth
Remembering in Loss to U.S.

CANADIANS: 'WE'VE BEEN ROBBED!'

The Hindu, India America’s 'Bizarre' Relationship with Guns “The classic right-wing argument is that potential victims need guns to protect themselves. Leaving aside the fact that the statistics falsify this claim, it also happens to stand on poor rational legs.” — EDITORIAL, The Hindu SIKH SHOCK AT NEWEST MASSACRE

IBN LIVE: Indian Sikhs React to
Temple Slaughter in Wisconsin, Aug. 6

INDIAN EXPRESS: Prime Minister Singh
Hopes U.S. Delves Deeply into Massacre

NEWSTRACK INDIA: Punjab
Leaders Call for the
Protection of U.S. Sikhs
NEWSTRACK INDIA: India
'Shocked' as FBI Hunts
for Motive in Sikh Killings'
THE HINDU: It's Guns that
Kill People - Even More
When there is No Debate
HINDUSTAN TIMES: Double
Tragedy for Dehli Family
THE HINDU: Oak Creek:
Gloom Over Punjab's
Big Fat U.S. Wedding

People's Daily, China West's 'Arrogance, Prejudice' Violate the Olympic Spirit “This stubborn prejudice stems from being upset about the rise of China. For one thing, Chinese swimmers Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen have become shining stars in events that athletes in the West have dominated for years. Some Western media have yet to adapt to the new reality, so they exert every effort to blacken the efforts of China's athletes.” — COLUMNIST Wu Li-minga RESENTING CHINA'S SUCCESS?

Global Times, China Why Western Bais Against 'Chinese Talent' is Behind Ye Shiwen Dope Claims “Negative comments about her and other Chinese athletes are a result of a deep bias and a reluctance on the part of the Western press to see Chinese people make ... If Ye were an American, the tone in Wester n media would be different. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the 2008 Games. Yet no one seems to question the authenticity of his results, most likely because he is American.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times IS THE WEST OUT TO GET CHINA?

The Express Tribune, Pakistan CIA's Hunt for bin Laden Damaged Anti-Polio Efforts “It was criminal and condemnable of the CIA to use an immunization move for a spy operation without thinking about the consequences faced by the children of Pakistan.” — Pakistan Ambasador to the U.S., Sherry Rehman

J-Cast, Japan Why Further Humiliate the 'Comfort Women' by Calling them 'Sex Slaves'? TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “'How will parents explain when their kids ask what a sex slave is?' ... 'What can one make of a nation that seeks to strongly emphasize that their grandmothers, mothers, and sisters were sex slaves? ... I feel sorry for the comfort women. I can only conclude that Koreans discriminate against them.” — JAPAN Internet Users AN ISSUE JAPAN WANTS TO END

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 'I Suspect Phelps': China Official Hits Back Over Ye Shiwen Speculation “'I suspect Phelps, but with no evidence, I have to recognize that we should be grounded in facts. The Americans are very bad, they do a lot of evil ... But they don't talk of themselves.” — Former China Olympic Doctor, Chen Zhanghao

The Express Tribune, Pakistan International Arms Treaty Scuttled By Permanent U.N. Security Council Members “The countries that benefit most from unregulated trade in arms are the five U.N. Security Council members with veto power. When something isn't in the interests of such powers, it tends not to happen.” — EDITORIAL, The Express Tribune

The National Post, Canada NBC Cuts Tribute to London Terror Victims from Olympic Opening Ceremony Broadcast “Our program is tailored for the U.S. television audience.” — NBC Sports Spokesman Greg Hughes

GLOBE AND MAIL: Romney’s
‘Racist’ Economic Statement
Outrages Palestinians

Times of India, India India Seeks a Global Arms Trade Treaty to Defang Terror Groups “It is harder to trade in oil and fruit than guns. This unregulated global trade in weapons is not only huge — some figures suggest $2.2 billion worth of weapons made their way to nations under arms embargo in the last decade — but it also contributes enormously to enhancing the lethal power of terrorist groups and organized crime syndicates.” — COLUMNIST Indrani Bagchi MORE THAN 2ND AMENDMENT

JCNET, Brazil Easily Available Guns Make U.S. Less Safe – Not More TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “People without access to these deadly instruments are less likely to kill or kill themselves. … In the United States, the majority of these attackers had access to sophisticated arsenals of firearms, knew how to use them and even how to target the vital points of the human body. Trained to kill.” — COLUMNIST Zarcillo Barbosa DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL?

Chosun Ilbo, South Korea Hillary Clinton is Correct: Comfort Women were and Must be Called 'Sex Slaves' “If Japan thinks it can hide the atrocities it committed during World War II by resorting to euphemisms like these, it is making a huge miscalculation.” — EDITORIAL, Chosun Ilbo

THE STAR, MALAYSIA: Ending the
‘Comfort Women’ Euphemism
CHOSUN ILBO: Japan Bristles at
Clinton's 'Comfort Women' Stance

La Jornada, Mexico 'Violence and Barbarism' in a Retrograde United States TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The U.S. it sees itself as a great champion of civility for the rest of the world, but instead finds itself a more backward place, thanks to its systematic tendency toward violence and barbarism.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada BEYOND WORDS, WHAT WILL BE DONE?

The Diplomat, Japan The 'Enmity Conspiracy', or How a War Against Iran Became Inevitable “A long-running series of* miscalculations, escalations, and assumptions are driving the Western world and Iran toward an open conflict.” — AUTHOR Trita Parsi PERCEPTIONS VERSUS REALITY**

ASAHI SHIMBUN: Japan
Governors United Against
Deployment of Osprey
CHUNICHI SHIMBUN: On Battle
of Okinawa Anniversary, People
Feel Abandoned by Mainland
RYUKU SHIMPO SHIMBUN:
Okinawans ‘Unswervingly’
Against Deployment of
‘Defective’ Osprey

Huanqiu, China For Helping with U.S. Return to Asia, Hanoi will ‘Feel China's Pain’ TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Thanks to the growing nationalist mood, Vietnam is being pushed into the arms of America. Hanoi must understand that the pressure Washington puts on China will fall on the head of Vietnam. Rather than aiding U.S. strategy to contain China, Vietnam should become an Asian bulwark against America.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu BEIJING FUMES AT ASIA 'PIVOT'

The Toronto Sun, Canada U-S-A! … um ... C-H-I-N-A U-S-A! … um ... F-R-A-N-C-E “The point-of-manufacture origin isn't the biggest crime of the Team USA uniforms — it's that goofy beret. ... Nobody — and I mean nobody — looks good in a beret. Some people can get away with wearing one on occasion but nobody looks as good in a beret as they do out of a beret.” — COLUMNIST Alan Parker TEAM USA'S 'FASHION MALIFUNCTION'?

NATIONAL POST: McCain’s
Honest Remark on Palin
Causes Romney Headache
NATIONAL POST: Boy Scouts
Exclude Gays - But Shouldn't
TORONTO SUN: Forget
Lady Gaga: CBC Should
Focus on Canada Culture
GLOBE & MAIL: U.S. Man Sues
Over Right to Flip Off Police

Xinhua, China Olympic ‘Hypocrite’ Harry Reid Can ‘Burn His Own Wardrobe’ “The Olympic Spirit has nothing to do with politics, but embodies mutual understanding and fair play. By conflating uniforms with politics, American officials reveal a narrow-minded nationalism and ignorance, violating the very essence of the Olympic Spirit.” — EDITORIAL, Xinhua DOTH REID PROTEST TOO MUCH?

La Jornada, Mexico Mexico’s Forgotten Frontier TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Throughout this tragic story, history mercilessly marches on. New Spain fades in a war that gave rise to Mexico. Russians extract everything they can from California before they abandon it in 1840. ... To the east gallops the still far off U.S.” — WRITER Hermann Bellinghausen THE TSAR AND RUSSIAN AMERICA

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea U.S. Has ‘Compelled’ North Korea to Build its Nuclear Weapons “Who on earth is it that aggravates tension in the Korean Peninsula – and where does this threat of war actually come from? It is an old imperialist trick to trigger a war by accusing the victims of provoking them. The U.S. wars in Vietnam and Korea were typical examples.” — EDITORIAL, Rodong Sinmun IS IT ALL WASHINGTON'S FAULT?

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia His Extradition Hearing Postponed, Kim Dotcom Vents Angst on Twitter “Extradition hearing delayed until March. Dirty delay tactics by the U.S. They destroyed my business. Took all my assets.” — TWITTER By Kim Dotcom EXTRADITION DELAY UNTIL MARCH

The Toronto Star, Canada LIBOR Scandal Could at Last Lead to Real Reform “These banks are making global financial policy. And they do so in total secrecy and with almost no oversight.” — COLUMNIST Richard Gwyn

La Jornada, Mexico Court Decision on Arizona Law Marks Deterioration of United States Democracy TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Abusing the human rights of foreigners and the ongoing domestic process of social exclusion are closely tied. ... The legalization of torture at Guantanamo was, in that sense, a major defeat for the entire U.S. population, since support for such an extreme measure helped justify the loss of domestic rights guarantees.” — COLUMNIST Claudio Lomnitz ARIZONA LAW: A THREAT CITIZENS?

Estadao, Brazil Rio Summit Fully Justifies Environmental Pessimism TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “Governments act as if they had all the time in the world to contain the impact of the transformations with which man is burdening the planet. Far more serious than any disagreements between national leaders, is their lack of a shared sense of urgency.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE PLANET?

El Telgrafo, Ecuador Paraguayan ‘Coup’ has all the ‘Hallmarks of the CIA’ TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Latin America is now in danger. The powerful in the nation to the north have returned to their old endeavor of seeking to dominate the peoples of South America.” — COLUMNIST Nancy Bravo de Ramsey U.S. HAND IN PARAGUAY IMBROGLIO?

Indian Country Today, Native America The War of 1812 May Have Been the War of Indian Independence “The war was in fact a major turning point for Native Americans who were struggling to stop White settlers from encroaching on their land.” — NEWS ITEM, Indian Country Today

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: 'Scandalgate'

Chunichi Shimbun, Japan On Anniversary of Battle for Okinawa, Okinawans Feel Abandoned by the Mainland TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Has prime minister Noda ever given a thought to the suffering of the Okinawan people, their sadness at having lost relatives and friends in the war, their anger toward U.S. occupation, and their indignance at having to live near U.S. military bases? ” — EDITORIAL, Chunichi Shimbun MISTAKEN IDENTITY A MAJOR BLUNDER

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Foreign Minister Carr Says Julian Assange 'of Little Interest' to U.S. “'I'd be surprised if they were to pursue it … I am simply not persuaded that this is something actively engaging the Americans.” — FOREIGN MINISTER Bob Carr

AUSTRALIAN: 'Entourage of
Idiots' Fuel Assange Narcissism
THE ASIAN AGE: Assange's 'Feet of Clay'

Globe & Mail, Canada Advancing the Right to Health for Americans “While the ruling does not not speak in terms of a human right to health, the effect of the ruling is to continue the U.S. on its incremental path toward a right to health.” — COLUMNISTS Derek Jones and Colleen Sheppard ARE ALL PEOPLE DUE HEALTH CARE?

MACLEANS, CANADA: How Does
Obamacare Ruling Help Obama?
NATIONAL POST: Obamacare
Ruling Moves from Supreme
Court to Campaign Trail

The Costa Rica Star, Costa Rica As U.S. Moves Toward Socialized Care, Costa Rica, U.K. Move Away “Backers of the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. today scored a significant victory, but they still have to face some of the same corporate interests laying siege to Costa Rica and the U.K.” — REPORTER Jaime Lopez

El Universal, Mexico DEA’s ‘El Chapo Fiasco’ Sets the Drug War Back for Years TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This has dealt a major blow to the DEA and to the armed forces of Mexico, delaying, perhaps of years, the much-anticipated capture of 'El Chapo' Guzmán.” — COLUMNIST J. Jaime Hernández MISTAKEN IDENTITY A MAJOR BLUNDER

Indian Country Today, Native America On the 'Conspiracy' of Whites to Eliminate American Indians “The history of U.S. Indian policy provides a great deal of proof about White men conspiring (planning) to eliminate American Indians.” — Steven Newcomb, Shawnee-Lenape, co-founder of Indigenous Law Institute

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: The
Myth of Indian Casino Riches

La Jornada, Mexico Political Refugee Assange Deserves His Freedom - and Our Nation's Thanks TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Ecuador will need the support of honorable governments and societies like ours, which were beneffited by the work done by Assange and his team, and have obtained by way of their 'leaks,' an invaluable tool for public scrutiny and social control of the authorities and world powers.” — EDITORIAL, La Jornada STAUNCH DEFENSE OF ASSANGE

Hoy, Ecuador Offering Assange Political Asylum May Have Negative Consequences for Ecuador TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The government has a sensitive issue in it hands. It should not only act out of well-known ideological positions, because the results may be counterproductive for Ecuador.” — EDITORIAL, Hoy CORREA: WHAT WILL HE DECIDE TO DO?

El Universo, Ecuador Julian Assange Grateful to Ecuador for Taking Up His Asylum Request TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Death threats, economic boycott and the possibility of being handed over to U.S. authorities by British, Swedish or Australian authorities have led me to seek asylum on Ecuador territory and protection to allow me to continue with my work and mission.” — WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange ASSANGE SEEKS ECUADOR REFUGE

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia Letter from Australian Government Spurred Julian Assange to Flee “Attorney-General Roxon made it clear that Australia would not seek to involve itself in any international exchanges about his future.” — REPORTER Philip Dorling

SMH VIDEO: Assange
Felt 'Justifiably Abandoned'
by Australian Government

La Jornada, Mexico President Obama Makes Two Decisions Worth Applauding TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It is laudable that with these decisions on gay marriage and immigration, Obama is trying to return to fulfilling the social demands that he promised to address, and which he seemed until recently to have forgotten.” — COLUMNIST Arturo Balderas Rodríguez APPLAUSE FROM MEXICO FOR OBAMA

GLOBE & MAIL, CANADA:
Obama Energizes Hispanics
with Policy Curveball

El Espectador, Colombia U.S. Says Uribe Security Chief Worked for Drug Cartels, Paramilitaries TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “A former policeman and general, Mauricio Alfonso Santoyo, who was security chief for President Uribe, has come under the radar of United States justice.” — NEWS ITEM, El Espectador MONUMENTAL BETRAYAL, IF TRUE

Estadao, Brazil Watergate ‘Changed World’ TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “All democratic regimes - even non-democratic ones - learned a lot from it. This demonstrates the power of U.S. institutions.” — Cristian Lohbauer, Professor of Global Relations at the University of São Paulo WAS THIS AMERICA'S FINEST HOUR?

The Hankyoreh, South Korea South Korea, U.S. 'Agree' to Korean Missile Defense “It means building a South Korea-led missile defense system against missile attack from the North, with the U.S. providing intelligence and detection capabilities.” — UNIDENTIFIED South Korean Official

La Jornada, Mexico Despite Dangers, U.S. Citizens Flock to Mexico in 2012 TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Although the number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico by Mexican criminal organizations has tripled in the last five years, from 35 in 2007 to 120 in 2011, Mexico is still the top U.S. tourist destination, thanks to proximity and the economy in a time of financial crisis.” — REPORTER Ciro Perez Silva AMERICANS UNINTIMIDATED

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Obama's Drone War is a PR Disaster for America “Unless American lives are at stake, the American people couldn't give two hoots if U.S. militarists mow down people abroad as if they were flies. ... Only American lives are precious to them. The lives of others have almost no value.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post JUDGING THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE

O Globo, Brazil Brazil Should Follow U.S.: Discourage Personal Attacks on Supreme Court Justices TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “In the United States, institutional political actions against the justice system in retaliation for judicial decisions are part of the game in the U.S.; whereas actions in regard to specific judges in the process of making decisions - are not.” — COLUMNIST Merval Pereira

Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun, Japan Okinawans Unswervingly Against Deployment of ‘Defective’ V-22 Osprey TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “This country appears to be saddled with a prime minister who feels no compunction about hurting spirits of the war dead and their families. ... This surpasses simple ignorance, and is an act of idiocy akin to challenging the society of Okinawa.” — EDITORIAL, Ryukyu Shimpo Shimbun V-22 OSPREY LAYS EGG IN JAPAN

El Universal, Mexico Ex-Governor Calls Charges that He Worked with Drug Cartels a Campaign Stunt TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In my persecution, no justice is being sought. My persecution is a deception. I have no ties to organized crime, I received no bribes, have offered no safety to any criminals, nor have I been involved with money laundering activities, nor do I have any real estate in Texas.” — Tomás Yarrington, ex-governor of the state of Tamaulipas NO TIES TO DRUG MONEY OR TEXAS?

The Toronto Star, Canada The Economic Crisis in Europe is Going Global “The entire planet seems to be in denial ... There is no well-thought-out plan for the orderly exit of the eurozone’s insolvent states. There are no safeguards, no plans, no road map, nothing. The Maastricht Treaty, like the U.S. Constitution, does not have an exit mechanism.” — COLUMNIST Christopher T. Mahoney

GLOBE & MAIL: Who Did in the
Public-Sector Unions? They Did
GLOBE & MAIL: Canada Should
Look to U.S. for Health Reforms

La Jornada, Mexico Pirates, Puritans, and Immigration to the U.S. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “United States culture is torn between the spirit of the pirate and the soul of the Puritan. That's how the nation was forged, with a dual morality that allows people to take advantage of cheap labor, while at the same time condemning it as illegal.” — Dr. Jorge Durand, University of Guadalajara WHEN WILL THE HYPOCRISY END?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Panetta Spills Beans on Obvious: U.S. Handing Afghanistan to Indians “This American wish for Indian predominance in Afghanistan has always been there. It has always been in the works. If the Islamabad hierarchy does not wake up to the facts now, we must call it stupid.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post A EVEN MESSIER AFGHANISTAN?

The Telegraph, India Delhi Wary of Bay of Bengal Turning into an 'American Lake' “The U.S. Navy has 11 carrier battle groups, six of which will be stationed in the Asia- Pacific in an arc from the Western Pacific to South Asia. India's defence establishment is not receiving the policy with enthusiasm.” — COLUMNIST Sujan Dutta

THE HINDU: Panetta
Pledges India Access to
'Dual Use' U.S. Technology
THE HINDU: India Still Greatly
Outmatched By China
THE TELEGRAPH:
U.S. Plucks 'Defense
Thorn' from India's Side

Huanqui, China Confronting the United States Requires Wisdom, Stamina – Not Warships TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The trend of Sino-U.S. relations is that 'you need me, I need you,' and things are moving in favor of the currently weaker party.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqui PLANNING FOR A CHINESE RISE

Tokushima Shimbun, Japan Okinawa Deserves Long- Sought Freedom from American Military Bases TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Okinawa demanded to be returned to the sovereignty of Japan to achieve greater economic independence and life without the bases. Hopefully the prefecture will now be permitted to move closer to these goals.” — EDITORIAL, Tokushima Shimbun IS JAPAN TRULY 'SOVEREIGN'?

Taipei Times, Taiwan Taipei's Tiananmen Square Comments Called 'Ineffectual' Compared to Washington's “June 4, 1989, marks a historic moment. It was a time of bloody crackdown on an attempt by the previous generation of Chinese to seek democratic reforms.” — Former Chairwoman of Opposition DPP, Tsai Ing-wen SHINING MOMENT IN A LONG HISTORY

Council of Foreign Relations, U.S. VIDEO: China Dissident Chen Guangcheng Speaks and Answers Questions May 31, 01:00:14 "America holds itself up as the embodiment of democracy and human rights value. If - what would it mean if they refused to take me in? I think you can all imagine that. I think, on the surface, it is a diplomatic issue; but the question is, do you - do you try to save someone who is in danger for his life?” — Chen Guangcheng CHEN GUANGCHENG TELLS HIS STORY

Global Times, China America and the West ‘Morally Accountable’ for Massacre at Houla “If the West insists on dictating its values to the world, it will find China and Russia standing in its way.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times BEIJING'S ALTERNATE REALITY

The Bangkok Post, Thailand Celebrated in West, Blogger Goes Up Against Thailand's Capricious Censorship Laws “Some may say that Thailand is very free. Some may say we are only 30% free. There is a variety of factors. A person might do something outrageous without facing an arrest or intimidation. No One know the restrictions. Limits are expanded arbitrarily.” — Web Master Chiranuch Premchaiporn THAILAND'S VAGUE CENSORSHIP LAW

THE NATION: When it Comes
to Censorship, Foreigners May
Have Something to Teach Us

Excelsior, Mexico Josefina Mota Fears U.S. Election Narrative Endangering Mexicans TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Operations like ‘Fast and Furious’ can no longer be permitted. I appeal for common sense to prevail and for a responsible dialogue free of political agendas that get caught up in the electoral arena.” — Mexico Presidential Candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota IS THE U.S. 'OUT OF TOUCH'?

Global Times, China Rights Criticism of China a Fig Leaf for Diminished United States Influence “In an age when the U.S. is losing its economic advantage and cannot use its military might at will, America has no ace in the hole left other than the human rights issue.” — EDITORIAL, Gloibal Times

The Diplomat, Japan U.S. Special Forces Said to Be 'Parachuting' into North Korea “The entire tunnel infrastructure is hidden from our satellites. ... So we send South Korea and U.S. soldiers to the North to do reconnaissance.” — Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of U.S. Special Operations Forces in South Korea

Global Times, China Washington ‘Disqualified’ as Global Human Rights Judge “America’s tarnished human rights record renders it a morally, politically and legally feeble judge of human rights.” — China's 13th Annual Report on U.S. Human Rights Practices

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea United States is by Far World's Leading Human Rights Abuser “The right to food, clothing and housing - the most basic of all human rights, are mercilessly suppressed in a society where only the law of the jungle reigns and money is everything.” — 'INDICTMENT', Korea Central News Agency KIM JONG-UN: HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION?

The Express Tribune, Pakistan Dr. Afridi’s Conviction an Irrational Violation of Pakistan’s Interests “No wonder the message the rest of the world and many within this country get from this, is that we aren’t serious on battling al-Qaeda or the Taliban, and that our inherent anti-Americanism is now so virulent, it prevents us from seeing and doing things that are otherwise in our own interests.” — EDITORIAL, Express Tribune

The Nation, Pakistan Dr. Shakeel Afridi and the CIA Should ‘Hang Heads in Shame’ “News that the CIA has employed a doctor to gather intelligence in the guise of fake immunizations has sowed fear and suspicion. … Those who directed Dr. Afridi to employ this cruel and dangerous method ought to hang their heads in shame, recalling the little boys and girls whose lives they may have needlessly ruined as a result.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation DR. SHAKEEL AFRIDI: TRAITOR OR HERO?

CNET, Australian Assange Extradition to Sweden: What is Next for Wikileaks Founder? “Once Assange is extradited to Sweden, he'll be subject to the legal process in that country. As Assange is not a British citizen, if Sweden extradites him to the U.S., Britain will have given up any legal control over him.” — COLUMNIST Donald R. Rothwell WILL SWEDEN EXTRADITE TO U.S.?

ABC NORTH COAST: Christine
Assange, Mother of Julian,
Slams Australia Government
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
America Denies 'Secret
Warrant' for Assange
THE AUSTRALIAN: Assange
Facing Two-Week Grilling

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Pakistan Must Prepare for Afghan Civil War “Even perceptive Western observers smell what the Chicago summiteers have not. It is the whiff of civil war that is so frighteningly disturbing their nostrils. The trouble this will bring Pakistan will be horrendous.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post

Phil Star, The Philippines Why Lady Gaga Should Not Be Called 'Satanist' “Lady Gaga is a friend of all: the outcast, the rebels, the bullied, the peculiar, the awkward, the flamboyant, and the obnoxious. Funny, because this is what Jesus was known to have done.” — COLUMNIST Kara Ortiga CATHOLIC MANILA AND GAGA

The Express Tribune, Pakistan Surgeon Who Helped CIA Find bin Laden Sentenced to 33 Years Behind Bars “Dr. Afridi was sentenced offences against the state, conspiracy or attempt to wage war against the state, spying and allying with a foreign government against the state's interests.” — NEWS ITEM, Express Tribune

THE NATION: U.S. Insists
there is 'No Basis' for
Detention of Dr. Afridi
DAWN: U.S. Senators
Warn Pakistan is on
Path to Confrontation
THE NATION: U.S. Senate Cuts
Pakistan Aid $1 Million for
Each Year of Afridi's Sentence
EXPRESS TRIBUNE:
What Pakistanis SHOULD
Be Talking About

The Nation, Pakistan Zardari was Right: U.S. Should Apologize, Stop Drones and Go “U.S. and NATO forces should go now. … Mr. Obama should pay heed to protestors who want their U.S. sons and daughters home rather than fighting against an unbeatable enemy far from their own country.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation OBAMA GIVES ZARDARI COLD SHOULDER

The Express Tribune, Pakistan NATO Has Been Rational; Now Pakistan Should Be “Diplomatic niceties may have protected President Zardari from public criticism, but U.S. and NATO officials made known their frustration over Pakistan's failure to open up the supply routes for NATO troops.” — COLUMNIST Tariq Fatemi

THE NATION: Turkey 'Respects'
Pakistan's Stand on NATO Supplies
THE NATION: Five Killed in U.S.
Drone Strike in North Waziristan

Phil Star, The Philippines Lady Gaga Controversy Rages in Philippines; Second Show Approved “Batangas Archbishop Ramon Arguelles warned Lady Gaga fans that they are in danger of falling into Satan's hands if they continue to patronize performances of Lady Gaga.” — REPORTER Perseus Echeminada GAGA MUSIC FRIGHTENS CHURCH

CHINA POST: Lady Gaga
Takes Taiwan by Storm;
Fans 'Out of their Minds'

The Frontier Post, Pakistan U.S.‘Grandees’ Should Pay Debt to Pakistan and be Grateful for it “While fleecing someone with a long butcher's knife, the American grandees pose as though they were performing an act of great generosity. … this money is no hand out, charity or alms. It is reimbursement for what Pakistan has spent from its own pocket for America's spurious war.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post PROTESTING THERE AND HERE

The Nation, Pakistan Ex-CIA Agent Claims bin Laden 'Not Killed' by U.S. “I know the Chechens who protected him, they are Sami, Mahmood and Ayub, and they were with him until the very end. ... He was very ill, he was skin and bones, very thin, they washed and buried him.” — Berkan Yashar, Turkish politician, Ex-CIA Agent

DAWN [PAKISTAN]:
Mullah Omar Calls NATO
Occupation 'Illegal'
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE: Pakistan
President Zardari Seeks U.S. Help
Breaking Friendly-Fire Deadlock

Indian Country Today, Native America Regarding the Portrayal of Tonto By Johnny Depp "The crux of the issue is not that a non-Native is playing Tonto, but that he continues to exist. Tonto was created out of lies and misconceptions. As we all know, the word 'tonto' is a Spanish word that translates to 'stupid' in English.” — COLUMNIST Ungelbah Daniel-Davila DEPP: DOING THE NATIVES A FAVOR?

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
American History Myths:
The Indians Were
Defeated by White Settlers

La Jornada, Mexico Clueless U.S. Border Patrol Uses Intelligence to Study Recidivism TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Now they are investigating the reasons for recidivism. Plain and simple, it is because in their home countries, they [the migrants] simply find far too few opportunities.” — Ted Lewis of the human rights group Global Exchange IS THERE ANTHING TO STUDY HERE?

White House, United States VIDEO: President Obama Speaks of the Agenda at Opening of G8 Meetings May 19, 00:05:36 "All of us here are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package that all of us need to pursue in order to achieve the prosperity for our citizens that all of us at this table need to achieve.” — President Barack Obama G8 DISCUSSIONS GET UNDER WAY

White House, United States VIDEO: President Obama Meets French President Hollande at White House May 18, 00:17:50 "France and America have an impact on the destiny of the world, but we are great in friendship, cohesion and in partnership. France is an independent country and cares about its independence but also in its old friendship with the United States.” — France President Francois Hollande FIRST MEETING PROVES AMICABLE

Excelsior, Mexico Early Obama Missile Fire Wounds Romney TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It seems Barack Obama has taken the measure of his opponent on many issues and is vigorously taking him to task. ... Obama may gradually be becoming impervious to Mitt Romney's slander.” — PROFESSOR José Luis Valdés Ugalde, National Autonomous University IS ROMNEY ON THE ROPES?

Toronto Star, Canada Foreign Policy Cheerleading is Masquarading as Analysis "Their narrative is a product of their world of good guys and bad, especially within the global arena. They act as cheerleaders for their own countries, especially when their country's soldoers are involved in foreign interventions.” — COLUMNIST Haroon Siddiqui

TORONTO STAR: After
Afghanistan, NATO Should
Reform or 'Call it Quits'

Indian Country Today, Native America Elizabeth Warren and the Politics of Being an Indian “'CherokeeGate' has not only opened the old arguments against affirmative action, but it has re-opened even older ones about what makes a real Indian.” — COLUMNIST Lindsey Catherine Cornum WARREN CASE OPENS NATIVE WOUNDS

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Examining the Geneology
of Elizabeth Warren
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
What's the Deal With the Case
of Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee?
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Elizabeth Warren: Box-
Checking for Fun and Profit
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
New Documents Surface
on Warren’s Native Claims

The Nation, Pakistan Pakistanis will React Badly to Reopening NATO’s Supply Lines “Not only has Pakistan sovereignty been violated, but its soldiers have been killed in an unprovoked attack by NATO aircraft. It is ungracious of the strong to insist on drone attacks - a constant source of humiliation and affront to a this state – while refusing to tender an apology for causing the deaths of our troops.” — EDITORIAL, The Nations ARE RELATIONS ON THE MEND?

Huanqiu, People’s Republic of China U.S. Should Keep its Nuclear Weapons Away from Koreas TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “If U.S. nuclear weapons are redeployed to the South, then the forecast can clearly be seen: efforts to inhibit the North’s possession of nuclear weapons would completely collapse.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu DEALING WITH THE NEWEST KIM

Norte Digital, Mexico As an 'Unashamed' Heterosexual - I Back Same-Sex Marriage TRANSLATED SPANISH “Some people complain about my sympathy for gays. The other day a young man approached me at a conference and shouted at me: 'Hey, why do you defend the faggots so much?' I managed to respond: 'So that there won’t be any more people who call them ‘faggots.'” — COLUMNIST 'Caton' CASTRO'S NIECE AND OBAMA

Stuff, New Zealand George W. Bush Found 'Guilty of War Crimes' “The five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered a guilty verdict on charges relating to their knowing that prisoners of war were being tortured while being held prosoner in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.” — COLUMNIST Michelle Cook BUSH AND CO.: WAR CRIMINALS?

NEW STRAITS TIMES [MALAYSIA]:
Bush and Co. On 'Trial': What
a Toothless Tribunal Can Do

National Post, Canada Largest War Games Ever to Send Message to Syria “While the exercises will be confined to southern Jordan in a bid to allay Syrian fears, they send a not-so-subtle warning to Syria and Iran over the possibility for international intervention in the Middle East region.” — COLUMNIST Peter Goodspeed

Carta Capital, Brazil Brazil Politicians Pale When Compared with ‘Courageous’ Obama TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “Brazil politicians just reflect public opinion. But reflecting what the people think is not the mission of a leader.” — COLUMNIST Alfonso Oramas Gross

El Universo, Ecuador Same-Sex Marriage in Ecuador? Let's Hope Not! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The institution of marriage is seen as legal and natural, and based only on union between a man and a woman. This isn't just a problem of semantics or prejudice but the pure reality of the law, which is firm in its intent to reject homophobia without altering the essence of our judicial institutions.” — COLUMNIST Alfonso Oramas Gross

CenarioMT, Brazil Gay Marriage: Seventy Years from Disease to Presidential Blessing TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “In the U.S., the end of homosexuality's definition as ' disease' by the American Psychiatric Association only occurred in 1973, but it had been written with ink so durable that one year later, 37 percent of psychiatrists who registered with the association tried to have it re-included it in its manuals.” — COLUMNIST Alexandre Martins REMARKABLE TALE OF PROGRESS

The Age, Australia Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Tells Aussies: 'I Don't Have Broadband' WOZNIAK: A BORDERLESS WORLD

VIDEO: Steve Wozniak Tells
Australian Radio: 'We Shouldn't
Have Boundaries Between Nations'

La Informacion, U.S. In Latin America, Only Kirchner Stands with Obama on Gay Marriage TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Apart from the president of Argentina, few Latin American presidents have spoken on the subject, and those that have oppose equal rights for homosexual couples.” — NEWS ITEM, La Informacion

Canada, The Toronto Star 'Ground Zero Imam' Responds to Critics “North America Muslims have to evolve ourselves from immigrant mindsetto what I call American Islam.” — IMAM Feisal Abdul Rauf

Asia Times, Hong Kong With Chen Guangcheng, Beijing Held Obama's Reelection in its Hands “If China's rulers decided they wanted to see a new man of the White House, bundling Chen out of the hospital and into a waiting van for interrogation, detention or worse would likely have done the trick.” — PETER LEE, Writer on Asian Affairs

ASIA TIMES: Vietnam 'Floats'
Between China and U.S.

Toronto Star, Canada Obama Tilts Scales Toward Compassion and Equity “It matters a great deal that a president whose campaign slogan was Hope has weighed in, decisively, on the side of compassion, inclusion and equal rights for all people.” — EDITORIAL, The Toronto Star STEP TOWARD A BETTER WORLD?

NATIONAL POST: If Obama
Supports Gay Marriage, he
Should Protect it for All
GLOBE & MAIL: From
Obama, a Bid to Broaden
Stream of American Life
MACLEANS: Obama
Passes the Leadership Test

El Tiempo, Colombia Colombia Government Must Come Clean on Battle Drones TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Who'll pilot the combat ‘drones?’ Colombians in uniform? Foreign consultants? Who will they be? Where will they be? Will they do this from within our national territory? Or from some foreign refuge, like CIA headquarters in Langley (Virginia)? To whom will they answer for their crimes?” — COLUMNIST Laura Gil GET READY FOR A SKY FULL OF DRONES

Nishinippon Shimbun, Japan ‘Inequitous’ United States -Japan Status of Forces Agreement Must Be Revised TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The U.S. has jurisdiction over crimes committed by all military personnel on official duty. On top of that, the U.S. is the judge of what counts as ‘official duty.'” — EDITORIAL, Nishinippon Shimbun FRUSTRATION OVER U.S. PRESENCE

The Daily Star, Bangladesh Angry Bangladeshis Should Take Hillary Clinton’s Advice “Some of our nationalist and left- wing friends resent comments by Mrs. Clinton. But can we really stop them from so advising us, when our own political leaders make a bagful of complaints about their rivals when meeting foreign leaders and dignitaries?” — COLUMNIST Syed Fattahul Alim HILLARY INTO BANGLEDESHI BREACH

The Hindistan Times, India Prime Minister Singh and Secretary Clinton 'Share Pakistan Terror Concerns' “Both sides were skeptical on whether Pakistan was doing enough to stamp out terror groups against its neighbors.” — REPORTER Shishir Gupta

THE HUNDU: Hillary's Visit to
West Bangal Signals Growing
Importance of Regional Players
THE HUNDU: America
Keen to Look at West
Bengal as ‘Partner State'
THE HUNDU: India Fears
Sanctions will Push Iran
to Develop Nuclear Bomb

bdnews24, Bangladesh Hillary Clinton Weighs in on Bangladesh Political Crisis; Missing Opposition Leader “It is important that in this nation everybody takes very seriously any disappearance, any violence against activists, any oppression of civil society, any intimidation of the press … that is just what is required if democracy [is to be] sustainable.” — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton NOT A COMPLETELY WARM WELCOME

The Manila Times, The Philippines China’s ‘Resentful’ Leaders “American military exercises with Filipinos, along with Vietnamese, Malaysians and Singaporeans, sends the message that America is still the real power in this part of the world, and not those in Beijing who have the ‘mandate of heaven.'” — EDITORIAL, The Manila Times MILITARY COMMANDERS MEET AND TOUR

Global Times, China Lack of Mutual Sino-American 'Military Trust' a Major Threat “The U.S. can be expected to hold absolute global military superiority for the foreseeable future. The U.S. should use this dominance to keep its global influence by preventing unsound military ambitions, and serving as a link with other states as U.S. economic power declines.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times

The Manila Times, Philippines The Philippines Issues U.S. 'S.O.S' for Help with China “Most Filipino people were hurt, humiliated and shamed by the U.S. refusal to side with us in the face of China’s virtual invasion of our sovereign territory , Panatag Shoal.” — EDITORIAL, The Manila Times

Global Times, China 'U.S. Will Arrange' it so Chen Can Study Overseas “If he hopes to study abroad, as a Chinese citizen, he can apply according to laws with relevant departments and through the same channels as other Chinese citizens.” — FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN Liu Weimin

CHINA DAILY: Chinese
Defense Minister Visits U.S.
CHINA DAILY: Dialogue with U.S.
Achieves 'Significant Results'
CHINA DAILY: Broadway Show
'Oklahoma' Opens in Beijing
ASIA TIMES: U.S. Chases
Shooting Stars Over China

W Radio Colombia, Colombia VIDEO: Dania Londoño Suarez' Side of U.S. Secret Service Sex Scandal Affair May 4, 00:03:26 "They could track me anywhere in the world that I go, but they haven’t done so. If the Secret Service agents were idiots, imagine the investigators.” — ESCORT Dania Londoño Suarez' MORE RED FACES IN WASHINGTON

Indian Country Today, Native America Most Sacred Animal on 'Planet' to Lakota, a White Buffalo, Hunted, Skinned “The rare and sacred buffalo born last year has been found dead - skinned with its mother. ... Some Lakota hold that the calf, Lightning Medicine Cloud, was the 3rd white buffalo ever, and first male in 150 years. Such a buffalo is tied to the story of White Buffalo Calf Woman, and is the most sacred animal ... perhaps the most sacred thing on the planet, to Lakota people. ” — Indian Country News Item LIGHTNING MEDICINE CLOUD KILLED

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: Senate
Republicans Reject ‘Genocide’ to
Describe Indian Tribes' Treatment

China Daily, China Chen’s 'One-Man Show' Holds U.S.-China Relations 'Hostage' “If protection is what Chen feels he needs, America could be the place to go, as long as his keen lawyering skills enable him to sweet talk his new friends into allowing him to go.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily THE SHAMING OF CHEN GUANGCHENG

El Universal, Mexico Ex-Governor Calls Charges that He Worked with Drug Cartels a Campaign Stunt TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In my persecution, no justice is being sought. My persecution is a deception. I have no ties to organized crime, I received no bribes, have offered no safety to any criminals, nor have I been involved with money laundering activities, nor do I have any real estate in Texas.” — Tomás Yarrington, ex-governor of the state of Tamaulipas NO TIES TO DRUG MONEY OR TEXAS?

The Toronto Star, Canada The Economic Crisis in Europe is Going Global “The entire planet seems to be in denial ... There is no well-thought-out plan for the orderly exit of the eurozone’s insolvent states. There are no safeguards, no plans, no road map, nothing. The Maastricht Treaty, like the U.S. Constitution, does not have an exit mechanism.” — COLUMNIST Christopher T. Mahoney

GLOBE & MAIL: Who Did in the
Public-Sector Unions? They Did
GLOBE & MAIL: Canada Should
Look to U.S. for Health Reforms

La Jornada, Mexico Pirates, Puritans, and Immigration to the U.S. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “United States culture is torn between the spirit of the pirate and the soul of the Puritan. That's how the nation was forged, with a dual morality that allows people to take advantage of cheap labor, while at the same time condemning it as illegal.” — Dr. Jorge Durand, University of Guadalajara WHEN WILL THE HYPOCRISY END?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Panetta Spills Beans on Obvious: U.S. Handing Afghanistan to Indians “This American wish for Indian predominance in Afghanistan has always been there. It has always been in the works. If the Islamabad hierarchy does not wake up to the facts now, we must call it stupid.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post A EVEN MESSIER AFGHANISTAN?

The Telegraph, India Delhi Wary of Bay of Bengal Turning into an 'American Lake' “The U.S. Navy has 11 carrier battle groups, six of which will be stationed in the Asia- Pacific in an arc from the Western Pacific to South Asia. India's defence establishment is not receiving the policy with enthusiasm.” — COLUMNIST Sujan Dutta

THE HINDU: Panetta
Pledges India Access to
'Dual Use' U.S. Technology
THE HINDU: India Still Greatly
Outmatched By China
THE TELEGRAPH:
U.S. Plucks 'Defense
Thorn' from India's Side

Huanqui, China Confronting the United States Requires Wisdom, Stamina – Not Warships TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “The trend of Sino-U.S. relations is that 'you need me, I need you,' and things are moving in favor of the currently weaker party.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqui PLANNING FOR A CHINESE RISE

Tokushima Shimbun, Japan Okinawa Deserves Long- Sought Freedom from American Military Bases TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “Okinawa demanded to be returned to the sovereignty of Japan to achieve greater economic independence and life without the bases. Hopefully the prefecture will now be permitted to move closer to these goals.” — EDITORIAL, Tokushima Shimbun IS JAPAN TRULY 'SOVEREIGN'?

Taipei Times, Taiwan Taipei's Tiananmen Square Comments Called 'Ineffectual' Compared to Washington's “June 4, 1989, marks a historic moment. It was a time of bloody crackdown on an attempt by the previous generation of Chinese to seek democratic reforms.” — Former Chairwoman of Opposition DPP, Tsai Ing-wen SHINING MOMENT IN A LONG HISTORY

Council of Foreign Relations, U.S. VIDEO: China Dissident Chen Guangcheng Speaks and Answers Questions May 31, 01:00:14 "America holds itself up as the embodiment of democracy and human rights value. If - what would it mean if they refused to take me in? I think you can all imagine that. I think, on the surface, it is a diplomatic issue; but the question is, do you - do you try to save someone who is in danger for his life?” — Chen Guangcheng CHEN GUANGCHENG TELLS HIS STORY

CNET, Australian Assange Extradition to Sweden: What is Next for Wikileaks Founder? “Once Assange is extradited to Sweden, he'll be subject to the legal process in that country. As Assange is not a British citizen, if Sweden extradites him to the U.S., Britain will have given up any legal control over him.” — COLUMNIST Donald R. Rothwell WILL SWEDEN EXTRADITE TO U.S.?

ABC NORTH COAST: Christine
Assange, Mother of Julian,
Slams Australia Government
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
America Denies 'Secret
Warrant' for Assange
THE AUSTRALIAN: Assange
Facing Two-Week Grilling

Global Times, China America and the West ‘Morally Accountable’ for Massacre at Houla “If the West insists on dictating its values to the world, it will find China and Russia standing in its way.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times BEIJING'S ALTERNATE REALITY

The Bangkok Post, Thailand Celebrated in West, Blogger Goes Up Against Thailand's Capricious Censorship Laws “Some may say that Thailand is very free. Some may say we are only 30% free. There is a variety of factors. A person might do something outrageous without facing an arrest or intimidation. No One know the restrictions. Limits are expanded arbitrarily.” — Web Master Chiranuch Premchaiporn THAILAND'S VAGUE CENSORSHIP LAW

THE NATION: When it Comes
to Censorship, Foreigners May
Have Something to Teach Us

Excelsior, Mexico Josefina Mota Fears U.S. Election Narrative Endangering Mexicans TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Operations like ‘Fast and Furious’ can no longer be permitted. I appeal for common sense to prevail and for a responsible dialogue free of political agendas that get caught up in the electoral arena.” — Mexico Presidential Candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota IS THE U.S. 'OUT OF TOUCH'?

Global Times, China Rights Criticism of China a Fig Leaf for Diminished United States Influence “In an age when the U.S. is losing its economic advantage and cannot use its military might at will, America has no ace in the hole left other than the human rights issue.” — EDITORIAL, Gloibal Times

The Diplomat, Japan U.S. Special Forces Said to Be 'Parachuting' into North Korea “The entire tunnel infrastructure is hidden from our satellites. ... So we send South Korea and U.S. soldiers to the North to do reconnaissance.” — Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of U.S. Special Operations Forces in South Korea

Global Times, China Washington ‘Disqualified’ as Global Human Rights Judge “America’s tarnished human rights record renders it a morally, politically and legally feeble judge of human rights.” — China's 13th Annual Report on U.S. Human Rights Practices

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea United States is by Far World's Leading Human Rights Abuser “The right to food, clothing and housing - the most basic of all human rights, are mercilessly suppressed in a society where only the law of the jungle reigns and money is everything.” — 'INDICTMENT', Korea Central News Agency KIM JONG-UN: HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION?

The Express Tribune, Pakistan Dr. Afridi’s Conviction an Irrational Violation of Pakistan’s Interests “No wonder the message the rest of the world and many within this country get from this, is that we aren’t serious on battling al-Qaeda or the Taliban, and that our inherent anti-Americanism is now so virulent, it prevents us from seeing and doing things that are otherwise in our own interests.” — EDITORIAL, Express Tribune

The Nation, Pakistan Dr. Shakeel Afridi and the CIA Should ‘Hang Heads in Shame’ “News that the CIA has employed a doctor to gather intelligence in the guise of fake immunizations has sowed fear and suspicion. … Those who directed Dr. Afridi to employ this cruel and dangerous method ought to hang their heads in shame, recalling the little boys and girls whose lives they may have needlessly ruined as a result.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation DR. SHAKEEL AFRIDI: TRAITOR OR HERO?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Pakistan Must Prepare for Afghan Civil War “Even perceptive Western observers smell what the Chicago summiteers have not. It is the whiff of civil war that is so frighteningly disturbing their nostrils. The trouble this will bring Pakistan will be horrendous.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post

Phil Star, The Philippines Why Lady Gaga Should Not Be Called 'Satanist' “Lady Gaga is a friend of all: the outcast, the rebels, the bullied, the peculiar, the awkward, the flamboyant, and the obnoxious. Funny, because this is what Jesus was known to have done.” — COLUMNIST Kara Ortiga CATHOLIC MANILA AND GAGA

The Express Tribune, Pakistan Surgeon Who Helped CIA Find bin Laden Sentenced to 33 Years Behind Bars “Dr. Afridi was sentenced offences against the state, conspiracy or attempt to wage war against the state, spying and allying with a foreign government against the state's interests.” — NEWS ITEM, Express Tribune

The Nation, Pakistan Zardari was Right: U.S. Should Apologize, Stop Drones and Go “U.S. and NATO forces should go now. … Mr. Obama should pay heed to protestors who want their U.S. sons and daughters home rather than fighting against an unbeatable enemy far from their own country.” — EDITORIAL, The Nation OBAMA GIVES ZARDARI COLD SHOULDER

The Express Tribune, Pakistan NATO Has Been Rational; Now Pakistan Should Be “Diplomatic niceties may have protected President Zardari from public criticism, but U.S. and NATO officials made known their frustration over Pakistan's failure to open up the supply routes for NATO troops.” — COLUMNIST Tariq Fatemi

THE NATION: Turkey 'Respects'
Pakistan's Stand on NATO Supplies
THE NATION: Five Killed in U.S.
Drone Strike in North Waziristan

Phil Star, The Philippines Lady Gaga Controversy Rages in Philippines; Second Show Approved “Batangas Archbishop Ramon Arguelles warned Lady Gaga fans that they are in danger of falling into Satan's hands if they continue to patronize performances of Lady Gaga.” — REPORTER Perseus Echeminada GAGA MUSIC FRIGHTENS CHURCH

CHINA POST: Lady Gaga
Takes Taiwan by Storm;
Fans 'Out of their Minds'

The Frontier Post, Pakistan U.S.‘Grandees’ Should Pay Debt to Pakistan and be Grateful for it “While fleecing someone with a long butcher's knife, the American grandees pose as though they were performing an act of great generosity. … this money is no hand out, charity or alms. It is reimbursement for what Pakistan has spent from its own pocket for America's spurious war.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post PROTESTING THERE AND HERE

The Nation, Pakistan Ex-CIA Agent Claims bin Laden 'Not Killed' by U.S. “I know the Chechens who protected him, they are Sami, Mahmood and Ayub, and they were with him until the very end. ... He was very ill, he was skin and bones, very thin, they washed and buried him.” — Berkan Yashar, Turkish politician, Ex-CIA Agent

DAWN [PAKISTAN]:
Mullah Omar Calls NATO
Occupation 'Illegal'
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE: Pakistan
President Zardari Seeks U.S. Help
Breaking Friendly-Fire Deadlock

Indian Country Today, Native America Regarding the Portrayal of Tonto By Johnny Depp "The crux of the issue is not that a non-Native is playing Tonto, but that he continues to exist. Tonto was created out of lies and misconceptions. As we all know, the word 'tonto' is a Spanish word that translates to 'stupid' in English.” — COLUMNIST Ungelbah Daniel-Davila DEPP: DOING THE NATIVES A FAVOR?

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
American History Myths:
The Indians Were
Defeated by White Settlers

La Jornada, Mexico Clueless U.S. Border Patrol Uses Intelligence to Study Recidivism TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Now they are investigating the reasons for recidivism. Plain and simple, it is because in their home countries, they [the migrants] simply find far too few opportunities.” — Ted Lewis of the human rights group Global Exchange IS THERE ANTHING TO STUDY HERE?

White House, United States VIDEO: President Obama Speaks of the Agenda at Opening of G8 Meetings May 19, 00:05:36 "All of us here are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package that all of us need to pursue in order to achieve the prosperity for our citizens that all of us at this table need to achieve.” — President Barack Obama G8 DISCUSSIONS GET UNDER WAY

White House, United States VIDEO: President Obama Meets French President Hollande at White House May 18, 00:17:50 "France and America have an impact on the destiny of the world, but we are great in friendship, cohesion and in partnership. France is an independent country and cares about its independence but also in its old friendship with the United States.” — France President Francois Hollande FIRST MEETING PROVES AMICABLE

Excelsior, Mexico Early Obama Missile Fire Wounds Romney TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It seems Barack Obama has taken the measure of his opponent on many issues and is vigorously taking him to task. ... Obama may gradually be becoming impervious to Mitt Romney's slander.” — PROFESSOR José Luis Valdés Ugalde, National Autonomous University IS ROMNEY ON THE ROPES?

Toronto Star, Canada Foreign Policy Cheerleading is Masquarading as Analysis "Their narrative is a product of their world of good guys and bad, especially within the global arena. They act as cheerleaders for their own countries, especially when their country's soldoers are involved in foreign interventions.” — COLUMNIST Haroon Siddiqui

TORONTO STAR: After
Afghanistan, NATO Should
Reform or 'Call it Quits'

Indian Country Today, Native America Elizabeth Warren and the Politics of Being an Indian “'CherokeeGate' has not only opened the old arguments against affirmative action, but it has re-opened even older ones about what makes a real Indian.” — COLUMNIST Lindsey Catherine Cornum WARREN CASE OPENS NATIVE WOUNDS

The Nation, Pakistan Pakistanis will React Badly to Reopening NATO’s Supply Lines “Not only has Pakistan sovereignty been violated, but its soldiers have been killed in an unprovoked attack by NATO aircraft. It is ungracious of the strong to insist on drone attacks - a constant source of humiliation and affront to a this state – while refusing to tender an apology for causing the deaths of our troops.” — EDITORIAL, The Nations ARE RELATIONS ON THE MEND?

Huanqiu, People’s Republic of China U.S. Should Keep its Nuclear Weapons Away from Koreas TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “If U.S. nuclear weapons are redeployed to the South, then the forecast can clearly be seen: efforts to inhibit the North’s possession of nuclear weapons would completely collapse.” — EDITORIAL, Huanqiu DEALING WITH THE NEWEST KIM

Norte Digital, Mexico As an 'Unashamed' Heterosexual - I Back Same-Sex Marriage TRANSLATED SPANISH “Some people complain about my sympathy for gays. The other day a young man approached me at a conference and shouted at me: 'Hey, why do you defend the faggots so much?' I managed to respond: 'So that there won’t be any more people who call them ‘faggots.'” — COLUMNIST 'Caton' CASTRO'S NIECE AND OBAMA

Stuff, New Zealand George W. Bush Found 'Guilty of War Crimes' “The five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered a guilty verdict on charges relating to their knowing that prisoners of war were being tortured while being held prosoner in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.” — COLUMNIST Michelle Cook BUSH AND CO.: WAR CRIMINALS?

NEW STRAITS TIMES [MALAYSIA]:
Bush and Co. On 'Trial': What
a Toothless Tribunal Can Do

National Post, Canada Largest War Games Ever to Send Message to Syria “While the exercises will be confined to southern Jordan in a bid to allay Syrian fears, they send a not-so-subtle warning to Syria and Iran over the possibility for international intervention in the Middle East region.” — COLUMNIST Peter Goodspeed

Carta Capital, Brazil Brazil Politicians Pale When Compared with ‘Courageous’ Obama TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “Brazil politicians just reflect public opinion. But reflecting what the people think is not the mission of a leader.” — COLUMNIST Alfonso Oramas Gross

El Universo, Ecuador Same-Sex Marriage in Ecuador? Let's Hope Not! TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The institution of marriage is seen as legal and natural, and based only on union between a man and a woman. This isn't just a problem of semantics or prejudice but the pure reality of the law, which is firm in its intent to reject homophobia without altering the essence of our judicial institutions.” — COLUMNIST Alfonso Oramas Gross

CenarioMT, Brazil Gay Marriage: Seventy Years from Disease to Presidential Blessing TRANSLATED PORTUGUESE “In the U.S., the end of homosexuality's definition as ' disease' by the American Psychiatric Association only occurred in 1973, but it had been written with ink so durable that one year later, 37 percent of psychiatrists who registered with the association tried to have it re-included it in its manuals.” — COLUMNIST Alexandre Martins REMARKABLE TALE OF PROGRESS

The Age, Australia Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Tells Aussies: 'I Don't Have Broadband' WOZNIAK: A BORDERLESS WORLD

VIDEO: Steve Wozniak Tells
Australian Radio: 'We Shouldn't
Have Boundaries Between Nations'

La Informacion, U.S. In Latin America, Only Kirchner Stands with Obama on Gay Marriage TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Apart from the president of Argentina, few Latin American presidents have spoken on the subject, and those that have oppose equal rights for homosexual couples.” — NEWS ITEM, La Informacion

Canada, The Toronto Star 'Ground Zero Imam' Responds to Critics “North America Muslims have to evolve ourselves from immigrant mindsetto what I call American Islam.” — IMAM Feisal Abdul Rauf

Asia Times, Hong Kong With Chen Guangcheng, Beijing Held Obama's Reelection in its Hands “If China's rulers decided they wanted to see a new man of the White House, bundling Chen out of the hospital and into a waiting van for interrogation, detention or worse would likely have done the trick.” — PETER LEE, Writer on Asian Affairs

ASIA TIMES: Vietnam 'Floats'
Between China and U.S.

Toronto Star, Canada Obama Tilts Scales Toward Compassion and Equity “It matters a great deal that a president whose campaign slogan was Hope has weighed in, decisively, on the side of compassion, inclusion and equal rights for all people.” — EDITORIAL, The Toronto Star STEP TOWARD A BETTER WORLD?

NATIONAL POST: If Obama
Supports Gay Marriage, he
Should Protect it for All
GLOBE & MAIL: From
Obama, a Bid to Broaden
Stream of American Life
MACLEANS: Obama
Passes the Leadership Test

El Tiempo, Colombia Colombia Government Must Come Clean on Battle Drones TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Who'll pilot the combat ‘drones?’ Colombians in uniform? Foreign consultants? Who will they be? Where will they be? Will they do this from within our national territory? Or from some foreign refuge, like CIA headquarters in Langley (Virginia)? To whom will they answer for their crimes?” — COLUMNIST Laura Gil GET READY FOR A SKY FULL OF DRONES

Nishinippon Shimbun, Japan ‘Inequitous’ United States -Japan Status of Forces Agreement Must Be Revised TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The U.S. has jurisdiction over crimes committed by all military personnel on official duty. On top of that, the U.S. is the judge of what counts as ‘official duty.'” — EDITORIAL, Nishinippon Shimbun FRUSTRATION OVER U.S. PRESENCE

The Daily Star, Bangladesh Angry Bangladeshis Should Take Hillary Clinton’s Advice “Some of our nationalist and left- wing friends resent comments by Mrs. Clinton. But can we really stop them from so advising us, when our own political leaders make a bagful of complaints about their rivals when meeting foreign leaders and dignitaries?” — COLUMNIST Syed Fattahul Alim HILLARY INTO BANGLEDESHI BREACH

The Hindistan Times, India Prime Minister Singh and Secretary Clinton 'Share Pakistan Terror Concerns' “Both sides were skeptical on whether Pakistan was doing enough to stamp out terror groups against its neighbors.” — REPORTER Shishir Gupta

bdnews24, Bangladesh Hillary Clinton Weighs in on Bangladesh Political Crisis; Missing Opposition Leader “It is important that in this nation everybody takes very seriously any disappearance, any violence against activists, any oppression of civil society, any intimidation of the press … that is just what is required if democracy [is to be] sustainable.” — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton NOT A COMPLETELY WARM WELCOME

The Manila Times, The Philippines China’s ‘Resentful’ Leaders “American military exercises with Filipinos, along with Vietnamese, Malaysians and Singaporeans, sends the message that America is still the real power in this part of the world, and not those in Beijing who have the ‘mandate of heaven.'” — EDITORIAL, The Manila Times MILITARY COMMANDERS MEET AND TOUR

Global Times, China Lack of Mutual Sino-American 'Military Trust' a Major Threat “The U.S. can be expected to hold absolute global military superiority for the foreseeable future. The U.S. should use this dominance to keep its global influence by preventing unsound military ambitions, and serving as a link with other states as U.S. economic power declines.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times

The Manila Times, Philippines The Philippines Issues U.S. 'S.O.S' for Help with China “Most Filipino people were hurt, humiliated and shamed by the U.S. refusal to side with us in the face of China’s virtual invasion of our sovereign territory , Panatag Shoal.” — EDITORIAL, The Manila Times

Global Times, China 'U.S. Will Arrange' it so Chen Can Study Overseas “If he hopes to study abroad, as a Chinese citizen, he can apply according to laws with relevant departments and through the same channels as other Chinese citizens.” — FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN Liu Weimin

W Radio Colombia, Colombia VIDEO: Dania Londoño Suarez' Side of U.S. Secret Service Sex Scandal Affair May 4, 00:03:26 "They could track me anywhere in the world that I go, but they haven’t done so. If the Secret Service agents were idiots, imagine the investigators.” — ESCORT Dania Londoño Suarez' MORE RED FACES IN WASHINGTON

Indian Country Today, Native America Most Sacred Animal on 'Planet' to Lakota, a White Buffalo, Hunted, Skinned “The rare and sacred buffalo born last year has been found dead - skinned with its mother. ... Some Lakota hold that the calf, Lightning Medicine Cloud, was the 3rd white buffalo ever, and first male in 150 years. Such a buffalo is tied to the story of White Buffalo Calf Woman, and is the most sacred animal ... perhaps the most sacred thing on the planet, to Lakota people. ” — Indian Country News Item LIGHTNING MEDICINE CLOUD KILLED

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: Senate
Republicans Reject ‘Genocide’ to
Describe Indian Tribes' Treatment

China Daily, China Chen’s 'One-Man Show' Holds U.S.-China Relations 'Hostage' “If protection is what Chen feels he needs, America could be the place to go, as long as his keen lawyering skills enable him to sweet talk his new friends into allowing him to go.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily THE SHAMING OF CHEN GUANGCHENG

El Espectador, Colombia Free Trade and Colombia: 'Forging Our Own Path' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Colombia lacks the geographic advantages Mexico has for entering the U.S. market, and given its wide-ranging industrial and agro base, it is more vulnerable than Chile to ‘collateral damage’ resulting from free trade deals. This is why our nation must forge its own path.” — ECONOMIST Saul Pineda Hoyos

The Hindu, India Attack Drones: The World as America's Battlefield “The United States, by making its own rules and only disclosing them belatedly and in general terms, has turned itself into judge, jury, and executioner.” — EDITORIAL, The Hindu

Global Times, China Chen Guangcheng is West’s Latest ‘Tool’ to Undermine the China Political System “The political role he has now taken on is far from what it was when he began. The West and its supporters in China always need a tool to work against China's political system. Those who become such tools have very few choices of their own.” — COLUMNIST Shan Renping

Global Times, China Chen Guangcheng ‘Deluded’ by Western Media Attention “Western media portrays Chen as a blind activist hero, and some Chinese echo this view. This has deluded Chen into adopting a mistaken impression of his own importance to America and his personal influence in China.” — EDITORIAL, Global Times CHINA SEEKS TO SMEAR THE MESSENGER

Hindustan Times, India Dissident Chen Guangcheng 'Abandoned' by U.S., Human Rights Group ChinaAid Asserts “Chen didn't leave the U.S. Embassy of his own accord. ... Serious threat to his immediate family members were made by Chinese government if Chen refuses to accept the offer made by the Chinese government.” — STATEMENT By ChinaAid

THE HINDU: Activists
Dispute U.S.-China Version
of Agreement on Dissident

La Jornada, Mexico 'Manifest Destiny': Prepare for U.S. Preventive War on Mexico TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “They have a historic doctrine that they define themselves by and won't abandon: Manifest Destiny. We don't fit into that definition - there is no room for us in it. ... They despise us.” — FORMER GENERAL AND GOVERNOR, Jorge Carrillo Olea IS AN INVASION OF MEXICO OUR 'DESTINY'?

The Daily Jang, Pakistan U.S.-Pakistan Ties Demand a Deal on the Use of Drones “While the Americans have no plans to ebd their drone program, Pakistanis aren’t about to give up their mantra on sovereignty.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Jang

El Tiempo, Colombia Don’t Blame the U.S. Secret Service: Restoring Cartagena’s Reputation TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This really is our problem - and one that we must attack with greater resolve. … Colombians cannot continue to treat Cartagena as if we, too, were foreigners.” — EDITORIAL, El Tiempo SOUL-SEARCHING IN COLOMBIA

El Espectador, Colombia Dania Londoño Suare: The Woman Who Rocked the U.S. Secret Service TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “She said the man was from Obama’s security detail, that he told her this while at the disco, and that the man was rude, not only because he only paid her thirty dollars, but because he slammed the hotel door in her face.” — Cartagena Taxi Driver Jose Peña A LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

Taipei Times, Taiwan After New Mad Cow Case, Lawmakers Demand Halt to American Beef Imports “The resolution called for the removal of American beef from shelves, to place imported U.S. beef under customs seal and to impose a temporary ban on imports of U.S. beef products.” — RE.PORTER Shih Hsiu-chuan

TAIWAN NEWS: U.S. May Sell
Taiwan New Fighter Jets to
Lessen Imbalance with Beijing

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Whistleblower Helps Unravel America’s Afghanistan ‘Hoax’ “U.S. and NATO generals find it hard to digest the hard reality: the Taliban are not a ragtag militia. They are a war-hardened veteran fighting force. ... This is what U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Davis is revealing toAmericans.” — EDITORIAL, The Frontier Post TRUTHS U.S. COMMANDERS HAVE HIDDEN?

Yonhap News Agency, South Korea South Koreans Worry About Outbreak of Mad Cow in U.S. “Lawmaker Cho Kyoung-tae urged a renegotiation of the 2008 beef import agreement with the U.S.” — NEWS ITEM, Yonhap News Agency

YONHAP NEWS AGENCY:
The Kremlin has 'No Illusions
about Pyongyang's Intentions'

Indian Country Today, Native America 'White Privilege' and the 2012 Republican Presidential Campaign “White privilege in America first stood for the advantage of wealth, the provenance of White men, no matter how amassed, deserved, shared or inbred. The 2012 Republican presidential primary has supplied us with new models.” — COLUMNIST Suzan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: From
Slavery to Raspberry-Flavored
Indians: The American Obsession
With Stereotypes
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
‘Why Do You Indians
Always Live in the Past?’
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY:
Taxation of Indian Tribes:
A Modern-Day Shakedown

China Daily, China Time for Arabs to ‘Cut Dependency’ on the U.S. “Saudi Arabia considers the Iraq War a complete failure. Because bound up with the war was America’s initiative for a 'Greater Middle East.' In addition, Iraq's democratic 'model' is extremely fragile, completely unconvincing and has failed to produce any positive effects at all.” — EDITORIAL, China Daily

El Tiempo, Colombia Colombia Rejects Airline's Secret Service 'Sex' Advert TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “This subliminal advertising is, to say the least, inappropriate and improper, and should be immediately withdrawn from the U.S. airline’s Web site.” — Sergio Diaz-Granados, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Tourism AN ADVERTISEMENT OVER THE LINE?

El Espectador, Colombia Drug War Failure Can No Longer Be Ignored TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In Colombia, everything has been done to fight drug trafficking: Fumigation, extradition, murder, war declared against the drug cartels, the passage of laws, questionable constitutional reforms, abject persecution and public seizures. And the result of all this selfless and struggle? ... Very little.” — EDITORIAL, El Espectador

Estadao, Brazil Americas Summit ‘Fiasco’ TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The Cartagena summit served only to expose how gracefully U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dances the Rumba.” — EDITORIAL, Estadao HILLARY SHOWS HOW TO RUMBA

La Prensa, Nicaragua Why do Latin America Leaders Want to Follow Fidel Castro? TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Election by popular vote does not turn autocratic rulers into democrats; even less so if the election was a fraud, as in the case of President Daniel Ortega.” — EDITORIAL, La Prensa NICARAGUAN BACKING FOR MARCO RUBIO

Opera Mundi, Brazil Americas Summit Cements ‘North American Isolation’ TRANSLATED FROM PORTUGUESE “The U.S. remains a major global power, and it will continue to be so for a long time to come. But it is can no longer dictate to Latin America. They no longer accept commands from the United States.” — PROFESSOR William da Silva Gonçalves, The State University of Rio de Janeiro

Ahora, Cuba May Obama Be Able to Sleep with Eyes Closed TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “I carefully observed Obama at the famous 'summit meeting.' At times he was overcome by weariness and had to shut his eyes. ... The decadent and unsustainable empire of the North Americans has earned the right to rest in peace.” — FORMER CUBAN LEADER Fidel Castro FIDEL CASTRO OFFERS HIS VIEWS

Chugoku Shimbun, Japan North Korea’s Young Leader Must Be Shown Suffering of His People TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The consequence of these outrages is complete global isolation, which is pushing the North Korean people toward full starvation. It is crucial that the new leader be made aware of reality.” — EDITORIAL, Chugoku Shimbun EDUCATING KIM JONG-UN

Diario Co Latino, El Salvador The U.S. Imposes ‘Imperial Veto’ at Americas Summit TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “That an American country could be excluded from the discussions about the summit’s great themes is a disgrace for the democracies. But even more shameful is that a country, as the strongest, could adopt the pose of an emperor that decides who should not be not be in attendence at an event of sovereign peoples.” — EDITORIAL, Diario Co Latino

El Espectador, Colombia People’s Summit of the Americas Condemns the Imposed ‘U.S. Agenda’ TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The rights of investors cannot be held as more significant than those of peoples and nature.” — FINAL DECLARATION, People's Americas Summit THE OTHER AMERICAS SUMMIT

La Jornada, Mexico Summits of Americas Serve Only Washington's Interests TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Summits of the Americas are unresponsive to interests in the region. Rather, they constitute a mechanism for applying neo- colonialist pressure from U.S.” — BOLIVIA PRESIDENT Evo Morales AMERICA'S FAST-CHANGING LANDSCAPE

La Jornada, Mexico The Expansion of 'U.S. Domination' of Mexico “As part of an imperial war of conquest, the plan - which supports the interests of U.S. corporations throughout the world - includes military operations (direct, covert or psychological) against states hostile to Washington, but are considered strategic by the U.S. military, industrial and energy complex.” — PROFESSOR Carlos Fazio, National Autonomous University of Mexico

El Espectador, Colombia Evo Morales Blasts U.S. 'Dictatorship' Due to Summit Obstructionism TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The United States and Cuba have something in common: both send troops to other countries. Cuba sends medical care; whereas the United States sends troops to end lives. That's the big difference.” — BOLIVIA PRESIDENT Evo Morales SHORT SUPPLY OF COMMON SENSE

El Espectador, Colombia Americas Summit in ‘Limbo’ TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “We cannot be indifferent to a process of change taking place in Cuba. We all know this, and that change must continue. For the sake of the Cuban people, it is time to end the paralysis that had led to stubbornness.” — COLOMBIA PRESIDENT Juan Manuel Santos UNITED STATES IS THE ODD MAN OUT

Hoy, Ecuador Americas Summit the Right Place to Address Drug War TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “The war strategy directed by Washington, which involves product eradication, penalizing traffickers and criminalizing consumption, seems a failure.” — COLUMNIST Joaquín Hernández Alvarado

Globe & Mail, Canada Canada Splits with Latin America, Sides with U.S., on Cuba and Drug War “Canada and the United States have emerged as the outliers at the conference, as Latin American and Caribbean states united in support for Cuba's presence at future meetings.” — COLUMNIST Jennifer Ditchburn THE DOLEFUL AMERICAS SUMMIT

Minuto Uno, Argentina Americas Summit Leaders Seek U.S. Backing Against 'British Colonial Aggression' TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “All countries in this hemisphere were one-time colonies of the European powers, which have an enduring secular debt to pay … one cannot understand why the United States refuses to support anti-colonialism in the case of the Malvinas - a colonialist leftover.” — Peru Chancellor Rafael Roncagliolo

Multiple News Sources VIDEO PACK: News from Multiple Sources on the Summit of the Americas Apr. 14, Multiple Sources Secret Service Agents sent home; bombs in Colombia; talks with U.S., Colombian and Costa Rican leaders; Canadian News coverage; village has ass for Obama. NEWS COVERAGE OF THE SUMMIT

Xinhua, China U.S. and Allies Make Most of DPRK Satellite Launch “Washington took advantage of the launch to persuade Japan, South Korea and Australia to join in a regional missile shield. ... it would be difficult for China to break through such a system and safeguard itself against possible America saturation attack.” — RESEARCHER Hu Mingyuan

El Carabobeno, Venezuela Repression Will Win Out Over Legalization at the Summit of the Americas TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Repression will be adopted because it is supported by the greatest world power, which pursues policies that on the outside are repressive, but at home are benign toward consumers and traffickers.” — COLUMNIST Julio E. Mayaudon TALKING DRUGS AT THE SUMMIT

El Espectador, Colombia Summit of the Americas Could Mark Start of ‘Soft’ Drug War TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Gaining strength among attendees is the idea of dropping the shooting war and replacing it with preventive war, strong on publicity and education.” — COLUMNIST Cristina de la Torre DAWN OF A NEW AGE FOR THE DRUG WAR?

La Jornada, Mexico The Lesson on Prohibition that U.S. Refuses to Learn TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “In less than a year, at least 30 people have been killed in U.S. cities by individuals who had little trouble obtaining high- powered weapons to commit one massacre after another. To our knowledge, marijuana use was not responsible for any such massacre, while the prohibition on its sale has been.” — COLUMNIST Arturo Balderas Rodríguez

The Kochi Shimbun, Japan We Urge North Korea to ‘Cancel Rocket Launch’ TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “How can North Koreans believe they have become a 'great and powerful' nation when people are starving and they have done nothing to improve the nation's food situation?” — EDITORIAL, The Kochi Shimbun SHORT SUPPLY OF COMMON SENSE

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Pyongyang Must Not Be Allowed to ‘Make Mockery’ of the World TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “There are signs that now as then, North Korea is preparing to conduct a third nuclear test right after its rocket launch. If Pyongyang intends to repeat this, it would make a mockery of the global community.” — EDITORIAL, Mainichi Shimbun JAPAN PREPARES TO SHOOT DOWN ROCKET

Rodong Sinmun, North Korea ‘Unimaginable and Miserable Punishment’ will Result from Interception of DPRK Satellite “As the saying goes, 'The stick is seen only by the crazy dog.' ... The most unimaginable punishment will be meted out to our rival if it dares fire above the DPRK - especially Pyongyang.” — COMMENTARY, Rodong Sinmun PREPARE FOR A WEEK OF HIGH TENSION

El Universal, Colombia With No Hope of Doing So, Colombians Ponder ‘Bumping Into’ Obama TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Some would ask questions based on economics, urging Obama ‘not to sign the Free Trade Agreement,’ which has been a work in progress since Alvaro Uribe's term. Others demanded that the he ‘look after third world countries’ and 'use his power to help develop our country.'” — REPORTER Daniela Buelvas

El Commercio, Ecuador To Send 'Imperialists' a Message about Cuba, Correa Should Go to the Summit of the Americas TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “It was and remains valid to demand that Cuba be present at the Summit in Cartagena, but how thoughtful is not attending? Why not use the space of the summit to insist on that demand?” — COLUMNIST León Roldós Aguilera ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT: A CUBA PROTEST

Nishi Nippon Shimbun, Japan For the Good of All, China Must ‘Join Scrum’ Against North Korea TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “We hope North Korea's new governing elite takes Obama's call seriously. But in the real world, a change in Pyongyang is unlikely. If the net surrounding North Korea starts fraying around the edges, it will no longer be effective. We hope China joins the North Korea scrum.” — EDITORIAL, Nishi Nippon Shimbun SOUTH KOREA ON THE FIRING LINE

Macleans, Canada Harper Speaks 'Frankly' about Energy at the Three Amigos Summit “While the White House is still considering whether to permit the Keystone XL pipeline, Prime Minister Harper made some of the toughest energy remarks that I've heard him aim at an American audience.” — COLUMNIST Luiza Ch. Savage

GLOBE & MAIL: Canada
'No Longer Captive' to U.S.
Energy Market: Harper
GLOBE & MAIL: Americas
Strategy? ... It Takes
'Three Amigos' to Tango
NATIONAL POST: Even Mitt
Romney’s Scandals are Boring
MACLEANS: The F-35 and Other
Procurement Tales of Horror

El Universal, Mexico Before ‘Aiding’ Mexico, United States Must Deal with its Own Corruption TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Organized crime is now transnational, and will only be eliminated if attacked with equal force in all states where it exists and operates.” — EDITORIAL, El Universal MEXICO DRUG WAR HITS THE U.S.

Excelsior, Mexico The Stakes are High for Mexico as Calderon Visits Washington TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “Right now, the name of the game is governance for the good of Mexico and the region as a whole. That must the strategy of Mr. Calderon, and the cornerstone of his speech to his peers Stephen Harper and Barack Obama.” — POLITICAL ANALYST Víctor Beltri MEXICO IN CRISIS: IS HELP ON THE WAY?

Juventude Rebelde, Cuba Fidel Castro: ‘Marvels of Capitalism’ Do Nothing to Relieve the World's Peril TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “There's no cause for concern. A cable dated March 30 serves to rassure us. Let us suppose we leave our mansion and are weary of prowling around in our yacht, limo, helicopter or jet. We still have the option of buying a personal submarine for one or perhaps two. ...” — FORMER DICTATOR Fidel Castro KILLER-WHALE SUBS AND CAPITALISM

Globe & Mail, Canada Mexico's Drug War Looms Large Over Meeting of Harper-Calderon-Obama “We are very mindful that the battle President Calderon is fighting inside of Mexico is not just his battle, it’s also ours. We have to take responsibility just as he's taken responsibility.” — PRESIDENT Barack Obama

GLOBE & MAIL: A More Efficient
Border Means a Better Economy
OTTAWA CITIZEN: Stephen Harper:
Man on Washington Mission Today
THE CANADIAN: Security Perimeter:
Stephen Harper's 'Big Lie'
to Canadians ... and Americans
MACLEANS: Prime Minister
Descends on Washington
for 'Three Amigos' Meeting
NATIONAL POST: Mexico's
Bloody Drug War Overshadows
the 'Three Amigos' Summit

Dawn, Pakistan ‘Embarrassing Report’ on bin Laden’s Presence in Pakistan “Is it possible that both civilian and military intelligence officials were unable to track down one of the world’s most recognized faces as he hip hopped from one Pakistani town to another? … If the failure had more to do with complicity than incompetence, it is even more important to find out how our institutions were penetrated.” — EDITORIAL, Dawn PAKISTAN ADMITS TO RESPONSIBILITY

La Jornada, Mexico Goldman Sachs: Corrupters and Looters of Mexico and the World TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “They offer to take possession of the nation's wealth now that, thanks to the Commodity Futures Modernization Act - signed by Bill Clinton - 'clients' and entire nations can be fleeced.” — COLUMNIST John Saxe-Fernández

Korean Central News, North Korea U.S. Leader Has 'Misperception' About 'Peaceful' Satellite Launch “The U.S. leader says he has no hostility toward the DPRK. If he was sincere, he would drop America’s confrontational notion of standing in the way of North Korea, and belatedly acknowledge that it has a right to launch satellites.” — NEWS ITEM, Korea Central News Agency IS PYONGYANG SIMPLY MISUNDERSTOOD?

Global Times, China America's Asian Missile Shield Will Target China and Russia “North Korea and Iran are named by Washington as the targets of the missile defense system, though it is clear the real targets are China and Russia. China firmly opposes it.” — EDITORIAL, [State-Run] Global Times

CHOSUN ILBO: Security of Attendees is
Paramount at Nuclear Security Summit
KOREA TIMES: Obama's Best Option for
the Koreas: Send Envoy to Pyongyang
KOREA HERALD EDITORIAL:
Curbing Nuclear Terrorism
YONHAP: Obama Warns North
Korea of Deeper Isolation if
it Carries Out Rocket Launch

China Daily, China Obama Makes North Korea Rocket Launch More Likely “Undoubtedly, Obama's visit to the DMZ and his warning to the North pleased Seoul and the 20,000 U.S. troops that remain deployed there. But it was also calculated to play on U.S. voters. It will certainly make it harder to persuade the North Koreans to stop their rocket launch.” — COLUMNIST Wang Hui THE MIND GAME WITH PYONGYANG

Mainichi Shimbun, Japan Nuclear-Armed Japan is Not Out of the Question TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “It cannot be said that Japan has no military intentions. ... Japan already possesses 45 tons of plutonium that could be converted to military use. That is enough for about 4,000 ‘Nagasaki-type’ bombs.” — COLUMNIST Takao Yamada WILL JAPAN BE FOREVER DEFANGED?

Hindustan Times, India For Pepsi Cola Co., Health is Not Wealth'

The Hankyoreh, South Korea Nuclear Summit in Seoul Must Resist ‘Nuclear Power Mafia’ “There are questions about whether the summit will properly reflect the fundamental doubts the Fukushima Nuclear accident has raised about the capacity of human beings to manage nuclear power. The attendees at the summit all have their own vested interests and collectively have been called a 'nuclear power mafia.” — EDITORIAL, The Hankyoreh CAN THE 'NUCLEAR MAFIA' RESIST ITSELF?

San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun, Japan World Hopes U.S. Republican Spat Results in Better Policies TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “The world is watching to see what and whether reforms America can achieve, and hopes the Republican Party conflict over the nomination of a candidate stems from a sincere struggle to develop better policies. — EDITORIAL, San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun WILL ALL THE TUMULT BE FOR THE BEST?

Excelsior, Mexico Candidates won’t Answer Mexicans; Perhaps they will Respond to Mr. Biden TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH “How will they dispel myths of the supposed danger of the border, fear of which leads your fellow countrymen to build absurd fences? Please ask them, Mr. Biden. You they may answer; to us they only show campaign spots.” — ANALYST Víctor Beltri THE CANDIDATES MEET JOE BIDEN

Toronto Star, Canada Despite Robert Bales: Do Not Call Afghanistan a 'Lost Cause' “There's a forward thrust that can't be reversed. The U.S., Canada and NATO engineered that propulsion. Afghanistan is not a country outsiders will ever comprehend. Yet it is not to be condemned to petrified medievalism either. And it is nobody's lost cause. — COLUMNIST Rosie DiManno

China Daily, China Mr. Obama's Rare Earth ‘Hypocrisy’ Shows Scant Concern for Environment “Obama’s words imply that as long as American workers and businesses profit from a cheap supply of rare earth minerals from China, he doesn't care about the damage careless and excessive mining of rare minerals earths cause China.” — COLUMNIST Chen Weihua IS CHINA SUDDENLY TURNING 'GREEN'?

Too Nippo Shimbun, Japan U.S. Fukushima Transcripts ‘Shame’ Japanese Leadership TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE “According to internal transcripts from the U.S. NRC, the Japanese government initially refused help from the United States. In other words, there is a possibility that to protect the nation’s prestige, the government worsened the disaster. It should be ashamed. — EDITORIAL, Too Nippo Shimbun WAS 'SAVING FACE' WORTH THE DAMAGE?

JoongAng Ilbo, South Korea Free Trade Deal with U.S.: 'The Dice have Been Rolled' “We must now stop arguing over the deal. Instead, government and industry must unite to prove the Korea-U.S. FTA was the right choice for the country.” — EDITORIAL, JoongAng Ilbo IS AMERICAN BEEF TOO 'OLD' TO EAT?

THE HANKYOREH: Expect Pressure
on Beef Now that U.S.-South Korea
Free Trade Pact Has Gone into Effect
YONHAP: Presidents Lee and Obama
Celebrate Implementation of FTA
THE HANKYOREH : China Expresses
'Dismay' with U.S., South Korea for
Raising North Korea Defector Issue
JOONGANG ILBO: Obama to Tour
Demilitarized Zone on March Visit
CHOSON ILBO: Korea Must Seize
Opportunities Offered By U.S. FTA
CHOSON ILBO: Free Trade Deal Goes
Into Effect Despite Anti-Americanism
CHOSON ILBO: Kim Jong-un Bets on
Better U.S. ties to Consolidate Power

El Espectador, Colombia Great Power Puzzle: Possessing Nukes Keeps Attack at Bay TRANSLATED SPANISH “It is fair to ask: if Iraq had possessed nuclear weapons, would it have been invaded? Truman announced the possibility of using the atomic bomb during the Korean War. Perhaps he didn't since Russia already had nukes. — COLUMNIST Tao Wenzhao IRAN: PREVENTING ATTACK?

The Frontier Post, Pakistan Taliban Claim Afghan Killing Spree not Work of a Lone U.S. Soldier “So far, 45 dead, including women and children, have been retrieved by residents. … This is not the act of one individual. This was done by several foreign soldiers.” — TALIBAN SPOKESMAN Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi AFGHANS' UNRESTRAINED RAGE

People's Daily, China Neither Bad-Mouthing or Words of Flattery Will Alter China's Path TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE “Time Magazine posted an article by reporter Michael Schuman asserting that the China economic system is unsustainable. ... After years of reform, the Chinese public and media are mature enough not to be either carried away by China-flattering, nor worked up by China bad-mouthing. — COLUMNIST Tao Wenzhao

South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Chongqing Party Secretary Disavows Deputy Who Tried to Defect to United States “After Police Chief Wang Lijun, Bo Xilai's former right-hand man, apparently tried to defect at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, Bo said that he had simply picked the wrong man for the job.” — CORRESPONDENT Choi Chi-yuk

“The resumption of relations between Cuba and the United States established yesterday by President Obama shows just how great Lula and Dilma are as statesmen and global leaders."

“Although the issue of racism in the United States has been at the center of the political debate about police violence, in Mexico it has been little dealt with by analysts. The fact that most of the 43 disappeared students are indigenous has scarcely been said."

“The prosecution panel found aggravating circumstances that included treachery, abuse of superior strength and cruelty. ... The panel theorized that the U.S. Marine may have been provoked to kill Laude upon discovering that she wasn't a real woman."

"The ramifications are already rippling out internationally and may inflame anti-Americanism in Muslim-majority countries whose support could be key for U.S. success in the campaign against terrorism. This will only add to the Obama's tremendous public diplomacy challenge."

"The exchange was started by three discrete bangs. The first brought about five people from the building. A space followed between the subsequent two and then a near-continuous volley rang out. Dozens of shots were fired."

“The difference in behavior of the two countries is very likely due to, among other things, the non-existence south of the equator of 'accountability' - a word that has no exact translation into Portuguese (or into Spanish)."

"The ramifications are already rippling out internationally and may inflame anti-Americanism in Muslim-majority countries whose support could be key for U.S. success in the campaign against terrorism. This will only add to the Obama's tremendous public diplomacy challenge."

“The primary responsibility of Canadian security agencies is to protect Canadian life and property. ... We will continue to ensure that intelligence is reviewed and assessed by our intelligence experts before it is acted upon."

"We deplore the systematic torture of the detainees at various locations by the CIA. ... the Senate Intelligence report reinforced Pakistan's viewpoint that international human rights, humanitarian law must be respected while fighting the terrorist menace."

"The newest recruitment video with young Ottawa jihadist John Maguire verges on preposterous by, among other things, trying to make common cause over hockey."

"It's no coincidence that the U.S. imprisons more of its people than any other country (with less that 5 percent of the world's population, it accounts for about 25 percent of the planet's imprisoned population)."

“We must consider the why American society can remain calm as a whole, whereas if faced with such issues, China's society would have a far greater sense of concern. This may reflect that China has more of an awareness of crisis, but it could also be due to a lack of self-confidence."

"Future historians may well come to see 2014 as a bellwether year in world affairs, marking an shift to a new, more turbulent world order no longer dominated by the values or power of America and its Western allies."

“There are ominous parallels in how Obama deliberately humiliated Aussie Prime Minister Abbott last weekend, publicly accusing him of being a laggard on climate change, and how the U.S.leader has kept Prime Minister Harper waiting at the altar by withholding approval of the Keystone pipeline."

"The GOP holds all of the cards, they're winning, and they have everyinterest in keeping the game going. The way for Mr. Obama to make his problem go away? Cut his losses and end the game. Approve the XL pipeline before Congress returns."

"The message is clear: China and Russia may both be more or less estranged from Western powers, but they have each other. China and Russia share the same stated goal as the U.S. and its allies - a peaceful, stable Asia-Pacific - but they have very different views about how to get there."

"'Significant progress' was made at the 8th round of talks in September 2011. The same meaningless cliche was used again in July, August, and September 2012, July and October 2013, and May 2014. Then there was the sense of a breakthrough in Hanoi in September when 'important progress' was made."

"With the United States in need of political consensus to push through domestic reforms, its political system continues to bleed out its resources on partisan battle. Whether this is being doneout of pride or frustration is even being debated by the Americans themselves."

This is strange: moments from the Seinfeld comedy series interposed into clips of Australian Parliamentary debates. Why you may ask? You'll have to e-mail the prankster who made it - his name is Huw Parkinson.

"The U.S. midterm election results are the equivalent in a parliamentary system of a vote of no confidence in President Obama. They also reflect a serious crisis of confidence for Americans.'"

This is a sampling of how broadcasters around the world are covering today's midterm election results.

“Republicans have wrested control of Congress—and that could help Canada’s energy and infrastructure agendas. ... By replacing Democrat Mark Udall of Colorado with Cory Gardner, Republicans gained a 60th Keystone pro-pipeline vote, making their majority filibuster-proof. "

"Beneath the surface of the South China Sea off the tropical Chinese resort island of Hainan, an under- water tunnel guides subs into a lair reminiscent a Bond spy film."

“In Germany, students in elementary school recieve mandatory lessons on the Holocaust. In South Africa, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission bore witness to Apartheid. ... It is time for America to shine a light on its relationship with the native Indians."

“If people are to lose their status as citizens for having been sent to prison, the only logical solution would be to shove criminals into prison forever. Or, to have them executed and be done with it."

"A Dilma win would guarantee that the project of integration will suffer no interruptions, while a victory of Aecio Neves may delay not only the process of Latin American liberation from the clutches of Empire, but compromise the BRICS."

“You could build higher fences around Parliament Hill. But then the next one will shoot up a parade. You could put a rifle on every street corner. Yet the next one will use a grenade. You could pat down everyone coming into Downtown Ottawa. Then the next one will attack us at Rideau Hall.'"

Canada's national nightly news broadcast from last night. The program examines in detail surveillance footage showing the gunman before his attack, Canada's tribute to the man who shot dead the gunman, and a look at how Canada might change after the attack.

“I certainly hope that's not what the prime minister is doing - latching on to this kind of crisis to help himself. I know that Canadians deserve better than just that. They deserve answers."

"We should ask whether the focus on lady parts reflects another form of sexism: Why no perk for the freezing of the male gonadal product? Male fertility has a shelf life, too, though it's a topic that is seldom discussed."

"This shows how China's actions in the region, like encouraging the migration of Han Chinese into Xinjiang and restricting religious dress, are being used by jihadists to confirm beliefs that Muslims are threatened."

For a real good look at what we're dealing with, these are three images that will give it to you. The articles describe, among other things, the 'medical countermeasures program to protect U.S. troops from biological warfare agents.'

“There's a world of difference between praising the selflessness of volunteers ... and ordering Australian personnel to go into a situation without the kind of risk reduction that any responsible Australian government would have to put in place."

"In Mexico, the digital sphere has become anarea in which the state exercises direct coercion: threats, intimidation, the falsification of Tweets and the cloning of Web sites are part of a catalogue of practices designed to immobilizecritics and suspend basic freedoms of expression."

" ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree. ... ISIS and Hamas share a fanatical creed, which they both seek to impose well beyond the territory under their control. So when it comes to their ultimate goals, Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas.”

"This last war against Gaza was a series of absolute war crimes carried out before the eyes and ears of the entire world, moment by moment, in a way that makes it inconceivable that anyone today can claim that they didn't realize the magnitude and horror of the crime.”

"The war on terror is not only Syria's war. One day, those terrorists will return to their respective countries, and then no country in the world will be immune to terrorism recognizing neither borders or geography.”

"With the dramatic situation in northern Iraq and some parts of Syria, we are seeing a totally new phenomenon: the existence of a terrorist organization which threatens all States, vowing to dissolve and replace them with pseudo- religious world government.”

"It should be stated honestly that no one has the monopoly on truth and no one can anymore tailor the global and regional processes to one's own needs. ... forget about unilateral interests and national electoral cycles when it comes to countering the global threats to all of humanity.”

"What a pity that the values which sustain the United States domestically aren't alsoembraced by its foreign policy."

"Oscar Lopez, whose only offense was to defend Puerto Rico, has been in a United States prison for almost 35 years. Mr. Lopez has been tortured. We call for the immediate release of Mr. Lopez.”

"Mr. Putin, you may win the fight against the troops, but you will never win the fight against the united Ukrainian nation - please help us God.”

"Egypt has suffered the scourgeof this terrorism since the 1920s, when it concealed its poisonous viewpoints behind religion to achieve power and then seek to establish a Caliphate State.”

"All killings are crimes regardless of weapons used. The U.N. did nothing but watch events unspool in Egypt, and the man committing a coup was legitimized. If that was a legitimate path to power, why does the U.N. exist at all?”

For the next few days, leaders from almost every nation in the world will address one another, highlighting the issues they believe most deserve consideration. There are 35 heads of state and government scheduled to speak today - and President Obama is number 14 on today's speaker list.

"Kim Dotcom's big thrust to bring down Key was a rally to highlight government surveillance, billed as 'The Moment of Truth.' ... the bid urging voters to abandon the government, due to its claimed surveillance of the people seems to have had a reverse effect."

"Web entrepreneur holds panel with Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange and Ed Snowden, to expand on revelations that New Zealand government sought to implement top-secret mass surveillance program and misled public."

"After the grand illusion of the Arab Spring, which laughably foresaw democratic tomorrows for the Middle East, the wheel of history now rotates in reverse. The threat of forces that seek a rematch against Charles Martel and the Catholic kings of Granada is a systemic, never seen threat."

"We need to have Russia, the E.U., China and ourselves and have a discussion, a conference a negotiation over how we empower the moderate forces in the region, how we limit the extremists in the region and how we do all this without inflaming the Sunni-Shia conflict."

In expressing 'firm opposition' to all terrorism,' Beijing has signaled its disapproval of U.S. operations in Syria without Syrian government approval.

“George Bush declared war on a generic enemy, attacking the wrong country and using faulty logic. ... It was not the attack of 9-11 that changed the world. It was the reaction of the U.S. after 9-11 that changed the world' - and not for the better.”

"This decision is very serious, first since it runs contrary to the interests of the country and reveals our subservience to U.S. diplomacy. It will have a huge cost. This order represents four months of full employment in Saint-Nazaire."

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is alleging there is a lack of transparency in the probe into MH17 after a document emerged proporting to show a secret deal between Australia and Ukrainian."

“Another bloody stage of the Gaza Gaza war seems to have come to an end, but by no means does this mean an end to the way it haunts Brazil's diplomatic agenda, exactly the one labeled a 'dwarf' by Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Palmor.”

"Incapable of walking on its own two feet, Iraq seems chained by internal divisions and an unending cycle of interventions. ... Iraq continues to be a testing ground for foreign ideological practices, whether U.S. democracy or Saudi fundamentalism."

"Incapable of walking on its own two feet, Iraq seems chained by internal divisions and an unending cycle of interventions. ... Iraq continues to be a testing ground for foreign ideological practices, whether U.S. democracy or Saudi fundamentalism."

"The Ferguson incident again shows that even in a country that has for years tried to play the role of global human rights judge, there is much room for improvement at home."

"Many in the U.S. and across the world have weighed in on the underlying causes of escalating violence in Ferguson. ... There has been an utter decimation of a politics capable of changing the immediate and underlying facts that led Michael Brown's murder."

"If you don't keep this in check, it's like a cancer, it will metastasize into the justice system. ... We can learn from what's going on in the U.S. by making sure that it does not happen here."

"The demonstrations we are seeing will eventually run out of steam. The chasm that exists in the United States promises to eventually fade, particularly since, within decades, the number of visible minorities will supplant those held by the Whites."

"Being ensconced in a hasty retreat, President Obama asked the Afghan government to speed recruitment and to stand up the Army and police to weather the U.S. withdrawal. Under pressure, the Defense Ministry had to process 7,000 new recruits per month, so corners were cut on background checks."

"The creation of the caliphate, with its fundamentalist take on Islam, doesn't only threaten Iraq, Syria, and the region. It threatens the entire world.

"Unaccompanied Central American children have achieved what all others efforts have failed to do: they have brought together thepresidents of the Northern Triangle nations with the world's most powerful chief executive - Barack Obama. How wonderful that the children have power."

"Obama's statement yesterday is consistent with the erratic, disappointing, and quite tardy presentation that characterizes his White House performance."

"My sense after many trips to the region is that there is a growing national pride among Israelis for having to live as they do under fire. The Palestinians are also besieged and paying a price - not just mentally but with their lives. All so Israel can soothe the nerves of its own people."

While Secretary of State Kerry may have escaped the Middle East cauldron, he seems to have landed in another one in India, since almost every news item mentions Indian outrage over NSA mass surveillance against India, its government, and its political parties,notably the BJP.

"The massive deportation of an undetermined number of migrant children, which Obama announced in front of fellow Central American leaders, will not ameliorate the problem, but worsen it."

"Secretary of State Kerry warned that such a trip could disturb the coordination involving Tokyo, Washington and Seoul to rein in N Korea's missile, nuke programs."

"The Foreign Ministry says that things are going well. Deputy Foreign Secretary Rubio says that Mexico's authorities make sure that child migrants are safe inshelters. ... To address a problem, one must begin by recognizing it. ... The fact is that the authorities of this country are not."

"This isn't the first time the most fervent enemies of undocumented immigrants have demanded the massive deportation of those from countries south of the Río Grande. ... The difference is that, in this case, the life of the deported minors would be endangered."

"The immigration policies of our country over the past few years have oscillated between inaction and the corruption of authorities responsible for migration issues. ... The truth is that Mexico has no immigration policy directed at tackling the root of the problem."

"That the presidents of the United States and Mexico agreed during a phone call, to execute 'a regional strategy to expedite repatriations' is inadmissible and unbelievable!"

“Iran's influence and interests are so strong that despite much saber-rattling by US President Obama, the U.S. cannot possibly modify the massively changing reality in Iraq without Iran's help.”

"Its unacceptable persecution confirms its role as the main violator of individual rights both in and out of its territory. At the same time, it shows a stubborn ignorance of a phenomenon inherent to human societies, accentuated by the very global economy the U.S. promotes."

"Fiery Cross Reef, known as Yongshu in China, Kagitingan in the Philippines and Da Chu Thap in Vietnam, is close to sea lanes and would serve as a strategic naval staging post, said Asian scholar analyst Alexander Neill."

"Kabul long ago embarked on a policy of releasing Taliban prisoners. Hundreds have been released from Bagram prison. Yet no one knows of their whereabouts, and no one takes responsibility for what theyhave done - kill soldiers andinnocent civilians. Meanwhile, Pakistan was also asked to do so."

"The Taliban kill and get away with it, but some are arrested. Then the Americans knowingly set them free. ... .. Saving hundreds of lives clearly outweighs saving one soldier."

"The NSA documents state that access to Bahamian GSM communications has led to the discovery of international drugs traffickers and alien smugglers. Many ask why the NSA, an agency thatis focused on terrorism, is interested in drug traffick and human smugglers."

"What this intelligence program gives the United States is another means by which to blackmail the people of The Bahamas. Dangling this power over the heads of a people is an act of hostility. There is nothing friendly about blackmail."

"Obama should stop lying to the world. The first truth that Afghans wantto hear is that the United States and its allies have flopped when it comes to eliminating terrorism. ... If that is not the case, then key U.S. officials should stop visiting Afghanistan under cover of darkness."

“The resumption of relations
between Cuba and the United
States established yesterday by
President Obama shows just
how great Lula and Dilma are
as statesmen and global leaders."

“Although the issue of racism in the
United States has been at the center
of the political debate about police
violence, in Mexico it has been little
dealt with by analysts. The fact that
most of the 43 disappeared students
are indigenous has scarcely been said."

“The prosecution panel found aggravating
circumstances that included treachery,
abuse of superior strength and cruelty. ...
The panel theorized that the U.S. Marine
may have been provoked to kill Laude upon
discovering that she wasn't a real woman."

"The ramifications are already
rippling out internationally and
may inflame anti-Americanism
in Muslim-majority countries
whose support could be key for
U.S. success in the campaign
against terrorism. This will only
add to the Obama's tremendous
public diplomacy challenge."

"The exchange was started by three
discrete bangs. The first brought about
five people from the building. A space
followed between the subsequent two
and then a near-continuous volley rang
out. Dozens of shots were fired."

“The difference in behavior
of the two countries is very
likely due to, among other
things, the non-existence
south of the equator of
'accountability' - a word that
has no exact translation into
Portuguese (or into Spanish)."

"The ramifications are already
rippling out internationally and
may inflame anti-Americanism
in Muslim-majority countries
whose support could be key for
U.S. success in the campaign
against terrorism. This will only
add to the Obama's tremendous
public diplomacy challenge."

“The primary responsibility
of Canadian security agencies
is to protect Canadian life
and property. ... We will
continue to ensure that
intelligence is reviewed and
assessed by our intelligence
experts before it is acted upon."

"We deplore the systematic
torture of the detainees at
various locations by the CIA.
... the Senate Intelligence
report reinforced Pakistan's
viewpoint that international
human rights, humanitarian
law must be respected while
fighting the terrorist menace."

"The newest recruitment video
with young Ottawa jihadist John
Maguire verges on preposterous
by, among other things, trying to
make common cause over hockey."

"It's no coincidence that the U.S.
imprisons more of its people
than any other country (with
less that 5 percent of the world's
population, it accounts for about
25 percent of the planet's
imprisoned population)."

“We must consider the
why American society can
remain calm as a whole,
whereas if faced with
such issues, China's society
would have a far greater
sense of concern. This may
reflect that China has more
of an awareness of crisis,
but it could also be due to
a lack of self-confidence."

"Future historians may well come
to see 2014 as a bellwether year
in world affairs, marking an shift
to a new, more turbulent world
order no longer dominated by
the values or power of
America and its Western allies."

“There are ominous parallels in how
Obama deliberately humiliated Aussie
Prime Minister Abbott last weekend,
publicly accusing him of being a laggard
on climate change, and how the U.S.
leader has kept Prime Minister Harper
waiting at the altar by withholding
approval of the Keystone pipeline."

"The GOP holds all of the
cards, they're winning,
and they have every
interest in keeping the
game going. The way for
Mr. Obama to make his
problem go away? Cut his
losses and end the game.
Approve the XL pipeline
before Congress returns."

"The message is clear: China and
Russia may both be more or less
estranged from Western powers,
but they have each other. China
and Russia share the same stated
goal as the U.S. and its allies - a
peaceful, stable Asia-Pacific -
but they have very different
views about how to get there."

"'Significant progress' was made at the
8th round of talks in September 2011.
The same meaningless cliche was used
again in July, August, and September
2012, July and October 2013, and May
2014. Then there was the sense of a
breakthrough in Hanoi in September
when 'important progress' was made."

"With the United States in
need of political consensus
to push through domestic
reforms, its political system
continues to bleed out its
resources on partisan battle.
Whether this is being done
out of pride or frustration
is even being debated by
the Americans themselves."

This is strange: moments
from the Seinfeld comedy
series interposed into clips
of Australian Parliamentary
debates. Why you may ask?
You'll have to e-mail the
prankster who made it -
his name is Huw Parkinson.

"The U.S. midterm election
results are the equivalent in
a parliamentary system of a
vote of no confidence in
President Obama. They also
reflect a serious crisis of
confidence for Americans.'"

This is a sampling of how
broadcasters around the
world are covering today's
midterm election results.

“Republicans have wrested control
of Congress—and that could help
Canada’s energy and infrastructure
agendas. ... By replacing Democrat
Mark Udall of Colorado with Cory
Gardner, Republicans gained a 60th
Keystone pro-pipeline vote, making
their majority filibuster-proof. "

"Beneath the surface of the South
China Sea off the tropical Chinese
resort island of Hainan, an under-
water tunnel guides subs into a
lair reminiscent a Bond spy film."

“In Germany, students in
elementary school recieve
mandatory lessons on the
Holocaust. In South Africa,
a Truth and Reconciliation
Commission bore witness
to Apartheid. ... It is time
for America to shine a
light on its relationship
with the native Indians."

“If people are to lose
their status as citizens
for having been sent
to prison, the only
logical solution would
be to shove criminals
into prison forever. Or,
to have them executed
and be done with it."

"A Dilma win would guarantee
that the project of integration
will suffer no interruptions,
while a victory of Aecio Neves
may delay not only the process
of Latin American liberation
from the clutches of Empire,
but compromise the BRICS."

“You could build higher
fences around Parliament
Hill. But then the next
one will shoot up a parade.
You could put a rifle on
every street corner. Yet
the next one will use a
grenade. You could pat
down everyone coming
into Downtown Ottawa.
Then the next one will
attack us at Rideau Hall.'"

Canada's national nightly news
broadcast from last night. The
program examines in detail
surveillance footage showing
the gunman before his attack,
Canada's tribute to the man
who shot dead the gunman,
and a look at how Canada
might change after the attack.

“I certainly hope that's not what
the prime minister is doing -
latching on to this kind of crisis
to help himself. I know that
Canadians deserve better than
just that. They deserve answers."

"We should ask whether
the focus on lady parts
reflects another form of
sexism: Why no perk for
the freezing of the male
gonadal product? Male
fertility has a shelf life,
too, though it's a topic
that is seldom discussed."

"This shows how China's actions
in the region, like encouraging
the migration of Han Chinese
into Xinjiang and restricting
religious dress, are being used
by jihadists to confirm beliefs
that Muslims are threatened."

For a real good look at what
we're dealing with, these are
three images that will give it
to you. The articles describe,
among other things, the
'medical countermeasures
program to protect U.S. troops
from biological warfare agents.'

“There's a world of difference between
praising the selflessness of volunteers ...
and ordering Australian personnel to go
into a situation without the kind of risk
reduction that any responsible Australian
government would have to put in place."

"In Mexico, the digital
sphere has become an
area in which the state
exercises direct coercion:
threats, intimidation,
the falsification of
Tweets and the cloning
of Web sites are part of
a catalogue of practices
designed to immobilize
critics and suspend basic
freedoms of expression."

" ISIS and Hamas are branches of
the same poisonous tree. ... ISIS
and Hamas share a fanatical creed,
which they both seek to impose
well beyond the territory under
their control. So when it comes
to their ultimate goals, Hamas is
ISIS and ISIS is Hamas.”

"This last war against Gaza was a series
of absolute war crimes carried out
before the eyes and ears of the entire
world, moment by moment, in a way
that makes it inconceivable that anyone
today can claim that they didn't realize
the magnitude and horror of the crime.”

"The war on terror is not only
Syria's war. One day, those
terrorists will return to their
respective countries, and then
no country in the world will be
immune to terrorism recognizing
neither borders or geography.”

"With the dramatic situation
in northern Iraq and some
parts of Syria, we are seeing
a totally new phenomenon:
the existence of a terrorist
organization which threatens
all States, vowing to dissolve
and replace them with pseudo-
religious world government.”

"It should be stated honestly that
no one has the monopoly on truth
and no one can anymore tailor
the global and regional processes
to one's own needs. ... forget
about unilateral interests and
national electoral cycles when it
comes to countering the global
threats to all of humanity.”

"What a pity that the values
which sustain the United
States domestically aren't also
embraced by its foreign policy."

"Oscar Lopez, whose only offense
was to defend Puerto Rico, has
been in a United States prison for
almost 35 years. Mr. Lopez has
been tortured. We call for the
immediate release of Mr. Lopez.”

"Mr. Putin, you may win the
fight against the troops, but
you will never win the fight
against the united Ukrainian
nation - please help us God.”

"Egypt has suffered the scourge
of this terrorism since the 1920s,
when it concealed its poisonous
viewpoints behind religion to
achieve power and then
seek to establish a Caliphate State.”

"All killings are crimes regardless
of weapons used. The U.N. did
nothing but watch events unspool
in Egypt, and the man committing
a coup was legitimized. If that
was a legitimate path to power,
why does the U.N. exist at all?”

For the next few days, leaders from
almost every nation in the world will
address one another, highlighting the
issues they believe most deserve
consideration. There are 35 heads of
state and government scheduled to
speak today - and President Obama
is number 14 on today's speaker list.

"Kim Dotcom's big thrust to bring
down Key was a rally to highlight
government surveillance, billed
as 'The Moment of Truth.' ... the
bid urging voters to abandon the
government, due to its claimed
surveillance of the people seems
to have had a reverse effect."

"Web entrepreneur holds panel with Glenn
Greenwald, Julian Assange and Ed Snowden,
to expand on revelations that New Zealand
government sought to implement top-secret
mass surveillance program and misled public."

"After the grand illusion of the
Arab Spring, which laughably
foresaw democratic tomorrows
for the Middle East, the wheel
of history now rotates in reverse.
The threat of forces that seek
a rematch against Charles Martel
and the Catholic kings of Granada
is a systemic, never seen threat."

"We need to have Russia, the
E.U., China and ourselves and
have a discussion, a conference
a negotiation over how we
empower the moderate forces
in the region, how we limit the
extremists in the region and
how we do all this without
inflaming the Sunni-Shia conflict."

In expressing 'firm opposition'
to all terrorism,' Beijing has
signaled its disapproval of U.S.
operations in Syria without
Syrian government approval.

“George Bush declared war on
a generic enemy, attacking the
wrong country and using faulty
logic. ... It was not the attack
of 9-11 that changed the world.
It was the reaction of the U.S.
after 9-11 that changed the
world' - and not for the better.”

"This decision is very serious, first since
it runs contrary to the interests of the
country and reveals our subservience to
U.S. diplomacy. It will have a huge cost.
This order represents four months of
full employment in Saint-Nazaire."

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov is alleging there is a lack
of transparency in the probe into
MH17 after a document emerged
proporting to show a secret deal
between Australia and Ukrainian."

“Another bloody stage of the Gaza
Gaza war seems to have come to
an end, but by no means does this
mean an end to the way it haunts
Brazil's diplomatic agenda, exactly
the one labeled a 'dwarf' by Israeli
Foreign Ministry spokesman Palmor.”

"Incapable of walking on its own two
feet, Iraq seems chained by internal
divisions and an unending cycle of
interventions. ... Iraq continues to
be a testing ground for foreign
ideological practices, whether U.S.
democracy or Saudi fundamentalism."

"Incapable of walking on its own two
feet, Iraq seems chained by internal
divisions and an unending cycle of
interventions. ... Iraq continues to
be a testing ground for foreign
ideological practices, whether U.S.
democracy or Saudi fundamentalism."

"The Ferguson incident again shows
that even in a country that has for
years tried to play the role of global
human rights judge, there is much
room for improvement at home."

"Many in the U.S. and across the
world have weighed in on the
underlying causes of escalating
violence in Ferguson. ... There
has been an utter decimation of
a politics capable of changing the
immediate and underlying facts
that led Michael Brown's murder."

"If you don't keep this in
check, it's like a cancer,
it will metastasize into the
justice system. ... We can
learn from what's going on
in the U.S. by making sure
that it does not happen here."

"The demonstrations we are seeing
will eventually run out of steam.
The chasm that exists in the United
States promises to eventually fade,
particularly since, within decades,
the number of visible minorities will
supplant those held by the Whites."

"Being ensconced in a hasty retreat,
President Obama asked the Afghan
government to speed recruitment
and to stand up the Army and police
to weather the U.S. withdrawal.
Under pressure, the Defense
Ministry had to process 7,000 new
recruits per month, so corners
were cut on background checks."

"The creation of the caliphate,
with its fundamentalist take on
Islam, doesn't only threaten
Iraq, Syria, and the region.
It threatens the entire world.

"Unaccompanied Central American
children have achieved what all
others efforts have failed to do:
they have brought together the
presidents of the Northern
Triangle nations with the world's
most powerful chief executive -
Barack Obama. How wonderful
that the children have power."

"Obama's statement yesterday
is consistent with the erratic,
disappointing, and quite tardy
presentation that characterizes
his White House performance."

"My sense after many trips
to the region is that there
is a growing national pride
among Israelis for having
to live as they do under
fire. The Palestinians are
also besieged and paying a
price - not just mentally
but with their lives. All so
Israel can soothe the
nerves of its own people."

While Secretary of State Kerry
may have escaped the Middle
East cauldron, he seems to have
landed in another one in India,
since almost every news item
mentions Indian outrage over
NSA mass surveillance against
India, its government, and its
political parties,notably the BJP.

"The massive deportation
of an undetermined number
of migrant children, which
Obama announced in front
of fellow Central American
leaders, will not ameliorate
the problem, but worsen it."

"Secretary of State Kerry warned
that such a trip could disturb the
coordination involving Tokyo,
Washington and Seoul to rein in
N Korea's missile, nuke programs."

"The Foreign Ministry says
that things are going well.
Deputy Foreign Secretary
Rubio says that Mexico's
authorities make sure that
child migrants are safe in
shelters. ... To address a
problem, one must begin
by recognizing it. ... The
fact is that the authorities
of this country are not."

"This isn't the first time the most
fervent enemies of undocumented
immigrants have demanded the
massive deportation of those from
countries south of the Río Grande.
... The difference is that, in this
case, the life of the deported
minors would be endangered."

"The immigration policies of our
country over the past few years
have oscillated between inaction
and the corruption of authorities
responsible for migration issues.
... The truth is that Mexico has no
immigration policy directed at
tackling the root of the problem."

"That the presidents of the United
States and Mexico agreed during a
phone call, to execute 'a regional
strategy to expedite repatriations'
is inadmissible and unbelievable!"

“Iran's influence and interests
are so strong that despite much
saber-rattling by US President
Obama, the U.S. cannot possibly
modify the massively changing
reality in Iraq without Iran's help.”

"Its unacceptable persecution confirms
its role as the main violator of individual
rights both in and out of its territory.
At the same time, it shows a stubborn
ignorance of a phenomenon inherent
to human societies, accentuated by the
very global economy the U.S. promotes."

"Fiery Cross Reef, known as Yongshu
in China, Kagitingan in the Philippines
and Da Chu Thap in Vietnam, is close
to sea lanes and would serve as a
strategic naval staging post, said
Asian scholar analyst Alexander Neill."

"Kabul long ago embarked on a
policy of releasing Taliban
prisoners. Hundreds have been
released from Bagram prison.
Yet no one knows of their
whereabouts, and no one takes
responsibility for what they
have done - kill soldiers and
innocent civilians. Meanwhile,
Pakistan was also asked to do so."

"The Taliban kill and get away with
it, but some are arrested. Then the
Americans knowingly set them free.
... .. Saving hundreds of lives
clearly outweighs saving one soldier."

"The NSA documents state that access
to Bahamian GSM communications has
led to the discovery of international
drugs traffickers and alien smugglers.
Many ask why the NSA, an agency that
is focused on terrorism, is interested
in drug traffick and human smugglers."

"What this intelligence program
gives the United States is another
means by which to blackmail the
people of The Bahamas. Dangling
this power over the heads of a
people is an act of hostility. There
is nothing friendly about blackmail."

"Obama should stop lying
to the world. The first
truth that Afghans want
to hear is that the United
States and its allies have
flopped when it comes to
eliminating terrorism. ...
If that is not the case, then
key U.S. officials should
stop visiting Afghanistan
under cover of darkness."