Morning Brief, Friday, November 30
Asia AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images Benazir Bhutto is planning to run in Pakistan’s upcoming elections while fellow ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is gearing up for a boycott. Now-civilian President Pervez Musharraf promised to lift the present state of emergency by Dec. 16. A once-powerful real estate tycoon connected to the so-called Shanghai clique is going to jail ...
Asia
Asia
Benazir Bhutto is planning to run in Pakistan’s upcoming elections while fellow ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is gearing up for a boycott. Now-civilian President Pervez Musharraf promised to lift the present state of emergency by Dec. 16.
A once-powerful real estate tycoon connected to the so-called Shanghai clique is going to jail for corruption.
In a victory for the United States, China agreed to drop a handful of economic subsidies that had been a sticking point between the two countries.
Middle East
A leading Sunni Arab politician in Iraq may have links to car bombs.
U.S. officials say the Iraqi government doesn’t have a plan to deal with returning refugee and resolve property disputes.
A plane crash in Turkey has killed all 57 passengers.
Europe
The domino effect? Now Italy’s transport unions are on strike, too.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s rejection of a key arms treaty into law.
European transport ministers agreed to move ahead with Galileo, the EU’s prospective competitor to GPS.
Elsewhere
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicts “some headwinds for the consumer in the months ahead.”
Hugo Chávez may be losing popularity even among his key constituents ahead of a controversial referendum on proposed constitutional amendments.
Today’s Agenda
- EU foreign policy head Javier Solana meets with Iran’s new nuclear negotiator in London.
- The deadline for Eritrea and Ethiopia to demarcate their shared border expires tonight.
- The EU-India summit kicks off in New Delhi.
- Coming up this weekend: World AIDS Day, Russian parliamentary elections, and Venezuela’s referendum on Hugo Chávez’s proposed constitutional changes.
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