At least six Afghans and two NATO soldiers dead after Koran burning protests end tragically; Barack Obama apologies for burnings in open letter; Analysis: Islamists don't apologise for burning Korans in suicide bombings; Gillard calls for leadership ballot vs Rudd; US and North Korean diplomats hold talks about holding talks; Over 70 killed during bloody day in Iraq; Massive rally hears Putin promise to protect Russia from outsiders; and more
Top of the Agenda: Deadly Afghan Protests Over Koran Burnings
Hundreds of Afghans demonstrated on Thursday for the third consecutive day against the burning of Korans at the US-run Bagram Air Base (NYT) north of Kabul. The protests today left at least six Afghans dead and fifty-five wounded after clashes with Afghan and NATO security forces. A man dressed in an Afghan military uniform fired on coalition forces, killing two NATO soldiers. Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on protesters to keep demonstrations non-violent, even as some members of parliament urged Afghans to take up arms against US "invaders." Meanwhile, President Barack Obama apologized for the Koran burnings in a letter to Karzai.
Analysis
"Maybe we know that we're not there as crusaders or to wage war on Islam. But as long as we are there, a bag of books sent to a dumpster by mistake can make for a very big fire. (Non-symbolic, and unfixable disasters, like the killing of children in a drone strike, do so even more.) We keep saying that we are in Afghanistan to help. Burning a Koran isn't helping," writes the New Yorker's Amy Davidson.
"In the West, we bend over backwards to express cultural sensitivities that the most hardened of Muslim militants or the most ordinary of Muslims don't even practice. When militants firebomb mosques and plant suicide bombers in mosque congregations, they don't apologize for the Qurans that burn and smolder in the aftermath of their attacks," writes Asra Q. Nomani at the Daily Beast.
PACIFIC RIM
North Korea, US Reopen Nuclear Talks
US and North Korean diplomats met in Beijing for "exploratory talks" (Yonhap) over North Korea's nuclear weapons program--the first since the death of longtime leader Kim Jong-il in December--to pave the way toward the resumption of official six-party negotiations.
In the CFR blog "Asia Unbound," Scott Snyder outlines what to expect from the latest round of US-North Korea talks.
AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Julia Gillard called for a Labor party leadership ballot (Australian) a day after Kevin Rudd, whom Gillard ousted as prime minister in June 2010, resigned as her foreign minister on a trip to Washington.
ELSEWHERE:
Over 70 killed by bombs and gunmen in Iraq
Over 100,000 rally for Putin
GOP debate discusses Iran and Romney's tax plan
This is an excerpt of the CFR.org Daily News Brief. The full version is available on CFR.org.
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