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Top Story: U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Shanghai on Sunday night for the start of a historic three-day visit to China, part of an eight-day tour of Asia. It is the president's first trip to China. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao plan to discuss the global recession, including trade and currency issues, as well as environmental policies related to the upcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change. Obama also plans to press China to agree to sanctions or other measures to punish Iran if it does not capitulate to an agreement to export its uranium for processing abroad. Obama met with youth groups this morning and heads to Beijing later today.
Copenhagen in trouble: Obama and leaders at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit said separately that they would not agree to binding targets at the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, which starts next month.
Americas
- The El Salvadorean government said at least 192 people died in mudslides and floods last week.
- Colombia released four Venezuelan national guard troops arrested on its territory.
- A nearly empty jail in Illinois might accept detainees from the U.S. military facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Asia
- NATO forces in Afghanistan are starting an FBI-type unit to rout corruption.
- In a meeting with the Burmese prime minister, Obama called for the release of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
- At least five were injured in a Sunday rally in Thailand against ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra after Cambodia named him as an economic adviser.
Middle East
- Palestinian officials said they might appeal for the United Nations Security Council to unilaterally declare Palestinian statehood.
- Iranian news sites reported that a deputy defense minister who has been missing for three years is in Israeli custody.
- Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signaled that Russia is considering sanctioning Iran if it does not quickly accept a deal on its uranium enrichment facilities.
Africa
- Fighting bewteen Houthi rebels, the Yemenese government, and Saudi Arabia continues in northern Yemen.
- A Niger Delta rebel group described negotiations with Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adu as productive. The group is currently in a cease fire with the government.
- Morocco detained and deported a prominent rights activist for the Western Sahara, a semi-autonomous region under its control.
Europe
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization started a summit on hunger in Rome today.
- Kosovo held peaceful city council and mayoral elections, the first since independence from Serbia.
- Italian police captured a fugitive leader of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate.
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