News and Media

Obama says 'frenzy' over Iraq remarks baffled him (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

6 Jul 2008

ST. LOUIS - Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that he was surprised at how the media had "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq and denied that he intended to do anything but end the war if he was elected.

Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本�ニュースを英語�読む (Japan Today)

6 Jul 2008

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and U.S. President George W Bush discussed dealing with North Korea and climate change issues as they began a bilateral meeting Sunday afternoon ahead of the Group of Eight summit.

Sri Lanka activists organising media boycott of SAsia summit: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)

6 Jul 2008

Media activists in Sri Lanka are organising a boycott of the upcoming South Asian summit in Colombo in protest at escalating attacks against journalists, a report said Sunday.