{"id":5062,"date":"2009-06-30T15:58:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T19:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2009-06-30T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T19:58:11","slug":"world-links-sovereignty-day-celebrated-in-iraq-tensions-escalate-between-sudan-and-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links-sovereignty-day-celebrated-in-iraq-tensions-escalate-between-sudan-and-chad\/5062\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Sovereignty Day Celebrated in Iraq, Tensions Escalate Between Sudan and Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military in Iraqi cities <a id=\"p_qe\" title=\"transfers official control to the country's forces.\" href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/200963054650513164.html\">transfers official control to the country&#8217;s forces.<\/a> Newly-dubbed &#8220;Sovereignty Day&#8221; is celebrated with parades, fireworks, and a nationally-televised speech from Iraq&#8217;s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. A <a id=\"y9yo\" title=\"car bomb in the city of Kirkuk\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8127222.stm\">car bomb in the city of Kirkuk<\/a> kills at least 27 people.<\/p>\n<p>A Yemenia Airways plane en route to the island-nation of Comoros, located off the coast of Mozambique, crashes into the Indian Ocean. Rescue workers are searching for more survivors after a finding <a id=\"qfy9\" title=\"a young survivor among the Airbus A310-300 debris.\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/06\/30\/yemen.plane.crash\/index.html\">a young survivor among the Airbus A310-300 debris.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The annual inflation rate for the Eurozone, the area of the 16 European nations which use the Euro, <a id=\"efgc\" title=\"turns negative for the first time since the introduction of the unified currency in 1999.\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/8126176.stm\">turns negative for the first time since the introduction of the unified currency in 1999.<\/a> Although the European Central Bank falls below its target annual rate, <a id=\"z0y-\" title=\"it does not plan to cut its borrowing amount.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/e52098b2-655a-11de-8e34-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1\">it does not plan to cut its borrowing amount.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israeli senior ministers\u00a0<a id=\"qrea\" title=\"meet to discuss temporarily halting construction of West Bank settlements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1096642.html\">discuss temporarily halting construction of West Bank settlements<\/a> hours before a planned meeting between Israel&#8217;s defense minister Ehud Barak and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell. In an interview with the <em>New York Times<\/em>, Barak states, &#8220;<a id=\"mt6w\" title=\"We should not isolate this issue of settlements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/29\/world\/middleeast\/29mideast.html?scp=1&amp;sq=israel%20settlement&amp;st=cse\">We should not isolate this issue of settlements<\/a> and make it the most important one. It has to be discussed in the context of a larger peace discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s unemployment rate is the lowest in five years and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare states, <a id=\"x.4y\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/english\/Herald-asahi\/TKY200906300245.html\">&#8220;The severity of the (employment) situation is increasing further.&#8221;<\/a> Japanese companies fearful of a slow national economic recovery are reluctant to hire workers despite fiscal improvements within the nation&#8217;s corporate and manufacturing sectors. In the Tokyo neighborhood of Koenji, <a id=\"wpqb\" title=\"Japanese youth denounce the lack of employment opportunities.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/30\/business\/global\/30youth.html?scp=1&amp;sq=japan%20unemployment&amp;st=cse\">Japanese youth denounce the lack of employment opportunities.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sudan <a id=\"u6ik\" title=\"announces military preparedness for a possible incursion from Chad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mg.co.za\/article\/2009-05-20-sudan-threatens-to-destroy-chad-troops\">announces military preparedness for a possible incursion from Chad<\/a>&#8216;s armed forces. Tensions escalate between the neighboring countries in recent weeks after each nation accuses the other of supporting rebel troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military in Iraqi cities transfers official control to the country&#8217;s forces. 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