Twitter Updates for 2010-02-19

• Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning. http://bit.ly/bYdSG1 http://bit.ly/9vGX6k Interesting move in the U.S./China chess match #
• EU divisions over Kosovo get deeper by Ian Bancroft. http://bit.ly/cpAHXO Great overview on opposing sides in the EU to Kosovo independence. #
• Conv. on Cluster Munitions (CCM), bans use, production, stockpiling & transfer, ratified & enters into force in 2010. http://bit.ly/c6d4Zd #
• Burkina Faso & Moldova latest countries to ban cluster bombs. Their actions bring Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty into effect. http://bit.ly/c6d4Zd #
• US, China, Russia & Israel expected to not sign the Cluster Bomb Ban convention. US stopped exporting bombs in 2009. http://bit.ly/c6d4Zd #
• 500 delegates from 25 nations meet in Brussels to protect internet. Treaties needed to protect financial & power grids. http://bit.ly/dxw2yn #
• World leaders seek plan for cybersecurity. http://bit.ly/dxw2yn Should countries be held responsible for attacks originating on their soil? #
• China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines & Brunei staking claim on Spratly isles in territorial dispute. http://bit.ly/cT9xvE #
• U.N. to Review Falklands Isle dispute between UK & Argentina. At stake – oil rights in Exclusive Economic Zone. http://nyti.ms/adJqOr #
• China Intensifies Tug of War With India on Nepal. China's concern – Nepal's mostly unguarded border w Tibet. http://nyti.ms/bL1bMo #

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