What's Up?

Here is what everyone is talking about today:

• The White House and the GOP House go head to head on UN Dues. [NYT]
• The Koreas celebrate five years of talking to each other. I have no idea what S. Korea is celebrating.[WashTimes]
• 16 terror suspects have been arrested in Spain in the last two days. [USAT]
• Sinologists are surprised that Hu Jintao who owes everything he has to the Communist Party and its control of China is an eager and willing defender of the system. It now seems that he is in fact a hardliner. [WP]
• The EUnuchs leaders have gathered to finger point, bitch and moan. Well that isn't what they're supposed to be there for but that is what they do best. By the way did you know that the EU constitution is 500 pages? [WashTimes]
• Oh yeah, the reason they're meeting is to discuss their six year budget. Six year budget? Sounds so Leninesque. [NYT]
• They've toppled two presidents so isn't it about time you read up on the indians of El Alto, Bolivia? [LAT]
• For the first time a former president of Mexico will stand trial (maybe). That's great news but it took 5 years to get a Supreme Court in 3 - 2 decision to allow charges (maybe) against a former president who actually killed hundreds if not thousands. What are the chances of them putting away Salinas Gotari in our lifetime? [el Universal]
• Here it is in English. By the way neither article mentions Echevarria's role in the bloodier massacre of '68 which he oversaw as Interior Minister. The statute of limitations has run out on that one so he is free and clear. [LAT]