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Today on AMANPOUR., we have Christiane’s exclusive interview with the commander of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus. He’s the architect of the “surge” strategy in Iraq and now, as commander of all American forces from the Arabian Gulf to central Asia, he gave Christiane the latest U.S. military assessment of the fight against Al Qaeda in Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It’s an interview you don’t want to miss. So please join us if you can. There are also some other important headlines to tell you about as well today. Here are some perspectives on some other stories in the news.
Tom Evans; Sr. Writer, AMANPOUR.
NORTH KOREA – Will there be a formal peace treaty to end the 1950-1953 Korean War?
– Pyongyang calls for a peace treaty to be signed this year, saying a return to negotiations on its nuclear program depends on better relations with Washington and the lifting of sanctions
– U.S. special envoy for human rights in North Korea, Robert King, says Pyongyang must improve its “appalling” human rights record before relations can be normalized
– Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean peninsula technically at war
QUESTION: Is North Korea raising the stakes in its diplomatic maneuvering with the U.S. as Washington tries to reopen six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program?
ANGOLA –Does the attack on the Togo national soccer team in Angola indicate that violence in the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda is increasing?
– Angolan authorities arrest two people after attack on Togo national soccer team left three people dead
– Suspects reportedly members of the so-called “Forces for Liberation of the State of Cabinda”, the armed wing of a separatist group that’s been fighting for independence for the region for three decades
– Oil-rich Cabinda, which is called the Kuwait of Africa, is critically important to the Angolan economy. It accounts for half Angola’s oil exports
QUESTION: Is the separatist movement in Cabinda a threat to Angola’s oil production, which along with Nigeria and Libya is the biggest in Africa?
CHINA – Is China facing a demographic “time bomb” because of the country’s one-child policy?
– Chinese state media, citing a study by the Academy of Social Sciences, says some 24m Chinese men of marrying age will be without wives in 2020, partly because of the country’s one-child policy
– The policy has led to the abortion of millions of female fetuses because of a traditional preference in Chinese families for male heirs
– In some parts of China, the ratio between males and females is now as high as 130:100
QUESTION: Will this demographic imbalance ultimately lead to a shrinking workforce in China and an explosion in the number of elderly people – an imbalance that could threaten the country’s future economic growth?