Morning Coffee - 19 October 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- these may not always appear on A-1, but they *are* the kinds of stories that will be buzzing in foreign capitals, the UN and wherever foreign policy minds roam.
Starting Five
HOLD UP! - President Obama has asked four countries to delay introducing a UN resolution to take nuclear weapons to a lower alert level. Observers speculate that the Obama administration wants to avoid voting against the resolution. On the campaign trail, Obama pledged to work with Russia to scale back nuclear readiness. Link
MEXICAN OFFICIAL EXPOSES MILITARY, SEEKS U.S. ASYLUM - A Mexican human rights official was taken into U.S. custody last week after exposing human rights abuses by the military. Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson was detained by U.S. customs on Thursday after announcing that he had proof of over 170 human rights abuses in his home state of Chihuahua. In a bizarre twist, his lawyer says that his client was not seeking political asylum when officials recognized him at a border crossing. "He didn't want political asylum," Spector said, "He wants to continue working for the Human Rights Commission." Link
KARZAI CRITICIZES UN PROBE - Surprise: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is highly critical of the UN election commission that blames Karzai's side for massive election fraud. He claims that the commission used the wrong formula to calculate the final totals. The Electoral Complaints Commission is set to announce today whether there will be a runoff election between Karzai and second-place finisher Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. Karzai needs at least 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. Link
TERROR ATTACK KILLS IRANIANS - Two suicide bombings in southeast Iran killed 29 people including several members of the elite revolutionary guard. The attacks coincided with high-level meetings between members of the guard and tribal elders. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but many suspect Jundallah, a militant Sunni group that has previously resorted to suicide attacks. Link
THE PEOPLE'S COURT MEETS CANDID CAMERA - In Italy, life imitates reality TV. A television station owned by Italian president Silvio Berlusconi sparked controversy by secretly taping a judge who ruled against him in a bribery case. Reporters from Berlusconi's Channel 5 ran hidden camera footage of the judge walking around and visiting the barber. The voiceover told viewers that the judge seemed nervous, chainsmoking and wearing "strange" turquoise socks. Link

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