Global markets rise with news of Spanish bank bailout; Burma declares state of emergency after violent clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in western Rakhine state; China's exports and imports up and inflation down; US threatens sanctions against "spoilers" to progress towards new Somali constitution and president; Russian police raid homes of opposition leaders; and more
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World News Brief Tuesday, July 12
US stalls over debt reduction talks--Republicans balked at Obama's tax increases; Australia to tax 500 biggest polluters; Chinese exports up 20 per cent in one year; Syrian forces raid city of Homs, killing one; drought in Somalia world's 'worst humanitarian crisis'; fears Eurozone crisis could spread to Italy, Europe's third-largest economy; and more
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Turkey votes for constitutional change, wins EU support, despite giving government more power over courts; US plans record US$60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia; Korans burned in US after all; China says trade trade surplus aren't intentional; and more
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Nuclear scientist heading back to Iran, hurting US intelligence (+ analysis); Israel resumes demolitions in East Jerusalem; Japanese PM gets reprieve in latest polls; How do you define a terrorist? Petraeus weighs in; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday June 11
BP share price plunges as oil spill weakens US-British relations (+ analysis); Iranian Opposition struggling a year after protests; Chinese exports grow reassuring investors; David Cameron arrives in Afghanistan as bomb rips through wedding; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday January 12
US banks' multimillion dollar bonus packages raise public ire; figuring out who caused the Great Recession; China now world's largest exporter, Germany second; North Korea proposes peace talks with US; Afghanistan to take over Bagram Prison; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday April 17
Indians go to the polls today, plus a backgrounder on India's political system; After 10 years Russia ends fight in Chechnya; China's GDP growth lowest on record; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday March 12
Pakistani police crackdown on opposition party members; China-US argument escalates; South Korea-US free trade deal closer; China exports plummet; and more
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Obama's bank rescue plan; China exports tumble; Australian fire clean-up continues; close vote in Israel; Afghan suicide bombings; Zimbabwe's leader sworn in
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday December 12
Auto bailout passes the House, looks set to struggle in the Senate; China reveals "dreadful" export figures; no progress in North Korea nuclear talks; Ireland to reconsider Lisbon Treaty; and more
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