US accelerating arms shipments to Gulf coalition; US-Japan alliance shifts; Thailand and Russia to boost cooperation on drug trafficking, investment and energy sector; Mugabe visits South Africa; new bank in India to regulate microfinance lenders and help small businesses; and more
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World News Brief, Tuesday August 13
Israel names 26 Palestinian prisoners to be freed; Cambodia upholds election results; Japan's economy expands for third consecutive quarter; Mugabe makes first post-election speech; Britain may take legal action against Spain over Gibraltar
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US closes embassies in Middle East and North Africa amid heightened potential terrorist threat; Philippines awaits "positive response" to invitation to Chinese foriegn minister; US military helicopter crashes in Okinawa; bomb explodes at Buddhist temple in Jakarta; Zimbabwe opposition supporters say they were attacked by Mugabe supporters; and more
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93,000 killed in Syria since start of civil war, says UN; Edward Snowden tells Chinese newspaper that US has been hacking into Chinese computers for years; Mugabe fast-tracks electoral change; Putin announces new electoral party in Russia; and more
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The unintended consequences of tackling two of the world's most hideous despots are difficult to stomach, but the world has little option but to take action
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