Afghan candidate Abdullah Abdullah threatens to withdraw from presidential race; Indonesian president-elect to choose cabinet; Japanese officials to meet peers from Burma for first business talks; Zimbabwe and China 'strengthen friendship'; US begins surveillance flights over Syria; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday July 9
Abdullah Abdullah claims victory in Afghanistan; US-China meeting aims to stabilise rocky relations; Indonesia heads to the polls; Pope Francis meets with sex abuse victims, condemns pedophile priests; Nicaragua unveils plans for canal to link Pacific and Atlantic; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday October 23
Iran agrees to export enriched uranium; Executives at Chrysler, AIG, Citigroup and others get 90% pay cut; China posts nine percent growth; Abdullah Abdullah commits to run-off; Guinea massacre prompt EU arms embargo; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday August 27
Neck and neck in Afghanistan election, vote-rigging alleged; new round of Korean family reunions; Cheney accuses Obama of failing America as probe widens; Iraq and Syria in diplomatic row; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 18
Abdullah rally shows Afghani race is tightening (+ analysis); Adviser demands more troops in Afghanistan; Japan emerges from recession; Two Koreas agree family reunions; and more
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