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By Anatole Kaletsky (Reuters) – The bull market in global equities that started in the dark days of early 2009 passed a historic milestone this week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Even by the standards of North Korea’s dilapidated shipping fleet, which often carries contraband and sails vessels until they sink, the recent failed attempt to transport Cuban arms through the Panama Canal was a risky business.

  PATNA, India,  (Reuters) – At least 25 Indian children died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of blame.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said a North Korean cargo ship seized in Panama on Monday was loaded at one of its ports with 10,000 tons of sugar and 240 tons of “obsolete defensive weaponry,” according to a statement released yesterday by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egypt may have avoided a civil war this month, U.S.

  WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba resumed immigration talks in Washington yesterday after a two-year hiatus and U.S.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama said yesterday it had called on the U.N.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with bribing a German banker to smooth the sale of a stake in the motor racing business to private equity firm CVC eight years ago.

ORLANDO,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that ‘Stand Your Ground’ self-defense laws that have been adopted in 30 states should be reconsidered.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The dramatic capture of the boss of the Zetas drug cartel provides fresh evidence that Mexican authorities are starting to win their protracted fight against a gang that has done more than any other to stain the country’s name with its brutality.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed leaders swore in a new interim cabinet yesterday after a night of street violence, with not a single minister representing either of the main Islamist groups that have won five straight elections since 2011.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – An audit of Senegal’s public sector has found that some 22,000 civil servants, nearly a fifth of the payroll, may be unlawfully claiming a wage, a senior official said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it was “deeply concerned” by lack of transparency in preparations for Zimbabwe’s July 31 general election and called on the government to ensure the vote was peaceful, fair and credible.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, plan to meet next week in a bid to improve relations after a diplomatic spat in May triggered by Santos’ meeting with Venezuela’s main opposition leader.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama seized a North Korean cargo ship it suspects was hiding missile equipment in a shipment of brown sugar from Cuba, after a standoff in which the ship’s captain tried to slit his own throat.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities have arrested 255 alleged child predators in the United States and eight other countries in an operation led by a US agency that illustrated a growing trend called “sextortion” in which children are blackmailed into providing pornographic images of themselves, officials said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday called the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin “unnecessary,” raising questions about whether he believed the shooter, George Zimmerman, acted in self-defence.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government said yesterday it had captured the leader of the Zetas drug cartel, delivering a boost to President Enrique Pena Nieto in his fight against violent crime.

NEW HAMPSHIRE (Reuters) – A Rwandan woman living in New Hampshire was sentenced to 10 years in jail yesterday for obtaining her US citizenship unlawfully by lying about her role in the 1994 genocide in her central African homeland.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early today after fights broke out between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and locals angered when they tried to block major thoroughfares crossing the River Nile.