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Although Japan is an American ally, the U.S. was "disappointed that Japan's leadership has taken an action that will exacerbate tensions with Japan's neighbors," according to a statement from the U.S. embassy in Tokyo.
A Safe Haven
SOUTH SUDAN
A family takes shelter in a makeshift U.N. refugee camp on the outskirts of the South Sudanese capital of Juba. Some 120,000 South Sudanese were forced to flee their homes in recent weeks as political infighting in the world's youngest nation--independent since 2011--morphed into full-blown ethnic conflict between members of two prominent tribes. The U.N. says more than a thousand civilians could have been killed in the space of a few days, and a shaky cease-fire seems unlikely to keep the peace.
Four Reasons Why
Turkey's Prime Minister Is in Trouble
The indomitable Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled for over a decade and reshaped his nation. But a real estate corruption scandal may be his undoing.
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Arrests
Already the investigation has netted key Erdogan allies, including businessmen, politicians and the sons of Cabinet ministers.
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Resignations
Three prominent ministers have stepped down in the wake of the scandal; one, Erdogan Bayraktar, called for the Prime Minister to follow suit.
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Frenemies
Analysts say the investigations may have been prompted by the Gulenists, a powerful Islamic movement with ties to the police and judiciary; they once backed Erdogan but now oppose him.
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Rivals
The political turmoil shows cracks widening within Erdogan's ruling AKP party and may strengthen the hand of another Erdogan ally turned foe: current President Abdullah Gul.
SOMALIA
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Number of ships hijacked by Somali pirates in 2013, down from a peak of 52 four years earlier. The fall in piracy is due in part to international naval patrols and the presence of Kenyan troops in former Somali pirate dens.
Treding In
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RELIGION
The Church of England accepted a challenge to play the Vatican in a cricket match, five centuries after splitting from Rome
PROTESTS
Pro-E.U. activists in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv want to rename Lenin Avenue after Beatle John Lennon
SCIENCE
The Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy was frozen in place for a week during an Antarctic research mission, trapped in an ice floe that two icebreakers could not penetrate
DISASTER
Thousands of people fled their homes after a volcano erupted in eastern El Salvador, spewing hot ash and smoke
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