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Mainland's Taiwan affairs arrives in Taipei
Chinese mainland's chief of Taiwan affairs Zhang Zhijun has begun a four-day visit to Taiwan.
Zhang is the first mainland official of his status to visit the island since 1949.
He is due to meet Taiwan's mainland affairs chief Wang Yu-chi.
It is the second meeting between the two officials this year. Wang visited the mainland in February.
Zhang is scheduled to visit New Taipei City, Taichung, Kaohsiung and meet the mayors of the three cities. He is also expected to visit Changhua County.
Chinese naval ships arrive for RIMPAC
Chinese navy ships have arrived in Pearl Harbor to participate for the first time in the Rim of the Pacific drill, the world's largest multi-national maritime exercise.
The RIMPAC is hosted by the United States in Honolulu at the joint base Pearl Harbor Hickam and includes participation by 23 nations.
The Chinese navy has sent four ships including a destroyer and a frigate.
China has never participated in the event, although it did send observers to RIMPAC in 1998.
The exercise is held in the waters in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
Audits uncover malpractice in allocating government money
China's National Audit Office has found malpractice in the allocation of government money, with 1.86 billion yuan or 300 million US dollars of central funds falsely claimed by local governments or embezzled by officials.
An audit report on the central government's final accounts for 2013 shows a large amount of government funds was not put into effective use.
32 central government departments had been audited by the end of 2013.
Auditors have found that more than 49 billion yuan remained in their bank accounts for more than a year and some 840 million yuan of that was there for more than five years.
US troops arrive in Iraq
The first group of US troops have arrived in Baghdad to assist the Iraqi army in combating a growing Sunni militant insurgency.
The Pentagon says nearly half the 300 special operations soldiers promised by President Barack Obama are in Baghdad or on the front lines of the fight.
The Obama administration has stressed the troops are not intended as operational forces but instead are there to advise the Iraqis and provide intelligence.
Ukraine army helicopter shot down despite ceasefire
The Ukrainian military says one of its helicopters has been shot down by insurgents in the east, killing all nine people on board.
It says the Mi-8 helicopter was hit by a rocket shortly after take-off outside the rebel-held city of Sloviansk.
It comes a day after the rebels vowed to observe a ceasefire until Friday, in response to a government peace plan.
But Ukraine's president said he may end it due to constant violations by the rebels.
Libya holds elections to end post-Gaddafi instability
Libyans are going to the polls today in the hope of ending the anarchy that has gripped the country since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
A new 200-seat parliament will be elected in the second poll since Gaddafi's fall.
The election was called a month ago amid government claims that a renegade general was plotting a coup.
Nearly 2,000 candidates are vying for seats in the new parliament.
Thailand's Pheu Thai denies connection with ex-leader's anti-coup movement
Thailand's Pheu Thai Party, the ruling party before the military takeover, has denied any links with an anti-coup organization newly founded by a fugitive former leader.
A senior official of Pheu Thai says the party is not involved in setting up the so-called " Organization of Free Thais for Human Rights and Democracy."
Former Pheu Thai leader Charupong Ruangsuwan, believed to be in self-imposed exile, announced the establishment of the organization Tuesday via a video clip on YouTube.
But he didn't disclose where the anti-coup movement is based and what operations will be conducted.
S. Korea ferry survivors return to school
More than 70 South Korean teenagers who survived a ferry sinking that killed hundreds of their schoolmates have returned to their first classes since the April disaster.
The 74 students return to classes at Danwon High School in Ansan, outside of Seoul, greeted by adults who carried banners of encouragement.
Most of the 300-plus people dead or missing in the disaster were students from Danwon who were on a class trip.
FIFA probes Suarez 'biting' incident
Football's governing body FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay striker Luis Suarez over an alleged biting incident during the World Cup match against Italy.
Suarez clashed with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Tuesday's Group D game, which Uruguay won 1-0.
The referee took no action at the time.
The maximum ban Suarez could face if FIFA takes retrospective action is 24 matches or two years.
