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The anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII has come and gone with two noteworthy developments: no visits from the Japanese cabinet to the Yasukuni Shrine and a strongly-worded apology from Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

August 19th, 2010 (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - An explosion in China’s restive Xinjiang province has once again raised fears of a repeat of last July’s violent riots.

July 16th (BBC News) - The pace of growth in the world's third-largest economy slowed in the second quarter, official figures show.

While many western observers would point to violent secessionism in Kashmir as the direst threat to Indian national security, the government of India has identified the Maoist-inspired Naxalite insurgency as its most significant security challenge

May 11th (BBC News) - China's inflation accelerated in April after house and food prices jumped and bank lending increased.

May 9th (Reuters) - A senior US diplomat said on Sunday the United States was concerned by Burma’s preparations for a long-awaited election but would continue its attempts at deeper engagement with the country’s military rulers.

In the wake of last week’s highly symbolic though hollowed-out election in Sudan, the question on everyone’s mind is no longer whether or not the south will secede in 2011, but how bloody their secession will be.

NEW DELHI, April 21st (Financial Express) - Putting developmental aspirations of common people at the heart of the BRIC engagement, the leaders of so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China at a recently concluded summit have decided to scale up cooperation in areas ranging from science and technology, trade and investment, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure.

Last week’s BRIC countries summit in Brasilia witnessed the beginning of what will surely become a trend over the next few decades: BRIC coordination against the United States on important issues in international society.

April 15th (BBC News) - Economists call them the Bric countries. Hiding behind the obscure title are some of the world's fastest growing and potentially largest economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Now the leaders of these countries are meeting in Brazil's capital Brasilia for the second Bric summit.