| * India and China end Himalayan stand-off * Libya's parliament bans Gaddafi-era officials from government * Israeli air strike rocks outskirts of Damascus * Honda ramps up Mexico investment * Seven die in Mogadishu blast as bombers target top officials * Zambian opposition fears clampdown by Michael Sata * Israeli cabinet backs plan to raise deficit target Markets: up! India and China end Himalayan stand-off
India and China simultaneously withdrew troops from camps a few metres apart in a Himalayan desert on Sunday, apparently ending a three-week stand-off on a freezing plateau where the border is disputed and the Asian giants fought a war 50 years ago.
http://on.ft.com/10i4q2P Libya's parliament bans Gaddafi-era officials from government
Libya's interim parliament has passed a controversial law banning anyone who held a senior position under Col Muammer Gaddafi from holding office.
http://on.ft.com/ZyKmt0 Israeli air strike rocks outskirts of Damascus
Israel's air force attacked Syria on Sunday, rocking Damascus with loud explosions and reportedly targeting a military research centre near the capital, in the country's second such strike on its war-torn neighbour in two days.
http://on.ft.com/ZGR1oB Honda ramps up Mexico investment
The central Mexican region known as El Bajío is known as the nation's colonial heartland, its grain belt and a hotbed of fervent Catholicism. Now Japanese auto production can be added to the list.
http://on.ft.com/18ibz9Z Seven die in Mogadishu blast as bombers target top officials
A car bomb targeting high-level officials in Mogadishu has killed at least seven and injured several others, according to initial accounts.
http://on.ft.com/17FHUGp Zambian opposition fears clampdown by Michael Sata
As traffic crawls along Cairo road in central Lusaka, a hawker wearing an African-print shirt emblazoned with the image of Michael Sata extols the virtues of his president. Another touts a stern-faced portrait of Zambia's head of state to motorists caught up in the midday jam.
http://on.ft.com/10gWLBL Israeli cabinet backs plan to raise deficit target
Israel's cabinet has approved a plan to raise the 2013 budget deficit target, delaying spending cuts until next year, in a move that drove up government bond yields.
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