| * US says China is stepping up cyber war * Russian opposition gathers for anniversary of violent protest * Somalia needs a Marshall plan, president says before aid meeting * Brazil in tight race with Mexico to head WTO * Mexico: getting some Audi love * China seeks to water down key World Bank report * Brussels trains its sights on Slovenia * Middle East and north Africa sees surge in M&A activity Markets: mixed US says China is stepping up cyber war
Beijing is engaged in systematic cyber spying on the US military and private businesses to acquire technology to boost military modernisation and strengthen its capacity in any regional crisis, according to the Pentagon.
http://on.ft.com/10eQUfx Russian opposition gathers for anniversary of violent protest
Thousands of Muscovites gathered on Bolotnaya Square on Monday to mark the anniversary of a similar march a year ago when a mêlée between police and protesters left dozens injured and broke the back of the anti-Kremlin protest movement.
http://on.ft.com/12cJdt2 Somalia needs a Marshall plan, president says before aid meeting
Somalia needs its own Marshall plan to recover from decades of poverty, civil war and terrorism, says the country's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
http://on.ft.com/11Oi5jz Brazil in tight race with Mexico to head WTO
Roberto Azevêdo of Brazil and Herminio Blanco of Mexico are scrambling to secure last minute votes in a tight race to become the next head of the troubled World Trade Organisation.
http://on.ft.com/10653j1 Mexico: getting some Audi love
The auto industry's love affair with Mexico seems to know no bounds these days. Just days after Japan's Honda announced the creation of a $470m transmission plant in the country, it was the turn of Audi to laid the foundation stone for a $1.3bn assembly plant in Mexico over the weekend.
http://on.ft.com/18qaNrz China seeks to water down key World Bank report
China is leading an effort to water down the World Bank's most popular research report in a test of the development institution's new president, Jim Yong Kim.
http://on.ft.com/ZBz6Mn Brussels trains its sights on Slovenia
The European Commission is being pushed to take a tougher line with Slovenia amid mounting concerns that infighting is hampering the country's ability to overhaul its banking sector and avoid becoming the next rescue target in the eurozone crisis.
http://on.ft.com/12Laxx9 Middle East and north Africa sees surge in M&A activity
The past few years have been grim for corporate advisory work in the Middle East and north Africa as disappointing merger activity combined with lacklustre markets to confine the great pre-crisis banking boom to history.
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