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(Ben)
We'll look at those issues in depth but first our global survey of headlines.
First up, in Asia,
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber has killed two soldiers and three civilians near the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
South Koreans have been voting in the country's local elections – the first test for President's Park Geun- hye's administration after the Sewol ferry disaster.
(Qin)
In Oceania,
Australia's economy has grown by more than many had forecast in the first three months of the year - boosted by a rise in exports and domestic consumption.
And The New Zealand government has announced a major investment worth over 6 million US dollars to help rebuild schools and upgrade the national sports stadium in cyclone-battered Tonga.
(ZL)
Moving on to Africa,
In Guinea, at least 208 people are now said to have died from the Ebola virus after a surge in fatalities in recent days.
In the Central African Republic, authorities there have banned the use of mobile phone text messages to help restore security after more than a year of deadly ethnic and religious violence.
(Ben)
And in the Middle East,
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a third term in office after securing 88.7 percent of votes in the country's presidential vote.
Over in Libya, a suicide bomb attack at the home of the renegade general, Khalifa Haftar east of Benghazi has killed four people, with Haftar now promising reprisals.
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Looking to Latin America,
The Colombian government and FARC rebels have resumed peace talks in Havana to find a settlement to the five-decade long civil war
And Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced plans to launch judicial actions in the United States against alleged conspirators plotting to kill him.
(Ben)
And in Europe,
Lithuania is to adopt the euro on January 1 2015, after the European Commission announced the Baltic State has met the criteria for joining the single currency.
And Turkey has lifted its ban on YouTube, some seven years after initially blocking access to the video-sharing site.
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And finally in North America,
In the United States, the FBI will expand a reward program offering 10 thousand dollars for information leading to arrests over laser pointers directed at helicopter and aeroplane pilots.
And Oscar-winning film director Oliver Stone is set to write and direct the story of Edward Snowden, the fugitive US intelligence leaker.
(Ben) That's the global headlines Survey. Now back to the top stories of the day. Zeng Liang starts us off.
