1, Taiwan, China envoys sign historic trade pact
Setting aside decades of animosity, Taiwan and China on Tuesday agreed to expand passenger and cargo flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait, an area that has long threatened to become a war zone. AP
2, Twin bombs wound 73 in Muslim southern Thailand
A car bomb blast at a fruit market and another explosion minutes later at a nearby teashop wounded 73 people in Muslim southern Thailand on Tuesday, where 3,200 people have died in a five-year rebellion, police said. Reuters
3, Mexico hitmen kill senior police as drug war rages
Suspected drug hitmen ambushed and killed two senior police officers with grenades and guns in Mexico, where escalating cartel violence has killed more than 4,000 people this year, police said on Monday. Reuters
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