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Tuesday's global agenda: US shifts gears in Mexican drug fight
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder and other U.S. officials are scheduled to meet with top officials from President Felipe Calderon's Cabinet today as the United States shifts its focus from military aid to combat drug dealers to beefing up Mexico's judicial system. [The Wall Street Journal]
Aid on hold: The anti-American protests that have rocked the Middle East have stalled plans for a $1 billion debt relief plan to Egypt, The Washington Post reports. Egypt owes the United States about $3 billion.
Visit by a lady: Clinton delivers introductory remarks at an event honoring Burmese human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the U.S. Institute of Peace today. The 12:30 event, which will be streamed live here, is the first of several appearances by the Burmese lawmaker, who is in Washington this week to accept the congressional Gold Medal.
Separately, Burma's leaders announced they had released 514 prisoners ahead of President Thein Sein's visit to the United Nations this month. [Wall Street Journal].
In other news:
Relations between the United States and China are coming under renewed strain. [The Wall Street Journal]
France has opened an investigation to identify the organizers of a protest outside the U.S. Embassy over the weekend. [The New York Times]
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