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Wednesday's global agenda: GOP goes on foreign-policy offensive
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Republicans begin hammering President Obama's foreign-policy record on the second full day of their convention in Tampa, Fla. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are expected to deliver speeches slamming the looming defense cuts and the administration's stance with regard to Syria and Iran, as polls show Obama continues to get high marks on national security. [Wall Street Journal]
Speaking terms: Japan and North Korea hold their first face-to-face talks in four years amid signs that new leader Kim Jong-Un wants to open up his country to the world. Normalizing relations and the abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s are expected to dominate the conversation. [AFP]
Help wanted: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti meets with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin as part of his effort to nudge his European partners to let the European Central Bank buy more bonds from Italy and Spain to help keep their borrowing costs at sustainable levels. [The New York Times]
In other news:
The U.S. Navy credits aggressive patrolling by international forces and increased vigilance by the commercial shipping industry for the steep drop in piracy off Somalia's coast. [The New York Times]
France opened a murder inquiry into the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. [Reuters]
What you might have missed on Global Affairs:
Republican foreign-policy plank puts some GOP senators in a bind
Dem lawmakers ask to be included in Pacific trade talks
Clinton to court Pacific Islands as part of 'pivot to Asia'
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