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- Colombian conflict
- ELN militants launch homemade mortar shells at a military base in El Carmen, Norte de Santander, Colombia, killing nine soldiers and wounding nine others. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Myanmar's ruling military junta dissolves the National League for Democracy, the political party of former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. (NHK)
- Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka announces that the Media Industry Development Authority will repeal a controversial 2010 law which strictly controlled media. (RNZ)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Syria, Economy of Syria
- President Bashar al-Assad reshuffles the government's cabinet amidst rising prices and shortages of food, due to the harsh economic situation of the country, worsened by February's earthquake. (AP via The Washington Post)
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