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Foreign tourists are among those injured in a pair of bomb blasts in the Thai resort of Hua Hin, and a local food vendor was killed.  Twin bombings are common in Thailand's southern provinces, but rarely occur in tourist resorts - and certainly not in areas as posh as Hua Hin, which is the favorite home of a the king.  So far, it appears no Aussies were hurt, but Brits, Germans, and Dutch tourists are among the injured.

The UN is investigating an apparent Chlorine Gas attack against a rebel held neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria.  Emergency response workers believe this banned chemical weapon was dropped from a barrel bomb over a civilian area, other witnesses told the BBC they smelled the gas following two missile strikes.  "There is a lot of evidence that it actually did take place," said UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura.  "If it did take place, it is a war crime."  The rebel groups don't have their own air forces, and the barrel bomb is known to be a tactic used by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.  Earlier this week, Syria's ally Russia said it would observe a daily three-hour ceasefire in Aleppo at midday to allow the delivery of aid and medical supplies; fighting has continued regardless.

Turkey is calling on Russia to carry out joint operations against their "common enemy" Islamic State in Syria.  "Let's fight against the terrorist group together, so that we can clear it out as soon as possible," said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.  This comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Saint Petersburg to meet with his counterpart Vladimir Putin earlier this week - his first foreign trip since last month's failed coup attempt.  It was the first meeting of the two leaders since Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet last year that severely damaged relations. 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered his troops to be combat ready after reports of Russian troop movement in the occupied Crimea peninsula.  Kiev is denying Russian claims of attempted incursions into the area by Ukrainian forces.  Russian troops rolled into the scenic Ukrainian peninsula in 2014, meeting no resistance; Moscow annexed Crimea in a referendum that is not recognized internationally.

The German government's proposals to thwart Islamist Militancy may run into a rough time in parliament.  Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere wants to strip the German citizenship from dual nationals who fight for militant Islamist groups, something that's already opposed by the center-Left Social Democrats (SPD) - part of the governing coalition, and The Greens.  Mr. de Maiziere is, however, drawing a line at banning Burkas and Hijabs, which is favored by the right.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will soon be interviewed by Swedish detectives over sex assault allegations.  He's currently holed-up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London, fearful that if he steps outside he will be arrested and sent to the United States to answer espionage charges.  But, "In the coming weeks, a date will be established for the proceedings to be held at the Embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom," Ecuador's foreign ministry said in the statement.

Voters in Zambia are choosing the next president under new rules in which the winning candidate must clear 50 percent.  It's a tight race between incumbent President Edgar Lungu's governing PF party and the opposition UPND led by Hakainde Hichilema, which accuses Mr. Lungu of crashing the economy.  This is playing out against a the commodities crash that has left thousands of copper miners jobless, and the worst drought in 35 years.

Critics of the demolition of a notorious slum in Bogota, Colombia say the government's plan isn't working.  Cranes and dozers moved into "The Bronx" to tear down the old buildings and make room for a new commercial district.  Annoyed residents point out that the criminals, drug dealers, and sex workers from The Bronx merely fanned out into the rest of the capital, increasing crime rates in other districts.