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China is doing away with its "One Child" policy;  The state run Xinhua news agency reports that the ruling Communist Party is rewriting the policy so that it will allow couples in the overpopulated and yet rapidly aging nation to have two children.  Enacted in the immediate post-Mao years from 1978 to 1980, the policy fell into its own trap:  It succeeded in slowing China's population growth, but slashed the number of productive workers relative to the swelling ranks of the aged.  Over the years, there were all sorts of exceptions and problems, and critics say it caused China's gender imbalance because of forced or selective abortions.

Despite the current tensions in the South China Sea, Royal Australian Navy frigates will conduct live fire training exercises with Chinese sailors next week.  The HMAS Stuart and HMAS Arunta will visit Zhanjiang this weekend, prior to the exercises.  But this comes after Defense Secretary Marise Payne dropped hints that the navy could join the US in sailing through the South China Sea, where China has built artificial islands for military bases, upsetting the existing territorial claims of the countries that are actually located there, like the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, and others.

Venezuela is accusing a former prosecutor of being a "thug" and a "traitor" who took bribes to flee the country and criticize a high-profile case involving a political opponent of the government.  Franklin Nieves successfully prosecuted US-educated conservative gadfly Leopoldo Lopez for instigating anti-government riots that led to the deaths of 43 civilians.  He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.  After all was said and done, Nieves went to the US, supposedly asked for asylum and changed his story to claim he and the government coached witnesses and fabricated evidence.  National Assembly head Diosdado Cabello notes that Nieves didn't come up with the revisionist narrative until after the US waved a US$850,000 cheque under his nose.

An airline bound for Caracas never made it off the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale outside Miami, after one of the engines burst into flames.  Fifteen people were hurt, one with minor burns and the rest with various bumps and bruises from the evacuation down the emergency chutes.

Tanzania's ruling party is claiming victory in last Sunday's elections; the opposition wants a recount.  But in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, the elections were annulled because of gross irregularities, including rigging and physical fights between rival election commissioners.

Nigeria has published 100 photos of people whom it says are its most-wanted Boko Haram suspects.  President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May, and gave the military until November to defeat the Islamist separatists.  With the help of a regional military coalition, Nigeria has been able to take back most of territory that Boko Haram held and later declared to be the "Western Province" of Islamic State.  But the terrorists have been perfectly capable of striking back with suicide bombings.

The European Parliament awarded this year's Sakharov human rights prize to Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi.  He is currently jailed, sentenced to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes for supposedly "insulting Islam" for calling for more equality and Women's Rights in the oil kingdom.  Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Saudi King Salman "to free (Raif Badawi), so he can accept the prize".  To which Salman might have said, "Oh yeah, I'm totally getting right on that."

Saudi Arabia is taking a hard line in the talks aimed at achieving a diplomatic solution to Syria's destructive civil war.  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says that Iran must accept the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.  "He will go either through a political process or he will be removed by force," said Mr. Jubier.   But that might as well have been addressed to Moscow as well, because both consider Assad an ally and are unlikely to support his ouster and both have assets and manpower in Syria fighting on Assad's behalf against US-backed rebels and lawless Islamic State nihilist loons.  

Iberia Airlines is investigating a pilot who announced that his flight was landing in "Palestine" when touching down at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.  Several passengers were taken aback, or as the kids say on the Internet, were "butthurt".  But the airline acknowledges that the pilot had absolutely no business forcing his political opinions and poor understanding of recent history upon weary passengers who just want to get the hell off the plane after being cooped up for four and a half hours with screaming kids and farty old people and seriously what the hell is wrong with people?  WTH?  At least it's almost the weekend in Oz.