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Volkswagen shares plunged 17 percent in the wake of the software rigging scandal in the US, where the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the world's largest automaker of programming its so-called "clean diesel" cars to cheat on emissions tests.  For a year VW tried to pass off the discrepancy between tests and real-world smog as glitches, but is now admitting the deception.  The first trading session after the scandal took US$15 Billion off of VW's worth; fines and settlements could take another $18 Billion; and the conventional wisdom is that CEO Martin Winterkorn's formal apology will not be enough to save his job.

The leader of the coup d'etat in Burkina Faso claimed he would hand over the reins of power to civilian authority.  This comes after the country's military began to mass to take on the coup plotters, who were the former presidential guard of ousted dictator Blaise Compaore.  A deal worked out by West African countries apparently guarantees no reprisals to the coup plotters in exchange for them stepping down.  The streets of the capital remain tense, with many protesters believing that the deal to allow the coup plotters to walk away without repercussions is too lenient.

America's most prominent Muslim group is demanding that Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson bow out of the race, after stunningly bigoted comments over the weekend.  Often referred to as a "brilliant surgeon", the socially-conservative Carson appeared on a Sunday morning politics show and declared that he would never support a Muslim as President of the United States, and that being one was "inconsistent" with the constitution (In fact, the US Constitution strictly forbids the religious prohibition or requirement that Carson is suggesting in Article VI, Paragraph 3).  "We ask Mr. Ben Carson to withdraw from the presidential race, because he his unfit to lead," said Nihad Awad, president and founder of the Council On American-Islamic Relations.

Hungary's bombastic Prime Minister Viktor Orban dropped some more verbal bombs on European Refugee crisis.  "They're not just banging on the door, they're breaking the doors down on top of us," he told parliament, "Our borders are under threat.  Hungary is under threat and so is the whole of Europe."  Moments later, parliament voted to give the military more powers to deal with the refugees - including breaking the doors of private homes to search for migrants.  Hungary is also consulting with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to oppose a European Union (EU) proposal to require members to accept a fixed number of refugees.

Later on Tuesday, EU interior and justice ministers will meet in Brussels to try and decide where to move the migrants from the three main entry points of Greece, Italy, and Hungary.  And on Wednesday, leaders will convene for an extraordinary summit to air out gaping differences of opinion on how to handle the crisis.

Malaysia's high court says the government cannot order a media group to cease aggressive reporting on the giant financial scandal surrounding Prime Minister
Najib Razak. who critics note conveniently deposited around a billion dollars in his personal bank account at about the same time as a government-run investment bank lost that much money. The Home Ministry suspended the publishing permits of "The Edge" media group, claiming its reporting threatened "public order".  But a high court justice said that order was "tainted with illegality".

Indonesia's counter-terrorism chief is warning of foreign Islamic State sympathizers being dent into his country from terrorist cells in Malaysia.  Saud Usman Nasution claims the foreign fighters are working with asylum seeker networks to move between countries.

Boko Haram is suspected in a series of bomb blasts that killed 54 people in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria.  The blasts targeted worshipers at a mosque and football fans watching a televised match.

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 Home Ministry suspended the publishing permits in July of The Edge Financial Daily and The Edge Weekly after the scandal erupted, saying their reports threatened "public order".

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On Monday, High Court Judge Asmabi Mohamad said the ministry's decision to revoke the permits was "tainted with illegality"