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Chinese companies have invested heavily in Africa in recent years and trade among Asian and African nations has soared.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated eight individuals who hold leadership positions within the designated foreign terrorist organization, Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LET), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. LET is a Pakistan-based terrorist group with links to the Taliban, the Haqqani Taliban Network, and al-Qa’ida. The individuals targeted today include LET members based in Pakistan who are involved in LET’s propaganda campaigns, financial networks, and logistic support networks. Today’s targets also include military commanders directly responsible for the murderous 2008 Mumbai attacks as well as attacks on coalition and Afghan forces. Today’s designations are designed to undermine LET’s leadership and support networks of LET that have planned terrorist attacks around the world.

As the Paralympic Games keep British achievement centre stage this week, global business summits continue to raise the international profile of UK enterprises. The summits, hosted by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at Lancaster House, London, will showcase British expertise in developing assistive medical technologies and delivering major global sporting events, to hundreds of UK and international delegates.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Olson, center, a member of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic shooting team, makes adjustments to his air rifle during a competitive round of shooting at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, Sept. 1, 2012. DOD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

The former Archbishop of Milan, a one-time candidate for pope who died Friday, said in his last interview that the Catholic Church is “200 years out of date.”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes attendees to the Operation VISTA programme 50-year reunion.

The study will begin with an assessment of curricula from 195 countries, showing where and to what extent the Holocaust is established in the official school syllabus. The result will take the form of a global mapping, illustrating where the Holocaust is actually being taught.

The Nairobi-based Slum Film Festival showcases the work of East African filmmakers living in the slums. This year, the judges selected 33 films to be shown in Kibera and Mathare, two huge Nairobi slums.