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　　President Barack Obama has urged the governmentin Ethiopia to give more freedom to reporters andopposition political parties. The ruling party controlsall of the seats in parliament and limits reportingfrom the media.

　　Mr. Obama added Ethiopia's strong economy hashelped bring millions of people out of poverty. Andhe said the country has helped fight the Somalimilitant group Al-Shabab.

　　The president spoke in a joint news conferencewith the Ethiopian prime minister in Addis Ababa. He is also in the Ethiopian capital to meetwith leaders of the African Union to discuss the civil war in South Sudan.

　　US supports Turkish strikes

　　The U.S. is supporting Turkey's air and artillery attacks on Kurdish rebels in Iraq along withIslamic State militant targets in Syria.

　　On Sunday, the Obama administration said Turkey had the right to attack terrorist targets.And it agreed with Turkey that the Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK, is a terrorist organization.

　　Last week, Turkish forces had attacked a town in northern Iraq controlled by the PKK. It wasthe first attack on the group since a peace agreement was reached in 2013.

　　Stock markets in China drop sharply

　　The Shanghai stock market index dropped sharply on Monday. The drop of 8.5 percent was thebiggest drop of the index since 2007.

　　The sell-off of Chinese stocks continued despite earlier attempts from the Chinese governmentto calm the markets. Last month, shares of Chinese companies dropped 30 percent for a lossof more than $3 trillion.

　　Fighting continues despite truce in Yemen

　　Saudi Arabia stopped its airstrikes in Yemen on Monday. A five-day-long truce is planned.However, ground fighting continues in some areas after Houthi rebels rejected the cease-fire.

　　The coalition that has been fighting the Iranian-supported Houthi Shi'ite rebels with air attacksfor the past four months declared the truce to let emergency supplies be shipped into Yemen.

　　Nuclear negotiators to discuss North Korea

　　The U.S. special diplomat to the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program is meetingwith officials in South Korea, China and Japan. They may try to restart negotiations with NorthKorea aimed at ending its nuclear program.

　　In Seoul on Monday, Sydney Seiler said the United States is ready to negotiate with NorthKorea to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for an end to economic restrictions.

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