Around The World [11.08.14]

Mexico

We are focused in our efforts against Mexican Drug Lords and Drug Traffickers.

• Mexico gang members 'admit killing missing students' (BBC)

"Suspected gang members have confessed to killing more than 40 students missing for six weeks, Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo has said. 

He said three alleged gang members claimed the students were handed over to them by police.
They said some were already asphyxiated and they shot the others dead, before setting fire to all the bodies.
A total of 43 students went missing after clashing with police on 26 September in the town of Iguala.
In what was at times a very graphic press conference, Attorney General Jesus Murillo laid out his office's findings into the disappearance of the students.
When they were handed over to the gang, around 15 of the students had already died from asphyxiation, he said. The remaining students were shot dead near a rubbish dump.
At that point, members of the gang - according to their own testimony, video clips of which were shown by the attorney general - burnt the students' bodies in a pyre."

Germany

• Germany Marks 25 Years Since Berlin Wall's Fall (Huffington Post)

"Wages and pensions remain lower, and unemployment higher, in the east than the west. Many eastern areas saw their population drop as people headed west for jobs, something that is only now showing signs of turning around.There are cultural differences too: a higher proportion of children are in daycare in the east, a legacy of communist times, and the opposition Left Party — partly descended from East Germany's communist rulers — remains strongest in the east. 

But the progress toward true unity is seen in Germany's top leadership: Not only is Merkel from the east, but so is the nation's president, Joachim Gauck, a former Protestant pastor and pro-democracy activist."

• The British Museum shows off Germany's technical brilliance – and its hard-won soul (Guardian)

Palestine

"French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and
 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas"

• France has a binding duty to recognize Palestine -MPs (World Bulletin)
• French lawmakers prepare motion to recognize Palestine (i24 news.tv)

"French lawmakers, led by the ruling Socialist parliamentary group, will file a motion to recognize the state of Palestine following a similar move by the Swedish and the British parliaments."

• EURO Nations for Palestinian State

• EU foreign chief calls for Palestinian state New foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state during visit to Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Asia Pacific

• Apec agrees network to share information on corruption (BBC)

North Korea

• North Korea frees detained US men Miller and Bae (BBC)