In This EditionSouth Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won resigns over the ferry sinking accident that has left nearly 300 people dead or missing.

Candidates need to face a runoff in Afghanistan's presidential elections.

China reports accelerated quarterly industrial profits growth amid economic transformation.

And thousands of people take to the streets in Brazil to demand legalization of production and sale of marijuana.

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