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Webb is the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with the military junta in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/africa\/2009\/08\/200981481154789610.html\" target=\"_blank\">concludes her 11-day Africa trip<\/a> with a visit to the tiny nation of Cape Verde. Emphasizing good governance, Clinton visited seven nations during the longest foreign trip of her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\">raises the death toll<\/a> estimate from flooding and mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot from 100 to 500.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/europe\/2009\/08\/20098141173178276.html\" target=\"_blank\">Violence flares in Russia&#8217;s Caucasus<\/a> region as four policemen are killed by separatists in Chechnya&#8217;s capital of Grozny. 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