"The news of this year's Ssang Yong drills being called off came a week after the U.S. cut short another major joint military exercise with South Korea, China.
, fueling concern in Seoul, and in Japan, that Washington is becoming a less dependable ally in the face of rising andCBS/AFP
Iranian currency hits new record low
Iran's currency hit a record low against the dollar on Monday as the U.S. government prepared to unveil new sanctions in a bid to further squeeze the country's economy to force Iran's theocratic rulers to capitulate in the nearly six-month war.
The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on informal currency markets."
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