MANILA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is extending a 370 million U.S. dollars grant to finance poverty reduction programs in the Philippines in the next seven years.
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Pakistan, India to hold FM's levels talks on July 27
ISLAMABAD, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will travel to New Delhi on July 27 for talks with her Indian counterpart, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.
India and Pakistan agreed in February to resume comprehensive dialogue suspended since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
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S. Korea, DPRK hold talks on nuclear issues in Indonesia
BALI, Indonesia, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held talks on nuclear issues between the two sides and a possible attempt to resume the six-party talks Friday in Bali, Indonesia, according to Yonhap News Agency
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Mongolia to import fighter jets from Russia
ULAN BATOR, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian Defense Ministry will buy five Mikoyan MiG-29, fourth generation fighter jets, from Russia this year, local media said Friday.Read More HERE.
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Thailand, Cambodia must hold talks before troop withdrawal: Thai FM
BANGKOK, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's caretaker Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Friday that Bangkok and Phnom Penh must hold a discussion before military withdrawal as ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
In response to the ICJ's decision that both countries should allow observers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) into the area, the minister said Indonesian observer team will be assigned only after an agreement on troop withdrawal between the neighbors is reached.
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