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Media cooperation to inject fresh vigor, vitality into BRICS development

Leaders of 25 media organizations from BRICS countries are to gather here for an unprecedented event dedicated to promoting media cooperation within the BRICS framework, which will inject new vigor and vitality into common development of the five-member bloc.

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High time for Japan's ruling bloc to carefully listen to its people

​As more than 120,000 people have surrounded Japan's national Diet building and protested at 300 other locations nationwide demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation and retraction of the controversial security bills, maybe it is time for the country's ruling bloc to carefully listen to the public.

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Talks on Greek debt issue drag on, highlight rift on Grexit

The 19-member Eurogroup has failed to reach a deal on the Greek debt crisis before a self-imposed deadline and leaders carried talks into the early hours of Monday, with sides still at odds over the possibility of "Grexit" from the single-currency bloc.

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ASEAN leaders meet on community building

​Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries gathered here on Wednesday to discuss the establishment of an economic community by the end of 2015 and map out plans for its future development.

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ASEAN ministers discuss healthcare in Vietnam

Health ministers of 10 ASEAN members gathered in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Thursday to discuss heath issues in the bloc on the occasion of the 12th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM 12).

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Iraqi lawmakers elect new speaker, key to forming new gov' t

Iraqi lawmakers on Tuesday has finally fill in the vacant speakership, a key step toward the formation of a new government.

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NATO to hold emergency talks on Ukraine on Tuesday

The 28-member NATO will hold emergency talks on Ukraine on Tuesday, the bloc announced in a statement Monday.

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Thailand outlines action plans for ACMECS sub-regional bloc

The Thai government approved on Tuesday a set of action plans for an Indochinese sub-regional bloc to carry out in pursuit of shared and sustainable peace, stability and economic prosperity.