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British firm buys Australian steelmaker giant Arrium

London-basedGFGAlliancehasboughtAustralia'sArrium,theminerandsteelmakinggiantsaidWednesday,endingatusslewithaKoreanconsortiumoverthecompanyafteritwentintovolunt

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Australia launches free trade negotiations with Pacific Alliance

Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo announced on Saturday that Australia has launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Pacific Alliance, the Latin American trading bloc made up of Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia.

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Pacific Alliance aims to expand to Asia Pacific

TheeconomictradeblocknownasthePacificAlliancewantstoopenitsdoorstonewpartners.Duringthegroup's12thPresidentialSummitheldonJune29and30,theparticipantsmadeclearth

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Myanmar's peace conference reaches agreement for most points

Myanmar'songoing21stCenturyPanglongPeaceConferencereachedagreementformostpointsinfivesectorsonThursday,theseconddaysessionoftheconferenceheldinNayPyiTaw,theUnio

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Chinese vice president meets Ecuadorian delegation

Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with a delegation from Ecuador's PAIS Alliance movement on Friday at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.

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Latvian parliament mulls ban on residence permits for Russian investors

​Latvian lawmakers on Thursday endorsed the nationalist faction's proposal to stop issuing residence permits to Russian citizens in return for investments in the Latvian economy, LETA news agency reported.

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Finland has smaller cabinet after two ministers' resignation

The President of Finland Sauli Niinisto approved the Left Alliance's resignation from the coalition government on Friday, and agreed to keep a smaller size of the cabinet by not appointing new ministers.