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Mainland welcomes Taiwan's participation in AIIB

The Chinese mainland welcomes Taiwan's participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under an appropriate name, said a mainland spokesman on Wednesday.

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Massacre survivors, relatives urge Japan to reflect in letter to UN

According to the memorial hall, the survivors and the victims' relatives chose to disclose the news on the Human Rights Day to draw worldwide attention and to urge the Japanese government to reflect on its aggression and the harm it did to the Chinese people.

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Xinjiang entrepreneurs publish anti-terrorism open letter

A total of 354 representatives for entrepreneurs and staff belonging to ethnic minority groups in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have published an open letter to denounce terrorism.

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NASA suspends cooperation with Russia except for ISS

U.S. space agency NASA has suspended all contacts with its Russian counterpart Roscosmos except for ongoing activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS), according to an internal letter published by the U. S. space news website Spaceref on Wednesday, citing U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine and Crimea.

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S. Korean military responds to DPRK "open letter," calling for action

South Korea's Defense Ministry on Friday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to prove its sincerity with real action, not words

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Houston woman indicted for threatening to kill Obama

A Houston woman, who wrote a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama in which she threatened to kill him, was indicted by a federal grand jury, U.S. media reported Wednesday.

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Letter says 50,000 Syrians apply for Russian citizenship

Moscow has received a letter allegedly representing 50,000 Syrians, who want to obtain Russian citizenship, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

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UN Security Council okays plan to rid Syria of chemical weapons

The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a plan proposed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon to eliminate Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.

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Suspicious letter sent to White House

A suspicious letter addressed to the White House that is similar to the ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted at a mail screening facility, the U.S. Secret Service said on Thursday.

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Venezuela's Chavez addresses CELAC summit by letter

Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro Monday read a letter from ailing President Hugo Chavez to leaders attending the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit held in Chile's capital Santiago.