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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday (Nov 7), the first meeting between the top leaders of the two sides since 1949.

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Australia offers to pay jail fees for death row duo in Indonesia

​Australia has offered to pay the costs of life sentences in jail for two of its citizens currently on death row for drug smuggling in Indonesia, if they are granted clemency.

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IMF chief names new director for Asia, Pacific department

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde named Changyong Rhee, the chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, as director of the organization's Asia and Pacific Department, the IMF said Tuesday.