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Sarkozy Sworn in as French President
Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded Jacques Chirac as French president yesterday in a simple ceremony, where he promised to unite France and restore national pride.
- Wolfowitz to Resign by End of June
Besieged World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will resign by the end of June, both Wolfowitz and the bank said on Thursday.
- China, Vietnam Agree to Address Border Issue
China and Vietnam yesterday vowed to address border issues and maintain peace and stability in the frontier areas. The pledge was made during a meeting between President Hu Jintao and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet.
- US Senate Rejects Slashing Iraq War Budget
A controversial measure that would have choked off funding for US military operations in Iraq after March 31, 2008 was blocked by the US Senate on Wednesday.
- African Development Bank Opens Annual Meetings in Shanghai
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday opened its annual board meetings in Shanghai, a move widely seen as bolstering China-Africa cooperation. In his address to the opening ceremony, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the current annual meetings would surely boost the AfDB's growth, strengthen its role, and increase its influence.
- FM: Washington to Host China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue
Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi, serving as a special envoy for Chinese President Hu Jintao, will attend the second round of the China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington on May 22 and 23.
- Japan Takes First Step in Revising Pacifist Charter
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a victory in his drive to rewrite Japan's pacifist constitution and ease its limits on military action overseas when parliament yesterday enacted a law outlining steps for a referendum on revising the post-World War II charter.
- Russia-US Ties Not Easy, Says Rice
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that it is "not an easy" time in Russia-US relations, but that the tensions do not amount to a new Cold War.
- Taliban Commander Dadullah Killed
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's top operational commander in southern Afghanistan, was killed during a clash with Afghan and western forces in Helmand province, Afghan officials said yesterday.
- China Takes Africa Into Space
Monday morning saw a new chapter of the conquest of space be written as China launched a communications satellite for Nigeria, a seemingly innocuous event which in fact represented the first such launch for Africa and the inaugural space piggy-back ride given by China to a foreign nation.
- Blair Formally Endorses Brown as Successor
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday officially endorsed Chancellor Gordon Brown as next Labor leader. "I'm absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labor Party and prime minister and to endorse him fully," he told reporters at a press conference in Downing Street 10.
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