Taiwan breaks off diplomatic ties with Chad
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Taiwan severed diplomatic relations with Chad after the central African country decided to switch its recognition and open official ties with China, the foreign ministry said.
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Sudan expelled the top Canadian and European Union diplomats from the country Thursday for what was described as "meddling in its affairs," state media reported.
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China rejected on Wednesday Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s call to resume dialogue with Taipei, saying Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s overtures
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's leader called for peace talks and other "concrete actions" to reduce tensions with rival China during a National Day speech on Sunday that was far more conciliatory than in years past.    President Chen Shui-bian avoided language and issues that have raised tensions in the past during the speech, and even extended Taiwan's best wishes as China prepares for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
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China and Chad have resumed diplomatic relations after nearly a decade without formal ties, state media said, just hours after rival Taiwan pre-emptively cut ties with the central African nation.
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CANNES, France  - Chad's foreign minister accused Sudan of attacking his country and said talks expected on Thursday between the two neighbors and Central African Republic would be "useless".
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Rwanda broke off diplomatic ties with France on Friday in protest at a French judge's call for President Paul Kagame to stand trial over the killing of a former leader, the event which unleashed the country's genocide.
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Rwanda broke off diplomatic ties with  France on Friday in protest at a French judge's call for  President Paul Kagame to stand trial over the killing of a  former leader, the event which unleashed the country's  genocide.
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The Chinese government has rejected a call by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian for peace talks and warned against moves towards formal independence.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of only paying lip service to easing tensions.
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TAIPEI (dpa) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen apologised to Singapore on Tuesday over the words he used in describing the Southeast Asian city-state.
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China spurned Taiwan President Chen  Shui-bian's peace overtures Wednesday, accusing him of only  paying lip service to easing tensions.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has called off annual military exercises in a goodwill gesture after China canceled its drills, Taiwan officials said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The State Department welcomed yesterday steps by China and Taiwan to ease tensions by curtailing long-planned military exercises. Taiwan canceled a major live-fire military exercise shortly after Beijing reportedly called off massive war games near Taiwan. &quot;We welcome and encourage all these steps that are being taken by Taiwan and the People's Republic of China to reduce tensions,&quot; ...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has pulled all of its diplomats out of neighboring Burundi following the slaughter of Congolese Tutsi refugees there last week, its foreign minister said on Friday.
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Weapons-grade uranium was removed from Vietnam's sole nuclear reactor at the weekend under anti-terrorism agreements with the United States and Russia, a Vietnamese government agency said.
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South Africa announced Sunday that it will temporarily stop exporting power to its neighbors.