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While the Trump administration reviews U.S. policy toward Iran, the United States will continue to counter Iran's malign activities and hold Iran strictly accountable to the requirements of the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac

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VOA标准英语2014--Little Progress in US Authorization for Fight Against Islamic State

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暂无音频 Remarks by the President on Procurement Room 350 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 10:20 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Even if these were the best of times, budget reform would be long overdue in Washington. And we have

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Pingxiang City in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region borders with Vietnam and is home to many companies trading Vietnamese agricultural products. Chen Kangli manages a company in Pingxiang that mainly engages in trade of Vietnamese fruits

Gov't to curb corruption in medical procurement

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According to the report published by the National Audit Office, the problematic money constituted more than a quarter of the lottery funds reviewed in the audit. Authorities say irregularities included embezzlement, fraud, illegal subsidies for staff

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To the alphabet soup of international development banks (ADB, AfDB, CAF, EBRD, IADB), add one more set of initials: AIIB, or for the uninitiated, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. On October 24th, representatives from 21 Asian nations signed

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China government 2011 procurement totals 1.13 trln yuan

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China's government procurement amounted to 1.13 trillion yuan (179.37 billion U.S. dollars) in 2011, or 11 percent of the country's fiscal expenditure, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday. The figure showed a huge

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BOAO, Hainan, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese private firms are seeing new expansion abroad and already lead China's investment overseas, Chris Lu, CEO of Deloitte China, said on Saturday at a forum in south China's Hainan Province. The 2013 Boao Forum f

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