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This file photo shows a Chinese paramilitary policeman saluting as the car with the Philippines' ambassador leaves the embassy in Beijing, on May 11. (AFP/File - Goh Chai Hin)
     
  Philippines names ambassador amid row with China  
  Posted : 26 May 2012 1443 hrs  
     
 
Philippine President Benigno Aquino named a veteran diplomat as ambassador to China amid a tense standoff over disputed territory in the South China Sea, according to a presidential spokeswoman.

 

 
 
Pakistan PM will not appeal contempt conviction: lawyer
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will not appeal his conviction for contempt because the speaker of the national assembly has not disqualified him, his lawyer said on Saturday.
   
   
Chen Guangcheng's brother missing: Chinese lawyer
The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has been missing for the past two days, a lawyer said Saturday, expressing concern that he might have been detained by the authorities.
   
   
   
   
 

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